Member News

IDSA’s Board Chair Joins UNITE Panel

Charles Austen Angell, Chair of IDSA’s Board of Directors, and CEO and creative director of Modern Edge, recently served on a panel at the Design Museum Portland's UNITE: Data x Design x Health. "With healthcare’s advancements in technology and data, we are able to monitor health in ways never before thought possible. The design challenge is to ensure these services, products and interactions are developed in a way that creates universal accessibility,” said Angell.

IDSA Member Blogs on Wired

JD Albert, IDSA, director of engineering at Bresslergroup, blogs on “Not Just for Coders: Hackathons for Hardware Innovation” in the January 2015 Wired. “As someone who does product development professionally, the hackathon intrigued me as a method of innovation…. What could a group of strangers accomplish in a couple of days?

Crowned for Design

One of the world’s largest material handling companies has extended its legacy of design excellence by winning its 14th GOOD DESIGN™ Award from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.

ICSID: Thriving by Design

Patricia Moore, FIDSA, credited as the pioneer of universal or inclusive design, is best known for an experiment she undertook from 1979-1982 where, at the age of 26, she reduced her natural capacities and manufactured blurred vision with glasses, altered her posture, reduced her range of motion and way of walking with bandages and ill-fitting shoes. For three years and in over 100 North American cities, she passed for a woman in her 80s.

Whipsaw Wins 7 GOOD DESIGN Awards

Whipsaw received 7 GOOD DESIGN Awards for Design Excellence from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. 

Henderson Designs US Presentation at Ambiente 2015

Scott Henderson, IDSA, head of New York-based design studio Scott Henderson Inc., has chosen New England for his inspiration in creating the US Partner Country Exhibit at Ambiente 2015, the leading international trade fair for products for the table, kitchen and housewares, gift and decorative articles, and interior design concepts and furnishing accessories. Ambiente 2015 will take place February 13 – 17 in Frankfurt, Germany.

Sundberg-Ferar Celebrates 80th Anniversary

On October 2, 2014, in a gala celebration at The Henry Ford Museum, Sundberg-Ferar looked back at a remarkable history and toasted to the prospect of an equally remarkable future.

Mark Dziersk, FIDSA Interviewed on Milwaukee Public Radio

Since 2012, the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design has hosted a series of public events exploring the subjects the school is all about—things like creativity and design. The speakers are leaders in their fields—whether they’re artists, architects or designers. And it’s from that latter group that this year’s guest emerges. Mark Dziersk is managing director at LUNAR Design in Chicago, where he specializes in both industrial design and brand management. 

Sooshin Choi Named Next Provost at College for Creative Studies

IDSA’s Education VP, Sooshin Choi, IDSA has been chosen as the new Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Design at College for Creative Studies (CSS). His appointment as Provost begins January 1, 2014 and he succeeds the late Imre Molnar. Choi’s design expertise spans three decades and includes seven design patents and three utility patents for his automotive and furniture designs.

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