Industrial Designers Society of America

IDSA PHX: Feeling Creatively Stuck
2021-08-30 11:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York)
Calling all creatives!
Do you ever feel like you just can’t get to that next phase of your design?
Or that you have run out of cool ideas to keep you motivated?
You’re not alone!
Join us on Aug 30th at 11.30 am (MST) for an online workshop where Abby Wilkymacky, Founder of Mindflower Studio, will help us untangle some strategies to get out of a creative rut.
We can’t wait to see you there!
Organized and sponsored by IDSA Phoenix

Women in Design SF: Manufacturing During the Time of Covid-19
2021-08-18 14:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Our panelists from Peak Design will share their experiences in manufacturing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Moderated by Fran Wang
Panelists

Olivia Eaton
Adrienne Rowell
Jamie Erickson
Rachel Roberts

Recorded on August 18, 2021

IDSA CHI: Coaster Break (Aug 2021)
2021-08-12 16:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Explore Chicago with us every month at Coaster Break! Each month, we are meeting at a local brewery for some light networking and design-oriented conversations. This month, we’re at Replay in Lincoln Park. Come meet the other members of the largest IDSA Chapter in the nation! Coaster Break is typically the third Thursday of the month, but due to schedule conflicts, we pushed it up 1 week.
Replay Lincoln Park, 2833 N Sheffield Ave, 60657
In compliance with Replay guidelines, masks are optional for fully vaccinated guests and employees; non-vaccinated individuals are required to wear a mask.

IDSA SEA: How Design Can Save the World
2021-08-12 14:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Please join us for a lunchtime chat on August 12th (12pm-1pm PST). Linsey Nancarrow of Indigo Slate will examine the problems with today’s approach to sustainability (focusing on individual actions that demand extra time, effort, and money) and make the case for systemic change through well designed sustainable experiences.
When we look at sustainability from an experience perspective, we can uncover huge opportunities to innovate that drive toward a cleaner, healthier future.

About Climate Designers:
A community of designers and creative professionals from all industries, committed to using their creative skills for climate action.
https://www.climatedesigners.org/
About Linsey:
Linsey Nancarrow has been helping businesses figure out their next big innovations since 2002. For over 15 years, she has led innovation programs for fortune 500 companies, including Boeing, Intel, Starbucks, Microsoft, T-Mobile, Hyundai, and Bombardier. As part of Indigo Slate’s Human Experience Innovation team, Linsey leverages her background in industrial design and design strategy to help clients envision and create transformative new experiences, with a focus on accelerating sustainability and climate justice. Linsey is also the creator and founder of Eco Your Org, a website dedicated to helping professionals drive sustainability in their workplace, and a leader of Climate Designers, a global community of creative professionals taking climate action.

IDSA SJ: Hatch Duo Virtual Studio Visit
2021-08-11 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York)
Founded by an award winning team with over 20 years of combined product design experience, Hatch Duo designs compelling product experiences for growing brands. Hatch Duo is a local design consultancy located in Sunnyvale, CA and we are super excited to have them come speak about their experiences starting a new design studio and how they see design changing over the years.

IDSA LA: Summer Social at the Beach
2021-08-11 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
We’re holding the first event for the LA IDSA chapter 8/11/2021 from 11am to 1pm. We’ll be on the beach near lifeguard tower #27.
Bagels provided, feel free to bring anything else you like. This is informal, come and stop by for a minute or the whole time! The hosts are the new LA IDSA chapter team. We’d love to meet our local designers as we rebuild the chapter and find ways to make being a member more valuable.
Ian Peterman, Chair, Vicente Magana, Vice-Chair, and Davina Wolter, Education & Communications

IDSA Leadership Hype Sesh
2021-08-05 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Stuck in your ID career and not sure how to level up? Wishing you could make more connections across the industry? Then join us for the latest IDSA Cross Chapter Collaboration event featuring IDSA organizers from Columbus, Dallas Fort Worth, Denver, Seattle, Cleveland, Chicago, Atlanta, Cincinnati, and more! We’ll share tips on how to grow your Industrial Design career by getting involved in IDSA leadership, at the Chapter level and beyond! Chapter chairs Joanna Celestina, Monica Tournoux, and Caterina Rizzoni will host a discussion and Q&A on the benefits of getting involved.

