Events

2021 Program Calendar

 

We have an exciting and comprehensive schedule of events and programming slated to span the entire year of 2021. This is all on top of the local activity you can expect from our Chapter communities across the country. Below you'll find key dates and links to more information on each of our major programs for 2021. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, all IDSA programming produced by the national IDSA office will be conducted virtually until further notice. 

Women in Design Deep Dive 2020: Event Recap

 

The first virtual version of IDSA's Women in Design Deep Dive, held Oct. 6-7, 2020, beat the odds in a socially-distant year to be one of our most intimate and impactful events yet. Nearly 500 designers from 20 different countries participated in the online experience, which celebrated the accomplishments of women across design disciplines and dove into the skills, strategies, and connection-building needed to break down barriers in industrial design and related fields.

Design Voices Series: IP/Design Protection

A dialog built to explore recent design patent cases (and their rulings) to understand and expose the impact those cases have on us as industrial designers ... both individually and as a profession.

blkHaUS studios announces grants for BIPOC Chicago design students and a young professional to attend IDSA's International Design Conference 2020

 

Image Courtesy of blkhausstudios.com

blkHaUS studios has announced grants for two Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) who are current Chicago design students and a young entry-level BIPOC professional to attend the upcoming virtual International Design Conference (IDC), hosted by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), September 17-18, along with free membership to IDSA. 

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Design Voices Series: Transportation Design

A conversation exploring current trends and emerging technologies taking hold in the world of transportation design that designers are leveraging to envision and realize the future of mobility.

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