Industrial Designers Society of America

IDSA SYR: Future of Design
2020-03-05 15:15 - 16:15 (America/New_York)
Join IDSA CNY (Syracuse) and Lorraine Justice, PhD, FIDSA, an internationally known designer, speaker, and author discuss her new book.
Justice specializes in helping leaders and teams responsible for complex development initiatives maximize their likelihood of success. Her second book, The Future of Design, Global Product Innovation for a Complex World (Nicholas Brealey, 2019) addresses how can we design successful products for the future, that will affect our future global products, services, and experiences.
Learn more about Lorraine here.
Location: Warehouse Auditorium (100A)

IDSA Headquarters Open House 2020
2020-03-05 09:00 - 13:00
Join IDSA HQ for coffee, donuts, and conversation at the IDSA National ID Day Open House: Thursday, March 5 from 9am to 1pm at our new office, located at 950 Herndon Pkwy, Suite 250, Herndon, VA 20170.
If you’re in or near the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, stop by our place (parking is free!) to celebrate IDSA’s birthday and the industrial design profession. Meet the IDSA HQ staff, connect with local colleagues, and learn more about National ID Day, IDSA, and the Society’s 2020 goals and initiatives.
Questions about the Open House? Call us at 703.707.6000 or email us at membership@idsa.org.

National Industrial Design Day
2020-03-05

IDSA BOS: Happy Hour & 2020 Design Kickoff
2020-02-27 18:00 - 21:00
Join Tactile and IDSA Boston at Central Warf Co. on Thursday, Feb 27th for quality conversation, top-notch drinks, and great company!
Our goal for the 2020 year is to provide our community with more opportunities to meet, not only through high-level design panels, but through more casual get-togethers that help facilitate tighter bonds, friendships, and the joy of skill sharing.
With Tactile’s new Boston studio (opened in April of 2018) and a newly elected IDSA Boston Board, we look forward to connecting with our vast network of designers!
Grab your ticket now and get ready for the 2020 year of design.

IDSA ATL: Spectrum of Futures
2020-02-25 18:00 - 20:00
Partnered event with Speculative Futures and Art in Tech!

How do you think about the future? Do you approach it as an artist, a technologist, a designer, a futurist or none of the above? Is there even a right way to approach futures thinking?

In this presentation, Travis Kupp—Strategic Design & Foresight Lead at Truist and Chair of PRIMER2020—will explain the fundamentals of the field of Futures, the differences in how humans (and other life forms) approach the future, and why Futurists don’t and shouldn’t have a monopoly on the future.

Experience Design Week 2020
2020-02-24 - 2020-02-26
Experience design (XD) is a discipline that develops holistic experiences inclusive of all users across all aspects of service, product or event. It provides a way for organizations to design a valuable user experience.

IDSA COL: 2020 OSU SMA Selection Night
2020-02-20 18:30 - 20:00
Come support and watch the students present their work for Round 1 of the IDSA Student Merit Awards. Who will earn the chance to represent their school in Round 2?

IDSA ATL - February Brew Crew
2020-02-06 18:00 - 19:00
Have y’all been to Halfway Crooks Brewery in Summerhill yet?? For February, we are discussing the question “What is Futurism?” and how we can use Futurism to improve our design processes. At this event, learn more about our partnered event with Speculative Futures Atlanta later in February!!

IDSA CNY: Gary Hustwit at RIT
2020-02-05 18:00 - 20:00
At RIT Gary Hustwit will be speaking about his work as a documentary filmmaker and his appearance will highlight the first public exhibit of his photographic record of a day with Massimo and Lella Vignelli.

February 4Lecture | 4:45pmLocation | University Gallery
Hustwit will be speaking about his work as a documentary filmmaker, encompassing his films Helvetica, Objectified, Urbanized, and Rams.

