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Dassault Systèmes is expanding its SolidWorks 3DEXPERIENCE Lab, stateside. “North America has been a wellspring for some of the most impactful startup and entrepreneurial technological innovations of our time,” says Bruno Latchague, senior executive VP, global field operations (Americas), Dassault Systèmes. “We hope
IDSA wrapped up a successful spring conference season with five District Design Conferences from coast-to-coast in 2017—exploring a wide range of design topics. Five new Student Merit Award winners (#IDSASMA) were named across the country, chosen from dozens of school-level winners in each District. Portfolio
A new AARP panel on universal design is bringing together leading practitioners—in products, the home and the community. “While many of us may not always realize it, design impacts our lives every day,” reports the organization with nearly 38 million members,
IDSA’s first Women+Design Summit —focusing on the unique challenges and accomplishments of women in design—was held on May 12, 2017 at the Renaissance San Diego. “This was phenomenal. I just can’t believe what a wonderful, useful event it was!” says IDSA San Francisco Chapter Chair and IDSA Women
The National Inventors Hall of Fame is hosting Camp Invention 2017 across the country this summer. The one-week program held at locations around the United States inspires creativity, innovation and problem solving in fun and exciting ways to build confidence. “Concepts of problem solving are an integral
An IDSA Student Member has been awarded the $5,000 Scott Morgan Design Scholarship. Audrey Krumenacker, S/IDSA, is a rising senior at Pratt Institute in New York City. She’s set to graduate in 2018 with a degree in ID and a
An IDSA member is capturing media attention by reimagining gowns from one of fashion’s most glamorous nights—as footwear designs! Isaac Toonkel, IDSA, was a four-year member and—during his senior year—the president of the IDSA Student Chapter at Savannah College of Art and Design.
Central School School Winner Carnegie Mellon University Lauren Zemering Cedarville University/International Center for Creativity Grace Countryman Cleveland Institute of Art Dominic Montante College for Creative Studies Michael Colley Columbus College of Art
The winners of the IDSA Student Merit Awards 2017 will be recognized at the IDSA Awards on Fri., Aug. 18 during the IDSA International Design Conference. For the first time, an all-female slate of winners has emerged. The 2017 honorees are: Central
The National Endowment for the Arts has published Industrial Design: A Competitive Edge for US Manufacturing Success in the Global Economy to help advance design as an asset for improving manufactured products and processes. “Another example of the arts positively impacting business is
The IDSA Medical Design Special Interest Section is presenting a series of four webinars (#IDSAWebinar) focused on design in the healthcare space. They are free for IDSA members. The presentations are intended to be both informative and inspirational,
A team of Western Washington University industrial design, business, chemistry and electrical engineering majors—known as Nova Solar Glazing—has won the $15,000 Wells Fargo grand prize at the 2017 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge (EIC). The students were honored by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee
On May, 1, 2017, Megan Neese, IDSA, becomes the fourth woman to serve as chair of IDSA’s Board of Directors
The National Inventors Hall of Fame®, in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), hosted an induction ceremony on May 4, 2017 at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. It’s part of a two-day, Greatest Celebration
A new survey wants to know just what kind of professional development would help designers advance their careers. The survey, launched by AIGA, covers skills in leadership, communication, business, digital, marketing, innovation/development, and of course, design. “Given the rate
IDSA Member Fred Bould and his firm are featured in a Bloomberg Businessweek article about the L16—a new, 16-lens, small, handheld camera that achieves the resolution, depth of field and focus control of a digital, single-lens reflex camera (DSLR).
IDSA Fellow Charles Austen Angell will be speaking Future Tense at IDSA’s West District Design Conference, which will be held from April 23 to 24, 2017 in Portland, where his Modern Edge design firm is based. Angell will take a closer look
Results from the IDSA election that was held in March 2017 took effect May 1, 2017. Megan Neese, IDSA, of Renaul-Nissan Alliance, is now the fourth woman in the 50+ year history of IDSA to hold the position of
IDSA Member TJ Kim, the faculty advisor to the IDSA Student Chapter at Purdue University, has announced its Industrial Design Department has received a grant to help enlighten elementary student across Indiana about industrial design. The grant from IN-MaC—Indiana’s Next Generation Manufacturing
The theme of Socially Responsible Design has been announced for the World Design Capital 2018: Mexico City, reflecting “an ambition to promote the role of design and creativity as agents of social and cultural change within the urban context,” according
Sep 5, 2017 The Maryland Education Development Collaborative became a part of the Maryland Constitution on May 27, 2017. And this summer, MarylandbyDesign working group members will participate in discussions with lawmakers about the issue of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan releasing funding to
In the latest installment of INsights, IDSA Ambassador Teknor Apex points to—of all things—toothbrush design, to show how TPEs (thermoplastic elastomers) combined with ergonomics, can improve your product design. See how.
IDSA Member Karen Hofmann—chair of undergraduate product design at California’s ArtCenter College of Design—has launched a new Wearables and Soft Goods program. “It all came out of the shoe design workshops we’d been asked to do in Portland, which
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has announced that IDSA Fellow Lorraine Justice, PhD, has stepped down as dean of its College of Imaging Arts and Sciences (CIAS) because of health reasons, effective March 31, 2017. “Under her tenure as dean, the
Apr 3, 2017 IDSA members are part of a Rochester Institute of Technology team that’s collaborating with GE Appliances on a project to enhance sustainability and user experience. “You can have a very efficient product, but if it’s used in