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 […]

IDSA IND: AMACO Facility Tour

Our first quarter event will be will be held March 9th over at AMACO here in Indianapolis. Check out their website if you can't wait any longer to know more about them. VERY awesome stuff, who knew they were based right here in Indiana? And until the not-so-distant past, right next to the Indianapolis Motor […]

IDSA CHI: Advanced Design – SKETCHFRESH

Join the Advanced Design Sketching group on Saturday, March 4th, 2017 as they’ll be hosting Newell Brands Industrial Designer Jacob Ballard, also known as Sketchfresh (on Instagram). This event will be interactive for both students and professionals alike – Jacob will show us a timeline of his sketches; from his early days as a student to his current […]

IDSA MKE: DISCUSSION meetup: Storytelling

My deadline had come… and was just rolling past me, taillights still in view. The latest issue of INNOVATION was sitting beside me, tackling the theme “The Story Behind The Design” – a compelling topic for sure. I certainly heard a lot of my colleagues make references to how important storytelling was, but examples of […]

IDSA NYC: 2017 Student Pow Wow

IDSA Student Pow Wow brings together design students from NYC & NJ design schools for a meet & greet. Ayse Birsel, co-founder, Birsel + Seck and Fast Company Most Creative People 2017 honoree, will be giving a talk about her book‘Design the Life You Love’ and sign books. IDSA NYC has a couple of exciting […]

IDSA SF: Sex & Drugs Designing in a Taboo Industry

Join us for a stimulating conversation with the creatives designing provocative products that are transforming how we have sex, consume cannabis, and breast feed. We’ve invited three pioneering designers to share their journey reshaping the social stigmas built around their industry. Learn how quiet, elegant sex toys dismiss shame and judgement from sex, how form […]

IDSA KC: “Another Story” with Gary Smith

Make sure you snap up these tickets fast. Don't miss your chance to hear from the Vice President of Product Design & Exploration for Herman Miller, Gary Smith. Known for his imaginative approach to design and being at the forefront of the industry, Gary will share a series of short stories about the human journey and the […]