February 4Reception & Exhibition | 6-8pmLocation | Exhibit Gallery (stairs are located in the 2nd floor Benetton Gallery)
Hustwit’s RIT appearance will highlight the first public exhibit of his photographic record of a day with Massimo and Lella Vignelli. His new book on the Vignellis will be available for sale and signing.The photographic exhibit will be in the 3rd floor Vignelli Center Benetton Gallery.

February 5, 2020Screening | 9:30amLocation | University Gallery
RIT’s premiere showing of Gary Hustwit’s documentary on designer Dieter Rams (born 20 May 1932 in Wiesbaden, Hessen). Rams is a German industrial designer and retired academic closely associated with the consumer products company Braun, the furniture company Vitsoe, and the functionalist school of industrial design. His unobtrusive approach and belief in “less but better” design generated timeless quality in his products and have influenced the design of many products, which also secured Rams worldwide recognition.

IDSA NL: MIAD 4th Annual Red Marker Event
2020-01-31 18:00 - 21:00
Formerly known as Portfolio Review Night, the Red Marker Event is a night dedicated to getting valuable feedback on portfolio and presentation skills by peers, professors, and professionals. During the evening, groups will roam the gallery space, giving you the opportunity to present your projects. They are then free to critique + write directly on your modules. This is a great way to get feedback or ask questions to improve your skills on visual and verbal communication.
Each student who reserves a space will get a section of the gallery to display their work. Sections will also be organized by grade level. The space will show a printed portfolio module of their best work, and the student can also show a full portfolio or model on a pedestal. The format is up to the individual student, and what they believe best showcases their efforts.
Hope to see you there!

Talk: The Secret to Innovation is Emotional Intelligence
2020-01-29
Designers can access FREE REGISTRATION with the code INDUSTRY20.
Currently, one of the most under-appreciated aspects of the creative process is found in the basic human condition, Emotional Intelligence (EQ).
There are many people who go through the normal process of childhood all the way through adulthood, yet rarely take the time to look at WHY they think the way they do, and how they got themselves to where they are. Generally, there is a lack of critical thinking and the ability for self evaluation/self management. However, the more we look into this, the more that we learn that early life experiences of all levels contribute to how we perceive things and our levels of empathy.
Emotional Intelligence is a natural progression or development that comes out of various situations that Designers/Creatives were exposed to during developmental and crucial learning periods of their lives. The reason emotional intelligence is so important to analyze and understand lies in its effects on psychological development, and the output it can create when it takes the form of creative processes.
More often, when people have certain situations that are hard to overcome during their formidable years, there is a chemical and psychological transformation that occurs. This allows for a different level of sensitivity when looking at problems and/or applying empathy as a driver for research or just inquisitive exploration.
Kirsten Belaire MA, LPC and Jason P. Belaire, IDSA will explore how designers/creatives can start to understand their own emotional intelligence levels. They’ll also explain how to use EQ to think more critically and manage ourselves better in ways that can lead to innovation.

IDSA SEA: Happy Hour (Jan 2020)
2020-01-16 18:00 - 21:00
Thursday // January 16 // 6-9pm // Optimism Brewing

Come by after work this Thursday to mix and mingle with your design peers in the Seattle area. No cover, no agenda. Just drinks with friends, new and old. All are welcome. Come as you are!

IDSA OR - IDL Housewarming Party
2020-01-16 16:00 - 20:00
IDSA members are invitted to IDL’s Portland studio opening and houseparty.

IDSA ATL - January Brew Crew
2020-01-07 19:00 - 21:00
Once a month we will be meeting at a local brewery after work to discuss a design topic. For January, we are kicking off 2020 by playing Edison Deck: A Tool for Everyday Ideas.
Edison Deck cards train your brain to think beyond the obvious helping you make the new connections that lead to innovative suggestions. This valuable skill benefits all areas of your life whether you’re launching a side hustle, writing a book, or planning new experiences.
The Edison Deck contains 150 prompt cards that inspire you to solve problems, think laterally, and innovate ideas. Easy to use – simply pick a prompt and sit tight until you generate at least 10 ideas. It doesn’t matter if some are rubbish, it’s more important to capture your thoughts because the more you think, the more innovation flows.
With Edison Deck to challenge your thinking, that one life-changing idea is now closer than you think.

