Thank you
to the 360 attendees that came to the conference, and thank you for all
the good feedback.
5.4.2006
Streaming
Videos
For
those of you who enjoyed this year's conference and want more -you can
view streaming videos of the last year's conference highlights featuring
a great discussion panel with Karim Rashid, Business Week's Bruce Nussbaum
and a NASA rocket scientist!
>2005 speaker videos
5.1.2006
Its not over yet!
You now have the chance to vent your opinions on our conference blog -follow
the link below.
>SeductionBlog
4.23.2006
Schedule Finalized
There's just one week to go so please have a look at the now finalized
schedule.
Be sure to come early on Friday so you don't miss some of our best speakers,
and Friday culminates with an opening reception at the Merchandise Mart
Chopping Block and party at TEAMS Design in the west loop.
>Schedule
4.17.2006
Additional Speakers
We have just had confirmed that three additional top-name speakers will
be added to the schedule:
-Stefan Andren from Nike,
-Christopher Streng from Streng Design,
-Tania Aldus the Brand Studio Manager at Whirlpool's Global Consumer
Design.
>Speakers
4.12.2006
Top name Speakers
We are truly proud to say we have an excellent lineup of speakers packed
tightly into the two days of the conference, which will make this an unmissable
event. Be sure to email others about it before it's sold out.
>Speakers
4.10.2006
Awards for '05 Conference Book'
The book written by the speakers of the 2005 Midwest Conference 'Impact
-the Synergy of Design, Business and Technology' has received the 2006
US Inhouse Design Award from USGD. The limited edition print is still
available on Amazon.com
>Further information
4.9.2006
Early Registration discount ends on Monday April 10th
Be sure to register online before the end of Monday April 10th to get
your discounted entry.
>
Register here
4.9.2006
Hotel
Discount Rooms are going, going, going....
Be sure to book your room before the discount cutoff date of April 11th!
$5/day parking available too!
> hotel details
4.8.2006
Opening
Reception at Merchandise Mart's Chopping Block
Drinks, hors d'ouvres and interactive cooking demos in the new demo rooms
of Chicago's leading cooking school - an excellent way to wrap up the
opening day of the conference. (Friday
6-8 pm).
>
Chopping Block directions
4.7.2006
Doris
Wells-Papanek to host the pre-conference seminar- Design for the mind.
How does the brain work in regards to design? Doris Wells-Papanek (yes,
related to Victor) will give an interactive presentation to this and give
a better understanding of how to better communicate to the consumer by
design.
> schedule
3,22.2006
XBox
Designer Hayes to speak at conference
Jonathan Hayes lead the team that designed Microsoft's Xbox and
will be speaking about this experience, business and design.
>
speaker bios
3.5.2006
Scott
Henderson scheduled for the opening day
After designing for OXO at Smart Design, Scott founded his eponymous
company and is also a founding partner of MINT -a company "formed
simply to create an outlet for creative ideas that are generated by the
3 founding designers in the course of our professional careers".
> schedule
1.23.2006
IDSA
Book 'Impact' on sale on Amazon.com
The book written by the speakers of the 2005 eponymous conference
'Impact -the Synergy of Design, Business and Technology' is now on sale
to the public on Amazon.com.
This year the book will feature the top speakers of all five district
conferences as well as feature selected design-centric companies. >
more book details here
Paul Hatch,
IDSA Midwest District VP
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