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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The upcoming Plastics in Medical Devices 2013 conference (May 13-15 at the Waltham Westin Boston in Waltham, MA) will provide device designers, brand owners and processors with insights into today’s challenges for developing and commercializing such devices.
 

Duo Kitchenware by Heman Au (photo courtesy of IHA)

"Some 150 industrial design students working in 34 groups came up with innovative takes on pens and organizers as part of this year’s sprint collaboration with industry partner Newell Rubbermaid.

The products, ranging from inkless writing implements that can electronically transmit information to modular storage units that can hold the items people want to put down as they enter their homes, were presented Jan. 29 in the DEC Center to a crowded room of students, faculty, administrators and Newell Rubbermaid representatives."

Open House
Wednesday, February 6 2013
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.

IIT Institute of Design
350 N. LaSalle St., Chicago
6th Floor

RSVP: design@id.iit.edu or 312-595-4927

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.