Event News

2017 Student Pow Wow

IDSA Student Pow Wow brings together design students from NYC & NJ design schools for a meet & greet. Ayse Birsel, co-founder, Birsel + Seck and Fast Company Most Creative People 2017 honoree, will be giving a talk about her book 'Design The Life You Love' and sign books. IDSA NYC has a couple of exciting announcements to make, so, come & socialize with your fellow design students!

New for 2017: DDC Career Fairs

During all five District Design Conferences (DDC) 2017, IDSA will host Career Fairs for attendees who hope to advance their education; pursue new career opportunities; or jump start their current positions. Undergraduates or professionals looking to continue their education can learn more about graduate-level design programs and business schools; students or those new to ID can seek internships; and attendees already on the job can network and move ahead.

Design Now

Welcome to the world of making! Kick off 2017 by learning new skills with Autodesk. A free, full-length, 3D printing class offers 16 lessons—anytime, anywhere. Learn everything you need to know to design and 3D print your own creations. Enroll here. Or, attend a live webinar and follow along step-by-step. Learn to 3D model and 3D print a bottle lock.

Design: HYBRID

From April 23 to 24, 2017, IDSA's West District Design Conference (@IDSA #IDSAWDDC) lands at the University of Oregon in Portland. Chair Jason Belaire, IDSA, pledges you’ll be inspired by a fantastic group of keynotes and other top-notch presenters looking ahead to the future of industrial design—DESIGN: HYBRID—in virtual reality (VR), virtual prototyping (VP), augmented reality (AR), artificial intellgence (AI) and more. And talk about timing—WDDC takes place during Design Week Portland!

The Unexpected Conference

Chair Ayse Birsel, IDSA, says expect the unexpected when the Industrial Designers Society of America's Northeast District Design Conference 2017 (@IDSA #IDSANEDDC) arrives at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, RI. There will be wonderful collaborations, fortuitous conversations and surprising new solutions at The Unexpected Conference, Be inspired by and rub elbows with design’s most talented students; co-create with top design organizations; and learn about the latest design tools—March 31-April 1, 2017, on the way to or from Boston Design Week! Birsel's writing has appeared in Inc magazine and she's been hailed by Fast Company as one of the Most Creative People in Business in 2017

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