In this issue:
When we began to compose the theme of this issue, we took a moment to reflect on how to create something that would be relevant to the current time and showcase the actions of our community. In the weeks since that initial planning session, so much has changed.
It’s fair to say that 2020 has been one of the most surreal, devastating, and challenging years in recent history. The COVID-19 pandemic has swept through almost every nation on earth, with several million cases of the novel coronavirus reported. Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide have died from the virus, while countless lives have been painfully disrupted and irrevocably altered.
Amid this global health crisis, public attention in the U.S. turned to a series of racist attacks and horrific incidents of police brutality. The murder of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis on Memorial Day, captured on smartphone video and shared around the world, triggered a wave of protests and pushed myriad organizations, included our own, to confront issues of racial injustice, reexamine the ways in which the design industry could be helpful and harmful to our communities, and work to dismantle biased and unequal systems. We have a lot of work to do and are grateful for all we have learned. We will not stop showing up, or speaking up, for what is right.
So, given this context, how did we begin to craft this issue of INNOVATION? The answer is simple. We turned, once again, to our community.
Guest contributors:
- Design to Advance Human Progress by Federico Casalegno, PhD, IDSA
- Origami to the Rescue by Shujan Bertrand, IDSA
- Quarantined ’n Chillin’ by Meghan Preiss
- And Then We All Taught Online… by Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness, IDSA
- All in the Family by Beau Oyler
- The Virtual Watercooler: Moving Collaboration Online by Alden Rose, IDSA
- Designing with Speed for a Critical Need by Michael Hammond, IDSA and Corin Frost
- For People, Not Profit by Dominic Peralta, IDSA
- IDC 2020 Emcee: The False Tale of Efficiency by Kristine Arth
- IDC 2020 Emcee: You + Your Work by Spencer Nugent
Featured articles:
- The Logic of Story: A Search for Narrative by Byron Wilson
- A Lesson in Collaboration by Kyle Ellison, IDSA, and Veronica Orecchia, IDSA
- The Virtual Debut of the Sustainability Deep Dive, event recap
- Boast Your Toast: Ecodesign Challenge, event recap
In every issue:
- IDSA HQ by Chris Livaudais, IDSA
- Beautility by Tucker Viemeister, FIDSA with John-Michael Ekeblad
- Design DNA by Scott Henderson, IDSA
- Design Defined by Esmerly Simé Segura, IDSA
- A Final Thought by Hector Silva with Dominic Montante