Designerly Doodles

People eating...
Two words can sum up the lunch experience today: tiramisu cake....

Chairs of the local IDSA chapters

IDSA Women: Power in Numbers
Based on the evidence gathered here at the Mideast Conference, I've come to the conclusion that the historically male dominated field of ID is in for some overdue changes in the coming years. How do I know this? There...

More Robert Brunner
Robert hasn't given another lecture, but I'm weighing in with a little more info and my take on things as bonus coverage to what Yanni posted earlier... Brunner says that going with the flow is not failure, it's just reality....

Bruce Claxton
Bruce is an inspiration. He covered so much ground that I may miss a number of his points. To start, he makes it very clear that there are huge opportunities for designers. The state of the world economy right...

Dan Cuffaro
Dan went from being a Director of Design to Chair of the Industrial Design Department at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Why did he make this change? Because he loves design and was tired of the poor quality of...

ID Audience
How do you know you are at a design conference? The audience is full of people who listen AND sketch new ideas in their sketch books....

Chris Rockwell
Chris Rockwell gave an insightful talk on how to successfully use Design Research. I like his point that Design research is replacing Market research, and that Designers need to have closer access to the consumer and the end user...

Anne Taylor
Anne is the Access Technology Director for the National Federation for the Blind. Pure and simple, I was very impressed by Anne. So far, she has had the best presentation. Here is a small blind woman, who through the...

Automoblox
Automblox is the invention of Patrick Callelo. http://www.automoblox.com Damn these things look cool. I'm glad there are people like Patrick out there who are making cool things for kids. I'm also glad that people like Patrick are willing to...

Robert Brunner
Robert spoke about crossing the cultural gap. It wasn't what I expected: when people speak of culture, generally they discuss other countries and other habits. But Robert spoke about having to work with corporations and crossing over into other cultures....

Breakfast

Spring In Cleveland

Industrial Plastics Closing 4/15
Industrial Plastics on Canal Street, much beloved of ID students at Pratt and a classic New York destination for wacky things made of plastic—nativity scenes and disco balls as well as great model-making supplies like acrylic rod and sheet...

Cue It Up
Some post-conference unwinding took place at the nearby...well, the name escapes me. As soon as someone emails me with the info, I'll fix this post. Needless to say, good times were had. Students from the Kendall College of Art...

Sustainable Design...and You
Dale Murray, Professor of Industrial Design from the University of Cincinnati, led a breakout discussion session focusing on Sustainable Product Design and Development. Because of the 30 minute time constraints general concepts were discussed rather than specific problems, but the...

Short and Sweet
Um, my computer crashed as I was saving my last post, leaving me with nothing to salvage. Minor hiccup to the day's events...I'm running out of hours to get some rest...it's an early start tomorrow with student portfolio reviews at...