Representing Notre Dame, Ryan claimed top honors for the Midwest District at IDSA’s Chicago conference this spring. In the video below, he presents three projects including the IHA-winning Bol design, his work with Nepalese artisans and a portable solution for managing noise pollution.
Run time: 7:03
IDSA’s Student Merit Awards are sponsored by Keyshot.
Representing California College of the Arts, Haley claimed top honors for the Western District at IDSA’s Seattle conference this spring. In the video below, she presents three projects including an ice pack fit for urban athletes, the Shift bag and a system to enable street vendors to hawk their wares affordably, legally, safely, sustainably and artistically.
Run time: 8:03
IDSA’s Student Merit Awards are sponsored by Keyshot.
Representing Virginia Tech, Reid claimed top honors for the Southern District at IDSA’s Atlanta conference this spring. In the video below, he presents three projects including a lifesaving solution for fisherman, a smarter walker for seniors and the award-winning Vole shoe system that simultaneously solves for unemployment and education dilemmas.
Run time: 10:08
IDSA’s Student Merit Awards are sponsored by Keyshot.
Representing Pratt, Yasemin claimed top honors for the Northeast District at IDSA’s Philadelphia conference this spring. In the video below, she presents three projects including a reimagined wine decanter, a wearable system of luggage and the Crescendo dinnerware set.
Run time: 9:30
IDSA’s Student Merit Awards are sponsored by Keyshot.
Representing the University of Cincinnati, Emmanuel claimed top honors for the Mideast District at IDSA’s Detroit conference this spring. In the video below, he presents three projects including a bear based on the Rubik’s Cube, a shoe for all occasions and the Tres Chair.
Run time: 6:44
IDSA’s Student Merit Awards are sponsored by Keyshot.
In an effort to encourage, reward and celebrate excellence in industrial design education, IDSA student chapters nominate their best and brightest for the Student Chapter Merit Award Competition. Each student chapter holds a competition, juried by professional designers, to select one winner who will represent their school at their District Conference. The winner from each school presents at their District Conference, and a jury of professional designers select the National Student Merit Award winner for each district.
When 14-year-old Leo Chen began dissecting computers in his native Taiwan, he had only a faint idea of what design was. His Chinese upbringing did predispose him to understanding harmony. With that deep appreciation of how things flow together, he has emerged from the University of Houston (UH) as a certified problem solver.
2011 SMA | David Fustino, IDSA | Wentworth Institute of Technology
Like any designer, David Fustino has learned to solve problems on the fly, work within a unit, express his individual style and persevere through the worst situations. The difference between him and the rest of us: he began learning those skills on a soccer pitch.