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IDEA 2018 Winners Revealed

Gold, Silver and Bronze International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) winners from around the world attended the IDEA Ceremony on Sept. 19 at the beautiful National WWII Museum in New Orleans, LA. Awardees and International Design Conference (IDC) goers dressed

IDSA CHI: 2018 Women & Design Summit Event Details

Join us for IDSA Chicago’s Women + Design Summit. This event will be held in Chicago’s thriving West Loop area and aims to connect designer from across the country. We will spend a full day hearing from inspiring women

Call for Interest | 2019–2020 IDSA Leadership Positions

The IDSA Nominations Committee invites all members in good standing to submit their name or recommend a colleague who is interested in pursuing an elevated leadership role within the Society. Several positions are opening on the Board of Directors and

New York City BetterBin Design Competition

The BetterBin Design Competition is open to the public. Submissions are welcome from the entire design community, including: architects; artists; engineers; landscape architects; planners; urban designers; industrial designers; and manufacturers, etc. Submissions from international competitors, multi-disciplinary teams, and students

IDSA BOS Event Recap: The Road to Crowdfunding – the PAKT One Story

IDSA Boston hosted Jordan Nollman of Sprout Studios on June 14, 2019 who shared his journey developing the PAKT One travel bag and it’s viral Indigogo campaign. Jordan and his team partnered with the The Minimalists and Malcolm Fontier to

IDEA 2018 Jurors Convene in Dearborn

In its 38th year, the International Design Excellence Awards once again found the best design work of the past year. The esteemed IDEA jury, led by Whirlpool’s Sr. Design Manager Michael Kahwaji, IDSA, combed through over 840 finalists to

Design At Work

More than 400 people attended Design Day 2018: Design At Work at the United States Patent & Trade Office (USPTO) headquarters in Alexandria, VA, and another 200 viewed the conference from USPTO remote locations. This year’s event featured presentations

Ciao da Milano – Instagram Takeover

Salone del Mobile, the annual Italian furniture and furnishings expo in Milan, Italy, is one of the most important and vibrant design spectacles our industry observes each year. This year–2018–marked the 57th year of the event and drew an

Event Recap – IDSA Medical Conference 2018

Hands on learning the power of design and a human-centered approach IDSA’s commitment to the medical design profession has been growing over the past few years. This is exemplified by the annual Medical Design Conference, the most recent of

IDEA Trophy Fabrication

Our fabrication partners are ramping up production of the newly re-designed IDEA trophies. Last year, the International Design Excellence Awards program underwent a significant rebranding at the talented hands of fuseproject. Their work helped breathe new life into the

IDSA at Nation’s Largest STEM Expo

For many high school students, the term ‘Industrial Design’ is virtually unknown as a professional practice or a gateway to solving problems through a creative lens. At the nation’s largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), IDSA

MassArt’s IDSA Student Merit Awards Presentations

Join us to witness some of MassArt’s talented seniors Industrial Design students as they compete to represent the college at the Northeast District Conference. Refreshments will be served. DMC Lecture Hall, MassArt & Design Friday, March 30, 2018 –

Member Spotlight: Josh Nelson, IDSA

Josh Nelson, IDSA, has been a maker since he was a youngster, tall enough to get his hands on goods. Now, he’s an educator at San Jose State University and a designer who’s worked for more than a decade as a professional, creating meaningful products and

IDSA Members Participate in IHA’s 2018 Student Design Competition

IDSA members are among the winners and jurors in the International Housewares Association’s 25th annual Student Design Competition. All winners will be showcased at the 2018 International Home + Housewares Show on March 10–13 in Chicago. Entrants redesigned a current housewares product to

MIAD introduces apprenticeship program for graduates

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design is introducing an apprenticeship program for graduates in several design disciplines including industrial/product design. Designship, the first-of-its-kind program in the United States, will train designers in management to help them land leading roles in a creative

RIT Launches New MicroMasters Program in Design Thinking

The site of IDSA’s Northeast District Design Conference 2018 is launching a new Design Thinking MicroMasters program with edX—the nonprofit learning destination founded by Harvard and MIT. The courses through Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) will teach how design thinking can be

IDSA Members Weigh in on Housewares Designs

It’s design season, and that means IDSA members across the country are taking part in a variety of industrial design specialties and competitions. The latest example comes from the 13th annual Housewares Design Awards, presented Jan. 30, 2018 in Las Vegas by HomeWorld Business, in which

“Startlingly Creative”

For the second year in a row, an IDSA Student Merit Award winner has captured one of the top spots at the Imaginations Design Competition hosted by Disney Imagineering! “The most valuable takeaway from the IDSA SMAs, as well as from the

Member Spotlight: Andrew Marosi, IDSA honors Nohemi Gonzalez

Andrew Marosi, IDSA, is part of a California State University-Long Beach (CSULB) team that’s created a plaque in honor of Nohemi Gonzalez, the industrial student who became the only American killed in the 2015 terrorist attack in Paris that claimed 130 lives.

CES 2018: A Design Insider’s View

The team from Whipsaw, Inc has visited CES every year since 1999. Each year, thousands of new products are introduced. “The show is a jarring assortment of competing gadgets and technology—epitomizing both very good and very bad design You

Member Spotlight: Michael DiTullo Shares His Love of ID

An IDEA 2018 juror and former IDEA winner who’s marking 20 years as a professional designer, is spreading the word about industrial design. “What motivates me to inspire and teach the next generation is the debt I owe to the generation

Member Spotlight: Kiersten Muenchinger, IDSA

Busy is an understatement when it comes to describing the daily life of the founding director of the Department of Product Design at the University of Oregon, the site of IDSA’s WDDC 2018. She took some time out to

Designing Dining

Rochester Institute of Technology’s Industrial Design Department, including members of IDSA’s Student Chapter at RIT, is serving up the savory results of its eighth annual Metaproject that creates industry partnerships. Designing Dining—a four-course meal experience—was crafted by 16 ID students

At the Helm

IDSA has appointed a new interim executive director. On Jan. 2, 2018, Chris Livaudais—a designer and longtime member of IDSA—succeeded Daniel Martinage, CAE, who led the organization from 2012 to 2017.

In Their Own Words: Benefits of Winning IDEA

From “highest regard” to “standard of excellence” to “ultimate achivement,” accolades abound for IDEA. See what winners are saying, in their own words, about the benefits of earning honors at IDSA’s Internatoinal Design Excellence Awards.

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