Design Research Section: Working with Questions
2021-08-03 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Design Research Section Event: Working with Questions from IDSA on Vimeo.

Women in Design Deep Dive 2021
2021-07-28 11:00 - 2021-07-29 17:00 (America/New_York)

IDSA CHI: Coaster Break: We're Back!
2021-07-15 18:30 - 21:30 (America/New_York)

IDSA SEA: flUX Panel
2021-07-01 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Design trends come and go, ranging from wood paneling to colorful transparent plastics, and skeuomorphism to flat user interfaces. While we can visually see changes in aesthetic taste, how about change in the design profession? What differentiates the design disciplines and how are they similar?
Join IDSA Seattle for a panel of traditionally trained industrial designers. Listen to them discuss how their careers and work have evolved along with the ever-changing landscape between ID/UI and UX.

Our panelists:
Alex Diener, Senior Director of Global Product Design, Dexcom
Alex Diener is a design leader with expertise in developing intuitive medical, industrial, and consumer technology. For over 20 years, he has created vibrant design teams & meaningful products. Alex lives with Type One diabetes, and is driven to use design to help others achieve health & wellness. At Dexcom, he leads a multidisciplinary team developing CGM (continuous glucose monitoring) products for those living with diabetes, reducing mental burden and delivering better health outcomes. Outside of work, he loves hiking with his family, playing with his 5 year old son, and working on his dismal surfing skills.
Patrick Fiori, Senior Product Designer, Roku
Patrick is a design leader and entrepreneur who has developed technology products at companies including Amazon, Samsung, Facebook, & Roku. He has led design teams across industries including, mobile, IoT, & hardware. Patrick holds multiple patents in both digital and physical product design, and his designs have received recognition including CES Best In Show, IDSA Merit Award, and International Housewares Association Award.
Sena Janky, Senior Interaction Designer, Fluke Corporation
Sena has over 25 years of product development and consulting experience. She has worked across industries including wearable health products/platforms supported with mobile applications, medical devices, augmented reality systems, mobile consumer apps, and industrial products. Sena holds numerous patents and design awards for her work. She is currently a Senior UX Designer at Fluke Corporation.
In addition to her design career, Sena has held multiple advisory positions; University of Washington Division of Design, Life Science Washington Institute WIN program, IDSA NW board member, and many mentorship programs. She has taught UX design at Cornish College of the Arts, and has guest lectured for the WWU Industrial Design program. For the last 19 years, she has participated in the Expanding Your Horizon conference, creating a design thinking workshop that promotes careers in STEM for high school girls.

Medical Section: Can Design Address the Future Shortage of Healthcare Providers in the US?
2021-06-30 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
A Virtual Round Table Discussion about the shortage of healthcare professionals in the U.S. Recorded on June 30, 2021.

Designing Future of Mobility - Panel discussion moderated by Jason Belaire, IDSA
2021-06-30 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
The future of mobility is facing a deep change in consumer behavior. Getting from point A to B is no longer about a having a car, taking the train, or a plane. It’s about all of them together, with the extra ingredients of sustainability needs, the development of autonomous driving, the relevance of experiences over ownership, and all the new challenges and opportunities that technology brings -from ride-sharing apps to the personalization of products and services. In this scenario, the role of design is essential for companies to rethink their overall model to a mobility service approach.
Panel discussion moderated by Jason Belaire, IDSA
Key speaking points

What are the trends that will shape the mobility of the future?
How is design helping companies in rethinking their overall processes to face the future of mobility?
What is the role of design in developing multimodality and shared transport?
How are companies evolving towards mobility as a service?
What are the challenges in expanding shared and autonomous connected mobility?

