IDSA SYR: Business Storytelling for Designers and Engineers

Likely, you’ve heard that storytelling at work is good for leaders, good for marketers, good for trainers. Is it good for industrial designers and engineers? Come see for yourself. Rance will facilitate a lively discussion that may change the way you communicate at work forever. Get started with four questions that define the purpose of […]

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 […]

IDSA NL: Back-to-School Sketchnote with Mike Rohde

Join Mike Rohde, author of The Sketchnote Handbook and The Sketchnote Workbook as he shares the concepts that make visual thinking a fast, effective communication power tool. This workshop is designed to develop and to strengthen your visual thinking abilities so you can use simple shapes with words to emphasize speed and idea sharing. We’ll […]

IDSA Membership Meeting – 2020 Year In Review

On Thursday, October 14, 2021, IDSA’s Executive Director presented the annual membership meeting and year in review. During this session, Chris Livaudais, IDSA provided a look back on our 2020 performance as well as updates on how the association has been navigating our journey through the COVID-19 pandemic. This annual event is an important moment to share information with IDSA membership in a […]

IDSA POR: How Not to Make A Fortune In The Design World

The IDSA Portland Chapter and IDME will be hosting a "fireside" chat with Todd Amelung on “How Not to Make A Fortune In The Design World,” a designer's retrospective on how a different business model could have achieved a better outcome. Come grab a drink and join the discussion on lessons he took from the process, the […]

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IDSA TOR: Iconic Product Design with Wolfgang Joensson

Award-winning designer, educator and author Wolfgang Joensson will take us on journey through time to look at iconic products. What makes a product iconic? Looking at historic memorable design objects, […]

IDSA NL: Last Call Fall

Come grab a beer and enjoy the last of the warm weather with your ID friends

IDSA NL: Fall Happy Hour

Join us for drinks as we soak up some of the last warm Milwaukee weather and discuss what’s in store for IDSA at the local level!

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 […]