IDSA News

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Fabian Malmhagen, IDSA wins LAMP 2022 award

 

Fabian Malmhagen, IDSA is a Swedish Industrial Designer raised in China, Austria, and Germany. He joined IDSA last year and, as a result, has gotten to know several talented people in New York City where is currently attending Parsons School of Design. Of the impact IDSA has, Fabian says, “The IDSA community has put me in contact with designers I normally would not have access to.”

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Tom KraMer, IDSA releases new book

 

Tom KraMer, BFA, IDSA is the President and CEO and a product development design engineer at Kablooe Design, a Minneapolis MN based product design and development company. He has been a member of IDSA for 30+ years and sites that the IDSA conferences, learning, information exposure, and community have been a practical grounding to keep him plugged in to the world of design throughout his career.

IDSA Membership Meeting - 2021 Year In Review

 

On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, IDSA's Executive Director presented the annual membership meeting and year in review. During this session, Chris Livaudais, IDSA provided a look back on our 2021 performance as well as updates on how the association has been navigating its exit from the COVID-19 pandemic. This annual event is an important moment to share information with IDSA membership in a public forum about the current and future status of our Society.  Thank you to those who attended this event live in Seattle, Washington as part of the International Design Conference.

Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)® Announces the Winners of the 2022 IDSA Awards

 

The winners of the 2022 IDSA Awards were revealed live on September 14, 2022, as part of IDSA's annual International Design Conference (IDC)® in Seattle, WA.  

The awards ceremony, held in person at Benaroya Hall and livestreamed to a virtual audience, was hosted by ClayVon Lowe, IDSA, At-Large Director of Awards on IDSA’s Board of Directors and Chair of IDSA’s Awards Committee. 

The International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA)® 2022 Breaks Records Again, With Most Entries Ever

 

The International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA)® 2022 Ceremony & Gala, held at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA on September 12, 2022 and produced by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)®, included the grand unveiling of the placements of this year’s Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Special IDEA winners. 

2022 was the second year in a row that IDEA received the most entries in the competition’s history, going back to 1980. Rising above a sea of other design awards programs, the prestigious IDEA remains the gold standard.  

Randy Bartlett, IDSA, Retires from Auburn University

 

The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) congratulates Randy Bartlett, IDSA on his retirement from teaching after 29 years at Auburn University's School of Industrial + Graphic Design (SIGD).

A Bauhaus Quasi Endowed Professor, Bartlett established SIGD's Collaborative Studio Abroad program in 1996. He's been the director of this program for 26 years, leading design students on annual trips across Ireland and the United Kingdom.

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