USPTO Design Day 2021

Join us for an afternoon of lively and thought-provoking discussion about various aspects of design patents, hosted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Get insights from USPTO design examiners and managers, design patent practitioners, and industrial designers. No CLE credit is offered for attendance. The event will take place virtually on Thursday, […]

Experience Design Week 2020

Experience design (XD) is a discipline that develops holistic experiences inclusive of all users across all aspects of service, product or event. It provides a way for organizations to design a valuable user experience.

IDSA DEN: Denver Does Design Young Industry Professional Awards 2019

Denver Does Design will host the Young Industry Professional (YIP) Awards on Wednesday, October 2. This inaugural event will focus on the work and accomplishments of students and young professionals who have been in the industrial design field for 10 years or less, by showcasing their work and recognizing their achievements in the industry.

2019 Yeh Ideology Design Summit: The Evolution of INNOVATION

Speakers include Betsy Goodrich, FIDSA and Jordan Nollman, IDSA. Innovation is disruptive. The kind of investment you need to review, build and rebuild can be monumental depending on the stakeholders involved. If you’re leading innovation, you have to change a point of view, and there will certainly be resistance. That said, everyone wants a piece […]

Purdue University: Converge 2019

This year’s theme, The Next Generation, considers that the college class of 2019 is the first to be almost completely Gen Z, and will be hitting the workforce in a few short months. Meanwhile, design in society has been rapidly evolving – from the institution of executive designers in major corporations, to explosively popular design documentaries on Netflix. […]

IDSA MI: Design Thinking for Businesses & Non-Profits

Design Thinking is hot. Some may even say it is a fad. It even has different names like Customer-Centric Design or User Experience (UX). But there is no denying that Design Thinking should be at the core of how a product, process or service is developed. It involves placing the user at the center of […]

Advanced Design: SQ1CON2018

The Advanced Design Sketching team is back with SQ1CON 2018! Passes for #SQ1CON2018 are now live! Go to their website (advdessketch.com) – to buy your student or professional pass now before they’re sold out! They have Creative Session as the keynote speaker, along with Reid Schlegel, Spencer Nugent, James Connors, Nick Baker, Jeff Smith, Paul Sohi, Anne […]

Purdue University: Converge 2018

Converge is focused on the intersection of design and society. Topics covered include: design thinking, the future roles of designers, and the intersection s of design with psychology, feminism, and sustainability. WHERE:MatchBOX Coworking Studio17 S 16th StreetLafayette, IN 47901View Map  

IDSA NYC: Hack:Trash:NYC

Team up with designers, lawyers, policy & waste experts, technologists, and entrepreneurs to develop innovative solutions to reduce waste through reuse. For complete information, visit www.hacktrash.nyc. Schedule* Friday, October 27 (6p - 9:30p) Reception with food and refreshments courtesy of Ancolie Opening remarks Keynote address by Deputy Sanitation Commissioner Bridget Anderson Team Up Break until […]

National Design Week 2017

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is hosting National Design Week 2017 from Oct. 14 to 22 with a series of free programs for all ages, led and inspired by National Design Award winners. Read more about the 2017 winners. See the week's events in Design Across America. Launched in 2006, National Design Week, led by Cooper Hewitt's award-winning Education Department, […]

Advanced Design SQ1 Con

In the spirit of advocating for design education, the students of ADS felt they needed to further their mission and make their voices heard nationwide by organizing a conference specifically focused on design sketching. The planning committee, composed of seven Industrial Design students chose to call this conference Square 1 – a phrase that means […]

Plasticity Texas

IDSA members get a 30 percent discount on registration to the Plasticiity Forum set for April 21, 2017 at The Women's Museum in Fair Park, 300 Parry Ave., Dallas, TX, 75226. Former Plastics News editor-in-chief and IDSA Personal Recognition Award winner Bob Grace, A/IDSA, is helping to organize the event, and will serve as moderator. Plasticity Texas—an international plastics […]

Autodesk Fusion 360 3D Printing Classes

Welcome to the world of making! Kick off 2017 by learning new skills with Autodesk. A free, full-length, 3D printing class offers 16 lessons—anytime, anywhere. Learn everything you need to know to design and 3D print your own creations. Enroll here. Or, attend a live webinar and follow along step-by-step. Learn to 3D model and 3D print a […]