Design News

Charlotte, NC-based BOLTgroup is celebrating its 30^th anniversary. Staffers marked the occassion with a barbeque at Lake Wylie. The firm was founded in 1985, and within a few years, named by ID magazine as one of the Top 40 Design Innovators in the United States. BOLTgroup recently added several talented designers and secured new clients coast-to-coast, from New York City, to Grand Rapids, MI, to Los Angeles.

IDSA had a strong presence at the US Economic Development Administration’s 2^nd annual Investing in Manufacturing Communities Partnership (IMCP) National Summit, held Oct. 21‐22, 2015 at The White House and at the US Department of Commerce in Washington, DC.

As IDSA celebrates the increasing impact of industrial design around the globe in its 50^th year, the Society will be represented at the 2015 International Design Congress from Oct. 17-23 in Gwangju, Korea by IDSA Executive Director Daniel Martinage, CAE.

“Over centuries of change—through trial and triumph—the arts and humanities have chronicled history in ways that have brought the past to life and provided a vivid vision for our journey forward. Today, we continue to live in an ever-changing world, and the arts and humanities help us experience it in truer colors and tones.”