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IDSA Awards 2017 Winners Announced

On Aug. 18 at IDSA's International Design Conference 2017, winners of the IDSA Awards were revealed:

Education Award
Ed Dorsa, IDSA, retired in 2017 after nearly two decades as an associate professor and the chair of the ID program at Virginia Tech. He also served as education VP on IDSA’s Board of Directors and as an IDSA International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) juror. In 2006, he was named one of the "Most Admired ID Educators" by DesignIntelligence.

Driver of Innovation

"Design IS entering into a new relationship with business, and one worth considering for your own business," declares IDSA Fellow Lou Lenzi in his latest column for Appliance Design magazine on the eve of IDSA's International Design Conference: Design IS Business.

Rewirement

A longtime IDSA member who's an IDSA International Design Excellence Award and Design of the Decade winner is, in his words, “rewiring.” David Hill, IDSA, stepped down on June 30, 2017 as vice president of design at Lenovo, after a 30-plus year career in industrial design. 

A New Domestic Landscape

IDSA Member Scott Klinker is among the Cranbrook Academy of Art alumus whose work is being highlighted in a new show at the school that runs through early next year. "Cranbrook has a tradition of experimentation that dates back to years of Eames, Saarinen, Bertoia and Knoll,” says Cranbrook's 3D designer-in-residence. "Today, that spirit is expressed in exploring new materials and processes, while rethinking the connections among design, art and craft."

Fueling a Passion

An IDSA Student Member has been awarded the $5,000 Scott Morgan Design Scholarship. Audrey Krumenacker, S/IDSA, is a rising senior at Pratt Institute in New York City. She's set to graduate in 2018 with a degree in ID and a minor in sustainability studies.

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