IDSA News

McAndrews, Held & Malloy Becomes Newest IDSA Ambassador

One of the most highly regarded teams of intellectual property attorneys, patent agents and technology specialists in the United States is now an IDSA Ambassador. McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd., based in Chicago, is a full-service IP firm with deep experience in all aspects of utility patent, design patent, trademark, trade dress, copyright and unfair competition law. McAndrews regularly represents clients before the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), foreign patent offices, US District Courts, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and the

Meet the Candidates 2016

The mark of a healthy association is demonstrated by a great interest from its membership in volunteering and serving at the highest level—the Board of Directors. The Nominations Committee has worked hard over the past several months speaking with interested candidates and recently presented the slate of candidates listed below to the Board of Directors,and received their unanimous endorsement.

Scholarships Now Open!

Beginning February 16, 2016, IDSA Student Members, who meet the eligibility requirements are able to apply for either a graduate or undergraduate industrial design academic scholarship by completing an electronic application form. Applications will be accepted through Friday, March 18, 2016.  

What's Next?

IDSA's first Future of Design Leadership Panel, held at the 2015 International Conference in Seattle, is making headlines. IDSA Member Thomas Lockwood moderated the panel that included chief design officers (CDOs) representing corporations with hundreds of billions of dollars in revenues: Philips, Intuit, Microsoft, PepsiCo, 3M, Johnson & Johnson and REI.  Along with leaders from Design Management Institute and Whipsaw, the speakers tackled challenging questions about their climb to the top, and where they believe design is headed.

"One of our Own"

The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) Student Chapter faculty advisor at California State University-Long Beach (CSULB), and industrial design assistant professor—David Teubner, IDSA—tells Voice of America the 23-year-old ID student, Nohemi Gonzalez, who was one of the 129 people killed Nov. 13, 2015 in the terrorist attack in Paris, was a hard working person who also mentored other students. “Energetic, bubbly, warm, wonderful and crazy…. She sent me an email last week telling me how much she was enjoying it over there; how much she was learning.”

IDSA Makes the Connections

From coast-to-coast in April 2016, IDSA will host five District Design Conferences (DDCs), providing hundreds of industrial design students and professionals with the opportunity to meet face-to-face, explore the latest developments in design and related fields, secure career advice, recognize the next generation of designers in the IDSA Student Merit Awards and tour top-rated design institutions in the United States.

An Innovator and a Wonderful Friend

IDSA Fellow Darrell Staley has passed away from cancer. He was 78 years old. "He was a designer, painter, traveler, writer, innovator who was creative, intelligent, fun, witty, sweet, charming, private and a wonderful friend to so many of us," former IDSA Executive Director Bob Schwartz, FIDSA, fondly recalls.

"Darrell was a wonderful guy, a highly professional designer and a generous contributor to IDSA," remembers Katherine McCoy, FIDSA.

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