Events

Converge 2019 - Purdue University

 

Join Purdue University's Student Chapter for Converge 2019. 

 

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.

Southern Design Summit 2019 - Event Recap

 

On March 30, 2019, the IDSA Atlanta chapter hosted the first ever Southern Design Summit. The summit was a celebration of the varied disciplines that make up industrial design and a lively discussion of emerging tools and trends in our industry. With participation by over 100 design professional practitioners and design student attendees from all across the southeast United States, the event marked a special opportunity for our IDSA community in the South District to come together for networking, fellowship and knowledge exchange.

 

2019 Re|focus Sustainability & Recycling Summit

 

The 2019 Re|focus Sustainability & Recycling Summit presents a unique opportunity to connect and exchange ideas with the most influential thought leaders across the plastics supply chain, from brand owners to processors, and engineers to product developers. 

Attend Re|focus and discover new ways to think about greening plastics manufacturing and harness innovations in end-market opportunities that expand the horizons for recycling and sustainability in manufactured plastics. 

 

WHEN:
May 20 – 22, 2019

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. 

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