Intro | 2002 National Education Conference Papers

Preface | Papers

This year at San Jose State University a diverse group of people interested in design and design education gathered to participate in the National IDSA Education Conference. It is my pleasure to offer this body of work for you to read and refer to. Additional printed copies are available through our National Headquarters.

This posting of papers at our Web site and the forthcoming printed publication of the papers mark the fourteenth consecutive year that IDSA has published the conference works. The distribution of this material through both the printed page and electronic dissemination has made it available to the widest possible audience. The Eastman Plastics Company headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee sponsored this year's printed publication and a portion of our conference. We are deeply grateful for their generosity and support of the industrial design profession - with a special thanks to our champion Gaylon White.

The 'call for papers' for this conference resulted in critical review by the National Education Committee of 80 abstracts submitted by 70 individuals. 62 abstracts were accepted for potential publication in the proceedings and posting at the IDSA Web site, 46 of those were invited to present at the SJSU conference - 36 presentations were delivered. On behalf of the Education Committee we want to congratulate and thank all that participated in contributing to this significant body of academic work.

As you look through these works please pay close attention the following contributors:

Brian Stone, Stuart Walker, Dale Murray, Tom Gattis, and Ron Keminitzer & Augusto Grillo.

These conference participant's presentations were considered by the Education Committee as "some of the best papers from the 2001 National Education Conference." Edited versions of these papers will be published in the winter issue of Innovation.

I want to officially thank the Education Committee for their excellent work in assessing the work submitted. Their critical expertise continues to raise the quality of this body of work. The diligence and long hours contributed by Bill Bullock and his colleagues at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to collect and assemble the printed edition of these papers is greatly appreciated. Most of all, I want to thank Heather Behnke at IDSA Headquarters for her thoroughness in gathering this material, keeping track of it and managing the production for the Web site It is also appropriate to recognize the staff at IDSA National Headquarters, especially Celia Weinstein and Gigi Thompson that pay very close attention to the activities of IDSA educators and lend their administrative support and expertise.

Enjoy.
Jim Kaufman IDSA
National Education Chair