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 […]

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 journeys to becoming industrial designers with host Başak Altan, IDSA.   https://vimeo.com/516933834

Design Voices: Design for Democracy

A discussion on design’s influence on democracy and politics, as well as its social implications, with host Başak Altan, IDSA (design strategist, educator and future thinker) and uests Lisa Kay Solomon, Designer in Residence at Stanford d.school, and Jeroen van Erp, professor at Delft University of Technology and co-founder of Fabrique, Netherlands.   https://vimeo.com/516906793

Design Voices: Close That Loop Part 1: Circular Business Models

Hosted by Philip White, IDSA, Professor, The Design School, Arizona State University with: Anna Queralt Fuentes, Engagement Manager, Ellen MacArthur Foundation Bridget Croke, Managing Director, Closed Loop Partners https://vimeo.com/507360040

Design Voices: Conquering the Chaos of Creativity

Creativity is a hallmark of human evolution. We are uniquely wired to transform imagination into reality, moving from “what if?” to “here it is!” Somewhere along the way, though, we […]

Design Voices: How Industrial Design Can Save Fashion

An empowering conversation about how innovative design thinking is transforming the Fashion Industry. Learn how emerging industrial designers can shape the post-pandemic future by using technology, sustainability and human centered practices. […]

Design Voices: IP / Design Protection

A dialogue built to explore recent design patent cases and their rulings as a way to understand and expose the impact those cases have on us as industrial designers, both individually and as a profession. Hosted by Charles L. Mauro CHFP, IDSA, President & Founder, MAURO Usability Science, with: Joel Delman, IDSA, Industrial Design Consultant and Design Expert Witness Elizabeth Ferrill, Partner at Finnegan, […]

Design Voices: Intersections: Design and the Queer Mind!

Join three designers turned queer storytellers for a Design Voices Pride event, in which they share their personal journeys on designing from their own unique perspectives. Hosted by Vanessa Melendez, Principal Designer- Global Baby Care at […]

Design Voices: Beauty in Design

For function-oriented designers, “beauty” can seem like a dirty word. It’s marked by the stigma of frivolous ornamentation and embracing the ephemeral in rejection of rationality and the timeless. What is often overlooked in the classic debate between form and function, is that beauty is a function in and of itself. We select, cherish, and […]