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Tucker Viemeister, FIDSA, on Connected Canvas

He calls himself an "artistpreneur." And now Tucker Viemeister, FIDSA, has been chosen as Artist of the Week by Connected Canvas. The IDSA Patron Smart Design co-founder and Parsons The New School for Design's IDSA Student Chapter's faculty advisor, reveals how he designs for all, while maintaining artistic integrity.

IDSA Member Makes His Mark at One of the Top Design Schools

The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) has announced that Alex Lobos, IDSA Student Chapter advisor since 2013, has earned tenure and will be promoted to the rank of associate professor in RIT’s acclaimed School of Design.

Focus on Form and Function

“I’ve always believed that design should be leading the conversation,” Astro Studios CEO and IDSA member Brett Lovelady tells Molly Wood of The New York Times in a new video and article.

The Best Future Recognizes the Best of the Past

There’s a movement underway to name the new Design and Media Center at the only public freestanding college of art and design in the United States, after William J. Hannon, an IDSA Life member and a founding member of IDSA’s Boston Chapter.

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.

Red Hot Design

A striking design by Betty Baugh, FIDSA, has found a permanent home in a Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum collection in New York City. Decanter and Stopper was manufactured by Blenko Glass Company in 1956.

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.

IDSA Member to Deliver Keynote at USPTO Design Day

IDSA member and Apple's first industrial design director Robert Brunner is serving as the keynote speaker at the 9th annual US Patent and Trademark Office’s Design Day—a free event that will be held from 8:30 to 5 pm on April 14, 2015 at the Madison Auditorium, 600 Dulany Street in Alexandria, VA. Registration is required.

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Member News

Tucker Viemeister, FIDSA, on Connected Canvas

IDSA Member Makes His Mark at One of the Top Design Schools

Focus on Form and Function

The Best Future Recognizes the Best of the Past

Design and Architecture World Mourns the Loss of a Legend

IDSA Mourns the Loss of Lifetime Member

Red Hot Design

Back to the Future

Thinking Out of the Box in the think[box]

IDSA Member to Deliver Keynote at USPTO Design Day

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