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One of the world’s most prestigious and rigorous design competitions is getting a new look. For 37 years, the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA)® has been conducted by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). Now, with the help of
University of Oregon’s Department of Product Design set SAIL in summer 2017 with a new addition to week-long programs designed to help high school students explore career paths. A product design undergraduate student in UO’s College of Design taught the next
Two former IDSA International Design Conference chairs will play roles in Detroit’s upcoming celebration of design. On Sept. 8, 2017, Sooshin Choi, IDSA, chair of #IDSADetroit16, will serve as chair of the Collaboration = Innovation session at the College for
Model Solution announced the student winners of its 2017 Model One Awards at IDSA’s International Design Conference in Atlanta. Students from eight universities and design scohols across the United States developed products that enhance quality of life, improve safety, disrupt
Herbst Produkt founding partner Walter Herbst, IDSA, completed his PhD in summer 2017. “Finishing a grueling four-year odyssey, the tireless design icon just returned from the United Kingdom where he completed his dissertation with Coventry University,” reports the design studio.
$5,000 was up for grabs in the IDSA Materials and Processes Special Interest Section’s Student Thermoformed Parts Competition. Judging by IDSA members took place at IDSA’s International Design Conference 2017. Entries were reviewed for design creativity and best use of the thermoforming process. The top
On Aug. 18 at IDSA’s International Design Conference 2017, winners of the IDSA Awards were revealed: Education Award Ed Dorsa, IDSA, retired in 2017 after nearly two decades as an associate professor and the chair of the ID program at Virginia
Thanks to Brook White, Eric Niederstadt and apprentice John for hosting our IDSA chapter as well as the AIGA at Flame Run. Brook talked to us about blowing glass and answered many questions about the process before taking us
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) hosted the 37th annual International Design Excellence Awards (IDSA IDEA®) 2017 Ceremony and Gala on Aug. 19 in Atlanta, GA—revealing which 25 designs won Gold and which 52 designs won Silver in
Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington, DE has received a $95,000 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), a program affiliate of the National Archives and Records Administration. The grant will be used to process the
“In the golden age of American industrial design, Henry Dreyfuss Associates (HDA) knew that there was more to design than just looking good. Products had to be good, crafted to work with the people who use them.” With this
Winsell Incorporated, led by IDSA Member Fred Shockey, has announced the winners of its 2017 International Rotational Molding Product Design Competition, with the goal of inspiring emerging industrial design students to create breakthrough consumer products that utilize the latest
Appalachian State University design educators aren’t taking the entire summer off. For the first time, they held a camp for high school students in North Carolina—introducing the youngsters to industrial and interior design.
Coincidentally, both winners of the 2017 industrial design education scholarships traveled from around the world to find opportunities in the United States. Meet the winners and learn more about ther journeys.
IDSA’s International Design Conference 2017 in Atlanta is featuring offsite visits you can’t miss!
It’s a first—that we can remember—for an IDSA event! Super Saturday Morning at this year’s IDSA International Design Conference at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis will be open to attendees and their families (children ages five and older) from 9 am
“Design IS entering into a new relationship with business, and one worth considering for your own business,” declares IDSA Fellow Lou Lenzi in his latest column for Appliance Design magazine on the eve of IDSA’s International Design Conference: Design IS
IDSA Board Member Ayse Birsel, co-founder of Birsel + Seck in New York City and author of Design the Life you Love, is penning columns for INC magazine on design, creativity and innovation. Read her latest posts: Hate Air Travel? Try
A longtime IDSA member who’s an IDSA International Design Excellence Award and Design of the Decade winner is, in his words, “rewiring.” David Hill, IDSA, stepped down on June 30, 2017 as vice president of design at Lenovo, after a
The Alzheimer’s Association reports more than five million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease and that by 2050, the alarming number could rise to 16 million. In collaboration with Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum and CaringKind—Pratt Institute industrial design
“If art is made in the studio and it never leaves that life, it never circulates. If it does not circulate, art is not professional but can only ever be a hobby—living half its life…. It needs to be shared.”
There are two major developments at Virginia Tech’s College of Architecture and Urban Studies (CAUS), which oversees its School of Architecture + Design. Ed Dorsa, IDSA, (shown in the photo on the right) is retiring after a 30-year career
World Design Organization (WDO) marked June 29 as World Industrial Design Day 2017 by “Thinking Outside the Box.” Social media was abuzz with #WIDD2017 @worlddesignorg, as designers from around the world posted photos of how they’re integrating sustainable design elements in practices and products. Their contribution may
The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute has announced the winners of the 5th Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge, in collaboration with Autodesk and Arconic Foundation. This is the fifth in an initial series of six circular design challenges continuing into 2018