Plasticity Texas

IDSA members get a 30 percent discount on registration to the Plasticiity Forum set for April 21, 2017 at The Women's Museum in Fair Park, 300 Parry Ave., Dallas, TX, 75226. Former Plastics News editor-in-chief and IDSA Personal Recognition Award winner Bob Grace, A/IDSA, is helping to organize the event, and will serve as moderator. Plasticity Texas—an international plastics […]

IDSA MKE: DISCUSSION meetup: Tear It Up!

You can empathize with users, you can strategize about colors, you can even sculpt form with NURBS. But once in a while you’ve just got to rip something apart to do it right. Sometimes the knowledge gained is very specific to the project, but other times you gain a trick to include in your long […]

IDSA KC: Kansas City Design Week 2017

It’s about Kansas City. It’s about design. It’s about a week long. (8 days, really) It’s all about coming together for events, workshops, parties, talks, explorations, a big dose of the fabled surprise & delight. It’s inspiration, connecting, discovering that, sure enough, DESIGN WAS HERE. Just about everywhere, all week long. Join us Apr. 6–13, 2017 […]

IDSA NYC: Women X Design Panel Discussion

What: Women x Design: Panel discussion Join Designit & IDSA NYC for a conversation with five incredible and accomplished women who are making waves in the design world! This panel will explore the varied issues faced by women in design and offer insights into the challenges, successes, and journey that got them where they are […]

IDSA MKE: Entrepreneurial Product Development with Craighton Berman

You are a designer of things, and also a designer of experiences. If you are like most, you craft both of these for others in return for pay – all the while daydreaming about how you might do it better if key decisions were up to you. Craighton Berman doesn’t daydream any more. Craighton is […]

IDSA CHI: Iron Sketch Battle

We’re excited to collaborate with UIC IDSA, MIAD IDSA, Advanced Design Sketching, and Lost Arts to have an IRON SKETCH BATTLE during the pregame party of this years IDSA Midwest Conference which will be held at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (MIAD). This event will have BBQ food, drinks, karaoke, and games like: giant […]

IDSA LVL: Co-Creation Workshop 101

Everyone is creative in their own way, but how to do you unlock creativity from the crowd and translate that into innovative, user-centric ideas which can be the foundation for meaningful solutions? Join IDSA for our interactive workshop around the design research methodology of Co-Creation; a process where designers co-design with users as creative partners within the […]