Presenter
Session Description
Jeanette Numbers, IDSA
Co-founder and Design Principal, Loft
Presenter
Track 6 - 8:30am EDT
Presentation: Design for Proactive Healthcare
What if wearables not only sensed the needs of the body but acted on them, by delivering interventions such as micropulses, heating and cooling, and more? As the market for wearables explodes and customers simultaneously get more protective of their data (and their physical, on-body space), the wearables of the future will need to do more than just monitor and report, taking on advanced capabilities that drive positive outcomes. Designers, technologists, and physicians have a shared responsibility to create products that can change lives for the better. In this presentation, Jeannette will explore the potential of wearables to shape the future of proactive healthcare—first by highlighting the intimate access wearables have to personal data, then diving deeper into the challenge of designing user/patient-centric devices, and finally, acknowledging the market potential for proactive wearables.
Mark Prommel
Partner & Design Lead, Pensa
Presenter
Track 6 - 9:00am EDT
Presentation: Design for Inconvenience
I have designed products that are not built to last, made with plastics that have filled our oceans, and with heavy metals that have leached into and polluted our soil, and I have done this in service of… The Consumer. "Consumer." Design's dirty little word. We have been focused on "the consumer" since the dawn of our profession, and been "consumer-driven." But, that mindset has only driven us to the heights of convenience-driven consumption. It is time for a fundamental shift not necessarily in the way we design, but in the way we define, and understand, the people for whom we design. If designing for the consumer has brought us to the limits of convenience-driven consumption, perhaps a bit of thoughtful inconvenience might go a long way?
Nicole McLaughlin
Designer, Nicole McLaughlin LLC
Presenter
Track 6 - 9:30am EDT
Presentation: Power in Purpose
Designer Nicole McLaughlin discusses how curiosity and passion have given her works purpose and the ability to change people's perception of waste and sustainable design.
Mitzi Okou
Cofounder, Where Are The Black Designers
Moderator
Track 6 - 10:00am EDT
Panel Discussion: Where Are The Black Designers Follow Up
Discussing the current work of the WATBD platform, feedback, community, and conversations post-conference.
Panelists:
Forest Young
Global Principal, Wolff Olins
Raja Schaar, IDSA
Program Director at Drexel University's Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Ritesh Gupta
Head of Product, Serial Box
Roshannah Bagley
Studio Manager, Something
Zariah Cameron
UX Design Student, NC A&T State University
Brielle Nickoloff
Product Manager, Botmock
Surya Vanka
Founder, Authentic Design
Presenters
Track 6 - 10:00am EDT
Workshop: Design for a Voice Enabled World
Because voice user interfaces (VUIs) don’t require the use of hands, eyes, or even literacy, they empower humans in ways that have never been possible before. They unlock new scenarios and will become a part of virtually every hardware device. Yet, the average industrial designer has little understanding of how to seamlessly integrate voice in their products, as the processes for designing VUI’s are different from traditional ID processes. We have created a systematic, step-by-step Design Swarms approach and process maps that help industrial designers systematically think through VUI use cases and design hardware products with rich voice integration. By the end of this workshop, participants will have learned to define a minimally viable voice-enabled product, and will leave with a kit to apply in their own organizations.
Brad Adelmann
KeyShot
Steve Seager
KeyShot
Presenters
Track 6 - 10:00am EDT
Workshop: KeyShot Studios & Farms (sponsored content)
Part 1 - Studios: Workflow Tips & Tricks
Unlocking the power of Model Sets and Studios within KeyShot, and demonstrating how and why you should use these two features to help quickly showcase variations.
Part 2 - Farms: Increase your render power with KeyShotFarms
Have you ever needed more KeyShot render power? KeyShotFarms provides hourly and longer term dedicated render farms for KeyShot users. Learn how easy using KeyShotFarms can be!
Tony Guard
Director of Industrial Design at Kinetic Vision
Presenter
Track 6 - 10:00am EDT
Breakout: The Secrets to Qualifying Form Faster (sponsored content)
Join Tony Guard, Director of Industrial Design at Kinetic Vision, for a fast-paced session showcasing how to add speed and improve your process by qualifying form faster through CAD and CMF models. Tony will share examples of real client work and showcase how things like machine learning, rendering programs, full color 3D printing, and the openness to try new tools and technology continue to advance his team's process.
Avery Saylor, S/IDSA
Purdue University
Presenter
Track 6 - 10:45am EDT
2020 Midwest District Undergraduate Student Merit Award Winner
Avery Saylor is an industrial design student Purdue University. “I pride myself on my designs being well thought out, intuitive, and aesthetically pleasing,” she says. She enjoys the research side of industrial design and getting feedback from the users she is designing for to better understand their wants and needs.
“To me, design is personal,” she continues. “I believe that when I am able to make a connection with the project I am working on and truly understand the needs of my users, I am able to come up with the best solution to their problem.”
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Jan Griffiths
President & Founder, Gravitas Detroit
Presenter
Track 6 - 11:00am EDT
Keynote Presentation: NOW Is the Time to Step Up and Lead!
The fabric of normality has been ripped apart, we have been shaken to the core, and this has been both destabilizing and liberating. Our minds are open like never before and massive transformation is happening all around us. The way we work, how we work, and how we lead is changing. NOW is the time to lead for creativity and innovation. The question is...how?
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AUSTIN, TEXAS
SEPTEMBER 11-13