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In the Spotlight

From a smart faucet to a more enlightening museum experience, prototypes by IDSA members and other students in Drexel University’s Senior Showcase are envisioning innovative approaches to age-old dilemmas.

IDSA Student Member Connor White teamed up with a mechanical engineering student on the Smart Faucet, which not only would purify and conserve water, but also provide detailed information on water quality, average usage rates and efficient usage suggestions.

IDEA Winner on Fast Track

When The Access Strength, designed by Ryan Eder, IDSA, won in several categories in IDSA's International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) a few years ago, he was inspired to turn his accessible exercise equipment into a business called IncludeFitness. Now, the entrepreneur tells the Cincinatti Business Courier he's received orders from hospitals, physical therapy centers, community centers, the hospitality market and the military,

Head Over Heels

From breakdancing to breakout sessions, IDSA’s 2015 Midwest District Design Conference made quite a splash in St. Louis. Professionals, students, speakers and sponsors met at the INTERSECTION May 1-2.

IDSA Student Member Rocks It!

She tells Furniture Design, her project “aesthetically highlights the integration of rustic and industrial fabrication with its cohesive and simplistic beauty.” IDSA Student Member and University of Oregon senior majoring in product and material studies Sarah Goldner has won the top prize in the Groovystuff by Design: Connecting Education with Industry Challenge.

MAD's Pathmakers Exhibition of Midcentury Craft April 28 - Sept 27

Media theorist Marshall McLuhan famously said "the medium is the message," but sadly in the world of visual arts, not all mediums are judged the same way. With Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft and Design, Midcentury and Today, a new exhibition featuring a wide-ranging display of more than 100 works in textiles, ceramics, and metal, New York's Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) showcases an alternative history of creativity and artistry that runs contrary to the conventional midcentury narrative, largely dominated by painting, sculpture and architecture. And, men -- this new survey provides insights into the work of female designers such as textile innovator and fabric artist Dorothy Liebes and Hella Jongerius, whose original designs for the United Nations Delegates' Lounge, including a curtain of ceramic beads, has been recreated for the exhibit.

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