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SCHEDULE
Nike Unlimited Derby
Fill up the sketchbooks, pump some CAD, get your block of aluminum, oil your CNC's and get
ready to break all those pesky childhood Pinewood Derby rules at the inaugural Nike Unlimited
Derby during this year's 2004 IDSA National Conference.
For a complete list of rules for this inaugural Nike Unlimited Derby, download this PDF (411 KB). Remember, you must be registered for the conference and the derby to participate! Prizes to be announced.
IMPORTANT! Be sure to download and read the Nike Unlimited Derby FAQs (PDF 380kb) with track photos, outlines, rules and a bunch of other stuff. Note: Please notice the scale, don't bring a full-sized car to the conference!
notice the scale
Alias Digital Design Studio!
Do the words sketching, modeling, 2D/3D workflows, visualization and collaboration inspire you?
Stop by the Alias Digital Design Studio, at the Pasadena Conference Center, Room C104 and see the ever popular Alias design products: Alias® StudioToolsTM, Alias® ImageStudioTM and PortfolioWall®. These tools will help you generate more designs in less time, communicate ideas more effectively and compellingly, and deliver products that are true to the design intent.
We'll have hourly sessions with Alias experts and industry speakers. Be sure to check out the jam packed schedule posted at the Alias booth in the Design Gallery. Don't miss out!
There will be daily draws for exciting prizes such as our Award-winning Alias® SketchBookTM Pro and our invaluable Learning Tools. Special thanks to our co-sponsor ATI.
GE Advanced Materials Breakfast:
Thursday, 8:00 a.m.
The Plaza Room
At the Westin
There's a good reason that design is experiencing unprecedented growth in Asia! Manufacturers and corporations world-wide are eager to tap into China's 1.3 billion consumers. GE Advanced Materials' latest offering in the Visual Fx Family is a palette of colors specifically developed to appeal to the Chinese consumer. This palette, available in GE plastics and silicones materials, was developed utilizing consumer studies commissioned by GE Advanced Materials' Global Marketing team. The new color palette is important for both Chinese companies developing products for the Chinese market and for global designers wanting to insure that their offerings are in tune with the Chinese consumer's color preferences. You can't afford to miss it. Complimentary breakfast will be served. Seating space is limited.
think3's 3rd Annual IDSA Luncheon
Thursday, October 28th. 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Pasadena Conference Center, Room C106
"Speed is life. Michael Graves Design Group and think3 Revolutionize Speed-to-Market." Hear Donald Strum, Senior Director of Product Design, talk about the Graves relationship with Target and other clients and how after more than 800 products, speed-to-market continues to be paramount. Listen to how think3's technology played a critical role in helping achieve shorter design cycles while preserving design intent throughout the product development process. RSVP to events@think3.com.
Breakfast in Style with ImpactXoft:
Friday, October 29th. 8:00 a.m.
The Fountain Ballroom at the Westin
See for the first time a NEW solution that allows you to envision your product by creating G2 subdivision surfaces and styling curves while using an innovative modeling method called Functional Modeling. Join ImpactXoft for a complimentary breakfast and learn about, this new industrial design solution in the IX® SPeeD V5 Suite. Discover how this integrated package of styling and 3D modeling tools helps designers utilize their artistic talents throughout the product development process. Don't miss this opportunity to see a live demo that illustrates how you can easily and fluidly transform your original concepts into production-ready designs. Demos at 8:15 a.m. and 9:00a.m.
Reservations preferred due to limited seating, but not required, please contact Carol Montalvo.
Inventables Creative Idea Challenge
At this year's 2004 IDSA National Conference, compete for the chance to win the latest issue of DesignAid-an interactive hands-on collection of 20 provocative materials and technologies.
Check your name badge at the conference and you'll find a stretchy sample of Rebound netting. Submit your most creative idea for how this Rebound could be applied to a consumer product. A single winner will be announced at the end of the conference.
Details:
- One entry per person
- Submit entry at the Inventables table in the Design Gallery
Core 77 Internet Café
Core77 is once again hosting the very popular Internet Café at the IDSA National Conference, but with expanded service. Not only will computers be available to keep you connected to the world outside the conference, Core is providing open lines for those who bring their own machines. Best of all, Core is making WiFi available throughout the Design Gallery, providing high-speed Internet access to anyone with a laptop and a wireless network card.
Wednesday, October 27
9:00am-12:00pm - Pre-conference Seminar: How to Build and Present Your Personal Brand:
The 2004 IDSA Portfolio/Job Seminar
9:00am-4:00pm - Pre-conference Seminar: Design Strategy in Practice
1:00pm-8:30pm - Conference Registration
4:00pm-5:00pm - IDSA Business Meeting
5:30pm-7:00pm - Drinks in the Design Gallery
6:30pm-8:00pm - IDSA Awards, "Utopian Realities" opening with Chris Bangle, Keynote Presenter
8:30-11:00pm - Opening Celebration in the Design Gallery sponsored by BMW Group DesignWorks USA.
Thursday, October 28
8:00am-5:00pm - Registration
8:00am - GE Advanced Materials Breakfast in the Plaza Room: There's a good reason that design is experiencing unprecedented growth in Asia! Manufacturers and corporations world-wide are eager to tap into China's 1.3 billion consumers. GE Advanced Materials' latest offering in the Visual Fx Family is a palette of colors specifically developed to appeal to the Chinese consumer. This palette, available in GE plastics and silicones materials, was developed utilizing consumer studies commissioned by GE Advanced Materials' Global Marketing team. The new color palette is important for both Chinese companies developing products for the Chinese market and for global designers wanting to insure that their offerings are in tune with the Chinese consumer's color preferences. You can't afford to miss it. Complimentary breakfast will be served.
