Event News

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. 

IDSA Chicago presents ProPanel

Have you ever wondered: what is Industrial Design? What kind of jobs can I get after graduation? IDSA Chicago is teaming up with design professionals from prestigious design studios like Radio Flyer, TEAMS Design, gravity tank, Studio Murmur, Designcraft, moto mucci, LUNAR, High Sierra and Webb deVlam to answer your questions! The field of Industrial Design is big! 

IDSA-KY - Kenmark Optical Design Studio Tour - Wed, July 16, 2015 @ 6:00pm EST

Have you ever wondered how sunglasses and optical frames are designed and manufactured? Are you curious to learn how graphic designers create beautiful campaigns for iconic fashion brands? Together with Louisville's local chapter of AIGA, we'd like to take you on an exclusive industrial design and graphic design tour of Kenmark Optical. The Kenmark Group is an employee-owned company providing exceptional products, competitive prices, and superior service to Eyecare Professionals. With nearly 40 years of experience, the Kenmark Group holds an impressive portfolio of licensed brands including: Vera Wang, Zac Posen, kensie, Dana Buchman, Original Penguin, and Lilly Pulitzer. This tour will be held on-site at Kenmark's HQ, a 72,000 sq ft distribution and design center.

These Ain’t Your Kidz Sketching Tools

On July 12th, Chevis Watkinson walked us through the stages of rough thumbnail sketch to presentation sketch rendering. If you missed the webinar or would like to see it again, check out the link below. This webinar is geared to anyone who wants to pick up a few tips and tricks in various software packages and also see how the various packages can work together. Also if you don't have these particular packages don't fret as the work flow can easily be adapted to a variety of software.

IDSA Chicago's Sketchnote Summit with Craighton Berman

Last spring, IDSA Chicago brought the best of 'sketchnoters' to one event, entitled Sketchnote Summit. This activity was held in partnership with Columbia College Chicago at the Quincy Wong Center. The summit featured Craighton Berman, a designer, illustrator, and creative director based in Chicago and Stefani Bachetti, a practicing design researcher and visualizer with a background in industrial design, architecture, and education.

This event was complimentary to IDSA members.

Field Trip to 2014 Pittsburgh Int'l Auto Show

The Western PA IDSA chapter would like to invite all members, students, and anyone interested in design to take a field trip to the 2014 Pittsburgh International Auto Show Saturday February 15th at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center.

We will all meet at the main entrance on the ground floor by the escalators at 2pm. After touring the show for a few hours we will head over to a bar and restaurant for a happy hour discussion of what we saw. General admission tickets are just $10 and more information can be found at online.

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