The IDSA SF Conversation Series provides an intimate one on one setting, allowing for a more conversational approach. Our first guest is Chris Livaudais, Exective Director of IDSA. The Conversation Series is moderated by SF Chapter Chair Basak Altan. After each 30-40 min. interview there will be a moderated Q&A session.
Chris Livaudais, IDSA, is a designer and creative leader based in San Francisco, CA. Equal parts big picture, strategic thinker and detail focused, design doer—Livaudais holds a unique ability to guide teams through challenges and enable them to do their best work. During his 15+ year career as a designer and creative director, he partnered with global brands in the development and implementation of projects spanning objects, environments, services and digital interactions.
In his current role as executive director of IDSA, a non-profit membership association founded in 1965, Livaudais focuses on improving how the organization supports, interacts, and enables the industrial design community. His team works to strengthen local design communities through events, partnerships, outreach, and advocacy for the profession of industrial design.
MODERATOR: BASAK ALTAN
Başak Altan is a Design Strategist, Design Educator, Future Thinker & Connector. She helps her clients reimagine an inspiring future for their organizations through design. As a future thinker and connector, she provides expertise in discovering how the human story of her clients’ innovations connect to technology, environment and future business models. For over 20 years she has been providing leadership on design and strategy services in the intersection of business, technology and education. The teams she helped innovate new ideas and processes to transition to a circular economy have consistently received international awards, and recognition on sustainability and social impact achievement. She is the Chair for Industrial Designers Society of America, San Francisco Chapter.
