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 […]

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 […]

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 […]