Ann-Marie Conrado is an assistant professor in industrial design at the University of Notre Dame and is IDSA’s Midwest education representative. She was design manager at Insight Product Development where she received numerous design awards, including a Gold IDEA before returning to academia. She continues a consulting practice with international clients, including Panasonic and Namco-Bandai and founded the HOPE Initiative, a nonprofit working to use creative thinking to address humanitarian concerns in Nepal. She currently champions the practice of social design at Notre Dame and was awarded the inaugural IDSA Young Educator of the Year award for her contributions in the classroom. Condrado holds a bachelor’s in fine arts in industrial design from Notre Dame and a master’s degree in cultural anthropology from the university.
Session Title:
In Fusion: Design Must Evolve to Assimilate Global Shifts in Culture and the Family Unit
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