IDSA LVL: Make & Bake: Laser Cutting

What’s better than enjoying pizza with friends and having fun? How about enjoying pizza from an artisan pizza oven while learning how to laser cut cool things! Join your friends at IDSA:KY and FirstBuild as we partner up for our first ever “Make&Bake” session, where you’ll get to learn some cool new skills on advanced […]

IDSA DEN: Branding Across Design Disciplines

Whether you’re creating sunglasses, a poster or a trade show booth, every design choice can affect a brand’s image. Come join IDSA, AIGA, and Proctor Productions as we discuss branding and how brand languages can be applied across multiple design disciplines. We’ll hear presentations on creating brand languages from 3 different disciplines and get a […]

IDSA MKE: DISCUSSIONmeetup: Serving The Purpose

Is effective design always “good design”? As self-appointed arbiters of good taste and user-centric rigor, are we ever personally satisfied with the solution that is the most popular? In your professional life, do you play the role of the soulless mercenary or the committed zealot? Join us on Wednesday, October 25th to participate in an […]

IDSA CHI: Pumpkin Carving Contest

Join IDSA Chicago, mHUB Chicago and UIC IDSA this upcoming Wednesday, October 25th for an early Halloween celebration and pumpkin carving contest at mHUB! There will be pumpkins, drinks, and basic tools provided, but feel free to bring your own tools too! The winner will take home a $100 Amazon gift card. To register for […]

IDSA SYR: Chapter Meeting at Thought at Work 2017

We will hold a chapter meeting at the Thought at Work conference at RIT this year. Saturday Oct 21, 11AM Booth Hall (Room TBD) Presentations by KEK and ChaseDesign highlighting case studies and capabilities of each consultancy Student/Professional networking icebreaker/directed Q&A to follow Please RSVP by Nov 1.  This is an opportunity for students to interface […]

IDSA KC: Designers Who Happy Hour

It’s everyone’s dream to go behind the scenes in this legendary Kansas City family-owned business. Third-generation owner René Bollier will talk about how design impacts his business from the delicious chocolates, pastries, and food, to the customer experience, to the new product packaging, to their newly renovated café and tea room spaces. Included will be […]

IDSA PHI: INTERSECTIONS: The Fluid Boundary Between Industrial Design and Architecture

Join IDSA Philadelphia and AIA Philadelphia for an afternoon discussion of the historic, current, and future Intersections between Industrial Design and Architecture. Our moderated panel includes representatives from internationally recognized Philadelphia design firms, Bressler Group and KieranTimberlake (KTA). Our afternoon begins with lunch and culminates with open discussion as we explore the relationship between the […]

IDSA SF: Sexism in the Workplace Panel Discussion

Please join us in our first IDSA x Google event in Mountain View where we hope to open discussions on sexism in the workplace for women in industrial design, hosted by Google. From our IDSA SF Chair, Ti Chang, "I wished I had known more as I was entering the work place as a female […]

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IDSA NL: ID Blast Off

Meet IDSA MIAD Student Council members, Advanced Design Sketching representatives, participate in workshops, and hear about upcoming plans…

IDSA CHI: Hypesketch

Join us, as we collaborate with UIC IDSA and Advanced Design Sketching to kick off the school year in sketch fashion! HYPESKETCH is a metaphor for sick visuals, and getting you excited and educated on how to express and communicate yourself. Industrial Designers Andy Gao, Will Tham, and Kaito Choy will share and showcase their sketching process, their techniques […]

IDSA MKE: DISCUSSIONmeetup: Service Design

Join IDSA members and fellow creatives from around the Madison area at the Sett Pub in the Union South at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, August 23. IDSA will provide some drinks and appetizers while we discuss the growing influence of service design and the affect that it has on each of our spheres of work.

IDSA MKE: DISCUSSIONmeetup: Heads In The Cloud

Are the days of lifetime employment gone in favor of the gig economy? Have we managed to go from “lone genius” straight through “collaborative teams” all the way to a distributed “hive-mind”? Is any of this a good thing, or is it tragic? Or is there simply a glitch in the Matrix? Join us on […]