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National Industrial Design Day, March 5

National Industrial Design Day

 

Each year, IDSA celebrates with the global design community on March 5 in recognition of National Industrial Design Day. First entered into the US Congressional Record in 2015 by US Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, National Industrial Design Day declares that industrial designers “improve our lives in every way and are worthy of our recognition.” That day in 2015 marked the 50th anniversary of the founding of IDSA, which is headquartered in Herndon, VA, part of Connolly’s 11th Congressional District just outside Washington, DC.

Advancing Design Patent Protection

Banner & Witcoff is a record breaker, in fact breaking its own record for the most design patent grants in a single year. US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) records show the firm procured 1,032 US design patents in 2016. Banner & Witcoff set the prior record in 2008, with 959 US design patents. Also, the firm obtained more US design patents than any other law firm in the country in 2016, the 14th consecutive year.

Designers Wanted

A new, reality compeition television show—to be hosted by world famous automotive designer Henrik Fisker—has issued a casting call for industrial designers. The producers of such hits as Top Chef and Project Runway are filling roles on Concept Dream Car—which they describe as a “high caliber, high prestige competition television series.”  

Rewriting the Rules

A study by Accenture shows only 27 percent of businesses have a strategy for IoT and many lack the capabilities needed to pivot their business models at speed and scale to harness IoT innovation. Now, Accenture is heeding its own warning.

Icsid Turns 60 as WDO

It’s official. The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) is entering its 60th year as the World Design Organization (WDO). The global, non-governmental organization was founded in 1957 to promote the profession of industrial design and its ability to generate better products, systems, services, and experiences; business and industry; and ultimately, environment and society.

On the Move

London's Design Museum is expected to attract half a million visitors a year in its new home in Kensington. The museum, which is now dedicated to everything from industrial design and graphic design to fashion and architecture, has moved to a 1960s era building that has been strikingly renovated.
 
"It's marvelous to have been able to save the building, and have it now as what's going to be a world-class center for design," says the museum's architectural designer John Pawson
 

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