On March 30, 2019, the IDSA Atlanta chapter hosted the first ever Southern Design Summit. The summit was a celebration of the varied disciplines that make up industrial design and a lively discussion of emerging tools and trends in our industry. With participation by over 100 design professional practitioners and design student attendees from all across the southeast United States, the event marked a special opportunity for our IDSA community in the South District to come together for networking, fellowship and knowledge exchange.
IDSA members are once again among the jurors of the popular International Housewares Association's 26th annual Student Design Competition All Winners to Be Showcased at 2019 International Home + Housewares Show, March 2-5, Chicago
IDSA mourns the loss of Florence Knoll Bassett H/IDSA, a design pioneer and the guiding light of the company that bears the name of her first husband and close collaborator, who died on January 25, 2019 in Coral Gables, Florida. She was 101 years old.
Ms. Knoll Bassett has been an Honorary IDSA member for over 30 years in recognition for her considerable contributions to architecture, furniture design and open-office planning.
Every year, thousands flock to Las Vegas, Nevada for the annual Consumer Electronics Show. This event has become a spectacle in its own right and is known around the world as the place to be for anyone connected to the technology and electronics product development industry. IDSA teamed up with Beau Oyler, IDSA, to bring you the sights and sounds of CES through an Instagram Takeover.
On September 22, 2018, IDSA’s Board of Directors Chair, Megan Neese officially introduced Chris Livaudais as IDSA’s new Executive Director. Livaudais has been serving in an interim capacity since January 2018. The announcement was delivered on stage at the International Design Conference 2018 in New Orleans, LA, where hundreds of designers from around the world gathered for three jam-packed days of design connection and discourse.
Gold, Silver and Bronze International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) winners from around the world attended the IDEA Ceremony on Sept. 19 at the beautiful National WWII Museum in New Orleans, LA. Awardees and International Design Conference (IDC) goers dressed to impress and waited with anticipation as the winners of each category and the special awards were revealed.
Community is a foundational element of the IDSA experience. We already support a robust network of Professional Chapters across the country to help you connect one-on-one to your local community. While these personal relationships have proven invaluable over the years, we all know that so much of our life now happens online. For this reason, the IDSA team has been hard at work re-envisioning the way you digitally connect with other IDSA members—locally and beyond.
More than 400 people attended Design Day 2018: Design At Work at the United States Patent & Trade Office (USPTO) headquarters in Alexandria, VA, and another 200 viewed the conference from USPTO remote locations. This year’s event featured presentations by noted designers and attorneys from Kohler, Microsoft and Caterpillar, who discussed in detail how design and design patent protections have been essential to the success of their respective corporations.
Salone del Mobile, the annual Italian furniture and furnishings expo in Milan, Italy, is one of the most important and vibrant design spectacles our industry observes each year. This year–2018–marked the 57th year of the event and drew an attendance of nearly 435,000 from all over the world.
IDSA mourns the loss of Florence Knoll Bassett H/IDSA, a design pioneer and the guiding light of the company that bears the name of her first husband and close collaborator, who died on January 25, 2019 in Coral Gables, Florida. She was 101 years old.
