Industrial Designer, Teague
Miranda is a Seattle-based Industrial Designer working on products and environments for Teague. Additionally, she has collaborated with Advanced Design’s formal education-disrupting initiative known as Offsite, IDSA’s Northern Lakes group, and the Chicago-born Women in Industrial Design group. Miranda strives to be a generalist: an expert in the iterative process. Every phase of the design process excites her and she personally need diverse projects to remain motivated and challenged.
Miranda Degg, IDSA is an industrial designer at Delve in Madison, WI and a dedicated volunteer for numerous ID groups. As Vice Chair – Madison for the IDSA-Northern Lakes chapter, she and the chapter board have hosted many virtual events to keep their community connected, from more casual Happy Hours and Water Cooler Zoom meetups to bigger events like “Women in Industrial Design: Generations,” a panel discussion moderated by Degg with star designers Lucia DeRespinis, IDSA, Amelia Kennedy, and Lea Stewart.
“I’ve been able to be a part of so much this year because of the teams that surround me,” says Miranda. “Nothing I’ve accomplished has been a solo act and I owe the success of these events to the support of my teammates. Sara Pedersen and Gabriel Ruegg [Event Coordinator and Vice Chair – Minneapolis/St. Paul for IDSA-Northern Lakes, respectively] were instrumental in building connections for the ‘Women in Industrial Design: Generations’ panel discussion, and they were so supportive anytime I got nervous about the event. Talking to rockstar designers is nerve-wracking!”
Miranda also worked with Advanced Design‘s Offsite program for its inaugural year of courses. “I am a member of the XP Team for Offsite and have been following the lead of Fiba Kelani, who has really pioneered the vision for how to gather feedback from the Offsite students,” Miranda says. “We’ve gathered some great insights from the first cohort’s students and are looking forward to implementing their feedback to make the next cohort even more awesome.”
What’s more, Miranda gives her time to the group Women in Industrial Design: Chicago, co-founded by IDSA members McKayla Barber and Mallory Evans. Says Miranda: “One of my favorite things we’ve collabed on was the Protestor’s Handbook. Tati Ferrucio, McKayla Barber, and myself banded together to create a handbook that detailed protestors’ rights, as well as organizations individuals could support if in-person protesting wasn’t an option for them.”
To sum it all up, “the teams I’m in are really what inspire me,” Miranda says. “When this lockdown started, I figured I would be getting back two hours a day (no more commute) and might as well try and fill that time with something worthwhile. I think we all entered this year with big ideas and grand plans, and though many of them fell through, we all were determined to make something happen. It’s been hard and it’s been fun. I think we’ll look back on these events and accomplishments and feel good about the effort we gave this year.”
At the same time, “we’re all looking forward to 2020 ending and gaining a ‘fresh start’ in 2021,” she says. “There is a party in the works, as well as several awesome events and collaborations.”
