2011MidwestDistrictConferenceschedule


Schedule Friday, April 1 2:30 PM Officers Meeting and SCOOPS Pre-conference Workshops Sketching: Kevin Reeder, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign Wacom Tablets: Mike Elwell Design Learning Challenge: Doris Wells-Papanek, IDSA Register here Emotion Stimulus Package: Cliff Shin Fast Forward – Rapid Research Insights to Gain Momentum: Tamara Christensen, IDSA and Emily Callaghan 4 PM Contrast/Introduction David Weightman, IDSA, Midwest District DVP and Welcome to St. Louis from Bryce Rutter, IDSA (All presentations are 20 minutes long and run consecutively in sessions.) The Science of Beauty, Creativity and Design: Bryce Rutter, IDSA, Metaphase Design Group Introduction to CEL St. Louis: Jasmine Aber, Creative Exchange Lab/St. Louis "Outreach"/ Re-thinking Responsible Design: Stephen Wurth, IDSA, IDSA St. Louis Chapter Get a Grip!: Tactile Tactics for Research-Driven Design Innovation: Tamara Christensen, IDSA and Robin Utay What IDSA Means For You : Mary Beth Privitera, IDSA 5:40 PM Career Storytelling: Women in Design Panel Discussion Moderated by Alice Jandrisits, IDSA, director of research + design, RedFusion Studios Featuring: Doris Wells-Papanek, IDSA, partner, Greenleaf & Papanek Publications; Pam Nyberg, principal design strategist, Whirlpool Corp. and Tania Aldous, global director of industrial design, World Kitchen Student Merit Award Rehearsals 6:30 PM Evening Reception @ Hotel 7:30 PM Buses to Metaphase Design Group Saturday, April 2 9 AM Contrast/Research (All presentations are 20 minutes long and run consecutively in sessions.) Ford SHMI: A Case Study on Techniques of Iterative Prototyping: Dave Vondle, IDEO The Ah-Ha vs. the Oh! Now I Get It – Exploring Pattern-Based Research and Moments of Inspiration: Leah McDougald and Erin Hamilton, Lextant Design and Marketing – Who Put Peanut Butter in My Chocolate?: Martha Cotton, GravityTank False Choices: Comparing the Mythologies of Business and Design : Matthew Locsin, Doblin 10:20 AM Break 10:45 AM IDSA Midwest Student Merit Award Presentations Noon Lunch Your Portfolio … Sick vs. “Sick”: Michael Kahwaji Maximize the potential of your professional portfolio. Michale has contributed to numerous workshops and interviews through IDSA, universities as well as professional internship development at Whirlpool Corp. Bring your lunch and don’t be late since you only have a half an hour to pack in the information. 1 PM Contrast/Process (All presentations are 20 minutes long and run consecutively in sessions.) Design @ Nestle: Gordon Lane (and the Chocolate Factory) Re-Inventing the Wheel: Paul Hatch, IDSA, TEAMS Design Just Right, Scaling Innovation in a Global Economy: Kent Ritzel, IDSA and Ken Harris, IDSA of FredSparks Design Design/Default: Are the Products of Our Creative Efforts Really Reflective of the Full Potential of Design?: John Paul Kusz, FIDSA, Illinois Institute of Technology 2:20 PM Break 2:50 PM Contrast/Process 2 (All presentations are 20 minutes long and run consecutively in sessions.) C+Ri = The Secret to Design Thinking: Mark Dziersk, FIDSA Bringing Together Emotional Design and Sustainability: Alex Lobos, Rochester Institute of Technology Behaving Badly, Product Influence on Behavior: Stephen Melamed, IDSA, University of Illinois Chicago The Temperature is Rising – Contrasting New Health Care Design Practices with Traditional Methods: Sean Hagen, IDSA, BlackHagen Design Introducing Sustainability Workshop: Dawn Danby, Autodesk 4:30 PM Break 5 PM Contrast/Design Careers (All presentations are 20 minutes long and run consecutively in sessions.) Planning a Career in Design?: Andrew Burroughs, IDEO Drawing from Experience – Sketching a Path in Product Development: Todd Herlitz, IDSA, Radio Flyer A Change in Trade: The Contrast Between Theory and Application in Design: Oved Valadez and David Thorpe, Industry Almost...: Allan Chochinov, Core 77 Museums, the Midwest and the Infield Fly Rule: Dan Formosa, IDSA, SmartDesign 7 PM IDSA Awards Reception at City Museum Sunday, April 3 9:30 AM Portfolio Review 11:30 AM Conference Ends 2011 IDSA Midwest Conference**

