On Wednesday, September 14, 2022, IDSA's Executive Director presented the annual membership meeting and year in review. During this session, Chris Livaudais, IDSA provided a look back on our 2021 performance as well as updates on how the association has been navigating its exit from the COVID-19 pandemic. This annual event is an important moment to share information with IDSA membership in a public forum about the current and future status of our Society. Thank you to those who attended this event live in Seattle, Washington as part of the International Design Conference.
The winners of the 2022 IDSA Awards were revealed live on September 14, 2022, as part of IDSA's annual International Design Conference (IDC)® in Seattle, WA.
The awards ceremony, held in person at Benaroya Hall and livestreamed to a virtual audience, was hosted by ClayVon Lowe, IDSA, At-Large Director of Awards on IDSA’s Board of Directors and Chair of IDSA’s Awards Committee.
The International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA)® 2022 Ceremony & Gala, held at Benaroya Hall in Seattle, WA on September 12, 2022 and produced by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)®, included the grand unveiling of the placements of this year’s Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Special IDEA winners.
2022 was the second year in a row that IDEA received the most entries in the competition’s history, going back to 1980. Rising above a sea of other design awards programs, the prestigious IDEA remains the gold standard.
John Pai BID ‘62 and Keith Kirkland MID ’15 are this year’s winners of the Rowena Award.
The Award promotes the educational pedagogy of Rowena Reed Kostellow, FIDSA, by celebrating the kind of design excellence she taught her students. Two great examples: John Pai has been producing beautiful sculpture for his whole life and Keith Kirkland demonstrated his entrepreneurial design drive founding WearWorks in 2015.
Join the Award Ceremony on Sept 7, 2022, at the Knoll showroom, 1330 6th Ave 1st Floor, New York and on Zoom.
The right of autonomy over one’s own body is foundational to human rights. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States' decision to strike down Roe v. Wade stripped this foundational human right from over half of the U.S. population, including over 160 million women and girls.
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) congratulates Patricia Moore, PhD, FIDSA, for receiving the World Design Organization's 2022 World Design Medal.
Dr. Moore was inducted into IDSA's Academy of Fellows in 2003. She has held prominent roles within the Society, including West District Vice President, and is widely considered to be a pioneer of Universal Design. IDSA is a longtime member of WDO.
IDSA and the Society's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council present the fifth installment in our Disability in Design interview series, below, with Deborah Lalush (she/her).
