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The Unlikely Story of One of General Motors's First Female Designers

Recently, at Palm Springs Modernism Week, a trio of presentations covered the often obscured historical role that women have played in industrial design. Coordinated by Susan Skarsgard, design archivist at General Motors, these included a session with 87-year-old Gere Kavanaugh, who discussed her 60-year career.
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Eye on Design

As famed designer Alvin Lustig went blind, his wife stepped out of his shadow. Lustig was responsible for the art direction of Industrial Design magazine (later ID).
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Creating a Future You’ll Love

Ayse Birsel, IDSA, launches a comprehensive online course to help you design life to the fullest!
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Call for Speakers

The deadline for the International Design Conference call for speakers is Monday, March 12.
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What Design Chiefs Care About

Design leaders at Uber, Microsoft, Visa, IBM, Nordstrom, Hopelab, and ReachNow share their priorities for 2018–and how the role of design has shifted at their organizations.
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Designing a Place for Women

Belle Kogan, FIDSA, is credited with being one of the first, prominent female industrial designers.
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The (Re)Birth of Cool

As a collection, IDEA 2017 winners reflect a seriousness of design.
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10 Black Designers to Follow

In recognition of Black History Month, Medium gave a shoutout to 10 designers to watch.
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Trick Shot

"The Harlem Globetrotters want us to build a trick shot machine, and we're going to do it before the semester ends." Kevin Shankwiler, IDSA, told his class.
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A First Look

With his films Helvetica, Objectified and Urbanized, he explored the impact of typography, ID and city planning. But in Rams, Gary Hustwit focuses his lens entirely on the most influential designer of the last century, Dieter Rams.
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Plans to Expand

Steve Jobs famously accused Microsoft of not having any taste, but over the last 5–6 years, Microsoft has been working hard at turning that image around.
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Innovative Works

In a new series, Bob Greenberg brings together 42 innovative works from Cooper Hewitt’s holdings to explore creativity in the age of technology.
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Creative Combustion

Tucker Viemeister, FIDSA, says that it's collaboration that makes us humans fun in his interview with Project61.
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Entries Open for IDEA

IDEA has added categories, balanced jury representation across design disciplines, rebranded the logo and upgraded trophies for this year’s contest.
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The Story Behind the Design

This year’s Olympic medal design takes its inspiration from the Korean alphabet, as well as from traditional clothing and architecture.
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The "White Ring" Problem

The "white ring" problem affecting Apple's new HomePod speaker is an embarassing snafu for a company that prides itself on its design and quality, say several industrial design experts.
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Patent Trolls

Trying to succeed as a startup is hard enough. Getting a frivolous patent infringement demand letter in the mail can make it a whole lot harder.
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Improve Your Portfolio

For an industrial designer, there are few things more significant than your portfolio. We all understand its importance, so here are a few pointers.
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ID in the Age of IoT

Paul Hatch, IDSA, describes his design firm's expansion from ID to fields like UI and the IoT and explains why product nurturing will become more important than actual product design.
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Success by Design

How did IDEA juror Michael DiTullo, IDSA, go from failing student to owning his own firm? Read part 1 of an interview with DiTullo and learn how he made it all happen.
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$1B+ Deal for HTC Design Talent

Google’s $1.1 billion deal to acquire most of HTC’s smartphone design division has officially closed. The deal involves more than 2,000 HTC employees transferring to Google.
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Discussing the Artistic Process

“I favor bio-inspiration because it’s the most inclusive, it’s the most broad and it sort of covers a mix,” Brook Kennedy, IDSA, said. “That’s basically just design that’s somehow inspired by a natural system.”
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Wendell Castle Passes

Wendell Castle, the whimsical designer who coaxed wood into mind-bending shapes that blurred the boundary between furniture and fine art, died on Jan. 20 at 85. (Shown with Pattie Moore, FIDSA)
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Improve Your Portfolio

No matter who you're presenting your design work to, the art of verbal communication can be as important as what you have created visually. Young designers can improve their portfolio presentation by following a few steps.
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Designing for the Aging

