Industrial Designers Society of America

IDSA CHI: Object Society’s 10th Anniversary Exhibition
2019-06-10 17:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
Join IDSA Chicago and the Chicago-based design group Object Society for their 10th anniversary exhibition which will kick off on Monday, June 10, 2019. The opening party is from from 5:30PM – 10PM, right after NeoCon! You’ll find over 20 local designers and makers at this show along with a sure to be riveting panel discussion, refreshments, food, & good company.

IDSA NYC: Advanced Design in NYC
2019-06-08 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Join IDSA NYC and Advanced Design on June 8th for a brunch-and-meet where our speakers Krystal Persaud, Janella Vargas, McKay Nilson, and Fiena Wu will speak to their personal journeys and individual experiences navigating through New York as designers. This event is free and open to the public.

2019 Yeh Ideology Design Summit: The Evolution of INNOVATION
2019-06-06 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Speakers include Betsy Goodrich, FIDSA and Jordan Nollman, IDSA.
Innovation is disruptive. The kind of investment you need to review, build and rebuild can be monumental depending on the stakeholders involved. If you’re leading innovation, you have to change a point of view, and there will certainly be resistance.
That said, everyone wants a piece of the innovation pie, from newfound startups to corporations who’ve been around for decades. Employers want talent who can do everything, and talent are seeking transformational experiences in corporations with incubators and design labs. But what we’re hearing is quite different.
While there are valid companies that truly need innovation and are ready to support it, some companies are unclear on what it is they need and end up under-supporting their investment in innovation. For other companies, the ruse of innovation is becoming a tactic to win over top talent who are put to work on menial initiatives.
We’re hearing more and more stories where corporation enterprises that have had years of investment in design and innovation have downsized, diluted or even disbanded these divisions.
Design departments are getting smaller—to the point where, in some corporations, there are none. Roles in corporations are now more vertically diverse, with requirements from big-picture vision to still being hands-on with SolidWorks skills.

In some companies, innovation is now just a plaque on the door of a department. People have innovation titles, but the work they are doing is no longer innovative—it’s just a requisition sent down by engineering or marketing, depending on how the corporation is originated.

What does it mean to build an innovation department?
Are companies using innovation as a facade?
Where is innovation truly being invested?
Where is innovation needed most?
Most of all, how is this affecting you and your teams?

Join us as we unpack The Evolution of “Innovation.”
Sign up here: http://www.yehideology.com/design-summit-2019

WHENThursday, June 6, 2019 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
WHEREKnoll Inc. Showroom, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, Floor 2, New York, NY 10019
AGENDA6:00pm – Open doors & Networking6:30pm – Panel7:30pm – Q&A8:00pm – 9:00pm – Wrap up & Networking*Refreshments will be served

About Yeh IDeologyYeh IDeology is a Talent Strategies consultancy specializing in design, strategy, innovative recruitment and executive career coaching. For the past 13 years, founder Angela Yeh has helped businesses build innovation teams and guided talent to find career success.

IDSA ATL: Game of Tribes
2019-05-21 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
IDSA Atlanta is partnering with the Atlanta Service Design Network on May 21 to host Game of Tribes: Reaching across design silos, an engaging evening for designers from diverse backgrounds. Come to this event to learn from each other’s perspectives on practice, get exposure to new and different ways of thinking and doing, and collectively discover what makes Atlanta’s greater design community tick.
Following some mingling, participants will explore affinities—such as medium, methodology, or ethos—within and across design disciplines. Each round, spontaneous teams will work together to answer a prompt, complete an activity, or make something together. This game will illuminate how designers think and work across disciplinary lines, with the aim of inspiring all attendees to take away a new idea or method to apply to their practice.

