Fall 2021

In this issue, we recognize the people who use their talents to create products that improve lives and who enhance our professional community through their actions. We also celebrate the beauty of industrial design by admiring the product details, material innovations, and solution-oriented ingenuity at the heart of our trade. This begs the question: What is most important, the person behind the design or the product itself? Perhaps both, equally!

We are pleased to highlight the recipients of IDSA’s 2021 Academy of Fellows and Education and Young Educator Awards. These annual appreciations are a moment to celebrate a few of the people in our community who have contributed in profound ways to the advancement of IDSA, to the education of future generations, and to the practice of industrial design itself. Some of this year’s recipients are icons of industrial design who have established a legacy of significance through their decades-long careers and who are responsible for bringing many successful products to market.

Turning attention to the designs of today, the winners of the 41st International Design Excellence Awards demonstrate industrial design’s impact, value, and vital purpose in our society. In 2021, IDEA received a record-breaking 2,078 entries from 25 countries. By submitting your work, you are supporting IDSA’s ongoing efforts to provide a valuable community-based platform for industrial designers around the world to learn and grow from one another. IDEA, for us, is a program that enables a rich dialog about the current state of design and provides a glimpse into its future.

The print Fall 2021 issue is only available to current IDSA professional members and subscribers. The digital version is available for all current IDSA members (log in to our membership portal for access) and will be made public for all to view once the Winter 2021 issue arrives.