SHIFT is an outdoor design camp for the maker in all of us. SHIFT aims to reframe the routine of our daily lives as designers and reignite the playful nature of the design community. Using physically and mentally challenging activities, students and professionals will be brought together in a nontraditional way to break the boundaries in networking and create long-lasting relationships.

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Congratulations to all of this year's Student Merit Award participants and winners! Learn more about the Student Merit Awards and see previous years' winners here.

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                       Pratt institute | Center for Sustainable Design Studies | Pratt design incubator

                                         Get the Tools to Launch Your Own Design Business

Three-Week Entrepreneurship Immersion Program for Design Professionals

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Each year IDSA encourages, rewards and celebrates excellence in industrial design education with the Student Merit Awards.

The 2013 Student Merit Awards, sponsored by Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp., have officially begun! To kick off the awards process, IDSA has contacted all student chapter advisors, who will assist student chapter leaders in getting their competitions under way. Resources for participating and judging will be provided.

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The University of Houston will launch the new Master of Science in industrial design in the 2013 fall semester with EunSook Kwon, Ph.D., IDSA as the director.

A record breaking number of participants have signed up across North America for the IDSA Design Learning Challenge 2013.

Now is the time for you to become involved!

The new book, Masterclass Product Design: Guide to the World's Leading Graduate Schools will be released January 15, 2013.  It is an indepth look at the world's best industrial design programs for masters students.

October 9-10, 2012
Spertus Institute, Chicago, Illinois

Creative Thinkers, Innovative Outcomes

This highly interactive IDSA K-12 Design Education Initiative workshop will take place at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel simultaneously with the IDSA 2012 International Conference.

Thursday, August 16
9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel
Otis Room, Lobby Level

In trying 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.