IDSA News

2017 Student Pow Wow

IDSA Student Pow Wow brings together design students from NYC & NJ design schools for a meet & greet. Ayse Birsel, co-founder, Birsel + Seck and Fast Company Most Creative People 2017 honoree, will be giving a talk about her book 'Design The Life You Love' and sign books. IDSA NYC has a couple of exciting announcements to make, so, come & socialize with your fellow design students!

National Industrial Design Day, March 5

National Industrial Design Day

 

Each year, IDSA celebrates with the global design community on March 5 in recognition of National Industrial Design Day. First entered into the US Congressional Record in 2015 by US Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, National Industrial Design Day declares that industrial designers “improve our lives in every way and are worthy of our recognition.” That day in 2015 marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of IDSA, which is headquartered in Herndon, VA, part of Connolly’s 11th Congressional District just outside Washington, DC.

2017-2019 Board Elections

The latest election for open positions on IDSA’s Board of Directors runs from March 9 to 24, 2017. Six positions are open for the 2017-2019 term. Each position is followed below by the candidate(s) vying for each position:

Pushing Boundaries

A new year welcomes a new IDSA Ambassador—Covestro. Dubbed by its CEO Patrick Thomas as a “one-year startup with a 60-year history”—Covestro, since September 2015, has carried on the tradition of Bayer MaterialScience with global headquarters in Germany and US headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA.

2017-2019 IDSA Board Elections

Nominations for the 2017-2019 Board of Directors term is now open. To nominate yourself or someone else, send an email to nominations@idsa.org, by Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. A member of the Nominations Committee will contact you (or the candidate you have nominated).

 

The positions open for May 2017–2019 are:

Secretary/Treasurer

Holiday Gala 2016 & Panel Discussion

Mark the end of this year and welcome 2017 by attending the 2016 IDSA NY Holiday Gala! Join us for an evening of food, drink and a panel discussion!

The Panel Discussion: The design Economy
Design is all around us and has been a driver of culture and trade. When we talk of 'design', thoughts and images that pop-up in our minds are mostly aesthetic in nature. However, the fuel that drives the engine of design is commerce. So, how can we approach the discussion of the economic impact of design? We are now stepping into 2017 and IDSA NYC presents a discussion regarding the economics of design from the point of view of panelists from the worlds of retail, design education, economic development, talent recruitment, and design consulting.
Questions we will address: How are businesses that are based on design doing in 2016? How has the nature of projects changed over the last few years and what can they expect going forward? Further, how is design education evolving? How is design impacting the economics of NYC and what can we expect to see in the future? What kind or remuneration can graduates and professionals expect from the world of design today?

Sketchgames II

Register Today

Come join us for the second round of SketchGames on Wednesday, November 30th at Pepsi's Design and Innovation Center. Our first games at Canary were great fun. Once again we’re looking forward to bringing people together for some food, drink and bad ideas.

What is Sketchgames & Bad Ideas?

Diverse Vision

Ti Chang, IDSA, is leading the merger of the San Francisco and Silicon Valley IDSA Chapters, for what’s expected to be a resurgence of the industrial design community in that region. In addition to serving as chair of the new chapter—which is now named only the IDSA San Francisco Chapter (IDSA SF)—Chang has announced the appointment of the following officers:

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