Date: Wednesday, June 30th, 2021
Time:09:00 California, USA
10:00 Colorado, USA
17:00 London, UK
18:00 Madrid, Spain

Design History Section: 3500 Years of Design in 2000 Seconds Flat!
2021-06-28 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Join the IDSA Design History Section for this double event, which includes a screening and online discussion!
Acclaimed Industrial Designer, Carl Gustav Magnusson, IDSA shares a colorful, informative video presentation, which takes viewers through the chronology of the scientific and cultural influences on design .

IDSA SF: Conversation with Herman Francisco
2021-06-24 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Join us Thursday, June 24th when Herman’s Francisco shares about his journey in design and becoming a transportation designer at autonomous vehicle company, Zoox .
Herman Francisco is a naturally born creative, educator, consultant, holistic thinker and weird-ideas lover. He has made creativity and design a lifestyle by building Lowrider bicycles, movie vehicles, rethinking men’s apparel, kid’s toys, concept cars, and designing a wide spectrum of jewelry. With a determined desire to impact the world’s future, Herman was given an opportunity to join the Industrial Design team within the autonomous vehicle company, Zoox (2016).
Herman’s balanced approach to life’s design marathon maintains a healthy body and mind — running Spartan races, exploring culinary cuisines, collecting various memorabilia, playing billiards with Dad, and plant shopping with Mom.

IDSA SJ: June Meet Up
2021-06-16 17:30 - 18:30 (America/New_York)
Come join us for our first event on June 16th! We will be playing games and networking.

IDSA DFW: Portfolios that Land Gigs
2021-06-16 16:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Wish you knew just what companies are looking for when hiring? We’re hosting a virtual Q&A Discussion for students and young designers to come together to hear seasoned professionals from various industries share their insights and answer your questions.
We will begin the session by asking the design professionals curated questions about what they look for in portfolios and for crucial behind-the-scenes insights into interviews and the overall hiring process.
Afterwards, we will divide participants and industry professionals into rotating breakout rooms for more personalized interaction.

Sustainability Deep Dive 2021
2021-06-09 11:00 - 2021-06-10 17:00 (America/New_York)

IDSA TOR: First Chapter Meeting
2021-06-08 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
This is a chance to meet our chapter officers to discuss how together we can engage and connect our design community.
Recorded on June 8, 2021

Cleveland Design Week June 5-11, 2021
2021-06-05 13:00 - 2021-06-11 20:00 (America/New_York)

IDSA DEN: Mapping Your Design Career
2021-06-03 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Are you underemployed or looking for a new gig and not sure where to start? Are you an employer or hiring manager looking for your next candidate? This panel will provide inspiration for those who have been affected in the employment realm.
Panelists: Joshua Hoffeld, Trent Garner, Darren Kanthal, Alice Jandristis, Bailey Van Etten, David Klien
Recorded on June 3, 2021

IDSA ATX: Design Patents and More: IP for Designers
2021-06-03 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for part 2 of our conversation with Joel Delman who will cover (almost) everything you might need to know related to Design Patents and Intellectual Property protection

Design Voices: Women in ID: Data Bias & Entrepreneurship
2021-05-25 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Host Başak Altan, IDSA talked with guests Anne Cocquyt, Startup Founder of GUILD, and Merry (Rheim) Constantino, IDSA, Founder of ProductLogic LLC, about how data bias impacts female entrepreneurship. As mentors and influencers in the product innovation space, Anne and Merry shared perspectives of their own entrepreneurship journeys, along with advice to empower women in design and business.

Design Research Section: Mental Models with Andrew Maier
2021-05-21 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Andrew Maier leads a workshop on Mental Modeling, an essential research analysis method that was created and popularized by Indi Y. Recorded May 17, 2021

