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IDSA-MI Industry Leaders Consortium 2018

The IDSA Michigan Chapter is hosting an Industry Leaders Consortium in Detroit on March 15, 2018. This event brings design-industry leaders together to discuss the the future of Industrial design and innovation in industry. The evening will consist of a series of speakers, a panel discussion, and breakout sessions. Those in attendance include: IDSA members, industry professionals, and design students from around our region. The goals of the event are to inform, connect, and exchange ideas with champions from the industrial design community.

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 told by entrepreneur Darwin Martin that if Wright could successfully design a house for Martin in Buffalo, then Wright could design Martin's soap company headquarters. Wright ended up designing both.

DISCUSSIONmeetup: Making Your Point [ MKE ]

The brilliance inside your head may be breathtaking, but if it doesn’t make it to others with fidelity it can be heartbreaking. Be it a certain iridescence to a color, an undulation in sculptural form, or a hidden quirk of interaction that leads to new revenues – effective communication is essential for ideas to become reality.

IDSA NYC Holiday Gala 2017

Mark the end of this year and welcome 2018 at the 2017 IDSA-NYC Holiday Gala! Join us for an evening of food, drink and design discussions! GROHE LIVE! is sponsoring this event and are opening-up the doors to their design studio on 5th Ave! This is a great opportunity to checkout their space, their design philosophy and the design team.

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IDSA-NYC Team

IDSA-SF 2017 YEAR END PARTY

Hey Bay Area Designers! Come celebrate with us! IDSA SF has had a phenomenal year in 2017! We have been recognized by national IDSA as an "exceptional" chapter for the number of events, quality of events and consistency. We have brought in the most number of new members! All thanks to our amazing IDSASF team this year and every single speaker, attendee such as you who made this all possible. Other than the agenda to partaaaaay like its 1999, we will be: 

1. Introduce the new cabinet for IDSA SF: 

IDSA-CHI & UIC IDSA Holiday Party

IDSA Chicago is teaming up with UIC IDSA to have our annual holiday party at Insight Product Development. We’re celebrating 2017 and all of it’s accomplishments, we want you to join us! We’ll have food, music, raffle prizes, games, come by and celebrate!

Sound Design Process: Koss Brand and Design Philosophy [ MKE ]

Headquartered in Milwaukee since 1958, Koss created the first high-fidelity stereophones (the SP/3) and continues to design and manufacture headphones and audio accessories such as the new KPH30i. Kegan McDaniel (Creative Direction) and Nick Blair (Industrial Design), will discuss the brand and design philosophy behind propelling the heritage of Koss into the future.

Hack:Trash:NYC

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 in fall 2017 for Hack:Trash:NYC, a three-day collaborative to develop and pitch an innovative product, business model, service, policy or education campaign that increases reuse and results in a meaningful diversion of waste from landfill.

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 new space downtown just east of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Join us on Wednesday, November 8th to see our new digs and take part in casual discussions about inspiring and effective work spaces for designers and creatives. Hone your design skills by learning to plate cheeses, too!

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