Member News

IDSA Announces New and Returning Chapters

 

The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is pleased to announce the launch of two new and two returning professional chapters in March 2020. 

The new chapters are:

  • IDSA-Jinhua in China (IDSA-JIN), with Chris Hosmer, IDSA as Chair and Dylan Ren, IDSA as Vice Chair
  • IDSA-Portland in Maine (IDSA-POR), with Mat Cardinali, IDSA as Chair and Ben Miley, IDSA as Vice Chair

The returning chapters are:

Rowena Reed Kostellow Awards Ceremony

DUE TO RECENT HEALTH ADVISORIES FROM NEW YORK CITY, THE ROWENA REED KOSTELLOW AWARD CEREMONY HAS BEEN POSTPONED.

The legacy of Rowena Reed Kostellow, FIDSA endures through the Rowena Reed Kostellow Fund. Chaired by Tucker Viemeister, FIDSA, the Fund has announced the winners of its 30th anniversary Rowena Reed Kostellow Awards: Everardo Jefferson and Billy Cotton. 

More information, courtesy of the Rowena Reed Kostellow Fund at Pratt Institute:

A Questionnaire for Practicing Industrial Designers

 

Practicing industrial designers across disciplines (including: furniture, automotive, apparel, etc.) are invited to participate in this online questionnaire. The analyzed results are aimed to be published in multiple academic journals and finally compiled in the PhD thesis of Christoph Koch, IDSA, an industrial designer, PhD candidate, and sessional lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. 

Information Statement:

Mark Dziersk, FIDSA (1959–2020)

 

The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) mourns the loss of Mark Dziersk, FIDSA, a prominent industrial designer and decades-long supporter, leader, and advocate of our Society. Mark passed away suddenly on January 31, 2020 while traveling abroad in Tokyo. He was 60 years old. Mark is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, and three daughters.

2020 Membership Update

 

 

Dear IDSA members,

2019 was a year of significant change for IDSA. We navigated an increasingly complex and competitive landscape in the battle for your time and attention. We implemented adjustments to some of our core programming (specifically awards and conferences) in order to operate in a more agile and adaptive way. And we set ourselves down the path of re-envisioning the IDSA membership experience for a new era.

How to Succeed as an IDSA Chapter Leader

 

When IDSA asked me to write a 2019 recap for our chapter, IDSA Kansas City, I instead started reflecting not just on 2019, but also the three years before that. It seems fitting, as new leadership is set to take the reins of our chapter, to look at where we are and how we got here.

Member Spotlight: Allen Samuels, L/IDSA

 

Who:
Allen Samuels, L/IDSA began his career as an industrial designer in 1966. Over nearly five decades, he has designed award-winning glassware, furniture, microscopes, medical and scientific instruments, public transpotation, heavy industrial equipment and more for corporations such as Corning Glass Works, Bausch + Lomb, Black & Decker, Westinghouse and 3M. 

The Brainstorm Sketch, Perfected

 

During my years of professional industrial design experience, I have seen many design ideas developed and pitched using a variety of methods and media: from the cliché ‘napkin doodle’ to fully rendered product experience videos and many techniques in between. By far, my favorite method is the large-format Post-it sketch. 

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