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Member Spotlight: Michael DiTullo Shares His Love of ID

An IDEA 2018 juror and former IDEA winner who’s marking 20 years as a professional designer, is spreading the word about industrial design. “What motivates me to inspire and teach the next generation is the debt I owe to the generation

Member Spotlight: Kiersten Muenchinger, IDSA

Busy is an understatement when it comes to describing the daily life of the founding director of the Department of Product Design at the University of Oregon, the site of IDSA’s WDDC 2018. She took some time out to

Designing Dining

Rochester Institute of Technology’s Industrial Design Department, including members of IDSA’s Student Chapter at RIT, is serving up the savory results of its eighth annual Metaproject that creates industry partnerships. Designing Dining—a four-course meal experience—was crafted by 16 ID students

At the Helm

IDSA has appointed a new interim executive director. On Jan. 2, 2018, Chris Livaudais—a designer and longtime member of IDSA—succeeded Daniel Martinage, CAE, who led the organization from 2012 to 2017.

In Their Own Words: Benefits of Winning IDEA

From “highest regard” to “standard of excellence” to “ultimate achivement,” accolades abound for IDEA. See what winners are saying, in their own words, about the benefits of earning honors at IDSA’s Internatoinal Design Excellence Awards.

Just in Time for CES

The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is co-sponsoring KeyShot Designer Night as one of the world’s largest consumer technology events, CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2018, takes off in Las Vegas. Organized by Luxion, KeyShot Designer Night is set for 8–11pm on Jan. 11, 2018 at The Otheroom, located at

Bold Expression

In 2017, the Frank Lloyd Wright (FLW) Trust marks the 150th anniversary of the legendary architect’s birth, so a recent tour of a complex designed by Wright held even more significance for members of the IDSA Central New York Chapter. In 1903, Wright was

Cram Session

In December 2017, University of Michigan’s Tauber Institute for Global Operations presented its Integrated Product Development (IPD) Trade Show, marking more than two decades of innovations by featuring products created by students from Stamps School of Art and Design and

Innovation and Design Use by Small Manufacturers

A new report by the National Endowment for the Arts entitled “Rural Arts, Design & Innovation in America: Research Findings from the Rural Establishment Innovation Survey (REIS)”(link is external) helps make the case that design boosts business. See

Super Sensing and Then Some

It’s a busy end-of-2017 for renowned designer, IDSA Fellow Tucker Viemeister. He’s sharing his passion for design with stops at several events including frog design’s Speaker Series and at The Age of Super Sensing 2017—both in the Big Apple. Viemeister will serve

Rising Stars

Fred Shockey, IDSA, is CEO and chair of Winsell Incorporated, which has announced the launch of its 2018 Rotational Molding Product Design Competition. Students across the country are being asked “to create breakthrough consumer products that utilize the latest

IDSA Fellow and frog NY Founder Takes Center Stage

THE ELDER WUNDERKIND Design legend & founder of frog’s New York studio.Tucker Viemeister is a design legend. In 1997 he founded the New York studio of Hartmut Esslinger’s frogdesign – a moment described by Businessweek as “two of the most famous

IDSA Member Reimagines VR Headsets

IDSA member Branko Lukic isn’t wasting any time. Just months after the first-of-its-kind Oculus Rift won an IDSA International Design Excellence Award in August 2016—Lukic began trying to make virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) headsets as comfortable

IDSA NYC Event Recap: Hack:Trash

Every year, an estimated six million tons of waste is produced by New York City. To help reach the Big Apple’s goal of zero waste by 2030, about 100 product designers, engineers, waste and recycling experts and environmental lawyers teamed up

James Dyson Foundation Announces 2017 International Winner

The James Dyson Foundation’s 2017 International Winner has been announced. The team of medical and bioengineering undergraduates from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada was chosen for designing The sKan, a low-cost and non-invasive melanoma detection medical device. Watch the video. “By using

IDSA Patient Safety Task Force

The Task Force, which is tackling the US medical error crisis, is chaired by Sean Hägen, IDSA, who also serves as Sections Director on IDSA’s Board of Directors. The task force is designing a strategic plan to enable healthcare service providers to minimize

Transforming Ideas

An IDSA student member at Pennsylvania College of Technology, a Penn State affiliate, is one of only 20 scholars worldwide chosen to take part in an industrial design program in Japan. Dwight Alexander, S/IDSA, who serves as secretary/treasurer of the IDSA Student

New Twist

University of Kansas industrial design students, including an IDSA student member, are using an Undergraduate Research Award to design and create wooden furniture products with flexible, bendable wood. Jack Figgs-Hoard, S/IDSA, and Michael McCulley are seniors. “We wanted to make something

New Year, New IDEA

The International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA)® is open for entries through March 19, 2018 and features some major changes. “One of the world’s most prestigious and rigorous design competitions is moving into its 38th year revitalized and energized,” declares IDEA 2018 Jury Chair Michael Kahwaji,

November Meetup: Designing creative work space (& cheese plates) [ MAD ]

How do you identify opportunities and experiment with your work space? Design Concepts’ designers have been thinking about this a lot lately. We just marked 50 years in business as we uprooted the whole team and moved into a

Marking a Milestone

The International Housewares Association Student Design Competition 2018 will celebrate its 25th year in 2018. The contest, which is open for entries through Dec. 18, 2017, is judged blindly—and challenges students to redesign a current housewares product to meet the

EVENT RECAP: Advanced Design 2017 SQ1CON

Advanced Design Sketching held it’s inaugural SQ1CON a couple of weeks ago on the weekend of October 6th – 7th in Chicago. It was hosted by Motorola Mobility at the Merchandise Mart and the University of Illinois at Chicago

Stimulating Creativity

3M—an IDSA Ambassador—has opened a new 3M Design Center in Japan, a hub to accelerate the growth of design across the global enterprise. Aligned with 3M Design’s mission around collaborative creativity—the new studio houses a growing team of designers with

Opening Pathways

For the first time, an IDSA chapter has been formed in India. The IDSA Student Chapter at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) was launched in 2017 at a ceremony attended by more than 200 students, faculty and staff. Special guests included Sathiya

Daniel Martinage, CAE, IDSA Executive Director, to Retire

IDSA Executive Director Daniel Martinage, CAE, has announced his plans to retire on Feb. 28, 2018.

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