IDSA PVD: Outsiders on the Inside Mini Conference - The Future of Womxn’s Health
2021-05-20 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Not so long ago, the only acceptable women’s health topics at conferences and investor meetings were pregnancy and breastfeeding. Fertility, menstruation, menopause, and masturbation–huge parts of a woman’s life–were at best considered fringe and at worst taboo. However, thanks to a growing group of founders and companies on a mission to move these topics into the mainstream, we’re finally making progress.
As the women’s health gold rush heats up and male-dominated VC’s and founders begin to cash-in, our challenge is to ensure that it’s women, femmes, and people with periods that continue to drive the conversation about the future of the industry.
For the last session of our 3-part conference series, we’ve invited four women on the front lines of the womxn’s health movement to share their experiences. From what it’s like to pitch a menopause wearable to a team of male investors, to the challenges of leading a culture shift and normalizing topics like menstruation and masturbation, our incredible panelists will be sharing their stories in this unfiltered and candid conversation.
This conversation is part of Loft’s Outsiders on the Insiders Mini Conference, a free, three-part event taking place on May 20th. The goal of these events is to provide access to important conversations and give a platform to unique perspectives and voices.
Jeanette Numbers is an experienced design thinker + leader based in Providence, RI. As Cofounder of Loft, Jeanette specializes in creating visually compelling, human-centered design solutions that are rooted in purpose and driven by research. Jeanette’s work spans dozens of global brands and a wide variety of industries. She’s had proven success both in and outside of the corporate environment, leading teams in strategic design thinking, digital and physical product design, and final product commercialization. Her career has taken her to New York, San Francisco, Boston, and finally to Providence, where Loft’s corporate headquarters are based. As a longtime champion for local mentorship and community-building, Jeanette is excited to build on her vision for a collaborative and authentic design culture as chair of the Providence IDSA chapter.
Amanda French is the co-founder and CEO of Emme, a healthtech company that is revolutionizing birth control. Emme invented the first smart, connected pill case for birth control pill management. Amanda has over a decade of experience bringing innovative products to the market with a particular focus on women’s health. One of the first innovations she helped develop was a product that facilitated the distribution of antiretrovirals to mothers in the developing world to prevent the rates of HIV transmission from mother to child postpartum. This product was recognized directly by Hilary Clinton and won USAID’s Saving Lives at Birth Grand Challenge. Prior to founding Emme, Amanda developed breakthrough heart valve technology as an R&D engineer with Edwards Lifesciences, where she also held roles in program management, manufacturing, and marketing through the Technical Development Program. She went on to develop state-of-the-art hearing aids at Earlens. She brings her prior experience of developing innovative medical technology to drive the advancement of innovation in women’s health at Emme. Amanda was a 2016-2017 Innovation Fellow at the Stanford-Byers Center for Biodesign, and a Ferolyn Fellow in 2018-2019 with the Fogarty Institute for Innovation. She holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University.
Elizabeth Gadza is the CEO of Embr Labs, a Boston-based wearables company that developed the Embr Wave – a wrist-worn, personal thermostat that improves sleep, relieves anxiety and helps with hot flashes. Prior to Embr Labs, Liz was a member of several founding teams including Doni, a fintech company, and Noteflight, a music technology company and has also worked at a number of Boston’s fastest growing companies, including m-Qube (acq. Verisign) and unicorn Art Technology Group (acq. Oracle). Liz began her career with Philips Consumer Electronics in the Netherlands, where she was responsible for driving innovation in several business divisions across multiple countries. Elizabeth received her undergraduate degree in Anthropology and International relations from UC Berkeley where she was also a member of the Women’s Varsity Soccer team. She also holds an International MBA from Nijenrode University in the Netherlands and an Executive Coaching degree from William James College. Elizabeth serves as a board member and advisor to several Boston-based startups in IoT, hardware and software.
Kristina Cahojova, CEO at Kegg. Kristina earned her double Master’s Degree in International Management and Business. Administration from CEMS in Europe. She is fluent in 5 languages thanks to her international study and work experience in Germany, Austria, Taiwan, Spain and the Czech Republic. For her first business venture, TailorMySuit, she was awarded as the Student Entrepreneur of 2011. She continued her career in London, where she led growth at AppyParking. After that, she joined the marketing team at Amazon and then moved to C2C marketing at eBay in San Jose, California. Inspired by struggles with tracking her fertility combining with her experiences in e-commerce, she realized that there is a demand for a certain product, which does not yet exist.
Ti Chang is a design entrepreneur and activist passionate about designing better products for women. She is the co-founder and VP of Design of CRAVE, a San Francisco-based company specializing in aesthetic pleasure products. Ti leads the design vision for the company’s full line of products which has won international design awards and has led CRAVE to mainstream partnerships with the likes of Nordstrom, MoMA Design Store, Standard Hotel, Goop, and Saint Laurent. Ti is credited with, and perhaps best known for, mainstreaming the category of sex jewelry with the introduction of the iconic Vesper necklace in 2014, one of the most celebrated and iconic pleasure products changing the conversation around pleasure. Its viral duality as both a public and private object has continued to create connections and conversations around normalizing pleasure — both supportive and powerful—in a way no other product has. In 2020, Ti co-founded Design Allyship to provide anyone with actionable resources to improve the condition of historically marginalized designers in the industrial & product design industry. She is the chair of Women in Design section of Industrial Designers Society of America, where she supports the community of industrial designers and women in design. She is also on the advisory board for San Francisco Design Week, Reimagine, and CRAVE Foundation for Women. Ti holds an M.A. in Design Products from the Royal College of Art in London and a B.S. in Industrial Design from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