IDSA NYC: There Are No Sustainable Materials
2019-05-13 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Join IDSA.NYC, Hyloh and The Circular Economy Network for, “There are no Sustainable Materials” a panel discussion on achieving real sustainability through design, material choices and circular economy principals.
As the fragile state of our planet is brought into ever-sharper focus, the notion of sustainability must move away from being a buzzword-filled trend toward urgent and actionable changes. As designers and brands struggle to heed the call to change, our efforts are often misguided by the myths and marketing of so-called “sustainable materials”. The truth is: there are no sustainable materials, only sustainable systems.
Moderator:

Sarah D’Sylva, Co-Founder @ Hyloh

Panelists:

Amy Uong, Deputy General Manager, Sims Recycling
Jaime Salm, Co-Founder & Creative Director @ MIO
Marc-Aurelien Vivant, Sr Design Engineer, Smart Design
Rick Zultner, VP of Research + Development, Loop / TerraCycle

IDSA DFW: Designing to Lead
2019-05-07 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Join us for an evening of Design & Drinks at VARIDESK in Coppell.
A moderated panel of corporate and entrepreneurial design leaders will discuss and answer your questions about stepping up to management and leadership roles -and parlaying your design experience into UX/UI, branding, strategic, creative (design thinking), entrepreneurial and technology-driven positions.

David Patton, IDSA
Jim Scheibel
Kip Harkness
Jon Guerra

Women in Design Deep Dive 2019
2019-05-03 08:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)

IDSA SF: Design for Automation
2019-04-30 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
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. We often experience AI in the products we use day to day, but how is AI influencing the way we design and build these products? In this event we take a deep dive into design for automation. Join us for an intimate event with the Head of Samsung Design Innovation Center, Federico Casalegno and guest speaker Pablo Gonzalez, a leader in developing automation to capture efficiency in real time.
Samsung Design Innovation Center 735 Battery Street San Francisco, CA 94111
FEDERICO CASALEGNO | Head of Samsung Design
Federico Casalegno is the Head of Samsung Design Innovation Center (SDIC), Samsung Electronics, in San Francisco, CA, where he leads multidisciplinary teams to create disruptive user experiences and envision future products, and launch them to market.
As designer and social scientist with an interest in the impact of networked digital technologies on human behavior and society, Prof. Casalegno both taught and lead advanced research at MIT, where he designed technologically enhanced systems and environments to foster connections between people, information and physical places, using cutting-edge technologies.
PABLO GONZALES | SVP of Engineering, Zume Inc.
Pablo Gonzalez currently serves as Zume’s SVP of Engineering serving all business units in product development. Prior to Zume, Gonzalez was the VP of automation, equipment and MES engineering at Tesla, where he led the development of all equipment and automation lines in the California, Nevada and New York factories, as well as designing a highly scalable MES system to track, monitor, maintain, and integrate all of Tesla’s factories. He has also held roles at SolarCity, Brooks Automation, Crossing Automation, E Systems Technology, and ASYST Technologies, Inc. He has been awarded more than 125 patents in automotive, semiconductor, medical, and solar industries.

IDSA ATL: Formation Design Group turns 20
2019-04-26 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Formation Design Group is turning 20! Join the party on April 26th for tacos, drinks, and a presentation from Uber’s Head of Product in the Advanced Technologies Group, Eric Hanson.

IDSA BOS: 2019 Portfolio Review
2019-04-10 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
The Industrial Design department at MassArt is having their annual ID portfolio review event on Wednesday April 10th from 6 – 9 pm in the DMC Atrium. Event is open to all Mass Art ID Juniors and Seniors wishing to have a professional review their work. Students from other ID programs such as Wentworth, RISD, and RIT are also welcome to register. Each student will get 15 minutes to discuss their work one on one with a local designer. Students are encouraged to use the 3 hour duration of the event to get in as many conversations as possible.
Learn more about the event

Purdue University: Converge 2019
2019-03-30 10:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)
This year’s theme, The Next Generation, considers that the college class of 2019 is the first to be almost completely Gen Z, and will be hitting the workforce in a few short months. Meanwhile, design in society has been rapidly evolving – from the institution of executive designers in major corporations, to explosively popular design documentaries on Netflix. Join us as we explore ways to think about our roles as designers amid these changes.
All are encouraged to participate in a fast-paced day of design learning. It is a chance for students and professionals to stretch their understanding of an ever-shifting design world. Converge 2019 will feature talks by influential design professionals from diverse backgrounds and interactive skill-building workshops facilitated by industry leaders. Learn what’s changing in design and how you can prepare for the future of the profession.
WHEN:March 30, 201910am – 4pm
WHERE:MatchBOX Coworking Studio17 S 16th StreetLafayette, IN 47901View Map
SCHEDULE:10:00a – Arrival/Breakfast10:30 – Introduction11:00 – Presentations12:00 – Lunch1:00 – Workshops2:30 – Keynote3:00 – Minor Details Podcast4:00 – Send off5:00 – Networking Mixer
TICKETS:Purchase tickets here

