IDSA HTX: Longevity: Sustainability by Design, Maintenance, and Planning

As a child, Brenden Macaluso was fascinated with mechanical objects. He began repairing engines and vintage machines at age 10 and has never stopped. Since 2007, Brenden has been working to apply sustainability practices to Industrial Design. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003 […]

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 about their career paths.

IDSA TOR: Back Stories Behind Design Entrepreneurship with John Arnott

In celebration of National Industrial Design day on March 5th, we are delighted to host renown Canadian industrial designer John Arnott . He will share his enthusiasm for the creation of customer delight by talking about his extensive experience as an industrial designer in conjunction with his executive and entrepreneurial activity. Mr. Arnott is the […]

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 titles that have made an impact on your career. There's sure to be some classics, and we're eager to find new books to read and […]

Austin Design Tours – Pt 1 – IDSA HTX & ATX

We’ll be doing 2 days of Austin design firm tours. Day 1 will be Monday, March 14th. Show up at the studios to join us. 10:00 AM Argo 12:30 PM Frog 3:00 PM M3 4:30 PM Fahrenheit Design 6:00 PM Dinner/Happy Hour

Austin Design Tours – Pt 2 – IDSA HTX & ATX

We’ll be doing 2 days of Austin design firm tours. Day 2 will be March 15th. Show up at the studios to join us. 1:00 PM Propulsion 2:30 PM Mixer 5:00 PM Trailside Creative 6:00 PM Dinner/Happy Hour Dinner/Happy Hour

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!

Medical Section: Julia Anthony

Julia is an entrepreneur, designer, healthcare executive, board member and a young woman living with a rare medical condition. She is the Founder, President, and Chief Strategy Officer of SOLUtion Medical — a life science company developing a one-step, pre-filled reconstituting autoinjector that will make patient-injected drug delivery safer, more efficacious, and overall easier. She […]

Design Management Section: Let’s Talk Design

In this reoccurring series, we will hear from leading professionals who will share stories of their design journey, the challenges they have encountered and overcome, how they have managed to progress their careers. We will also learn about any unforeseen gaps in their professional development and how they best approach any situation to manage and […]

WID San Francisco: Belonging

In this panel discussion, we will explore new frontiers of belonging: what are some barriers we are seeing + how might we break those down? Can we design more inclusive spaces that prioritize our psychological selves as much as our physical selves? Will technology create more opportunities for digital equity and what role do we […]

First Thursdays (April 2022) – IDSA RDU

Talk design, projects, careers, goals, war stories... Students can bring 1-page teasers of their portfolios with their "elevator pitch" to try out on professionals and get feedback. Please register so we know you're coming. Looking forward to seeing you there!

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