Schedule

Friday, April 1

2:30 PM

Officers Meeting and SCOOPS
Pre-conference Workshops
Sketching: Kevin Reeder, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign
Wacom Tablets: Mike Elwell
Design Learning Challenge: Doris Wells-Papanek, IDSA Register here
Emotion Stimulus Package: Cliff Shin
Fast Forward – Rapid Research Insights to Gain Momentum: Tamara Christensen, IDSA and Emily Callaghan

4 PM Contrast/Introduction

David Weightman, IDSA, Midwest District DVP and Welcome to St. Louis from Bryce Rutter, IDSA

(All presentations are 20 minutes long and run consecutively in sessions.)

The Science of Beauty, Creativity and Design: Bryce Rutter, IDSA, Metaphase Design Group
Introduction to CEL St. Louis: Jasmine Aber, Creative Exchange Lab/St. Louis
"Outreach"/ Re-thinking Responsible Design: Stephen Wurth, IDSA, IDSA St. Louis Chapter
Get a Grip!: Tactile Tactics for Research-Driven Design Innovation: Tamara Christensen, IDSA and Robin Utay
What IDSA Means For You **: Mary Beth Privitera, IDSA

5:40 PM

Career Storytelling: Women in Design Panel Discussion
Moderated by Alice Jandrisits, IDSA, director of research + design, RedFusion Studios
Featuring: Doris Wells-Papanek, IDSA, partner, Greenleaf & Papanek Publications; Pam Nyberg, principal design strategist, Whirlpool Corp. and Tania Aldous, global director of industrial design, World Kitchen
Student Merit Award Rehearsals

6:30 PM

Evening Reception @ Hotel

7:30 PM

Buses to Metaphase Design Group

Saturday, April 2

9 AM Contrast/Research

(All presentations are 20 minutes long and run consecutively in sessions.)

Ford SHMI: A Case Study on Techniques of Iterative Prototyping: Dave Vondle, IDEO
The Ah-Ha vs. the Oh! Now I Get It – Exploring Pattern-Based Research and Moments of Inspiration: Leah McDougald and Erin Hamilton, Lextant
Design and Marketing – Who Put Peanut Butter in My Chocolate?: Martha Cotton, GravityTank
False Choices: Comparing the Mythologies of Business and Design : Matthew Locsin, Doblin

10:20 AM

Break

10:45 AM

IDSA Midwest Student Merit Award Presentations

Noon

Lunch
Your Portfolio … Sick vs. “Sick”: Michael Kahwaji
Maximize the potential of your professional portfolio. Michale has contributed to numerous workshops and interviews through IDSA, universities as well as professional internship development at Whirlpool Corp.

Bring your lunch and don’t be late since you only have a half an hour to pack in the information.

1 PM Contrast/Process

(All presentations are 20 minutes long and run consecutively in sessions.)

Design @ Nestle: Gordon Lane (and the Chocolate Factory)
Re-Inventing the Wheel: Paul Hatch, IDSA, TEAMS Design
Just Right, Scaling Innovation in a Global Economy: Kent Ritzel, IDSA and Ken Harris, IDSA of FredSparks Design
Design/Default: Are the Products of Our Creative Efforts Really Reflective of the Full Potential of Design?: John Paul Kusz, FIDSA, Illinois Institute of Technology

2:20 PM

Break

2:50 PM Contrast/Process 2

(All presentations are 20 minutes long and run consecutively in sessions.)

C+Ri = The Secret to Design Thinking: Mark Dziersk, FIDSA
Bringing Together Emotional Design and Sustainability: Alex Lobos, Rochester Institute of Technology
Behaving Badly, Product Influence on Behavior: Stephen Melamed, IDSA, University of Illinois Chicago
The Temperature is Rising – Contrasting New Health Care Design Practices with Traditional Methods: Sean Hagen, IDSA, BlackHagen Design
Introducing Sustainability Workshop: Dawn Danby, Autodesk

4:30 PM

Break

5 PM Contrast/Design Careers

(All presentations are 20 minutes long and run consecutively in sessions.)

Planning a Career in Design?: Andrew Burroughs, IDEO
Drawing from Experience – Sketching a Path in Product Development: Todd Herlitz, IDSA, Radio Flyer
A Change in Trade: The Contrast Between Theory and Application in Design: Oved Valadez and David Thorpe, Industry
Almost...: Allan Chochinov, Core 77
Museums, the Midwest and the Infield Fly Rule: Dan Formosa, IDSA, SmartDesign

7 PM