As we age our homes can become an unsafe place to live. Judd Lord, IDSA, discusses how homes can be retrofitted to achieve a universal design that is safe for an aging population.
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Mathematical Design

Nike used algorithms to help design its latest running shoe.
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The Man Behind Google’s Pixel 2

For designers, smartphone screens are one of the most challenging elements to design. Google creative lead Alberto Villarreal, IDSA, explains his vision of creating the perfect phone and the future of smartphone design.
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Medical Device Tax Suspension

Medical device companies have applauded the US Congress for taking action once again and suspending the medical device tax.
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Sketch or Scenario

IDSA International Design Conference 2017 speaker Marlisa Kopenski says that business and design don't speak different languages. They just use different vocabularies.
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BMW One-on-One

In the industry, Adrian van Hooydonk has made a name for himself as a design manager and a groundbreaking visionary.
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Crafting Her Ply

Designer Carol Catalano, IDSA, is interviewed by HermanMiller WHY Magazine on her two decades of experimenting with molded plywood.
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Bellwether for Design

In applianceDesign magazine, Lou Lenzi, FIDSA, hails the benefits of the IDSA Student Merit Awards---just as the 2018 undergraduate competition opens for entry at the school-level.
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SWAG

Samsung and Intel will supply February's Winter Olympics in PyeongChang with everything from custom designed smartphones to drones, VR and AI.
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Blame Bad Design

Don Norman, IDSA, examines how poorly designed software spread panic in Hawaii–and offers tips for avoiding such incidents in the future.
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Top Trends from CES 2018

A wearable, ultraviolet light sensor produced by L’Oréal and designed by Yves Behar, IDSA, is in the media spotlight, along with products ranging from robotic dogs to self-flying taxi concepts!
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Steve Jobs' Leadership Model

Steve Jobs was a genius and a tough leader, but he was also a great coach who infused his people with a passion for greatness.
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10 Tools & Apps for Designers

Here are 10 apps and tools that kept me productive, informed, creative and impactful in 2017.
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5 Design Trends

"There’s plenty to be excited about when it comes to design," reports LIz Stinson of Gizmodo. See why.
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The Best of CES 2018

Of the thousands of new products on display at CES, these lucky 21 are the standouts identified by PC Magazine that will help define the next year in technology.
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CDOs on the Rise

The term "chief design officer" was coined when Ernesto Quinteros, IDSA, was hired at Johnson & Johnson in 2014. Executives with design backgrounds are rising to the top and, in some cases, delivering billions in new revenue.
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ID Market Insights 2018 to 2022

The Global Industrial Design Services Market Research Report 2018–2022 recapitulates the factors that will be responsible for the growth in the market in the forecasted period.
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11 Years Already?

Eleven years ago, Steve Jobs announced a wide-screen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone and a breakthrough internet device. But it wasn't three products, it was one.
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Top Awards Programs

Dozens of companies and awards programs recognize new product innovations. The International Design Excellence Awards was recognized as one of the top awards programs for new products.
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Best Designed Products of 2017

Good product design has the power to redefine the way we interact with the world. Business Insider highlights some of the IDEA 2017 winners.
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10 New Principles of Good Design

Dieter Rams’s design principles get a 21st-century update.
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Beetles Could Inspire Better Medical Tools

New research into the thistle tortoise beetles is sparking new ideas into how to make better catheters.
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Designing Lobbies

'Tis the season to travel! From ping pong and board games, to innovative workspaces and pet friendly attitudes, the hotel lobbies of today are not just for checking in. See how design plays a role.
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ID Santa

“I do have somewhat of a reputation for being a little bit harder, a bit ‘grumpy,’ but they said I’d be perfect for it." See who's playing St. Nick and spreading holiday cheer with his ID students.
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Essential Design

IDSA SF's Linda Jiang's Essential phone design is among Bloomberg's Best Gadgets of 2017. "For a combination of performance, price and stunning industrial design, nobody came close to the Essential." See why, and what other products make the cut.
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Gaining Visibility

3Dprint.com takes a closer look at the winning design of an IDSA student member from College for Creative Studies. See how Echo is making waves.
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