IDSA CHI: 2019 Holiday Soiree
2019-12-13 18:00 - 21:00
We have gathered the design community in Chicago to bring you a collective Holiday Soiree! Thanks to our friends at Advanced Design, Women in Industrial Design, TEAMS Design, SPE Chicago, iD Additives, Techmer PM, and Glenn Beall Plastics, we bring you the IDSA Chicago Holiday Soiree! We’ll have some delicious pastries, good food, fabulous drinks, fancy eggnog, some foosball and sketching, an ugly sweater contest, and some karaoke! Don’t miss out on this great event to cap an amazing 2019 and welcome a new decade!

IDSA MI: Sketch Battle Royale 2019
2019-11-15 17:00 - 21:00
Calling all creatives! Sketch Battle Royale is a survival game where players sketch, prototype and sculpt against each other in player versus player combat to be the last one standing. Put your creativity to the test in ten, 3 to 5 minute rounds using different topics and mediums all culminating into first, second and third place winners. Join IDSA MI, WMU RIDI, Kendall and College for Creative Studies along with professional creatives from multiple disciplines and different industries, all competing for the title as Michigans top creative. Who will come out on top? Will it be a graphic designer, illustrator or Industrial Designer? Professionals, are you still relevant? Or could you be eliminated by a student in an early round? Come showcase your skills! Topics and mediums will remain undisclosed until the event. It is a fast-paced, action-packed game. Fast creative thinking is a must in order to survive. Put your team in the fire and join the fun!

IDSA LVL: Lexmark Design Studio Tour
2019-11-14 18:00 - 20:00
The Lexmark design team is opening their design studio doors for a behind the scenes tour and discussion of how they develop their innovative and connected products. Besides seeing some great ID/UX work, you’ll learn tips on how to work with an international design team, see what’s on the horizon from their new tech development group, view the usability test lab and customer experience center.
Event Details:
Tour will be a show & tell presentation about design at Lexmark. Designers will share examples of work (product design & user interface design) and talk about their design process.
6pm: Appetizers & Networking
6:30pm: Tour & Discussion

IDSA SYR: User Interface Design for Portable VR Training Devices
2019-11-14 18:00 - 20:00
IDSA Central New York (Syracuse) and WNY HFES are joining forces to bring you the 2019 Fall Meeting focused on user interface design considerations for portable VR training devices.
6:00pm – Dinner*, Introductions & Networking
6:30pm – Programming starts
* Sandwiches, salad, chips, cookies and drinks will be provided; $5 suggested donation for non-members
Venue – RIT Institute Hall Room 1160
Parking – Park in lots F or J. You do not need a permit to park in the reserved spots after 5:00pm
Greg Smiley, IDSA
IDSA Central New York Chapter Chair
Industrial Design Manager
The Raymond Corporation
Joe Weiss
Systems Engineer
The Raymond Corporation

IDSA COL: Taboo Schmaboo 2.0
2019-11-02 09:30 - 14:45
Let’s break down social stigmas, and celebrate our creative voices together. Warning: this event is far from a boring conference.
9:30 Community + Coffee
10:00 Artist Reading and Kick-off
10:20 Queer Outside the Norm
11:30 Beauty from the Inside Out
12:00 Lunch Break + Marketplace + Raffle
1:00 Learning Through Play
2:00 Keynote
2:45 Closing Remarks

IDSA FL: SHINE Mural Festival
2019-10-26 08:00 - 17:00
SHINE is an art project that illuminates the power of art in public spaces. Join the IDSA Florida (no called Miami) Chapter for an artwork through downtown St. Petersburg.

