The latest Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge winning entries range from a solar furnace built from television parts—to camping gear that leaves no trace. C2C Innovation Institute President Lewis Perkins says it all “provides a clear means of
Attendees of the IDSA Northeast District Design Conference (NEDDC) 2017 at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence may want to check out the first Digital Museum of Digital Art (DiMoDA) project to be shown in a US museum,
A new, reality compeition television show—to be hosted by world famous automotive designer Henrik Fisker—has issued a casting call for industrial designers. The producers of such hits as Top Chef and Project Runway are filling roles on Concept Dream
A study by Accenture shows only 27 percent of businesses have a strategy for IoT and many lack the capabilities needed to pivot their business models at speed and scale to harness IoT innovation. Now, Accenture is heeding its
A new project by IDSA International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2017 Juror Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness, IDSA, and her industrial design students is making headlines. The Iowa State University industrial design assistant professor and several of her juniors have developed the Damage
“What could the future of industrial design education look like, not tomorrow—but 25 years, 50 years, or more—from today?” That’s what the organizers of the new IDSA Education Futures—making its debut at the IDSA West District Design Conference (WDDC)
It’s official. The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) is entering its 60th year as the World Design Organization (WDO). The global, non-governmental organization was founded in 1957 to promote the profession of industrial design and its
A new year welcomes a new IDSA Ambassador—Covestro. Dubbed by its CEO Patrick Thomas as a “one-year startup with a 60-year history”—Covestro, since September 2015, has carried on the tradition of Bayer MaterialScience with global headquarters in Germany and US headquarters
Welcome to the world of making! Kick off 2017 by learning new skills with Autodesk: A free, full-length, 3D printing class offers 16 lessons—anytime, anywhere. Learn everything you need to know to design and 3D print your own creations. Enroll here.Or attend
As IDSA’s International Design Excellence Awards competition enters its 37th year, the categories have evolved. Branding is back—drawing global entries in identities, collateral and additional logo applications. And it couldn’t have returned at a more relevant time. “Branding has become a practice
From April 23 to 24, 2017, IDSA’s West District Design Conference (@IDSA #IDSAWDDC) lands at the University of Oregon in Portland. Chair Jason Belaire, IDSA, pledges you’ll be inspired by a fantastic group
IDSA’s South Design District Conference 2017 (@IDSA #SDDC), scheduled from April 7 to 8, 2017 at the University of Houston, is a celebration of creativity and ingenuity; a gathering of community;
Step up your game by attending IDSA’s Central District Design Conference 2017: Innovation Is a Team Sport, from March 31 to April 1, 2017. Chair Christopher Brown, IDSA, welcomes you to the
Chair Ayse Birsel, IDSA, says expect the unexpected when the Industrial Designers Society of America’s Northeast District Design Conference 2017 (@IDSA #IDSANEDDC) arrives at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence,
Nominations for the 2017-2019 Board of Directors term. The positions open for May 2017–2019 are: Secretary/Treasurer Serving as an Officer of the Society and a member of the Board’s Executive Committee, the Secretary/Treasurer oversees the Society’s funds and records and ensures that proper accounting
The story of industrial designer pioneer Norman Bel Geddes, FIDSA, (1893-1958) is coming to a book store near you. The Man Who Designed the Future: Norman Bel Geddes and the Invention of Twentieth-Century America, written by B. Alexandra Szerlip, willl be published by Melville
Declaring “explosive changes in design in the past 20 years call for a reexamination of design research’s accomplishments, aims and possibilities”—the seventh International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR) Congress will be held for the first time in North America.
IDSA’s International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2017—honoring the best in industrial design and related fields—is open for entry through March 17, 2017. Enter at IDSA.org/IDEA. IDEA 2017 Jury Chair Owen Foster, IDSA, is leading more than two dozen design experts from
Former executive vice president of design at Knoll International and decorated US Army veteran Donald Rorke, L/IDSA, passed away on Nov. 4, 2016. He was 86. Rorke was born in 1929 to architect Edwyn Rorke and classical musician Florence Rorke. He attended
From MIT to MIAD, industrial design scholarships are having an impact on education. Ben Coble, S/IDSA, is the recipient of the $1,500 2016 Gianninoto Graduate Scholarship presented by the Indsutrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). Emily Siira,
University of Oregon (UO) in Portland, site of the IDSA West District Design Conference 2017, has kicked off a new sports product design master’s degree that’s touted as the only graduate program of its kind in the United States. Students learn not only
Stephanie Battista, IDSA, has launched Humanity Innovation Labs (HIL) in Portland, OR. “What makes us unique is that we’re focused on R+D and IP for preventive health systems in wearables,” says Battista, who brings 15 year of experience to the new venture. Battista
What began as a student concept that captured worldwide attention when it won Best in Show, Gold and People’s Choice in IDSA’s International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2007—has come full circle almost ten years later as it once again
What do you have to say about design on a global scale? Designers, educators, students, influencers and agents of change are gathering for the World Design Summit, Oct. 16 to 25, 2017 at the Palais des Congrès in Montreal. The
The work of two IDSA Medical Design Conference 2016 keynote speakers is in the global spotlight. Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD, of Neuroscape, is scheduled to deliver an inspirational presentation. His groundbreaking discoveries in neuroscience—profiled in The Wall Street Journal and on NBC, CNN,