IDSA News

Florence Knoll Bassett (1917 - 2019)

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.

CES 2019 IDSA Takeover

 

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.

Taking the Lead

 
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.

IDEA Winners Revealed at the IDEA Ceremony and Gala

 

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.

Improving How We Connect

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.

Design At Work

 

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. 

Ciao da Milano – Instagram Takeover

 

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.

EXPERIENCE – IDSA Medical Conference 2018

 

IDSA's commitment to the medical design profession has been growing over the past few years. This is exemplified by the annual Medical Design Conference, the most recent of which was on March 28 & 29, 2018 in Boston, MA. During two days of focused content, over 100 medical design professionals participated in hands-on workshops and heard from some of the top thinkers in the field.

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