IDSA offers a variety of ways for members to get involved and take their participation to the next level. We invite you to deepen your engagement with us and your member peers, by adding your talents to one of our community leadership teams, committees or other opportunities. Volunteer today!
Academic Education Paper Reviewer
Submit your interest to Senior Manager, Member & Community Recognition, Colleen Molen.
Awards Committee
This committee is responsible for establishing strategic intent and consistency across IDSA’s awards programs. It also reviews nominations and presents recommended recipients to the Board of Directors for the IDSA Awards, which includes the Academy of Fellows.
Submit your interest to Senior Manager, Member & Community Recognition, Colleen Molen.
Board of Directors
IDSA’s Board of Directors is composed of 9 elected individuals who are empowered and responsible for setting the overall direction, decision-making, compliance, policy setting, and accountability for the organization in fulfilling its mission. Serving on the Board, our highest governing body, is a privilege and a distinct honor. IDSA members vote each year during annual elections to select who represents them on the Board of Directors.
Submit your interest to Executive Director, Donté P. Shannon.
Conferences Committee
This committee is responsible for establishing strategic intent and consistency across IDSA’s national events. Members of the committee also support events by acting as the content teams who are responsible for establishing topic themes, identifying speakers, and curating the overall attendee experience.
Submit your interest to Manager, Conferences and Events, Austin Del Gallo.
Districts Committee
This committee is responsible for working directly with IDSA’s professional chapters and other design communities within their district to foster their growth by mentoring chapter officers and creating connections among chapters.
Submit your interest to Senior Manager, Member & Community Engagement, Korie Twiggs.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council
This council has many important responsibilities within IDSA’s DEI efforts in transforming the industrial design industry so that it better reflects our diverse population and dismantling the structural racism and inequities that permeate design and our communities.
Submit your interest to Senior Manager, Member & Community Engagement, Korie Twiggs.
Education Council
The council serves in several capacities to support IDSA’s academic programming. Members judge and select SMA Winners, review Academic Education Papers, and support the planning and content generation for the annual Education Symposium.
Submit your interest to Senior Manager, Member & Community Recognition, Colleen Molen.
Graduate or Undergraduate SMA Judge
Each year, IDSA recognizes exceptional student design talent through our Student Merit Awards program. The competition is one of IDSA’s longest running programs and highlights the very best creativity, problem solving and design brilliance in each of IDSA’s five North American Districts. Student finalists are selected by each participating school to represent their program at the District level. A jury panel of design leaders and educators representing a cross-section of professional practice and design academia is assembled annually to review and select District winners. Two winners are selected from each District for this prestigious distinction, one at the Undergraduate (SMA) level and one at the Graduate (GSMA) level.
Submit your interest to Senior Manager, Member & Community Recognition, Colleen Molen.
IDEA Juror
Each year, the collection of designers, thought-leaders and visionaries who compose our IDEA Jury epitomize the very best of the industrial design community. Representing industry, consultancy, academia and private practice, they are experts within their field. Many of them are past IDEA award winners who deeply understand the significance of the position. The IDEA jury is charged with the tremendous task of carefully reviewing nearly 2,000 entries across 20 categories. Additionally, they are responsible for maintaining the high level of quality and rigor that has become a hallmark of the IDEA program. Our unique jurying process maintains anonymity for all entries to ensure all decisions are solely based upon excellence of design innovation, user experience, benefit to the client, benefit to society and appropriate aesthetics.
Submit your interest here.
INNOVATION Article Contributor
INNOVATION is the voice of the industrial design profession, providing in-depth coverage of industrial design issues and communicating the value of design to business and society at large. This award-winning quarterly is generously illustrated with images of cutting-edge designs and features a clean yet dynamic layout that brings editorials and top-notch content to life. The magazine was first published in 1982, and IDSA members consistently name INNOVATION as a primary benefit of their membership experience to this day.
Submit your interest to [email protected].