Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)

🚨 Calling all visionaries! As IDSA celebrates 60 years of community, leadership, and impact, we’re inviting bold voices and visionary thinkers to take the stage at our 2025 events. Proposals are now open for IDC 2025, happening September 15–19 in Detroit—a city shaped by design, manufacturing, and innovation. We’re also accepting submissions for our virtual Fall Deep Dives, focused on the Value of Design and Design Language. This is your opportunity to share the ideas, stories, and strategies shaping the future of the field, and to connect with a global community of design leaders driving real change. 🔗Submit your proposal by April 25 for IDC and August 1 for the Deep Dives: https://lnkd.in/eqs5Yk5y

Ready to lead design with more confidence, clarity, and impact? The 2025 IDSA Design Leadership Bootcamp is a 6-week intensive online training program built for working professionals who are ready to elevate their practice. Developed in partnership with global design consultancy PARK , this immersive program focuses on five essential areas: Design Management, Design Leadership, Design Strategy, Design Value, and Design for Humanity. Gain access to expert instruction, peer discussions, and proven tools that will help you drive change in your team, your organization, and beyond. The next cohort kicks off May 5. Apply now at idsa.org/bootcamp

🔍 On the hunt for a new design opportunity? Our job board is updated regularly with roles across the industrial design field: from entry-level to senior roles. Browse openings at idsa.org/job-board

🌟 IDSA Member Spotlight: Will J. has been recognized with a 2024 IDA Design Award and a 2025 UX Design Award nomination for GoTip, a smart tipping system designed to simplify and improve the tipping experience. By integrating seamlessly with point-of-sale platforms, GoTip allows customers to preset tipping preferences and complete transactions with a single tap, reducing social pressure while ensuring fair compensation for service workers. GoTip was developed through extensive user research, including surveys of 14 NYC coffee shops and hundreds of consumer interviews to identify pain points like guilt-tipping, social pressure, and inconsistent worker income. Initial testing showed a 32% increase in tip income and a 50% rise in tipping rates, proving its real-world impact. "IDSA has been a transformative part of my journey," Will shares. "It introduced me to talented designers and broadened my perspective on what I could achieve in the industry." 📖 Read more about Will’s project and additional member spotlights at https://lnkd.in/eS8MPgQa

Meet the leaders shaping IDSA’s future! The 2025–2026 Board of Directors will drive the organization’s mission to elevate #industrialdesign: expanding education and career development, fostering research and insights, and setting standards that define the field. Read the full press release: https://lnkd.in/ev2aV_2W 🔴 President: Surya Vanka, IDSA, WDO 🔴 President-Elect: Jeanette Numbers, IDSA 🔴 Secretary/Treasurer: Prof. Jorge Paricio Garcia, PHD, MID, HRM 🔴 Immediate Past President: Lindsey Maxwell 🔴 Director At-Large: Owen Foster 🔴 Director At-Large: Caterina Rizzoni, IDSA 🔴 Director At-Large: Steve Kaneko  🔴 Director At-Large: Crystal Windham  🔴 Director At-Large: Sheng-Hung Lee  🔴 Director At-Large: Christina Perla 🔴 CEO: Donté P. Shannon, FASAE, CAE

🌟IDSA Member Spotlight: Arzu Oran, a senior at Pratt Institute, was part of Team Intra, which earned the Best Prototype award at the Technology Collaboration Center's Wearables Workshop & University Challenge at NASA. Alongside teammates Lenard Christian Tolentino and Matteo Bazzurro, Arzu designed a Wearable Drainage System for NoviRad Inc.’s smart drainage technology and presented their final prototype at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. The project was developed as part of the Wearable Technology Design Studio course led by Professor Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, FIDSA. As Co-Vice President of Pratt’s IDSA chapter, Arzu also helps build community among industrial design students by organizing workshops and networking events. "Engaging with professionals and peers through IDSA has not only expanded my network but also deepened my understanding of the industry," she shares. 🔗 Read more about Arzu’s project and additional member spotlights at https://lnkd.in/eS8MPgQa

🌟 Industrial design students: this is your moment! The 2025 IDSA Student Merit Awards (SMAs) are underway, and schools are beginning to host portfolio reviews to identify their top talent. Faculty Advisors have until April 11 to select the students who will represent their programs and compete on a larger stage. Learn more at idsa.org/SMA #IDSASMA Discover projects from some of our 2024 SMA finalists and winners: ⬇️ 🔴 Brompton Bench by Joyce Lai (2024 GSMA finalist): A smart urban bench designed for Brompton bike users, combining secure locking, seating, a table surface, and helmet storage to enhance convenience in city spaces. 🔴 Next Seating by Sebastian Gomez-Puerto (2024 GSMA winner): An ergonomic seating system designed to encourage movement and improve posture throughout the day. Featuring ultrasonic sensors, vibration alerts, and a customizable app, it promotes dynamic sitting by prompting users to change positions. 🔴 Kindred-Flare by Cole Young (2024 SMA winner): A modular camping lantern designed for group adaptability. It functions as a stacked beacon for communal activities or separates into individual lights for dynamic use, ensuring compact portability and versatile illumination in any outdoor setting.

📢 Designers, we’ve got new job listings for you! Explore opportunities in industrial design, UX, and more on IDSA’s Job Board. Check them out now: idsa.org/job-board

IDSA Member Spotlight: Belanna Zhou, IDSA, has been recognized with the Red Dot Design Award: Best of Best for CHEECI, an innovative brand identity system for artistic coatings and wall decor. The design features a grid-based system that reflects the brand’s philosophy of "from coarse to fine", with a dynamic dot pattern integrated within the letterform 'C' to symbolize the artistic process of painting. "Being part of IDSA has been instrumental in my evolution as a design professional," Belanna shares. "The community’s emphasis on holistic design thinking helped me develop the CHEECI brand identity beyond mere aesthetics—creating a system where the grid-based pattern serves both visual and conceptual purposes." Read more about Belanna's project and additional member spotlights at https://lnkd.in/eS8MPgQa

Join us in congratulating the 2024 IDSA Design Foundation Scholarship recipients, two outstanding designers who are shaping the future of our field. 🎓Grace Guo, this year’s Undergraduate Scholarship recipient, is a BFA Product Design student at Parsons School of Design - The New School. Her passion for designing impactful consumer products and electronics has been shaped by experiences with NASA Johnson Space Center, Procter & Gamble, Lenovo, and leading design consultancies. 🎓Bahar Aryana, recipient of the Gianninoto Graduate Scholarship, is a graduate student in Industrial & Product Design at the University of Illinois Chicago. Their work blends art and science, with expertise in sustainable design, CGI artistry, and user-centered product development, including a facial massage device for Bell’s palsy. Through scholarships like these, the IDSA Design Foundation helps rising designers advance their education and careers. Want to support the next generation of design talent? Learn more and get involved at idsadesignfoundation.org