By Ian Quillen

The MindShift blog interviews Doris Wells-Papanek, IDSA, on the Design Challenge 2013.

Creating a safe recreation space for teens; protoyping a recyclable lunch tray; setting up a water delivery system to guard against urban fires; building a public awareness campaign to combat hunger. These are just a few of examples of the types of tasks students are taking on when they participate in the Design Learning Challenge, an effort to get students to figure out how to solve real-world problems in their communities.

By Bill Bregar 

Creativity at a business has to be a process that involves people from different departments, tied together by an innovation culture, Charles Austen Angell, chairman-elect of the Industrial Designers Society of America, told an Executive Forum audience.

"There is nothing more important than a creative process," he said.

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By Robert Grace

Plastic News profiles IDSA's Executive Director Dan Martinage about his new role at IDSA and his future plans for the society.

... Martinage spoke to the issue of advocacy. For starters, he said, the United States "absolutely" needs a national design strategy. "Advocacy is right up there, front and center, in our mission statement.… In my definition, advocacy is not only to promote the association to end users and so forth, but it's also to ensure that the profession remains viable.

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New IDSA Leader Aims to Lay 'Solid Foundation'

By Leslie Gordon

IDSA Chair and principal of McCain Design, George McCain, FIDSA, discusses why medtech designers must consider more.

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Grid magazine interveiws Martin Langkau, IDSA, executive managing director of Teague's Germany office, about the new Munich Chapter and IDEA 2013.

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March 20, 2013
Designers Imagine Ways to Hide Cigarettes in NYC Stores
by Venessa Wong

Curve magazine features a selection of IDEA 2012 Gold winners, the People's Choice Award and the Sustainability Award.

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Association Bisnow interviewed IDSA's Executive Director Dan Martinage about becoming the first certified association executive to run the society.

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by Louise Rainone

Rainone reflects on her experience at IDSA's 2012 International Conference.

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By Katharine Gammon

Fast Company's Co.EXIST covers IDEA 2012 Gold, Project Mwana.

To save an infant infected with HIV from its mother, you need to start administering drugs right away. But first you need to know if the infant has the virus, which can take weeks in rural Africa. A new service cuts that time down drastically, letting rural doctors begin treatment quickly.