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. Patrons of Design Excellence

The Patrons of Industrial Design Excellence are committed to improving and expanding the information available about industrial design. Their support fuels programs that better prepare professionals and improve the receptivity of business and the public to the best this profession has to offer. For information on becoming a Patron and gaining the unique exposure Patrons receive, please contact Larry Hoffer at IDSA, phone 703.707.6000, email larryh@idsa.org.

"The design process of designing products is a multi-faceted balancing act. It requires a synthesis of disciplines and reconciliation of constraints. This requires creative pragmatism. The end result is a completed product that looks great, operates as the user wants and expects and is manufactured for the right price."

— Malcolm S. Smith, IDSA, Principal, Palo Alto Design Group

Charter Patrons

Black & Decker
Towson, MD
Robert Welsh

Crown
New Bremen, OH
Mike Gallagher

Herbst LaZar Bell, Inc.
Chicago/Boston/Los Angeles
Ford Pearson

IDEO
Palo Alto/San Francisco/Chicago/Boston/London/Munich
Bill Moggridge

IDI/Innovations & Development Inc.
Edgewater, NJ
Gary Grossman

ZIBA Design
Portland, OR
Sohrab Vossoughi

Patrons

Altitude, Inc.
Somerville, MA
Brian Matt

BMW Group DesignworksUSA
Newbury Park, CA
Jackie Jones

Bresslergroup
Philadelphia, PA
Mike Flanagan

Cesaroni Design Associates
Glenview, IL
William Cesaroni

Cheskin
Redwood Shores, CA
Darrel Rhea

Continuum
West Newton, MA
Kerry Emberley

Dell Computer Corp.
Round Rock, TX
Hope Lawrence

Design Central
Columbus, OH
Gregg Davis

Design Concepts, Inc.
Madison, WI
Ami Verhalen

Design Edge
Austin, TX
Kit Morris

Design Science Consulting
Philadelphia, PA
sbw@dscience.com

Eastman Chemical Company
Kingsport, TN
Gaylon White

Fitch
Columbus/San Francisco/London
Shayne Ballinger

Franke Kindred Canada
Midland, Ontario, Canada
Richard Brown

Gad Shaanan Design
San Diego/Montreal
mswartz@gadshaanandesign

Herman Miller
Zeeland, MI
Mark Schurman

HP
Houston, TX
George Daniels

HumanCentric
Cary, NC
Scott Crosby

Insight Product Development
Chicago/Boston/Raleigh, NC
Craig Scherer

Item Group
Providence, RI
Trish Wadley

Jerome Caruso Design, Inc.
Lake Forest, IL
Marie Caruso

Kimberly-Clark
Neenah, WI
Herb Velazquez

lextant
Columbus, OH
chrisr@lextant.com

Lunar Design
Palo Alto, CA
John Edson

M3 Design, Inc.
Austin, TX
Terry Branson

Metaphase Design Group
Saint Louis, MO
Bryce Rutter

Microsoft Corp.
Redmond, WA
Greg Jones

Moen, Inc.
North Olmsted, Ohio
Judith Riley

Motorola
Plantation, FL/Chicago, IL/Holtsville, NY
Curt Croley

PDT
Lincolnshire, IL
Tanya Sillitti

Procter & Gamble
Cincinnati, OH
Martha Depenbrock

RTC
Rolling Meadows, IL
Richard Nathan

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Seoul, Korea
Sang Yeon Lee

Smart Design LLC
New York/San Francisco/Barcelona
Mercedes Coats

Teague
Seattle, WA
John Barratt

Tupperware Corporation
Orlando, FL and Worldwide
David Kusuma

Whirlpool Corp.
Chuck Jones
Benton Harbor, MI

. Patron Profiles

Cesaroni Design

Design Science

Eastman Innovation Lab

Gad Shaanan Design

Herbst LaZar Bell

Hewlett-Packard

HumanCentric

Item Group

lextant

Product Development Technologies

Teague


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