More than 2,000 students from 30 universities around the world will collaborate during a medical design hackathon as part of the Sept. 22-23 Design Good Now conference at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. The global design initiative, developed at
The head of IDSA’s Student Chapter at Rochester Institute of Technology is part of a group of about 40 students organizing the Thought at Work Conference. Registration is open for the event, which is set Oct. 20–22, 2017. Last year, up
A new exhibit conceptualized, designed and realized by Charles and Ray Eames in 1961, will open Sept. 23, 2017 at Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. “Once you drop into the Mathematica matrix, you will sense math all around you,” announces the
Samsung Design America, located in San Francisco, has become the newest IDSA Ambassador. “As a recognized leader in the global IT industry with about 200 subsidiaries around the world, we set ourselves apart from the competition in manufacturing, R&D, marketing and services with
A day before the IDSA Medical Design Conference in Boston, join two, in-situ workshops at Boston Children’s Hospital and dive deep with experts in medical design. Separate registration is open now for the two, pre-conference workshops on March 28.
A longtime IDSA member who will be speaking at the IDSA Medical Design Conference 2018 in Boston, is taking the lead in trying to start industrial design undergraduate and graduate programs at the University of Kentucky. Mitzi Vernon has been
Amid the devastation wrought by the 2017 hurricane season and the 8.0+ magnitude earthquake in Mexico, Parsons School of Design at The New School—and Japan Foundation’s Center for Global Partnership—have launched an innovative project to design solutions for surviving
One of the world’s most prestigious and rigorous design competitions is getting a new look. For 37 years, the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA)® has been conducted by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). Now, with the help of
University of Oregon’s Department of Product Design set SAIL in summer 2017 with a new addition to week-long programs designed to help high school students explore career paths. A product design undergraduate student in UO’s College of Design taught the next
Two former IDSA International Design Conference chairs will play roles in Detroit’s upcoming celebration of design. On Sept. 8, 2017, Sooshin Choi, IDSA, chair of #IDSADetroit16, will serve as chair of the Collaboration = Innovation session at the College for
Model Solution announced the student winners of its 2017 Model One Awards at IDSA’s International Design Conference in Atlanta. Students from eight universities and design scohols across the United States developed products that enhance quality of life, improve safety, disrupt
Herbst Produkt founding partner Walter Herbst, IDSA, completed his PhD in summer 2017. “Finishing a grueling four-year odyssey, the tireless design icon just returned from the United Kingdom where he completed his dissertation with Coventry University,” reports the design studio.
$5,000 was up for grabs in the IDSA Materials and Processes Special Interest Section’s Student Thermoformed Parts Competition. Judging by IDSA members took place at IDSA’s International Design Conference 2017. Entries were reviewed for design creativity and best use of the thermoforming process. The top
On Aug. 18 at IDSA’s International Design Conference 2017, winners of the IDSA Awards were revealed: Education Award Ed Dorsa, IDSA, retired in 2017 after nearly two decades as an associate professor and the chair of the ID program at Virginia
Thanks to Brook White, Eric Niederstadt and apprentice John for hosting our IDSA chapter as well as the AIGA at Flame Run. Brook talked to us about blowing glass and answered many questions about the process before taking us
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) hosted the 37th annual International Design Excellence Awards (IDSA IDEA®) 2017 Ceremony and Gala on Aug. 19 in Atlanta, GA—revealing which 25 designs won Gold and which 52 designs won Silver in
Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, DE has received a $95,000 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), a program affiliate of the National Archives and Records Administration. The grant will be used to process the
“In the golden age of American industrial design, Henry Dreyfuss Associates (HDA) knew that there was more to design than just looking good. Products had to be good, crafted to work with the people who use them.” With this
Winsell Incorporated, led by IDSA Member Fred Shockey, has announced the winners of its 2017 International Rotational Molding Product Design Competition, with the goal of inspiring emerging industrial design students to create breakthrough consumer products that utilize the latest
Appalachian State University design educators aren’t taking the entire summer off. For the first time, they held a camp for high school students in North Carolina—introducing the youngsters to industrial and interior design.
Coincidentally, both winners of the 2017 industrial design education scholarships traveled from around the world to find opportunities in the United States. Meet the winners and learn more about ther journeys.
IDSA’s International Design Conference 2017 in Atlanta is featuring offsite visits you can’t miss!
It’s a first—that we can remember—for an IDSA event! Super Saturday Morning at this year’s IDSA International Design Conference at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis will be open to attendees and their families (children ages five and older) from 9 am
“Design IS entering into a new relationship with business, and one worth considering for your own business,” declares IDSA Fellow Lou Lenzi in his latest column for Appliance Design magazine on the eve of IDSA’s International Design Conference: Design IS
