Parting words
Overall this was one of the best IDSA district conferences that I have attended over the years. Certainly Vancouver is a beatiful city in which to spend a couple of days thinking about design. What made this conference distinctive...

Supporting the students
Leslie Speer, professor at California College of the Arts, was on hand to support their student merit award winner, Adam Reineck....

Arunus
Arunus Oslapas, professor at Western Washington University, was on hand to support his merit award winner, Olen Ronning....

And more style

Checking things out
Another fashionable conference goer....

El Presidente
The Western conference had the good fortune of attracting Ron Kemnitzer, newly elected IDSA President and Professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Ron was on the chicken-and-egg debate panel of whether design education should lead or follow design practice. As...

Reflecting
Prasad Boradkar, professor at Arizona State, reflecting on the conference. Prasad often speaks at the IDSA National Education Conferences and if you get a chance you should check out his papers at www.idsa.org (look under "resources" ; "for students...

Western Merit Presentations
Here are a few pictures of the merit presentions from Saturday night (not all inclusive, i'm afraid). The Merit Award winners from the western district schools were: Beau Oyler (Academy of Art University) Randy Jackson (Arizona State University) Nate...

Scott Robertson Presents Renderings
In catching up on some of the final presentations, here are a few presentation shots from Scott Robertson's Saturday presentation in Vancouver entitled "ID Presentation Tips and a Sneak Peek at Upcoming Design Studio Press Books". Scott presented some...

Budd Discusses New Technologies
Jim Budd, Associate Professor of Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University, presented a talk on Saturday afternoon entitled "To Pass the Test of Time: Applications of New Technologies May Necessitate New Design Processes". He begun by showing...

IDSA Powerhouse people
Top dogs Ty Rarick, Tim Fletcher, and Brian Roderman ham it up at the Saturday night festivities....

Georga Tech on Beale
Georgia Tech hit IDSA Memphis with 63 students and a clear determination to make themselves known! At night they hit Beale Street with clearly blurred vision... University of Houston meets Georgia Tech. More Georgia Techies representin....