IDSA PVD: Outsiders on the Inside Mini Conference - Destigmatize and Normalize: Womxn’s Health Products are Here to Stay
2021-05-20 12:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
The female body is capable of doing amazing things. From menstruation to childbirth to breastfeeding and beyond, women’s bodies and their functions should be respected and celebrated. Let’s be clear though: the experience of being a woman isn’t easy at all, and a lot of this is largely due to bias and blindspots that affect everything from the tampon tax and maternity leave to female contraception and pelvic health.
As women find ways to drive new conversations in the healthcare space there has been a push to develop solutions that make being in a female body a little bit easier. These efforts have led to a boom of innovative products entering the market made for women by women that challenge the status quo. Thanks to innovators like our four panelists, we’re entering a new era where the shame and stigma that used to come with talking about and purchasing womxn’s health products is being questioned and rooted out.
Over the course of this panel we’ll dive into what it’s like to create a uniquely female product in a male-dominated field, what inspired these female founders to step up and make a difference in the womxn’s health space, and so much more.
This conversation is part of Loft’s Outsiders on the Insiders Mini Conference, a free, three-part event taking place on May 20th. The goal of these events is to provide access to important conversations and give a platform to unique perspectives and voices.
Jeanette Numbers is an experienced design thinker + leader based in Providence, RI. As Cofounder of Loft, Jeanette specializes in creating visually compelling, human-centered design solutions that are rooted in purpose and driven by research. Jeanette’s work spans dozens of global brands and a wide variety of industries. She’s had proven success both in and outside of the corporate environment, leading teams in strategic design thinking, digital and physical product design, and final product commercialization. Her career has taken her to New York, San Francisco, Boston, and finally to Providence, where Loft’s corporate headquarters are based. As a longtime champion for local mentorship and community-building, Jeanette is excited to build on her vision for a collaborative and authentic design culture as chair of the Providence IDSA chapter.
Ana Lee is the technical co-founder of Lioness, the women-led sexual wellness company that built the world’s first and only smart vibrator that improves understanding of sexual pleasure and orgasms through biofeedback data and science. Anna was previously a mechanical engineer at Amazon, launching the Amazon Dash Button’s original concept and the Kindle Voyage Page Press Technology. She was most recently named 2020’s Forbes 30 Under 30 as well as Paper Magazine’s Asian Women Creators You Need to Know. She is a big advocate in Lioness’s mission to expand understanding and research in sexual health, and destigmatize female sexuality.
Michelle Wu is an executive leader with 20 years of experience in the medical device and life sciences industries with roles in product and process development, manufacturing, and quality. Most recently, Michelle was on the executive leadership team at Ximedica, a design and development medical technology consultancy based in Rhode Island. Michelle has a history of successful medical device product development, strategic planning and execution, building teams, process evolution, and managing organizational change. She values a collaborative and diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, believing that diverse perspectives lead to the best ideas, more cohesive teams, and better results. Michelle is currently an independent consultant at Wu Consulting, LLC.
Samantha Rudolph is the co-founder and CEO of Babyation, a venture-backed startup that creates bold solutions at the intersection of healthcare, data and technology. Babyation thoughtfully improves products for the most intimate areas of the body so that women can live their best life as they work, play, parent, and age. Prior to Babyation, Sam spent nine years as a serial entrepreneur within ESPN, where she launched a variety of products, departments and technologies. She helped shape the company’s social media presence and strategy in the early days of Facebook and Twitter, and she staged a live boxing match from the floor of the Consumer Electronics Show. Sam was also part of the launch team at ESPN’s Los Angeles division, and she oversaw the business development team responsible for evaluating new technologies. Sam subsequently leveraged her expertise in sports data and video platforms as a consultant for private equity firms and management consulting companies. Sam graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where she received dual concentrations in Operations and Information Management (Decision Processes) and Management (Strategic Focus). Sam is a lead mentor for Stadia Ventures startup accelerator and is the treasurer of the St. Louis Breastfeeding Coalition. She is also mom to two boys, Exton and Oden.
Tracy MacNeal is the President & CEO of Materna Medical. Tracy is a chemical engineer and healthcare executive with a specialty in commercializing medical devices. With 6 successful transactions and over 20 years in pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, digital health, and medical devices, she brings a wealth of experience to the MedTech industry. A deep believer in collaboration within our shared healthcare ecosystem, Tracy is national Chair for Advamed’s Women’s Executive Network, amplifying the voices of women leaders who are creating the future of healthcare. Tracy holds a BE in Chemical Engineering from The Cooper Union and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

