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BetterBin Open House

An Open House offering designers interested in participating in the BetterBin competition an opportunity to meet a panel of sanitation officials and workers to discuss the challenges and needs to be addressed in designing a replacement for NYC's iconic wire mesh litter basket.

Date: July 26, 2018

Time: 6:00pm

Venue: Spring Street Sanitation Garage, 353 Spring Street, NYC

For more information please visit BetterBin

IDSA-OHS Innovation Through Sustainability

Come check out 80 Acres farm in Northside and get a behind the scenes look at how new technologies like hydroponics are making agriculture more sustainable. On the flip side of sustainability, DAAP Grad and founder of Global Humanitarian Service Zac Nelson will give a presentation on how social sustainability can be practiced in global development projects.

Seats are limited so head over to our eventbrite to RSVP!

BetterBin Design Competition

The BetterBin Design Competition is open to the public. Submissions are welcome from the entire design community, including: architects; artists; engineers; landscape architects; planners; urban designers; industrial designers; and manufacturers, etc. Submissions from international competitors, multi-disciplinary teams, and students are welcome. There is no maximum number of team members, but the recommended number is up to 4.

IDSA-NL 5th Annual Link 'n' Drink!

Come help us celebrate 5 years of bikes, beers, and design! Join us at the Capital Brewery and Bier Garten from 6 - 9 on Thursday, July 26th. 

The event will begin with a short group ride at 6pm. Attendees not interested in riding can wait until 6:45 to arrive or enjoy the live music until we return! 

Attendees will receive 2 drink tickets. IDSA members are free, just $5 at the door for anyone else. (That's half-price drinks!) There will also be a food truck on-site.

Event Recap: The Road to Crowdfunding, The PAKT One Story:

IDSA Boston hosted Jordan Nollman of Sprout Studios on June 14th who shared his journey developing the PAKT One travel bag and it's viral Indigogo campaign. Jordan and his team partnered with the The Minimalists and Malcolm Fontier to bring the cult favorite travel bag back on the market. He described the trials and accomplishments of design, product development, branding, advertising, and all of the hard work that goes behind a successful crowdfunding project.

IDSA-NL Community Frames

Community Frames is an initiative that aims to celebrate the form of film and highlight it in a gallery setting while exploring themes of community, identity and voice.

A collaborative and community effort in many regards: working alongside filmmakers and partners from Milwaukee Film (Milwaukee Filmmaker Alliance, Black Lens, Cine Sin Fronteras), UW-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts, Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival, MIAD’s New Studio Practice Department and more.

All film experiences are free and open to the public!

IDSA-CHI Kickstarter Project Jam #2

A Kickstarter Project Jam is a workshop about taking design ideas from concept to reality.This workshop—led by Chicago designer and educator Craighton Berman of Manual—will have a special focus on using Kickstarter for launching designed objects, but is open to other creative projects as well!

SQ1CON2018

The Advanced Design Sketching team is back with SQ1CON 2018!

IDSA-CHI Advanced Design Sketching

IDSA Chicago, Advanced Design Sketching, and SO Design are hosting a gathering of designers and entrepreneurs at Chicago's premier innovation lab—mHUB! This kickoff event will feature a talk with Steelcase Principal Designer, Joey Zeledon, and IDSA Chicago's very own, Rotimi Solola—who'll be unveiling something special. Join us on Friday, June 8th—we'll have music, food, a tour of mHUB, and one big networking party!

RSVP here!

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