IDSA DFW: True User Experience
2019-10-22 17:30 - 20:00
Innovation today is more complicated than ever. And the future is not to focus on just one of these segments alone. Brian Roderman, FIDSA brings together and communicates the collection of these segments in a simple way to construct, use, and understand the True User Experience

IDSA BOS: Managing and Leading Design Strategies: A Workshop With Grow USA
2019-10-10 18:00 - 21:00
Design strategy is the mother of all design management & leadership activities.
A design strategy is a high-level plan to achieve design goals within a certain business context. It is certainly not created in isolation: it helps to achieve overarching business goals, it helps to align peer strategies and – most importantly – it helps to make the right choices in terms of resources and capabilities.
In this synopsis presentation taken from a core Grow learning module, learn some key aspects about managing and leading design strategies.

IDSA CLE: Rams Screening & Discussion
2019-10-07 18:00 - 20:00
Come to Cleveland Institute of Art’s Peter B. Lewis (PBL) Auditorium for a special screening of “Rams.” The film will begin at approximately 7:00 pm, but be sure to arrive early for appetizers, beverages, and networking with the design community. After the screening, stick around for a Q&A discussion with four Greater Cleveland based designers: Dan Cuffaro (Chair, Industrial Design at CIA), Angela Clark (Root Art, Design and Strategy), Carla Blackman (Design Interface), and Pete Whitworth (Smartshape Design).
“‘Rams’ is the new documentary by filmmaker Gary Hustwit (Helvetica) about legendary designer Dieter Rams. For over fifty years, Rams has left an indelible mark on the field of product design with his iconic work at Braun and Vitsoe, and his influence on Apple. “Rams” is a design documentary, but it’s also a rumination on consumerism, materialism, and sustainability. Dieter’s philosophy is about more than just design, it’s about a way to live. The film also features an original score by pioneering musician Brian Eno. More info and trailers here: http://www.hustwit.com/rams”

IDSA NL: Milwaukee Tour De Biergarten Cycling Event
2019-10-05 14:00 - 18:00
Join us for a one of a kind Northern Lakes IDSA chapter event, to enjoy one of Milwaukee’s best Biergartens!
Bring you friends, family, and anyone interested in design. This event is open to all that want to join!
OCTOBER 5TH• 2:00pm – The Bavarian Bierhaus , raffle drawing and prize give away to follow
GAMES, PRIZES, CYCLING, CONVERSATION, FUN!!!
RAFFLE PRIZES!!
Provided by our fantastic sponsor Milwaukee ToolIDSA members will receive 2 raffle tickets. Additional Tickets can be purchased for $2 or 5 for $5

IDSA ATL: Making + Manufacturing
2019-10-03 19:00 - 21:00
IDSA ATL is teaming up with the Society of Manufacturing Engineers to show you a glimpse of the Atlanta maker community. If you’re curious about the manufacturing industry, join us on Thursday, October 3rd for a night of networking and get a tour of Decatur Makers!
Curious about the manufacturing industry? Join SME and IDSA Atlanta as we learn more about the maker community and manufacturing, and we figure out how we can work together.
Following a presentation on the maker community and a presentation on the manufacturing community with Q&A, we’ll take a tour of Decatur Makers and then stroll down to the Marlay for networking over beverages.
We’ll start in the Fellowship Hall of the First Christian Church (which shares a parking lot with Decatur Makers). Then we’ll take a tour of Decatur Makers.
Brought to you by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and the Industrial Designers Society of America.

