form - The Making of Design

Since 1957 the bimonthly magazine with a main focus on design has been establishing itself. Since the relaunch of the magazine in December 2005 special attention is paid to the processes of designing, which is explained in a practical and sound manner. The main topic focuses on current trends in European product and graphic design.

LATEST: Alistair Hamilton discusses the IDEA Jurying process.

Welcome to Innovation, IDSA's quarterly design journal and one of the best places to learn about the practice of design. Every issue of Innovation reaches the IDSA membership, the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, universities, associations and design offices around the world.

Here is the table of contents for the fall 2006 issue:

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS

File attachments: 

fall2006dziersk.pdf

fall2006bweek.pdf

fall2006idea.pdf

Welcome to Innovation, IDSA's quarterly design journal. Selected articles from the current issue are available in PDF below.

File attachments: 

Dziersk_winter05.pdf

Conley_winter05.pdf

Budd_Wakkary_winter05.pdf

Welcome to Innovation, IDSA's quarterly design journal and one of the best places to learn about the practice of design. Every issue of Innovation reaches the IDSA membership, the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, universities, associations and design offices around the world.

Below is the summer 2006 issue table of contents with selected articles in PDF format.

WHO KNEW?

HOW RESEARCH INFORMS DESIGN

File attachments: 

Summer06Dziersk.pdf

2526-Rhea.pdf

2526-Sterling.pdf

Welcome to Innovation, IDSA's quarterly design journal and one of the best places to learn about the practice of design. Every issue of Innovation reaches the IDSA membership, the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, universities, associations and design offices around the world.

Below is the spring 2006 issue table of contents with selected articles in PDF format.

GLOBAL DESIGN CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

File attachments: 

Dziersk_spring_06.pdf

Haythornthwaite_spring_06.pdf

Speer_spring_06.pdf

Welcome to Innovation, IDSA's quarterly design journal and one of the best places to learn about the practice of design. Every issue of Innovation reaches the IDSA membership, the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, universities, associations and design offices around the world.

Below is the winter 2006 issue's table of contents with selected articles in PDF format.

OPEN INNOVATION

File attachments: 

winter2006dziersk.pdf

winter2006dell.pdf

Innovation_winter2006Stumpf.pdf

EDITOR'S NOTE: Maruja Fuentes tragically lost her battle with leukemia on June 28, 2010. She was 32.

She took the 2008 International Conventional Furniture Fair (ICFF) by storm with her leaning mold design that mixes biomimicry with architecture to provide a new solution for how public resting spaces can be constructed. Meet Maruja Fuentes.

He’s a serial entrepreneur. He’s an advocate for “human sustainability.” And he’s the guy who designed a more comfortable way for you to endure a crit—or anything else that requires lengthy periods of sitting. Meet Joe Gebbia, IDSA. He’s the first subject of our new interview series, WHOSNEXT.