Member News

Design and Architecture World Mourns the Loss of a Legend

Michael Graves Architecture and Design has announced the firm’s founding principal, Michael Graves, IDSA, passed away March 12, 2015, of natural causes at his home in Princeton, NJ. He was 80.

“Since founding the firm in 1964, Michael transformed the role of architects and designers, and even the place of design in our everyday lives,” the firm has posted on its website. “We knew him as an extraordinary designer, teacher, mentor and friend.”

IDSA Mourns the Loss of Lifetime Member

Gerald “Jerry” Edward Proctor of Pittsburgh, a lifetime member of IDSA and the organizer of IDSA’s Mid-Atlantic Chapter, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. He was 81.

Back to the Future

"This is truly a student-focused program. It's incredible mentorship." –Professor John Caruso, IDSA

Students and faculty at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design are catching the attention of General Motors. For the first time, the institute and the major automaker are partnering to develop automotive clay modeling skills.

Thinking Out of the Box in the think[box]

A global product design and business innovation firm co-founded by John Nottingham, IDSA, is teaming up with Case Western Reserve University to insprire inventors.

Nottingham Spirk, based in Cleveland, will create a first-floor location in the university's new, seven-story innovation center, to offer space, technology and guidance to students and community members to imagine ideas and transform them into products.

The Internet of Things

James Bleck, IDSA, founder and chief executive officer of Boston-based Bleck Design Group, will speak on the Internet of Things in Healthcare at the MIT Connected Things 2015 conference Feb. 26, 2015.

Bleck will discuss who will pay for innovations in healthcare during a panel discussion at the half-day event, which is sponsored by the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge, MA.

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