Mar 16, 2017 Creative Chaos is a new book on best practices in teaching creative collaboration to the interdisciplinary groups in the interactive entertainment graduate program at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Co-authored by Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) Director Drew Davidson and others,
In March 2017 at SXSW Interactive in Austin, TX, Tim Ronco, S/IDSA, was among a group of Parsons School of Design students who unveiled new, wearable technology devices and experiences to transform wellness. Göbie and Sleepwise were designed by students from Parsons MFA
David Smith, L/IDSA, passed away on Feb. 25, 2017 at his home in Columbus, OH, surrounded by his family. He was 84. Colleague and fellow Pratt Institute alum Deane Richardson, FIDSA, was with Smith only a few hours before he passed. “Dave
The Industrial Designers Society of America’s West District Design Conference 2017 (#IDSAWDDC)—scheduled from April 23 to 24—has partnered with Design Week Portland (DWP), which runs from April 21 to 29, 2017. “Portland comes alive with design,” declare organizers. DWP events
IDSA had a strong presence at the 11th annual USPTO Design Day on April 25, 2017 in Alexandria, VA. The event also was broadcast live to several USPTO offices across the country as industrial designers, educators and patent examiners, managers and attorneys learned “What’s
IDSA Fellow William Plumb has passed away at the age of 84 in Piermont, NY. He is survived by his wife of 43 years Catherine Plumb, and children Christian Plumb and Abigail Plumb-Larrick. His daughter also works in design and human factors—in software—at
An IDSA student member has scored a record-setting win in a 2017 national competition. For the first time in the 24-year history of the International Housewares Association Student Design Competition, an industrial design student has won first, second and third place prizes for
Savannah College of Art and Design industrial design senior Anna Haldewang, S/IDSA, has been featured on CNN Tech for developing the Plan Bee prototype—a small, yellow-and-black drone that would spread flower pollen, like a real bee does. CNN Tech reports that In North America
The International Child Art Foundation (ICAF), in partnership with the Design Learning Network (DLN), has published an edition of ChildArt magazine featuring articles on several IDSA members. Click here to view. They are Ayse Birsel, IDSA Board of Directors’ member and chair of IDSA’s Northeast District Design Conference
The 21st annual Rowena Reed Kostellow (RRK) Awards ceremony willl be held from 6 to 8pm on March 8, 2017 at Knoll showroom, 1330 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan. The ceremony will be a fundraiser for student scholarships and a prize program. Register now; IDSA
The Detroit Creative Corridor Center has received a $1 million grant from the Knight Foundation to create an urban development strategy that focuses on excellence and inclusiveness in design. This comes two years after Detroit was designated by the United Nations
Pip Tompkin Design Studio has been named as the newest IDSA Ambassador. Founder Pip Tompkin, IDSA, is a former International Design Excellence Award winner who’s now an IDEA 2017 juror. “As designers, we have a disproportionately large influence on our world. When I joined
Former IDSA International Design Excellence Award Design of the Decade winner Lou Lenzi, FIDSA, has taken the helm of the monthly “Association Report: IDSA” for Appliance Design magazine—kicking off his column with “Innovating the Process of Innovation.” In the
Longtime research by IDSA Member Byron Bloch, an auto safety expert, has been featured in a February 2017 investigative report on NBCs TODAY show by reporter Ronan Farrow entitled “Side Guard Safety Push” in the “Undercovered” series. When a
As part of National Design Week 2017’s Design Across America events, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum honored the winners of its 2017 National Design Awards (NDA)—recognizing design excellence and innovation—at a gala dinner and ceremony on Oct. 19, 2017.
What Is Industrial Design? Design brings stories to life. —Yves Béhar, IDSA Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose. —Charles Eames Good design is making something intelligible
The latest election for open positions on IDSA’s Board of Directors runs from March 9 to 24, 2017. Six positions are open for the 2017-2019 term. Each position is followed below by the candidate(s) vying for each position: Secretary/Treasurer:
An interdisciplinary team of four Notre Dame University students, taught by IDSA/Eastman Education Symposium 2017 Chair and IDSA Board of Directors Education VP Scott Shim, has won second place in the Walt Disney Imagineering Imaginations Design Competition 2017. “This project is a perfect example of showcasing the scope
Banner & Witcoff is a record breaker, in fact breaking its own record for the most design patent grants in a single year. US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) records show the firm procured 1,032 US design patents in 2016. Banner & Witcoff
On your way to or from IDSA’s Northeast District Design Conference 2017 from March 31 to April 1 at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, drop by Boston Design Week 2017! IDSA is a non-profit partner of the 12-day citywide design festival, as
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) has filed an amicus brief in Converse, Inc.’s Feb. 1, 2017 federal circuit court appeal of the June 2016 International Trade Commission (ITC) decision on trademarks on the iconic Chuck Taylor All Star shoes. The brief, filed
IDSA Board of Directors West District VP and West District Design 2017 Conference Chair Jason Belaire, IDSA, and former International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) winner Max Burton, IDSA were among the judges in the 12th annual Housewares Design Awards. From a super-powered food processor to the
Are you looking forward to aging and retirement? Do you look forward to using the types of products people are forced to accept as they age? Bryce Rutter, PhD, IDSA—founder and CEO of Metaphase, and IDSA International Design Excellence Awards 2017 juror—finds
In January 2017, the IDSA San Francisco Chapter and AIGA San Francisco Chapter co-hosted a wide-ranging panel of designers—moderated by The Techies Project founder—to tackle the issue of diversity in design. “The community and the walls that came down were amazing,” says IDSA