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Founded in 1965, the nonprofit Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is one of the oldest and largest membership associations for industrial design professionals. IDSA has thousands of members in dozens of Professional Chapters, Student Chapters, and Special Interest Sections in the United States and internationally.
Since 1980, IDSA has produced the annual International Design Excellence Awards® (IDEA), which remains the world’s most rigorous, prestigious, and influential design awards program. Learn more at IDSA.org/IDEA.
The Society leads National Industrial Design Day initiatives annually on March 5 and hosts annual events such as the International Design Conference and Deep Dives, bringing together some of the biggest names and brightest minds in industrial design and related fields. Additional programming includes the annual IDSA Student Merit Awards (SMA), IDSA Awards, and Education Symposium.
In 2001, IDSA established the Design Foundation: a 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to raising awareness of the industrial design profession and providing educational opportunities for students of all ages. Recently the Foundation has repositioned to more strongly focus on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in design. Learn more and donate at IDSA.org/DesignFoundation.
Global outreach includes IDSA's designUpdate e-newsletter and INNOVATION, IDSA’s flagship publication. A highly regarded journal within the ID profession, the quarterly print and digital INNOVATION includes the annual Yearbook of Design Excellence, which features IDEA and IDSA Award winners. Learn more at IDSA.org/INNOVATION.
For the latest news from IDSA, visit IDSA.org and follow @IDSAdesign on Instagram.
RKS is a design and innovation consulting firm delivering human-focused solutions with global impact. Founded in 1980, RKS has utilized design as a strategic tool advancing clients ability to focus on peoples needs and aspirations while creating sustainable business results and benefits to society. Working domestically and globally and having won over 150 major design awards, RKS credits Maslow and Campbells work as the foundation for its systematic and pragmatic set of frameworks, setting the stage for the creation of experiences that motivate and reward audiences.