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Project infusion (Miami, FL, USA)

The IDSA International conference is about Infusion: the act of infusing, pouring in and instilling, as in infusing good principles into the mind

Our global economy is going through dramatic change. Design can be proactive and guide change. We can be a significant influence in creating new value. It has been said that the future is not something that happens…it is something that you make happen. Business is not asking for our help to drive new value, they are demanding it. In the 30s, design helped the economy out of the depression. We are finding ourselves at a moment of opportunity once again. Designers have the tools to create new value for reviving economies.

Project Infusion is a new format for IDSA’s International Conference, which will be held at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel September 23-26. Both domestic and international attendees across diverse disciplines beyond the confines of the IDSA membership are invited to exchange ideas, opinions and insights. This is a project that we will contribute to mutually. We will enjoy its fruits together.

Fresh infusion of inspiration, knowledge and wisdom will fuel our creativity. This will be the process of steeping and soaking substance in order to extract new viewpoints. Project Infusion is an event that you cannot miss. It will be an exchange of ideas that you will want to bring your boss to, or send your employees to. You will learn how to increase your bottom line and that of your business. Participants will be positioned as change agents and leaders of new thinking that can move entire industries forward.

See idsa.org for more information.

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IDSA Southern conference (New Orleans, LA, USA)

The Industrial Designers Society of America’s Southern conference is about “Transform and transcend: Through innovation and vision, designers can help bring powerful, transformative and positive change to people’s lives.”

Speakers include Tom Darden, Bethany Ewald Bultman, Gaylon White, Chris Rockwell, Jeff Applegate, Lloyd Hicks, Darren Chilton, jon Sherman, Charles Austen Angell, Martha Sullivan, and Kevin Shankwiler.

See IDSA.org for more information.

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IDSA Midwest conference (Minneapolis, MN)

The Industrial Designers Society of America’s Midwest conference is about “Meaning: Uncovering multiple levels of meaning in the design of objects and experiences.” Meaning can be interpreted many ways regarding the design process. For example:

• How can we as designers make the object more meaningful to the user?
• How can the result of a designer’s insight make life experience more meaningful?
• How can we identify real problems and provide solutions to the everyday person?
• How can we understand what is meaningful to a person at this time and make that object important, that experience relevant?

It is these questions that will be investigated, explored and presented at this conference.

See IDSA.org for more information.

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EXPOSED: A Design Research Exchange (Tempe, AZ, USA)

EXPOSED: A Design Research Exchange

Dates: March 6-7
Location: Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Price: $100 for students, $200 IDSA/Academia,  $250 professionals

Description:
What mysteries lie beneath the surface of Design Research practice? What catalyzing forces will shift future paradigms of Design Research?

Exposed: a Design Research Exchange will be an event dedicated to exploring these questions through a highly interactive agenda including workshops, moderated sessions, speakers and participant-generated content.

Seasoned professionals to aspiring students are invited to join in this exploration of the current state and future of design research while filling their toolboxes, making contacts, and traversing disciplinary boundaries.

Join Exposed participants from organizations such as Intel, Smart Design, Herman Miller, frog design, Gravity Tank, Brooks Stevens Inc, Adaptive Path, Flamingo International, ReD Associates, Arizona State University, Lextant, Intel and CCA!

For more info: http://www.exposed09.com/

Posted in Calendar | Conference | IDSA | Phoenix, AZ, USA
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Back of the Envelope: Sustainable Restaurant Crawl (Pittsburgh, PA)

The Pittsburgh Chapters of eDG, IDSA, AIGA and IxDA have organized a restaurant crawl with presentations and discussions focused on sustainable design. The event kicks off at 6:30 on Thursday, January 22 at Oh Yeah! Ice Cream and Coffee (232 S. Highland Ave., Pgh) and proceeds to Casbah and Abay. Tickets are $12 if you RSVP and $15 at the door, and include food and drinks at all three locations. See the flyer(.jpg) more information.

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Stuart Morgan lecture: Giving Form to Vision: Balancing the Three Disciplines of Leadership, Innovation, & Execution (Pittsburgh, PA)

School of Design Fall 2008 Lecture Series Speakers

Giving Form to Vision: Balancing the Three Disciplines of Leadership, Innovation, & Execution
Stuart Morgan, Director of Industrial Design and Human Factors for Ethicon Endo-Surgery. Thursday, September 18, 8:00pm
Margaret Morrison Breed Hall, on the Carnegie Mellon main campus

For design to play a significant role in the success of an organization, the three disciplines of leadership, innovation, and execution must be active and in balance. Over the past six years, the role of design at Ethicon Endo-Surgery has changed from one of support to one of leadership. Through recent product examples, Morgan’s lecture will outline guiding principles, strategies, processes, methods, and tools employed to deliver significant results to the company, and show the importance of balancing the three disciplines of design.

Morgan is director of Industrial Design and Human Factors for Ethicon Endo-Surgery, a Johnson & Johnson Company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that develops and markets advanced medical devices for minimally invasive and open surgical procedures. He is responsible for product branding and usability in the corporation, including design strategy and user research. He envisioned and led the development of ethnographic research methods and visualization tools, transforming the new product development process within the corporation and establishing usability as a standard of innovation in the surgical device industry. Under his leadership the industrial design and human factors group has moved from support into a leadership role.
http://www.design.cmu.edu/show_news.php?id=187

Posted in Calendar | IDSA | Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Tags: CMU design usability human factors
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Philly UX Summer Picnic (Philadelphia, PA, USA)

Join us for some family fun at the first Greater Philadelphia User Experience Summer Picnic bringing together:

* UPA Delaware Valley
* PhillyCHI
* PANMA
* STC Philadelphia
* IDSA
* and more

Date and Time: Sunday, June 29, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Ridley Creek State Park - Pavilion #3
Google Map/Directions: http://tinyurl.com/4bvc2k
Ridley Creek State Park Map: http://tinyurl.com/58hg46 (PDF)

Bring the whole family. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more details in upcoming announcements.

RSVP: http://upadelawarevalley.org/events/event_register.php?id=10

Posted in ACM SIGCHI | Calendar | IDSA | Philadelphia, PA, USA | STC | Social | UPA
Tags: PANMA | phillychi | STC Philadelphia | UPA Delaware Valley
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New website for Western PA Chapter of IDSA

The Western PA Chapter IDSA now has its own spot on the internet! http://westernpaidsa.blogspot.com

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IDSA Western District Conference (Portland, OR)

IDSA Western District Conference “The Bird and the Buffalo: Symbiotic Relationships in the Ecosphere of Design”

April 25-27, 2008, Art Institute of Portland, Portland, OR.

See idsa-western.org for more information.

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IDSA Mideast District Conference: “Art + Science” (Columbus, OH, USA)

In anticipation of IDSA’s 2008 National Conference, “Polar Opposites,” the Mideast District Conference (April 11-13, 2008 - Columbus, OH) will explore two influencing and seemingly opposing factors of design, art and science. “Art + Science” will look at the dichotomy of art and science, the similarities between the two, and the way we as designers pull them together to create new and better products and experiences.

There’s a great line-up of guest speakers. Check it out!

Registration information: http://www.idsa.org/whatsnew/districts/mideast/index.html

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