IDSA ATX: Contracts for Designers: Everything You Need to Know
2021-05-20 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for the first in our 2 part series, where we discuss all things related to contracts. Whether you’re an independent designer, or you’re working for an agency, Joel will cover (almost) everything you might need to know related to these often overwhelming, but critical documents.
Recorded May 20, 2021

IDSA PVD: Outsiders on the Inside Mini Conference - Digital Health vs. Digital Wellbeing: How Much is Too Much
2021-05-20 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
The age of digital health promises many upsides: phones that can connect us to our PCP for a quick video chat, apps to track literally every data point of our lives, and wearables that provide interventions for when those data points go askew.
Despite the obvious gains, there are some elements of our increasingly digital healthcare system that need to be better understood. From idea to design to rollout, we’re asking: who’s still being left out of the conversation? Where is all this confidential data going? How much technology is too much? For better or for worse, our relationship with our devices is, for many of us, one of the most personal, intimate relationships of our lives at this moment–so we better be sure it’s a healthy one.
Join Loft and an all-star panel of industry experts and innovators for an exploration of digital health’s intersection–or collision–with digital wellbeing.
This conversation is part of Loft’s Outsiders on the Insiders Mini Conference, a free, three-part event taking place on May 20th. The goal of these events is to provide access to important conversations and give a platform to unique perspectives and voices.
Jeanette Numbers is an experienced design thinker + leader based in Providence, RI. As Cofounder of Loft, Jeanette specializes in creating visually compelling, human-centered design solutions that are rooted in purpose and driven by research. Jeanette’s work spans dozens of global brands and a wide variety of industries. She’s had proven success both in and outside of the corporate environment, leading teams in strategic design thinking, digital and physical product design, and final product commercialization. Her career has taken her to New York, San Francisco, Boston, and finally to Providence, where Loft’s corporate headquarters are based. As a longtime champion for local mentorship and community-building, Jeanette is excited to build on her vision for a collaborative and authentic design culture as chair of the Providence IDSA chapter.
Clare Jessy is a UX designer, inventor, explorer and storyteller who works for Philips Design at Philips Healthcare’s HealthTech Innovation Lab in Cambridge, MA. At Philips, she designs next generation AI driven healthcare diagnostic products, primarily for medical professionals in radiology and cardiology. The teams she works on are inherently multidisciplinary: designers, doctors, researchers, scientists, business people, and technologists. Outside of Philips she was the designer for a Brown Medicine project that developed a new way for patients to communicate pain to doctors using physical objects, designed a proof of concept for an augmented reality-based tool to map neurological biopsy sites and worked on improving service delivery to Boston’s addiction and homelessness community.
Danielle Snyder is a Director of Service Design & Strategy at Humana, where she has been for about 2 years. She is tasked with building out a new experience transformation team that will help to redesign the organization toward a more human centric operating model. By night, she is a new-ish mom of a human baby (17 month-old Maya) and a tenured mom of a Boston Terrier fur baby (9 year old Tux). Perhaps unsurprisingly, skilling up at her night job has helped significantly with her day job.
Margaux Boyaval is the Digital Product and UX Director at Teva Pharmacuticals. Margaux’s passion is in creating transformational connected health experiences for people striving for health. She has embedded CX and UX design teams and principles in large organizations across consumer health, medical device, hospital systems, digital health, and pharma marketing. She has shown that success that comes when teams develop strategies & solutions with patients’ and business goals in mind.
Megan Wimmer is a Senior Design Thinking Leader at GE Healthcare, where she is part of a global team responsible for crafting and facilitating Design Thinking workshops focused on product, service, and business strategy innovation. Each day, Megan strives to enable breakthrough solutions rooted in empathy by guiding teams to look at problems differently and use the most basic tools and their imaginations to investigate, uncover, and explore ideas they never thought possible. In a few short years, Megan and team have progressed Design Thinking from a relative unknown within GE Healthcare to a recognized career path and skill set valued throughout the broader GE corporation. Megan also helps project manage custom Adventure Series installations, designed to improve the radiology experience for pediatric patients, families and staff.
Prior to her current role, Megan spent 5+ years designing Computed Tomography (CT) scanners and completed the Edison Engineering Development Program. She graduated from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering & Design and secondary field of concentration in Rehabilitation Engineering.

