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Remote Designing Resource Center

 

Please use this crowd-sourced information center as a reference and resource for designing from home and working remotely. We hope this page will help you more easily and successfully design, innovate, communicate and collaborate with your team in a remote setting.  

If you’d like to add to this page, please email IDSA@IDSA.org. 

 

 

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IDSA Announces New and Returning Chapters

 

The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is pleased to announce the launch of two new and two returning professional chapters in March 2020. 

The new chapters are:

  • IDSA-Jinhua in China (IDSA-JIN), with Chris Hosmer, IDSA as Chair and Dylan Ren, IDSA as Vice Chair
  • IDSA-Portland in Maine (IDSA-POR), with Mat Cardinali, IDSA as Chair and Ben Miley, IDSA as Vice Chair

The returning chapters are:

Rowena Reed Kostellow Awards Ceremony

DUE TO RECENT HEALTH ADVISORIES FROM NEW YORK CITY, THE ROWENA REED KOSTELLOW AWARD CEREMONY HAS BEEN POSTPONED.

The legacy of Rowena Reed Kostellow, FIDSA endures through the Rowena Reed Kostellow Fund. Chaired by Tucker Viemeister, FIDSA, the Fund has announced the winners of its 30th anniversary Rowena Reed Kostellow Awards: Everardo Jefferson and Billy Cotton. 

More information, courtesy of the Rowena Reed Kostellow Fund at Pratt Institute:

A Questionnaire for Practicing Industrial Designers

 

Practicing industrial designers across disciplines (including: furniture, automotive, apparel, etc.) are invited to participate in this online questionnaire. The analyzed results are aimed to be published in multiple academic journals and finally compiled in the PhD thesis of Christoph Koch, IDSA, an industrial designer, PhD candidate, and sessional lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. 

Information Statement:

Mark Dziersk, FIDSA (1959–2020)

 

The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) mourns the loss of Mark Dziersk, FIDSA, a prominent industrial designer and decades-long supporter, leader, and advocate of our Society. Mark passed away suddenly on January 31, 2020 while traveling abroad in Tokyo. He was 60 years old. Mark is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, and three daughters.

Amicus Briefs

IDSA has a rich history of submitting Amicus Curiae briefs in court cases to protect the interests of the organization, its membership and more generally the field of industrial design. IDSA has often filed amicus brief in intellectual property cases, including cases involving the laws of patents (both utility and design), trademarks, trade dress and copyright. 

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