IDSA ATL: ATL Connect Portfolio Review
2019-03-29 16:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
It’s that time of year again! ATL Connect is back!
ATL Connect is IDSA Atlanta’s annual portfolio review. ID students from SCAD, Auburn, and Georgia Tech will have the chance to share their work with design professionals in one-on-one sessions. This is a great opportunity for professional development for young designers.
Students – come make local design connections and get direct, applicable feedback on your work and your career.
Professionals – Help shape the next crop of local talent. This event is strong every year, which is directly due to your participation. We need you there! Help us keep a balanced student-professional ratio.
ATL Connect is Friday, March 31, 2017 at Kids II.

IDSA COL: OSU Senior Show - Professionals Night
2019-03-28 18:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
ID Seniors will be presenting their work and sharing it out at professionals night. ID head professor, Sebastian Proulx, and IDSA have joined up to do a special “Best in Show” Award for the IDSA students to increase awareness of the organization and shed light onto what IDSA is all about. The award will be judged by ID professionals, Rainer Tufeul, IDSA (Design Central), Tim Friar, IDSA (Design Central), and Ryan Burger, IDSA (Priority Design). The three will present the Best in Show plaque / award to the best student as well as a Runner Up prize. OHC Vice Chair, Caterina Rizzoni, will represent IDSA and the chapter with a brief presentation. Join us!

IDSA SF: Secret to a thriving design consultancy
2019-03-27 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Please join the IDSA San Francisco Chapter as we unlock the secrets on how to start and run a successful design consultancy. We will hear from some of Bay Area’s successful design leaders about their experiences and the diverse paths they took to found and run their own thriving design consultancies.
*This event is generously hosted by Whipsaw. Please note that parking is limited at their studio, we highly suggest ride sharing

Speakers Incude:

Brett Lovelady
Brett founded ASTRO Studios in 1994 to innovatively blend design, technology and lifestyle insights into a wide range of iconic, culture defining products and brands. Since then Brett has become one of Americas top design leaders, advocating for design and directing some of the world’s most culturally relevant products and brands, while helping clients generate billions in new revenue worldwide.
ASTRO & Brett have worked on hundreds of products and brands, from Fortune 100 clients to start-ups, receiving numerous industry and design awards including 2018 Fast Company Most Innovative Companies in Design Award. Additionally, ASTRO has received 2 BusinessWeek Design of the Decade Awards and 7 nominations for Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards. Project highlights include: Nike’s Triax Watch Series, the Nike Fuelband, Microsoft Xbox360gaming console, Shinola Electric & Audio, Bose Sleepbuds and many more. Prior to ASTRO, Brett was VP of Design at Frog Design & Lunar respectively and started his career as a designer in with the Advanced Concept Team at Tandem Computers.
Also, in 2008, Brett co-founded and spun-off, venture backed ASTRO Gaming Inc., extending the ASTRO design brand into a hi-performance e-sports brand. Brett was the CEO until 2011 when ASTRO Gaming achieved #13 on the INC. 500 fastest growing companies list, then was acquired by pre-IPO, Skullcandy Inc., who in 2017 sold it to Logitech to take the brand worldwide.

Nichole Rouillac
Nichole is creative director and co-founder at level. She has deep experience taking complex new technologies and shaping them into forms that foster emotional connections between consumers and brands. Her work has helped to create new industry categories and propelled products into the spotlight–garnering industry awards and recognition. Before founding level, she was associate creative director at HTC and Lead Designer at One & Co. Nichole is the Chair of IDSA Women In Design and has a mission to bring balance to the industrial design field at large.

Maaike Evers
Born and bred in The Netherlands, Maaike brings a progressively Dutch and uniquely female perspective to Industrial Design. Equally inspired by the tradition of craft and potential of industry, she has developed complex high-tech products as well as artful projects. Maaike co-founded the experimental design studio Mike & Maaike in San Francisco. The studio is formed as a design laboratory where self initiated and client projects are approached with the same level of passion, experimentation and optimism. In 2011 Mike & Maaike were acquired by Google where Maaike helped build industrial design culture, collaborating with scientists and engineers to build new hardware experiences for IoT, mobile devices, wearables, health monitoring, autonomous systems, alternative power and VR. Recently, Mike & Maaike gained independence from Google to re-form their San Francisco studio. Some highlights of Maaike’s prolific design career include Google’s first phone, Google’s first VR headset, the ATNMBL driverless car, the Windowseat Lounge and the Artifort Terp tables and pouffs. Maaike’s work has received over 40 international design awards and she is named on over 50 patents. Maaike was named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business.

