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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 space, Anne and Merry shared perspectives of their own entrepreneurship journeys, along with advice to empower women in design and business. https://vimeo.com/555388071

NYCxDesign: Expertise X Design: An Introduction to IDSA’s Sections

Join us for this engaging event hosted by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)’s Section leaders! Sections are community groups of IDSA members with expertise and interest in specific areas of industrial design. There are many segments of the industrial design profession, ranging from digital to furniture to medical design. Our members are experts […]

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 […]