March
Int'l Housewares Show (14-16)
Greetings IDSA Chicago!
The International Home + Housewares Show 2010 is back at McCormick Place, March 14, 15 and 16! What better way to take in all of this year’s exhibits than with your fellow designers.
To register for your badge, please visit: https://www.compusystems.com/servlet/ar?evt_uid=126
For more information on the show: http://www.housewares.org/
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Ellen Carnahan, Principal of Machrie Enterprises LLC, Chicago will provide overview from her extensive experience as a business leader and partner in venture capital firms.
Panelists include:
Jill Solberg, IDSA
Manager of Industrial Design - Breastfeeding
Medela Inc.
Rachael Powers
Assistant Professor, Adjunct at Northwestern University
Adjunct Faculty at IIT Institute of Design
President & Founder, Visde
Alice Jandrisits, IDSA
Product Development/Industrial Design Leader
Marianne Grisdale, IDSA
Creative Manager
TEAMS Design USA
Nancy Perkins, FIDSA, Chair of IDSA's Diversity Section and President of the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind, will moderate the panel.
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IDSA Chicago Sunday Brunch and Housewares Show
IDSA Chicago Chapter will be gathering for Sunday Brunch and then heading to the Housewares Show together. At the show, we will have the opportunity to discuss this year's designs, see some familiar faces, make some new connections, and get some much needed energy for walking around the show. We will be meeting at 10:30am for brunch at Artists' Cafe, 412 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago and departing for the show at noon.
When: Sunday, March 14, 2010, 10:30 a.m.
Where: Artists' Cafe, 412 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
IDSA Housewares Section and the IHA Panel Discussion
IDSA Chicago is promoting this panel discussion at the Housewares Show:
When: Monday, March 15th @ 3:30
Where: Design Theater, Lakeside Bldg, McCormick Place
Zach Kaplan,
Materials Specialist, CEO of Inventables
Leonard Rau,
Brand Specialist
Carl Cepress, Sr. Designer,
TEAMS Design
Moderated by Marianne Grisdale,
IDSA Housewares Section Chair
See the IDSA Housewares Section Linked In Group for more information or go to http://www.housewares.org/
Housewares Design Mixer
Sponsored by TEAMS Design, IDSA Chicago, and IDSA Housewares Section
Come see the amazing urban view from the TEAMS Design’s new space.
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IDSA Chicago Chapter Student Event
Click This Link To Register!
Date: 4/3/2010
Cost: $15 for IDSA members and $20 for non-members
Location: Columbia College, WONG CENTER, 623 S. Wabash, 1st floor
Registration: Students will register in advance. Students who register will be assigned a slot and added to the schedule.
Description: The purpose of this event is to get students comfortable with presenting their portfolios to an audience and to get valuable feedback from professional designers. The event will consist of a group of professionals that will meet one on one with students for 10 minutes and then the students will move to the next professional. In this way, students will get the input that they need from a number of different viewpoints and experience levels. This will both hone their presentation skills and help them to focus their presentations.
Students should come to the event prepared for a 10 minute presentation of their work. While the format is up to the individual, the student is responsible for all presentation materials and equipment. Therefore, if the presentation is digital, students will need to provide their own laptop for viewing. Students should focus on communicating key points and demonstrating their talent as a designer through carefully selected projects. This is not meant to be an exhaustive review of their entire portfolio.
Professionals: We will be contacting a range of professionals from the local design community to volunteer their time.
Schedule:
10:00-10:30am Introduction and Organization
10:30-12:30pm Portfolio reviews
12:30pm-1:00pm Break for lunch
1:00pm- 2:30pm Portfolio reviews |
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Using Story to Design Products and Experiences
Using industrial and product design, human-centered design, scenario planning, design research, and design heuristics/thinking, designers give form to concepts and bring successful offerings to market and/or to deliver profitable differentiated experiences. This conference seeks to explore the use of "Story" in existing objects and the use of "Storytelling" in the development of new objects and experiences.
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Book your hotel reservations through March 19TH.
Hyatt Regency Milwaukee
333 West Kilbourn Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53203
414.276.1234
IDSA has secured a special conference rate of $109/night single or double, plus tax. To take advantage of this special rate, contact the Hyatt at 414.276.1234 and ask for the IDSA rate. Reservations must be made no later than March 19. You can also make a reservation online using the special IDSA page on the Hyatt's web site.
RESERVE NOW.
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As design evolves so does IDSA; so do our members and so do our opportunities for connecting designers with designers, businesses with designers, manufacturers with designers, technology with designers and design with society.
Sponsor one or all five district conferences.
Contact Beth Harrington at IDSA.
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Using Story to Design Products and Experiences
Using industrial and product design, human-centered design, scenario planning, design research, and design heuristics/thinking, designers give form to concepts and bring successful offerings to market and/or to deliver profitable differentiated experiences. This conference seeks to explore the use of "Story" in existing objects and the use of "Storytelling" in the development of new objects and experiences.
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As design evolves so does IDSA; so do our members and so do our opportunities for connecting designers with designers, businesses with designers, manufacturers with designers, technology with designers and design with society.
Sponsor one or all five district conferences.
Contact Beth Harrington at IDSA.
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