Event News

Make It a Priority to Attend

What a way to get things started! The 2015 Central District Design Conference launches April 17 with a welcome, networking and opening remarks—then gets right into the swing of things.

Paul Kolada, IDSA, founder and chief executive officer of Priority Designs, offers a 30-minute talk on “How the ____ Did We Get Here?!” He reveals how his firm grew from a one-person initiative to a 60-person, multi-talented, team housed in an amazing new, 50,000 sq. ft. facility.

Engaging on a District Level

IDSA’s District Design Conferences provide a unique opportunity to connect with experienced innovators and design leaders. More than 1,300 attendees will participate in this year’s series, March through May, in a variety of locations (hotel, convention center and universities) during an expanded, 1.5 day schedule.

Young Minds with Bright Ideas

A new video is focusing on what happens when dozens of undergraduate students from 21 top higher education institutions in the country—from Cornell to Stanford—come together to tackle some of the world’s toughest challenges. The Design for America (DFA) Leadership Studio met at the Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center at Northwestern University

2014 IDSA Medical Design Conference, The Usability Ecosystem

IDSA's inaugural Medical Design Conference, The Usability Ecosystem, chaired by Sean Hägen, principal of BlackHägen Design, was held at the Center for Advanced Medical Learning and Simulation (CAMLS), a state-of-the-art virtual hospital and simulation center from Nov. 6 – 8, 2014 in Tampa, FL. This conference was conceptualized and organized because it is widely recognized that the healthcare space provides a unique repository of problems and opportunities for research, design and development. Sessions approached design in the healthcare domain within the realm of usability—ranging from the evolving relationship between industrial design and human factors engineering, to enabling the healthcare culture to migrate from treating illness to enabling wellness.

IDSA Wisconsin's Link & Drink

On September 16, the IDSA Wisconsin chapter held its Link & Drink.

Beautiful weather, biking and free beer made for a very enjoyable social and networking event for the local community.

Among the attendees was a range of designers of many fields, engineers, marketing and business professionals and bike enthusiasts!

The event kicked off with a Super Chill 5-8 mile bike ride that ended at Capital Brewery in Middleton, WI.

IDSA Indiana's Summer Architecture Tour

We finished up July with a small but exciting architecture tour in Columbus, Indiana. We met at the visitor's center to watch a short film about the history of the area and then toured the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library designed in 1969 by I.M. Pei. After checking out Eliel Saarinen's First Christian Church right across the street we boarded a bus for a trip around town and got to stop and check out several other buildings. 

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