IDSA SF: Identity & Identification
2019-10-03 17:00 - 19:00
Identity is a social currency that keeps evolving. Old distinctions, categories and mindsets are no longer relevant today. We project our humanity on everything around us – people, environment, object – by reflecting on how we identify ourselves to be meaningful humans and creatives.
Join IDSA & Samsung in a salon discussion led by the founders of Y Studios about their culture driven design philosophy. Hear how their personal and cultural identities influence the way they perceive the world, and help in designing iconic products for clients like Sonos, VAVA, Little Fish and Chime.
EVENT SCHEDULE

5:30 pm, Doors open
6:00 pm, Talk begins
7:30 pm, Reception w/ food & beverage

Wai-Loong Lim, Founder @ Y Studios – WAI brings a unique perspective to the multi-disciplinary design process at Y Studios. Having lived and worked in Singapore and Canada, he is skilled in communicating across cultural boundaries. With over 25 years of success in a wide array of consulting experiences, Wai and his team offer innovative skills to create unique solutions in graphic, interface and product design across a diverse body of work in consumer electronics, equipment, telecommunication, medical and lifestyle industries around the world.
Lisa Yong, Research Director @ Y Studios – LISA is an adept cultural translator. She is skilled in communicating the vision of the new business landscape by sensing emerging cultural movements and connecting them with social changes and consumer passions. Having grown up in the East with an in-depth knowledge of working in the West, Lisa is in a unique position to observe and understand both worlds. With over 25 years of design experience spanning Asia, Europe and USA, her multicultural background helps balance and connect people, cultures, industries and professional disciplines.
Thank you to Samsung for being a great partner to the Industrial Design community, and hosting the “What Would Designers Do?” series in the Bay Area.
Samsung Design Innovation Center is opening their doors to the design community by sponsoring a series of intimate events that foster connection and skill building. Seats for these events are extremely limited.
The Samsung Design Innovation Center is a design-driven think tank located in downtown San Francisco. At SDIC, we work on a range of projects from envisioning and prototyping far-future experiences to production-ready designs that will be shipped, at scale. We’re a collaborative group of creative technologists, researchers, strategists, designers, and engineers that love to hack, build, and examine the implications of our designs. We take a holistic and purpose-oriented approach to designing meaningful future experiences, enabled by advanced technologies.

IDSA DEN: Denver Does Design Young Industry Professional Awards 2019
2019-10-02 17:00 - 21:00
Denver Does Design will host the Young Industry Professional (YIP) Awards on Wednesday, October 2. This inaugural event will focus on the work and accomplishments of students and young professionals who have been in the industrial design field for 10 years or less, by showcasing their work and recognizing their achievements in the industry.

IDSA SF: Nest - A Design Journey From Founding to Acquisition
2019-09-26 18:00 - 21:00
The Nest Thermostat set a new standard for design in the smart home and reset the paradigm for how technology serves us. Understanding of real needs and habits merged with the potential of technology yielded groundbreaking products with a higher bar for aesthetics and function. Join us at Bould Design, the studio responsible for the Industrial Design of Nest’s first three products, to hear about Nest’s design journey from a diverse panel of perspectives including industrial design, engineering, business, and venture capital. Note: this event is not affiliated with Google or Nest in any way.
Speakers:

Fred Bould, IDSA – Founder and Design Director at Bould Design
Matt Rogers – Co-founder, former Chief Product Officer and VP of Engineering at Nest
Shige Honjo – Former Senior Director, Product Management and Engineering Program Management at Nest
Trae Vassallo – Former General Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

When:
Thursday, September 26, 2019 – 6 – 9pm
Where:
Bould Design1135 North Amphlett BoulevardSan Mateo, CA 94401 View Map

IDSA ATL: Designers Against Humanity
2019-09-10 19:00 - 21:00
On Tuesday, September 10th, IDSA Atlanta and OpenIDEO Atlanta Chapter are working together to bring you Designers Against Humanity. Come join us as we play a new, custom rendition of Cards Against Humanity and bond over humor and the design world. This event will be held in Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech in Tech Square. We look forward to seeing you there!

IDSA Membership Meeting – 2018 Year In Review
2019-08-23 13:00 - 14:00
IDSA’s Executive Director, Chris Livaudais, took some time during IDC 2019 in Chicago to provide an update to membership on the state of the Society. We use this annual opportunity to share important information with membership in a public forum.
