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Mar 29, 2017 IDSA Student Member Ezra Depree is part of a Metropolitan State University of Denver industrial design duo that’s trying to make an environmental impact with sustainable design. Aqua Box by Depree and Wendy Hughes won first place
Mar 28, 2017 A new Fast Company article features former International Design Excellence Award winner Mark Promell, IDSA, partner and design director at Pensa, weighing in on the shared economy. Not the ride sharing kind—rather, sharing products that may not
Apr 3, 2017 Two IDSA student members from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Robert Wang, S/IDSA, and Max Riece, S/IDSA, were part of a team of about a dozen RISD students that won second place for a second year
Feb 9, 2018 Expected the Unexpected in one of three offsite tours, even before IDSA’s Northeast District Design Conference 2017 officially kicks off! “Did you know that Providence has the oldest, indoor shopping mall in America? Expect to see the
Apr 7, 2017 The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is reacting to the portion of the White House FY 2018 budget proposal that’s calling for the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts. “At a time when many
Mar 16, 2017 Creative Chaos is a new book on best practices in teaching creative collaboration to the interdisciplinary groups in the interactive entertainment graduate program at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Co-authored by Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) Director Drew Davidson and others,
In March 2017 at SXSW Interactive in Austin, TX, Tim Ronco, S/IDSA, was among a group of Parsons School of Design students who unveiled new, wearable technology devices and experiences to transform wellness. Göbie and Sleepwise were designed by students from Parsons MFA
David Smith, L/IDSA, passed away on Feb. 25, 2017 at his home in Columbus, OH, surrounded by his family. He was 84. Colleague and fellow Pratt Institute alum Deane Richardson, FIDSA, was with Smith only a few hours before he passed. “Dave
The Industrial Designers Society of America’s West District Design Conference 2017 (#IDSAWDDC)—scheduled from April 23 to 24—has partnered with Design Week Portland (DWP), which runs from April 21 to 29, 2017. “Portland comes alive with design,” declare organizers. DWP events
IDSA had a strong presence at the 11th annual USPTO Design Day on April 25, 2017 in Alexandria, VA. The event also was broadcast live to several USPTO offices across the country as industrial designers, educators and patent examiners, managers and attorneys learned “What’s
IDSA Fellow William Plumb has passed away at the age of 84 in Piermont, NY. He is survived by his wife of 43 years Catherine Plumb, and children Christian Plumb and Abigail Plumb-Larrick. His daughter also works in design and human factors—in software—at
An IDSA student member has scored a record-setting win in a 2017 national competition. For the first time in the 24-year history of the International Housewares Association Student Design Competition, an industrial design student has won first, second and third place prizes for
Savannah College of Art and Design industrial design senior Anna Haldewang, S/IDSA, has been featured on CNN Tech for developing the Plan Bee prototype—a small, yellow-and-black drone that would spread flower pollen, like a real bee does. CNN Tech reports that In North America
The International Child Art Foundation (ICAF), in partnership with the Design Learning Network (DLN), has published an edition of ChildArt magazine featuring articles on several IDSA members. Click here to view. They are Ayse Birsel, IDSA Board of Directors’ member and chair of IDSA’s Northeast District Design Conference
The 21st annual Rowena Reed Kostellow (RRK) Awards ceremony willl be held from 6 to 8pm on March 8, 2017 at Knoll showroom, 1330 Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan. The ceremony will be a fundraiser for student scholarships and a prize program. Register now; IDSA
The Detroit Creative Corridor Center has received a $1 million grant from the Knight Foundation to create an urban development strategy that focuses on excellence and inclusiveness in design. This comes two years after Detroit was designated by the United Nations
Pip Tompkin Design Studio has been named as the newest IDSA Ambassador. Founder Pip Tompkin, IDSA, is a former International Design Excellence Award winner who’s now an IDEA 2017 juror. “As designers, we have a disproportionately large influence on our world. When I joined
Former IDSA International Design Excellence Award Design of the Decade winner Lou Lenzi, FIDSA, has taken the helm of the monthly “Association Report: IDSA” for Appliance Design magazine—kicking off his column with “Innovating the Process of Innovation.” In the
Longtime research by IDSA Member Byron Bloch, an auto safety expert, has been featured in a February 2017 investigative report on NBCs TODAY show by reporter Ronan Farrow entitled “Side Guard Safety Push” in the “Undercovered” series. When a
As part of National Design Week 2017’s Design Across America events, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum honored the winners of its 2017 National Design Awards (NDA)—recognizing design excellence and innovation—at a gala dinner and ceremony on Oct. 19, 2017.
What Is Industrial Design? Design brings stories to life. —Yves Béhar, IDSA Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose. —Charles Eames Good design is making something intelligible
The latest election for open positions on IDSA’s Board of Directors runs from March 9 to 24, 2017. Six positions are open for the 2017-2019 term. Each position is followed below by the candidate(s) vying for each position: Secretary/Treasurer:
An interdisciplinary team of four Notre Dame University students, taught by IDSA/Eastman Education Symposium 2017 Chair and IDSA Board of Directors Education VP Scott Shim, has won second place in the Walt Disney Imagineering Imaginations Design Competition 2017. “This project is a perfect example of showcasing the scope
Banner & Witcoff is a record breaker, in fact breaking its own record for the most design patent grants in a single year. US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) records show the firm procured 1,032 US design patents in 2016. Banner & Witcoff