IDSA Chicago’s Masterclass: Designing for Disabilities

Join us for an in-person Masterclass where expert Deana McDonagh dives deep into how to create inclusive designs that empower. Join IDSA's Chicago Chapter for an exciting event featuring speaker […]

Formation Open Studio

FORMATION OPEN STUDIO! The IDSA Transportation Section is pleased to present Formation Open Studio .Please join Formation Design Group, Twisthink, Audality, and IDSA Atlanta for an evening of networking and a special presentation by Joyce Tan of Airbus. Joyce Tan, Head of Research & Technology at Airbus Americas, will be speaking about sustainability and sharing […]

Let’s Talk Design Management Series 3

In this reoccurring series, we will hear from leading professionals who will share stories of their design journey, the challenges they have encountered and overcome, how they have managed to […]

Design Protection Section: Boosting Value for your Clients with Design Patents

In the United States, design patents have become considerably stronger since the 2008 Supreme Court decision Egyptian Goddess. Yet many clients and ID professionals aren't aware of what changed in that decision, and how it affects the protection your clients can obtain with design patents. Join Patent Agent Kevin Prince, who has obtained over 2,500 […]

Design in Healthcare – Medical Section

A presentation and discussion on product development methodologies that help merge physical and digital product experiences in healthcare.   Design in Healthcare: Merging Physical and Digital Experiences from IDSA on […]

Miniaturization Redux – Materials & Processes Section

John Skabardonis will guide participants through an interactive session, exploring some of the latest functional integration technologies: The cool electronics we love have traditionally been made possible by electromechanical components […]

IDSA MKE: Disability + Design

Enjoy the recording of this event. This panel discussion will highlight the design education barriers faced by students with disabilities, and the ways which the industrial design community can help support equitable academic opportunities. This session is proudly presented by the IDSA Milwaukee (MKE) chapter. Industrial Design education is a demanding pursuit for all students, […]

Design Management: Design Audit Workshop

When management of people, process and content constantly knocks on your door, It's sometimes hard to implement improvements. Taking snapshots of the status quo of your design function and picking […]

Housewares & Sustainability: NYCxDesign

The Industrial Designer’s Society of America (IDSA) is thrilled to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of NYCXDesign by honoring the diversity within the industrial design field with IDSA Communities! IDSA Communities are led by industrial design professionals who provide continuing education and professional development opportunities to advance knowledge of industrial design . Join our community leaders from […]

Housewares Section: What’s Innovative in Housewares?

IDSA Chicago Chapter and the Housewares Section for panel of leaders in housewares design critiques the innovation (and lack thereof) in the industry. Enjoy the recording: https://vimeo.com/710895342

Design Management Section: Let’s Talk Design

In this reoccurring series, we will hear from leading professionals who will share stories of their design journey, the challenges they have encountered and overcome, how they have managed to progress their careers. We will also learn about any unforeseen gaps in their professional development and how they best approach any situation to manage and […]

Medical Section: Julia Anthony

Julia is an entrepreneur, designer, healthcare executive, board member and a young woman living with a rare medical condition. She is the Founder, President, and Chief Strategy Officer of SOLUtion Medical — a life science company developing a one-step, pre-filled reconstituting autoinjector that will make patient-injected drug delivery safer, more efficacious, and overall easier. She […]

Design Management Section: Learning Lab

In this reoccurring series, we will share insights, information, case studies, models, and methodologies, amongst a variety of other assets, to help inform and inspire you in the professional practice […]

IDSA Sections at NYCxDesign 2021

Section experts (Transportation and Mobility, Design Management, and Materials and Processes) share information about their communities. Take a deeper dive into the Industrial Designer’s Society of America’s (IDSA) Sections! Experts from the Transportation and Mobility, Design Management, and Materials and Processes Sections, connect the dots between Industrial Design and their topical communities. Participants will have […]

Design Management Section: NYCxDesign 2021

The Design Management Section will take participants on a journey to enlighten them in the professional practice of Design Management, and the Materials and Processes Section will share how material choices enable sustainable design. Recorded on November 17, 2021. https://vimeo.com/656751464

Medical Section: Cognitive Human Factors for Designers Pt 1

Exploring how the mind works, and its implications for the design of controls, displays, IFU's, information architecture design, and more. Many product designers have never taken a university-level class on cognitive human factors or cognitive science. This set of one-hour workshops is designed to remedy that. It provides a crash course on how the mind […]

Design Management: Lets Talk Design Management

In this reoccurring series, we will hear from leading professionals who will share stories of their design journey, the challenges they have encountered and overcome, how they have managed to progress their careers. Recorded September 30, 2021 https://vimeo.com/624820869

Design Voices: Life Centered Design

What does designing for 'one planet living’ look like? Guests Morag Gamble, Founder of Permaculture Education Institute, and Chhaya Bhanti, Founder and Creative Director at VERTIVER, a women-owned social enterprise, have deep expertise in this area. Learn from their inspiring journeys designing with communities for a more sustainable, fair, and cleaner world, through their diverse work encompassing six continents on ecological design […]

Design History Section: 3500 Years of Design in 2000 Seconds Flat!

Join the IDSA Design History Section for this double event, which includes a screening and online discussion! Acclaimed Industrial Designer, Carl Gustav Magnusson, IDSA shares a colorful, informative video presentation, which takes viewers through the chronology of the scientific and cultural influences on design .    https://vimeo.com/564180351  

Design Voices: Women in ID: Data Bias & Entrepreneurship

  Host Başak Altan, IDSA talked with guests Anne Cocquyt, Startup Founder of GUILD, and Merry (Rheim) Constantino, IDSA, Founder of ProductLogic LLC, about how data bias impacts female entrepreneurship. As mentors and influencers in the product innovation […]

Design Voices: The Intersection of Service Design & ID

Guests Ode Ozlem Dessauer-Siegers, Design Lead – UX CoE at VodafoneZiggo, and Dr. Geke van Dijk, Co-founder and Director of STBY at REACH Global Design Research, shared with host Başak Altan, IDSA both their professional […]

Transportation & Mobility Section: Mobility and the Role of Customer Experience

Johannes Lampela, Director of Industrial Design and Cheryl Pelly, Lead CMF designer (Designworks, A BMW group company) will present on transportation design, mobility and the role of customer experience with regard to design and CMF. The event will be 20-30 minutes with 15-20 minutes Q & A afterwards. Recorded on March 31, 2021. https://vimeo.com/showcase/8720507/video/583427393

Sustainability Section: Close the Loop Ideathon

Help generate solutions for circular design challenges in a fast-paced, simultaneously visualized ideathon. Challenge topics will include the design with circular materials, electronic product longevity, reusable packaging, sourcing credible carbon offsets, and more. Onscreen contributors will include four design students from Arizona State U. and the Savannah College of Art and Design, two live note […]

Design Voices: Perspectives on Race & Design

Donald Burlock, Jr., IDSA, author of “Superhuman by Design,” Ayana Patterson, IDSA, Leader on IDSA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council, and Jasmine Kent, IDSA, Apparel Designer at Under Armour, shared their stories and […]