Community Events

IDSA-NL 5th Annual Link 'n' Drink!

Come help us celebrate 5 years of bikes, beers, and design! Join us at the Capital Brewery and Bier Garten from 6 - 9 on Thursday, July 26th. 

The event will begin with a short group ride at 6pm. Attendees not interested in riding can wait until 6:45 to arrive or enjoy the live music until we return! 

Attendees will receive 2 drink tickets. IDSA members are free, just $5 at the door for anyone else. (That's half-price drinks!) There will also be a food truck on-site.

Event Recap: The Road to Crowdfunding, The PAKT One Story:

IDSA Boston hosted Jordan Nollman of Sprout Studios on June 14th who shared his journey developing the PAKT One travel bag and it's viral Indigogo campaign. Jordan and his team partnered with the The Minimalists and Malcolm Fontier to bring the cult favorite travel bag back on the market. He described the trials and accomplishments of design, product development, branding, advertising, and all of the hard work that goes behind a successful crowdfunding project.

IDSA-NL Community Frames

Community Frames is an initiative that aims to celebrate the form of film and highlight it in a gallery setting while exploring themes of community, identity and voice.

A collaborative and community effort in many regards: working alongside filmmakers and partners from Milwaukee Film (Milwaukee Filmmaker Alliance, Black Lens, Cine Sin Fronteras), UW-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts, Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival, MIAD’s New Studio Practice Department and more.

All film experiences are free and open to the public!

IDSA-CHI Kickstarter Project Jam #2

A Kickstarter Project Jam is a workshop about taking design ideas from concept to reality.This workshop—led by Chicago designer and educator Craighton Berman of Manual—will have a special focus on using Kickstarter for launching designed objects, but is open to other creative projects as well!

SQ1CON2018

The Advanced Design Sketching team is back with SQ1CON 2018!

IDSA-CHI Advanced Design Sketching

IDSA Chicago, Advanced Design Sketching, and SO Design are hosting a gathering of designers and entrepreneurs at Chicago's premier innovation lab—mHUB! This kickoff event will feature a talk with Steelcase Principal Designer, Joey Zeledon, and IDSA Chicago's very own, Rotimi Solola—who'll be unveiling something special. Join us on Friday, June 8th—we'll have music, food, a tour of mHUB, and one big networking party!

RSVP here!

IDSA-NYC "Rams" Premiere Screening

A documentary film by Gary Hustwit.

Rams
September 24, 2018, 7:15pm 
SVA Theater, New York City 
Presented in association with AIGA/NY, IDSA NY, and the Architecture & Design Film Festival. 

IDSA members: please use code:  IDSA to get $5 off!

IDSA-SF Blockchain for Designers

You’ve probably already heard the hype around blockchain and digital currencies being the “next big thing” and rolled your eyes at the hyperbole. This key technology that is already disrupting some industries, however, and it is poised to change every industry in the near future. It and a few other technologies, like AI and conversational interface will reshape our relationship with service, objects, and organizations. What does this mean for the physical products we design? How will it impact our peers, customers, users, and industry?

IDSA-TX Special Recognition Awards

IDSA Texas Chapter has been recognized students whose senior thesis projects are selected by the IDSA members. IDSA Texas Chapter Recognition Awards are awarded at the commencement with Certificates and Gifts. For the 2018, IDSA members (Paul Skaggs, Leo Chen, and David Bier) selected four best students: Ashlie Walker (1st), Nicholas Orchard, Jessica Juarez, and Vivian Pham. Including Jonathan Seto (IDSA SMA), we will recognize FIVE students at the UH Commencement and support their career development on behalf of IDSA.

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