Member News

Making His Mark

“When a person is part of a community, they want to help that community do better. There’s a reason that the majority of design leaders in the United States for the last 50 years all have been members of IDSA. They love design and believe that the community of design has the power to transform society for the better.”

—Charles Austen Angell, FIDSA

IDSA Member Remembered for Professional and Personal Endeavors

IDSA Member Craig James Carlson has passed away at the age of 62, after a five-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born in in Brooklyn, New York on October 14, 1954. Carlson became an industrial designer and the owner of InDepth Design in Lawrence, MA which consulted everything from small partnerships/start-ups to major corporations in products and services ranging from medical instrumentation to packaging to cable management and more.

Why #MaterialsMatter

Farrell Calabrese, IDSA, is the creative manager for the Eastman Innovation Lab (EIL), a strategic program that pairs Eastman experts in material science—with leaders in industrial design and architecture. Register now for the free, live, new #IDSAWebinar #MaterialsMatter on 1pm EST on Wednesday, June 22, 2016.

Method to the Madness

By observing behaviors, and experiencing and studying other human situations, Michael Paterson, IDSA—senior industrial designer at GoPro—strives to create memorable and relevant product experiences. Register now for The Method Designer at 1pm EST on May 25, 2016, in which Paterson will ask, "Are you a method designer—applying common sense over complex frameworks?" Post your questions on Twitter @IDSA #IDSAWebinar now.

Radical Reshaping

PepsiCo's Chief Design Officer—IDSA Member Mauro Porcini—is being praised by the global corporation’s CEO for leading a design team that’s “improving the top line and the bottom line… building a sustainable pipeline of innovation for the future. It's allowing us to reframe our business."

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