10:00am-12:30pm - Morning Presentations
Midday Break
12:30pm-6:00pm - Design Gallery open
12:30pm-2:00pm - Lunch in the Design Gallery
think3's 3rd Annual IDSA Luncheon
Thursday, October 28th. 12:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Pasadena Conference Center, Room C106
"Speed is life. Michael Graves Design Group and Target Revolutionize Speed-to-Market." Hear Donald Strum, Senior Director of Product Design talk about the Graves relationship with Target and how after more than 800 products, speed-to-market continues to be paramount. Listen to how think3's technology played a critical role in helping achieve shorter design cycles while preserving design intent throughout the product development process. RSVP to events@think3.com.
2:00pm-5:00pm - Getty Museum optional tours
Special Track Seminars:
2:00pm-4:30pm - Materials and Processes
2:00pm-4:30pm - International Innovative Product Development
Professional Development Seminars:
2:00pm-3:15pm
3:30pm-4:45pm
4:00pm-6:00pm - Portfolio Review, sponsored by Herbst LaZar Bell and Tupperware Worldwide
Evening:
An Evening at Art Center with William McDonough
Art Center College of Design and the Toyota Motor Corporation Endowed Lecture Series host an evening at Art Center with internationally renowned designer William McDonough. Coauthor of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, McDonough calls for the transformation of human industry through ecologically intelligent design.
In 1999 Time magazine recognized him as a 'Hero for the Planet', stating that "his utopianism is grounded in a unified philosophy that in demonstrable and practical ways is changing the design of the world."
The evening will begin with tours of Art Center's landmark hillside campus. A reception honoring Mr. McDonough will follow the lecture.
6:30pm-7:30pm - Docent tours of Art Center
7:30pm-9:00pm - Lecture, with reception afterward
Friday, October 29
8:00am-5:00pm - Registration
10:00am-12:30pm - Morning Presentations
Midday Break
12:30pm-6:00pm - Design Gallery open
12:30pm-1:30pm - Lunch in the Design Gallery
1:30pm-2:30pm - FIGHT CLUB in the Design Gallery, hosted by Paul Hatch, IDSA
Special Track Seminars:
2:30pm-5:00pm - Materials and Processes
2:30pm-5:00pm - International Innovative Product Development
Professional Development Seminars:
2:30pm-3:45pm
4:00pm-5:15pm
4:00pm-6:00pm - Portfolio Review, sponsored by Herbst LaZar Bell and Tupperware Worldwide
Evening:
Zero Hour in Utopia
Conference attendees are invited to kick off the weekend on Friday, October 29, from 4 pm to 8 pm at the Westin Pasadena Plaza Courtyard. Complimentary food, drink and music, courtesy of the Astro City DJs, will be provided. Hosted by Astro Studios and Moto Development Group.
RKS Design Rocks the IDSA
Join RKS Design and all of your IDSA colleagues at an old-fashioned, no holds barred, rock and roll show - featuring Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dave Mason and his band! We'll be rockin' the night away on the rooftop of the Pasadena Museum of California Art until the wee hours of the morning. The party will get under way at around 9:00P on Friday, October 29. Dave and the band will take the stage at around 10:00P. And from there, who knows?!?! In addition to having the time of your life, you'll get a chance to see Dave and his band mates playing their RKS guitars and basses! You can check them out before the conference at www.rksguitars.com. And if you think they look good, wait until you hear them!
Saturday, October 30
8:30am-5:00pm - Registration
10:00am-12:30pm - Morning Presentations
Midday Break
12:30pm-2:00pm - Design Gallery open
12:30pm-2:00pm - Lunch in the Design Gallery
Special Track Seminars:
2:00pm-4:30pm - Materials and Processes
2:00pm-4:30pm - International Innovative Product Development
Professional Development Seminars:
2:00pm-3:15pm
3:30pm-4:45pm
6:30-8:30pm - IDEA Awards Ceremony - Civic Auditorium
8:30-11:00pm - IDSA/BusinessWeek IDEA Awards Party - Disney Hall
National Conference Tours
The Getty Museum, includes roundtrip transportation, $42 per person.
It's a jewel in a city full of world-class museums. But is it an art museum, an architectural wonder, a collection of special gardens, or an extraordinary vista point? Architect Richard Meir is the designer of the museum. The collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum on display in the galleries includes examples of pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture and decorative arts; and 19th and 20th century American and European photographs. The Central Garden created by renowned artist Robert Irwin, lies at the heart of the Getty Center. The 134,000-square-foot design features a natural ravine and tree-lined walkway that leads you through an extraordinary experience of sights, sounds and scents.
IDSA/BusinessWeek IDEA Awards Party
Walt Disney Concert Hall, Included in the conference registration fee. Additional tickets may be purchased for $225.
Designed by architect Frank Gehry, Walt Disney Concert Hall, new home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is designed to be one of the most acoustically sophisticated concert halls in the world, providing both visual and aural intimacy for an unparalleled musical experience.
Through the vision and generosity of Lillian Disney, the Disney family, and many other individual and corporate donors, the city will enjoy one of the finest concert halls in the world, as well as an internationally recognized architectural landmark.
From the stainless steel curves of its striking exterior to the state-of-the-art acoustics of the hardwood-paneled main auditorium, the 3.6-acre complex embodies the unique energy and creative spirit of the city of Los Angeles and its orchestra.
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