Medical Section: Human Factors for Designers: Sensation & Perception Pt 2

Learn how the mind works, and its implications for the design of controls, displays, IFU's, information architecture design, and more. Cognitive Human Factors for Designers Many product designers have never taken a university-level class on cognitive human factors or cognitive science. This set of one-hour workshops is designed to remedy that. It provides a crash […]

IDSA TOR: Taking a Concept to Production

Our moderated roundtable explores the similarities and differences between designing tangible/digital products in contemporary practice. When the industrial design profession emerged as a result of the industrial revolution in the early 19th century, it was initially focused on mass-produced consumer products. Over time, as products have evolved to become more than simple physical entities, the profession […]

IDSA TOR: Carbon Neutrality in Makerspaces

Sheng-Hung Lee, IDSA will present his research into the creation of the Circular Makerspace Evaluation Toolkit currently in development at MIT. The practices of making and learning by doing remain a cornerstone of education today. In the context of carbon neutrality, we extend a typical “making” stage into “sustainable making” and “meaningful making” on colleges […]

IDSA ATX: Virtual Round Table

  Join the IDSA ATX Community on February 17th to talk about our upcoming plans for 2022! We’ll cover some of the recurring annual events (like SXSW, and Austin design Week), as well as brainstorm ideas for what we can do as a community.

IDSA DEN: ID Day 2022 Meet Up

Please join us for an exciting evening with some of the top professionals in Denver. They will be presenting some of the projects they are proud of and share information […]

IDSA ATX: Influential Books in (Industrial) Design

Join us on Thursday, March 10th in the Draught House Pub's great outdoor beer garden, to talk about the profession of Industrial Design and share some of the books and […]

IDSA SJ: San Pedro Meet Up

Come join us for our very first in-person mixer event here in San Pedro Square in Downtown San Jose!