NYCxDesign: Expertise X Design: An Introduction to IDSA’s Sections
2021-05-17 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for this engaging event hosted by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)’s Section leaders! Sections are community groups of IDSA members with expertise and interest in specific areas of industrial design.
There are many segments of the industrial design profession, ranging from digital to furniture to medical design. Our members are experts in each of these areas, and we’ve invited some of the very best leaders from our Sections program to share their knowledge with you:
Digital Design in AR and VR – Gabriele Sorrento, IDSA, Chair of the Digital Enterprise Section, will teach you how to leverage virtual and augmented reality technologies to streamline your design process.
Humanizing Furniture Design – David Patton, IDSA, Chair of the Furniture Section, will share information about the people and processes behind furniture design in an ever-demanding world.
Design in Digital Surgery – John Anastasiadis, IDSA, Chair of the Medical Design Section, will discuss design in MedTech and its role in the development of digital surgical solutions
IDSA Sections host events throughout the year, bringing the larger design community together for professional development and networking opportunities. We hope you’ll join us for this event to make exciting connections and learn something new! Recorded on May 17, 2021

Women in Design SEA: Built For This, Part 1 with Paola Reyes
2021-05-13 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
In the Built for This series, our guests share how they identified their superpowers and now play to those strengths. Since women often experience imposter syndrome and pressure to conform, we want to highlight the stories of women whose celebration of their uniqueness in turn makes them a perfect fit for design. Women who know they are built for this work just as they are.
About our guest:
Heavily informed by research, involved in all steps of the user experience, leading design, and closely collaborating with development to realize the creative vision of a product is Paola’s sweet spot. Paola is a design leader with a passion for creating compelling, meaningful, delightful, human-centered experiences.
Bringing nearly 20 years of knowledge and award-winning work to the table, She delivers digital in the form of connected products, apps, and responsive websites.
Paola has worked on a wide variety of projects for clients like The BMW Group, Johnson Controls, Amazon, Penguin Random House, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Nickelodeon and Philips, all in collaboration with amazing research, UX, design, and development talent.
