Event News

#WDDC16 Inspires Empathy Driven Solutions

IDSA’s 2016 West District Design Conference (#WDDC@16), held April 1–2, 2016 at Metropolitan State University of Denver spoke to DESIGN:GIFT Empathy Driven Solutions—with attendees hearing the message loud and clear.

#CDDC16: Industrial "Strength" Design Shines in Steel City

IDSA’s Central District Design Conference (#CDDC16) attendees are abuzz about the event, which was immersed in design and history at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh from April 1–2, 2016. “I think it was just amazing to see the eagerness of the young talent and the experienced professionals exchanging and sharing thoughts on the fundamentals of ID,” says CDDC

Making the World More Innovative

IDSA members will be on hand for Bloomberg Businessweek Design 2016, set for April 11 at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco.

Tapping into Creativity

Just in time for IDSA’s South District Design Conference at Auburn University, its Industrial Design Program has launched an expanded Designing Green Competition, centered around sustainable design, with the support of Dutch designer Dirk Vander Kooij, Autodesk and Eastman Innovation Lab.

Pin It!

The deadline is June 15, 2016 to enter the first IDSA and Shapeways IDSA International Conference Lapel Pin Design Competition. The winner will be unveiled in August 2016 in Detroit.

#MWDDC16 Explores Mind to Market

FirstBuild, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GE Appliances, aims to bring more innovations to the home appliance market. At its Kentucky Microfactory—anyone and everyone can come, share ideas, develop projects and check out what's going on.

Silver to Steel

He's been hailed as one of the most influential designers of his generation. Now, attendees of IDSA's Central District Design Conference (#CDDC16) in Pittsburgh will get a closer look at the work of IDSA Fellow Peter Muller-Munk—the brilliant silversmith, pioneering industrial designer, esteemed educator and visionary.

Law + Product Design

It's an issue that is crucial to industrial designers, innovators and entrepreneurs—and capturing global headlines in recent years as design patent cases make their way through the legal system. On April 8, 2016, IDSA partnered with the University of Pennsylvania's Law School and the Ivy League institution's Integrated Product Design Program to co-sponsor an invitation-only, roundtable discussion on design patent law.