Events

Update on IDSA's District Design Conferences

 

In November 2018, IDSA made an announcement that we were making changes to our events programming which included the discontinuation of our five District Design Conferences. While this news may come as a surprise, trust that no one at IDSA takes a change like this lightly and we would only make such a move as this if we knew something better was on the horizon.

At its core, the future of IDSA is built around a renewed focus on strengthened communities and quality content to return a lasting stabilization in health of the Society and an improved membership experience.

IDSA Explores The Intersection of ID & UX at HXD

 

IDSA is delighted to partner with Mad*Pow for the upcoming Health Experience Design Conference (HXD) where IDSA will curate a track of content with focus on the intersection of industrial design and user experience. While UX is now widely regarded to be in the realm of digital experiences its origins were tied closely to industrial design and physical products.

More Than Pen Meets Paper

 

Have you heard of ‘Sketchnoting,’ ‘Visual Note-taking’ or ‘Graphic Recording’? You may or may not have, either way in this article we will discuss how we use it and how we framed a workshop around it at the IDC 2018 (International Design Conference 2018) in New Orleans. We (Teddy Lu, IDSA, and Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness, IDSA) are educators who are using sketchnoting in the classroom, which we discussed in a paper called Design for Visual Empowerment.

We Are Evolving

 

IDSA has embarked on a bold and progressive transformation. We stand at a moment in time where nearly every aspect of the Society is under increasing pressure for time and attention from people like you. While these trends are certainly not new, the way in which IDSA must respond to them is. This position demands that IDSA think critically and creatively about how we deliver a meaningful membership experience to you as a member, as well as for our extended community of designers across the country.

 

Women & Design: Building Diversity in Industrial Design

It’s no secret that industrial design is still a boy’s club. Statistics differ from source to source, but there seems to be a general agreement that women make up somewhere between 10–15 percent of industrial designers. To those in the industry, this doesn’t come as a surprise, despite the efforts that have been made to equalize women in all industries in the last few decades. Somehow, industrial design has been left behind. 

IDEA Winners Revealed at the IDEA Ceremony and Gala

 

Gold, Silver and Bronze International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) winners from around the world attended the IDEA Ceremony on Sept. 19 at the beautiful National WWII Museum in New Orleans, LA. Awardees and International Design Conference (IDC) goers dressed to impress and waited with anticipation as the winners of each category and the special awards were revealed.

EXPERIENCE – IDSA Medical Conference 2018

 

IDSA's commitment to the medical design profession has been growing over the past few years. This is exemplified by the annual Medical Design Conference, the most recent of which was on March 28 & 29, 2018 in Boston, MA. During two days of focused content, over 100 medical design professionals participated in hands-on workshops and heard from some of the top thinkers in the field.

Starting Your Design Career

What skills are companies really looking for in junior designers? How much should you charge for freelance work? This is your opportunity to get answers to the real questions that challenge design students and young professionals.

2018 MassArt Industrial Design Portfolio Event

The MassArt Industrial Design Department is hosting a portfolio review for Industrial Design students from all area schools. During the event there will also be Digital Sketching demos hosted by Patrick Thrailkill from Blokx Design. Reviews will be conducted by Industrial Design professionals from the Boston Area. The portfolio reviews will be organized on a first-come-first-served basis. We ask that all attendees, reviewers, faculty and students register for this event.

Tuesday, March 13 at 6:00pm to 9:00pm

CES 2018: A Design Insider's View

The team from Whipsaw, Inc has visited CES every year since 1999. Each year, thousands of new products are introduced. "The show is a jarring assortment of competing gadgets and technology—epitomizing both very good and very bad design You go numb after a day," says President and Principal Designer Dan Harden, IDSA. "We comb for important tech advancements that might benefit from good design and we seek big ideas that portend a future category." See his take on CES 2018.

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