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IDSA Partners with New TV Series “California by Design: Innovations"

 

IDSA announced its partnership with “California by Design: Innovations” during the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) Ceremony & Gala on Aug. 21, 2019.

“California by Design: Innovations” will air Sunday mornings in March-April 2020 on the FOX Television Network in Los Angeles and the San Francisco / Bay Area. The countdown format television show will feature IDSA as an industry partner and longtime IDSA members Dan Harden and Ti Chang as co-presenters.

2019 IDSA Award Recipients

 

On August 21, 2019, IDSA announced the latest recipients of the IDSA Awards. These honors are presented in recognition of significant contributions to the Society or the industrial design profession, excellence in academic advancement or personal achievement. 

The winners this year include industrial design educators, business leaders and a non-profit that supports the next generation. We are honored to celebrate the work of our members each year through this program. Please join us in congratulating the 2019 IDSA Award recipients.

Women in Design 2019: Event Recap

 

As an organization, IDSA has the unique opportunity to innovate within our industry by paving the way for thoughtful conversations and disruptive dialogues. We spend our careers building a better future for those around us, and the Women in Design Deep Dive, held in San Francisco on May 3, 2019, offered us the chance to build a better future for ourselves too.

The designers gathered in San Francisco were rehearsing the future of the industry—an industry of diverse perspectives and lived experiences with a powerful passion for bettering the world. 

IDSA Partners with BetterBin Design Competition for a More Sustainable NYC

 

For almost 90 years, the design of New York City's recognizably green, wire-meshed litter baskets has barely changed. But soon, they'll get a major upgrade. In July 2019, the BetterBin Design Competition is set to reveal the winning design of a more functional, clean, ergonomic and sustainable wastebasket that will improve the quality of life for NYC residents and the sanitation workers who service them. In mid-June, the finalists' prototypes will be unveiled and deployed to the streets.

Yeh IDeology Design Summit: The Evolution of “Innovation”

Speakers include Betsy Goodrich, FIDSA and Jordan Nollman, IDSA.

Innovation is disruptive. The kind of investment you need to review, build and rebuild can be monumental depending on the stakeholders involved. If you’re leading innovation, you have to change a point of view, and there will certainly be resistance.

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