Dan Harden

Dan is President, CEO, Principal Designer and cofounder of Whipsaw Inc., a highly acclaimed design firm in San Jose and San Francisco California. Whipsaw designs diverse products and experiences for companies around the world including Brita, Cisco, Ford, GE, Google, Haier, Intel, Leitz, Merck, Motorola, Nike, Olympus, Samsung, Sony, TP-Link, Uber, and many exciting startups including Blumio, Bossanova, Ekso Bionics, Harry’s, Highfive, Peloton, Tascent and Tile. Dan is the highly active creative force of Whipsaw, where he directs the strategic and conceptual direction of most client accounts. His passion and experience combined with his personal philosophies about art, culture, psychology and technology permeate the work and the brand.
Throughout his prolific career Dan has designed hundreds of successful products ranging from baby bottles to supercomputers. Some of these hits include the Google Chromecast and OnHub, Nest Dropcam cameras, Brita Stream water purifiers, Dell’s Precision line, Cisco Telepresence systems, Livescribe smart pens, Eton emergency radios, Adiri baby bottles, Yubo lunch boxes, Highfive teleconferencing, Intel healthcare tablets, IGT and Aristocrat slot machines, Leapfrog LeapPads, Roku TV devices, the Pano Logic computer, TP-Link networking devices, Topcon survey equipment, the Braun Thermoscan thermometer, Motorola cell phones, the Gateway PC line, Sony headsets, the original Acer Aspire PC line, NeXT computers, Oracle Network Computers, Logitech mice, and the first digital answering machine for AT&T.
Prior to cofounding Whipsaw in 1999, Dan was VP and President of Frogdesign where he designed many notable products for luminaries like Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison and Rupert Murdoch. Before joining Frogdesign in 1989 he was a lead designer at Henry Dreyfuss Associates. In the early eighties Dan interned with design master George Nelson. He also interned at Hewlett Packard and Richardson Smith (later became Fitch). Dan graduated from the University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture and Art in 1982.

IDSA NYC: Spring 2019 Portfolio Workshop
2019-03-23 10:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Our friends at Smart Design have crafted a fantastic portfolio workshop. Whether your portfolio needs a little tune-up or a complete rebuild, don’t miss this opportunity. You’ll learn the do’s and don’ts, tips and tricks, and get the feedback you need to develop a standout portfolio.
The event will be hosted by our very generous colleagues at the SVA Ground Floor Incubator.
There will be presentations, examples from the Smart Design team and small group workshops where you’ll get direct feedback on your portfolio. During the group reviews, we’ll spend 30 minutes on each participant – about 15 minutes of presentation time and 15 minutes for review. Whether you want to focus on a larger project or walk through a number of smaller ones is entirely up to you

DateSaturday, March 2310am – 5pm
LocationSVA Groundfloor Incubator207 East 32nd Street(b/w 2nd and 3rd Avenue)
Schedule10:00 Coffee10:30 Introduction11:00 Meet the Designers / Q&A11:45 Portfolio Guidelines and tips12:30 Lunch (on us)1:15 Small Group Portfolio Review4:00 Closing Remarks / Q&A
TicketsIDSA Members – FreeNon Members – $10.00Purchase Tickets Here

What to bring…We will be pinning work up! – A printed version of your portfolio or portfolio project (8.5×11 or 11×17) If, in addition to printed work, you need to show something digitally – bring your own tablet or laptop.

IDSA KC: Monthly Meetup (March 2019)
2019-03-23 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
Join IDSAKC for our next monthly meetup on Saturday, March 23rd at 9:00am at Blip Roasters in KCMO. We will once again enjoy casual networking and conversation with our IDSA friends.

IDSA FL: Brunch & Boats
2019-03-23 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
IDSA Florida (now called Miami) is hosting a Brunch at ER Bradley’s @ 104 N. Clematis Street, West Palm Beach, FL 33401. Talk design and network with IDSA collegues. After brunch, walk the Boat Show and tour yachts with special invitations.
Free brunch and a ticket to the show for all IDSA members. Non-members are welcome.
For more info or to RSVP, contact Edward Bohnenstiehl, IDSA, Chapter Chair.

