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March 20, 2013
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IDEA 2012 jury contemplating finalists at the Henry Ford Museum last year.

This year the number of entries submitted to IDSA’s International Design Excellence Awards grew by 18 percent. And, that increased participation was on a global scale. Not only were submissions from the US up from previous years, but this year IDEA also saw an upswing in entries from countries in Europe and Asia. Most notably, Germany’s participation increased by an impressive 185 percent.

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Charles Austen Angell, IDSA, founder of Modern Edge, discusses the varying design aesthetic over the years in the automobile industry and the return to style. He appears on Bloomberg Television's "Market Makers."

Watch the video: America Now in Car Design Renaissance: Angell

designBytes

04.15.2013
Welcome to designBytes, the electronic newsletter of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). Here's the latest design and design-related news we've collected from around the Web.

Native New Yorker Jerry Layne joins IDSA in the new position of director of administrative operations. His focus in this position will be on human resources, organizational development and strengthening IDSA’s internal policies and procedures. He’s a great fit for this role with his recent HR and administrative management experience at the Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA), a trade association that assists small and mid-sized specialty chemical manufacturers. Before SOCMA, he worked for AMC Theaters as a general manager and manager.

Congratulations to Sang Lee, IDSA’s program coordinator, who was sworn in on April 2 as a US citizen in a ceremony at an Alexandria VA high school. Sang and his family came from South Korea to live in the United States when he was 10. He decided recently to become a citizen of the US. “I’ve always wanted to be a citizen of the US, because I knew it would create more opportunities for me,” he said. 

IDEO's chairman and founder, David Kelley, IDSA, is profiled in a Fortune magazine article titled "How IDEO brings design to corporate America."