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IDSA-KY - Kenmark Optical Design Studio Tour - Wed, July 16, 2015 @ 6:00pm EST

Have you ever wondered how sunglasses and optical frames are designed and manufactured? Are you curious to learn how graphic designers create beautiful campaigns for iconic fashion brands? Together with Louisville's local chapter of AIGA, we'd like to take you on an exclusive industrial design and graphic design tour of Kenmark Optical. The Kenmark Group is an employee-owned company providing exceptional products, competitive prices, and superior service to Eyecare Professionals. With nearly 40 years of experience, the Kenmark Group holds an impressive portfolio of licensed brands including: Vera Wang, Zac Posen, kensie, Dana Buchman, Original Penguin, and Lilly Pulitzer. This tour will be held on-site at Kenmark's HQ, a 72,000 sq ft distribution and design center.

IDSA Chicago presents ProPanel

Have you ever wondered: what is Industrial Design? What kind of jobs can I get after graduation? IDSA Chicago is teaming up with design professionals from prestigious design studios like Radio Flyer, TEAMS Design, gravity tank, Studio Murmur, Designcraft, moto mucci, LUNAR, High Sierra and Webb deVlam to answer your questions! The field of Industrial Design is big! 

Good Design = Good Business: Webinar Series

Designers know that the direct correlation between good design and business success is irrefutable. One need look no further than the recent sale of highly designed Beats by Dre to design supercorp Apple and Interbrand's 2013 Best Global Brands list that includes a top 10 that is 90 percent IDEA winners! However, defining and quantifying the specifics of how good design positively impacts business success can often prove challenging.

Form Factors: 3D Printing Revealed

3D Systems hosted a show and tell talk on Wednesday the June, 18th. What is 3D printing? Can it heal a broken arm? Make a shoe? Can it customize your tea pot? Can you eat it?

Form Factors

We are taking San Francisco Design Week to the streets!

Women in Industrial Design

A woman’s touch is no longer a rarity in tech, product and furniture designs. The first IDSA-sponsored Women in Industrial Design Show was held on June 14. It was a celebration of emerging and established women in industrial design from across the USA.

The event was hosted by AstroStudios and Coalesse during San Francisco Design Week and featured design talents and the diversity of industrial design. For those who joined, it was an evening of design elegance and inspiration in the company of leading designers, journalists and other industry specialists.

Coffee and Design: Let's Get Physical

An integrated panel talk featuring local product and industrial designers discussing process, concept, experience, and production of designing physical products.

Sketchnotes from the 2014 IDSA Midwest District Design Conference

Our friend Stefani Bachetti, IDSA, a practicing design researcher and visualizer with Insight Product Development, sat in on the 2014 Midwest District Design Conference and sketched notes of the conference's talks.

Below, for your reference, are her sketches. They tell a pretty dynamic story. And they're a very handy way of referencing some of the conference's top takeaways. [NOTE: Click on images to view larger versions.]

SHiFT Design Week: Be a Part of The Adventure!

SHiFT Design, Re-Connect Week is an open community of makers, builders, designers and creators. Our events have a deeper meaning and help us reorient ourselves from the daily grind. Come collaborate with designers from around the world, sleep under the stars, and be inspired by nature. Backgrounds, cultures, experiences, and stories will come together to be shared in a way you’ve never experienced before. Learn from others, teach new friends, and make something together.

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