IDSA NL: Twin Cities Double Header
2019-03-15 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
It’s time to shake off the cold and at least pretend Spring will eventually arrive! Join us for the next IDSA NL, East MN, Twin Cities Gathering.

Friday, March 15th, 2019 (The tour may go longer than an hour depending on numbers of guests and questions)

5:00-6:00pm Nordic Ware Corporate Headquarters Doors open, meet and greet. We are fortunate to have five Industrial Design graduates from UW Stout working here.

6:00-7:00pm Nordic Ware Design Studio and Factory Tour. Nordic Ware is a 73-year old, single family owned and operated, manufacturer of housewares. We design, tool, manufacture and ship almost all of our products from our St. Louis Park, Minnesota factory. We have injection molding, compression molding, metal spinning, metal stamping, CNC and vibe die-cast processing, industrial coatings, packing and shipping, all under one very large roof. Close-toed shoes required for factory tour. We will provide eye protection. Ear protection available but not required.

7:00-8:00pm Steel Toe Brewery social hour (21 and over only). We at Nordic Ware have the good fortune to be near a great local brewery! We will drive, or maybe snow shoe (snow shoes not provided! a few blocks to Steel Toe after the Nordic Ware tour. See Makai when we get to Steel Toe to claim one, free, delicious, Steel Toe beer, paid for by IDSA. Thank you IDSA!

Our local IDSA events are free for IDSA professionals, students, and those interested in finding out a bit about our chapter.

Nordic Ware
Building 1 – Corporate Headquarters
Product Design & Development Department
5005 County Road 25
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Directions: in case GPS does not get you to the right door. Nordic Ware is a 10-acre campus on the southeast corner of Highway 100 and Hwy7/ Hwy25. Follow the frontage road west from Beltline Boulevard. Take the fourth left. (Go PAST the Factory Outlet Store) Look for the gold-anodized aluminum & glass entryway with a huge ‘Ole the Viking’ decal. Feel free to park in the ‘Reserved’ parking spaces, they are open to all after 5pm. See attached map.

Steel Toe Brewing
4848 W. 35th St.
St. Louis Park, MN

Steel Toe does not serve their own food, but they do feature some great food trucks. “Fabled Rooster” will be on hand that night with some great eats!

Medical Design Deep Dive 2019
2019-03-09 08:00 - 2019-03-11 18:00 (America/New_York)

National Industrial Design Day
2019-03-05

IDSA COL: Student Merit Award Selection Night 2019
2019-02-26 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Industrial Design students from Columbus College of Art & Design – CCAD, The Ohio State University, and International Center for Creativity will present their projects and portfolios before a panel of local professionals for judging. The winning student from each school will have the opportunity to submit their work in the next round of the competition.

IDSA SF: The World of Ray & Charles Eames Exhibit Tour
2019-02-09 15:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
Fueled by their belief in design as a way of life, the innovative husband and wife duo Charles and Ray Eames were two of the most influential designers of the twentieth century. Go beyond their most well-known designs in this intimate and inspiring exhibition portraying their legacy and lives in California with an exclusive tour led by Llisa Demetrios, granddaughter of the Eameses.
Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak Street Oakland, CA 94607
TOUR
3:00 – 5:30 pm
DISCUSSION
5:30 – 6:00 pm
Llisa Demetrios began her archiving career at the Mies van der Rohe Archive at MoMA in New York. As a granddaughter of the Eameses, she continues her services as a board member of the Eames Foundation and archivist and Registrar of The Eames Collection. She has recently prepared exhibits in London, Lisbon, Sacramento, Pasadena, Singapore, Sweden and Germany. She has led “Powers of 10” workshops for all age groups. A third-generation sculptor, she has been practicing her art for over twenty years. She is married with two children.
This event has an extremely limited number of seats to maintain the quality of connection with our VIP tour guide. The exhibition ends February 18, so make this the opportunity to experience the Eames legacy with your local design community!

IDSA SF: Designing for Friction
2019-01-30 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Join IDSA SF and Samsung for an intimate talk with STEVE SELZER regarding the impact of an industrial designer’s inclination to design out friction. In today’s increasingly frictionless world, it’s easier than ever to live a life of convenience and ease. But at what cost? What if the platforms we love are isolating us from different and opposing perspectives? What if, as a result, we’re becoming less empathetic and less resilient people? In this talk I’ll share thoughts on how design — and the products and platforms we love — can help us develop the mindset and skills to navigate and shape the future as it should be.

Steve is a designer, manager, and creative leader. Over the last decade, he has led and scaled design at Airbnb, Frog Design, and Fortune 500 companies spanning finance, healthcare, education, and more. He is passionate about humanity-centered design and focused on building products that enrich our lives responsibly.

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 extrmely 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 RDU: 2018 Holiday Get Together
2018-12-19 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Come share a toast, a story and holiday greeting with your fellow industrial designers. Bring an unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots so that we can help spread the spirit of the season. We will gladly exchange some snacks for the toy.
Hibernian Pub
311 Glenwood Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27603

IDSA CHI: 2018 Holiday Party
2018-12-13 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
IDSA Chicago is teaming up with Society of Plastics Engineers to have our annual holiday party at Beyond Design. We’re celebrating 2018 and all of our accomplishments, we want you to join us! We’ll have food, music, raffle prizes, games, come by and celebrate! Be sure to RSVP through the Eventbrite link on IDSA Chicago’s Facebook page.

IDSA NYC: 2018 Holiday Gala
2018-12-06 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Join us in celebrating 2018 while we look forward to the year to come! Reconnect with old friends and colleagues while we enjoy food and drink with our hosts at GroheLive!
TICKETS ARE FREE FOR IDSA MEMBERS & GUESTS OF LIXIL
Thursday, December 6th
6:00-9:00pm
Schedule:
6:00-7:00 – Drinks, Light Food & Studio Tours
7:00-7:10 – IDSA NYC, 2018 Review & What to expect in 2019
7:15-7:45 – Presentation by Jean-Jacques L’Hénaff
7:45-8:00 – Q&A
8:00-9:00 – Drinks, Light Food & Studio Tours

IDSA SEA: Not Your Company Holiday Party
2018-12-05 18:00 - 23:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
The “Not Your Company Holiday Party” is a collaborative all-design-community holiday party hosted by IDSA, AIGA, Creative Mornings, and Seattle Creative League.

IDSA STL: Design & Engineering Regional Meetup
2018-11-20 17:30 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Members of the IDSA STL Chapter and Tacony Corporation would like to invite you to a regional event promoting networking and the opportunity to participate in multiple short design presentations topics. The event is designed for designers, engineers and innovators located around St. Louis. It will include a one hour meet and greet social 5:30-6:30 PM, presentations and handouts on intellectual property, in-mold decoration injection graphic panels, and opportunity to review Gravity Sketch 3D RV program.
You will have a chance to meet STL IDSA chapter members and gain insight on STL design and corporate efforts. Email shawn@eganhousehold.com Include your full name, company, title, email and cell phone. Please share with other designers/engineers you feel would be interested in attending.
Date: Tuesday November 20, 2018
Location: Tacony Training & Achievement Center TAC
Address: 1709 Gilsinn Lane, Fenton, MO 63026
Time: 5:30 – 7:30
Light Food and Drink

IDSA MI: Design Thinking for Businesses & Non-Profits
2018-11-14 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Design Thinking is hot. Some may even say it is a fad. It even has different names like Customer-Centric Design or User Experience (UX). But there is no denying that Design Thinking should be at the core of how a product, process or service is developed. It involves placing the user at the center of the problem-solving process to ensure meaningful, makable and marketable solutions.
When: November 14, 2018
Time: 1:00pm
250 MONROE AVE NW
GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49503
(616) 771-0300
INFO@GRANDRAPIDS.ORG

IDSA NL: Rams Screening & After Party
2018-11-08 18:00 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
The Milwaukee Premiere Screening of “Rams” hosted by director Gary Hustwit, co-presented by AIGA Wisconsin, IDSA Northern Lakes and MIAD.
Time: Doors will open at 6:15pm, screening starts at 7pm, discussion with Gary Hustwit following the film.
IDSA members and Guests are invited to the RAMS screening After Party hosted by IDSA at Good City Brewing. It will start at 8:30pm immediately following the screening a block south of the Oriental Theatre.
IDSA members get two free drinks (and maybe a chance to meet the legendary Gary Hustwit!)
