IDSA EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM
September 13-14, 2022
(RE)CONNECT
The academic community invites ALL to come together for an IDSA Education Symposium like no other. We say goodbye to just listening and hello to reconnecting with one another face-to-face. We aim to reintroduce students, faculty, professionals, and industry to the playful spirit of design, by disrupting our mundane (virtual) routines with fun, inspiring, and engaging physical and mental activities. We seek to re-establish genuine friendships and re-energize.
(RE)PLAY
Join us to get inspired through stories and play. We aim to recover and uncover knowledge by embracing and addressing our shortcomings and historical blind spots, such as Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Sustainability. We will also celebrate what’s gone right to learn how we can continue on this path.
(RE)FUEL
Get invigorated and inspired through hands-on activities, discourse, and place-based interactions connecting the events with the larger environments and the people within.
(RE)FRAME
Focusing on the future, we will investigate and re-envision industrial design and where we should head as a community of practice.
Symposium Emcees
Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness, IDSA
Verena is Associate Professor of Industrial Design at Iowa State University and Education Director and Board Member at IDSA. She has worked both in Germany and the US as an industrial designer with a focus on aviation and transportation design.
James Rudolph, IDSA
James is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Design at the University of Notre Dame. James’ work occurs at the intersection of advanced technological breakthroughs and pivotal healthcare challenges. Recent research focuses on integrating human-centered design principles and practices into the culture of healthcare corporations and start-ups.
Louise Manfredi, PhD, IDSA
Louise is an Assistant Professor of Industrial and Interaction Design at Syracuse University and the director of the Designing Sustainably research lab. Manfredi is also a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce.
Owen Foster, IDSA
Owen has an extensive background in architecture, landscape, environmental and industrial design. He has worked on projects ranging from small consumer goods to complete green municipal environments. After much success in those endeavors, he found that his calling was being an educator.
Symposium Schedule
Part 1 - Tuesday September 13
Morning Mixer
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM
Coffee and networking in the Design Exhibitor Gallery.
Welcome Remarks
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM
IDSA's Education Chair (Board of Directors), Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness, IDSA welcomes you to IDSA's annual Education Symposium.
Paper Presentations
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Presentations of recent work by:
- Jim Rudolph, IDSA - University of Notre Dame
- June He, IDSA - Drexel University
- Dustin McDermott - Kansas State University
Group Discussion
9:15 AM - 9:40 AM
A facilitated interactive group discussion with audience participation
World Café
10:00 AM - 10:55 AM
Participants rotate through different tables and have interactive conversations led by a facilitator at each table:
- Richard Fry - Brigham Young University
- Fernando Carvalho, PhD - San Francisco State University
- George Chow, IDSA - University of Houston
- Efecem Kutuk, IDSA - Kean University
Workshop
10:00 AM - 10:55 AM
Intro Presentation
- Louise Manfredi, PhD, IDSA - Syracuse University
Workshop
- Hazal Gumus Ciftci, PhD - Arizona State University
Closing Remarks
11:00 AM
Education Symposium Part 1 Closes
IDC Day 2 Begins
11:15 AM
IDC Emcee, Devin Liddell welcomes you to IDC Day 2
Part 2 - Wednesday September 14
Morning Mixer
8:00 AM - 8:20 AM
Coffee and networking in the Design Exhibitor Gallery.
Welcome Remarks
8:20 AM - 8:30 AM
IDSA's Education Chair (Board of Directors), Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness, IDSA welcomes you to IDSA's annual Education Symposium.
Presentation
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
David Richter-O'Connell - University of Wisconsin - Stout
World Café
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM
Participants rotate through different tables and have interactive conversations lead by a facilitator at each table:
- Mark Evans, PhD, FIDSA - Loughborough University
- Benjamin Bush, IDSA - Auburn University
- Sheng-Hung Lee, IDSA - MIT AgeLab
- Kiersten Muenchinger, IDSA - University of Oregon
Panel Discussion
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM
Moderated by Kayla Roles - Kansas State University
Workshop
9:20 AM - 10:00 AM
Elham Morshedzadeh, PhD, IDSA - University of Houston
WDO + IDSA
10:15 AM - 10:55 AM
World Design Organization + IDSA Education Collaboration
Closing Remarks
11:00 AM
Education Symposium Part 2 Closes
IDSA Programming
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
ClayVon Lowe, IDSA announces the recipients of the 2022 IDSA Awards.
Chris Livaudais, IDSA presents the annual IDSA Membership Meeting and Year in Review.
Advancing Design Academia
The Industrial Designers Society of America has a long history and commitment to education and the academic community. In fact, education is one of the four pillars of IDSA’s mission and a key component of our Future Vision moving into the next 50 years of success. We are in the business of educating people about design and creating environments for designers to thrive.
Design education is where creativity and learning are forged to form lifelong habits of acquiring, working with, and transforming knowledge into new ideas and solutions designed to help people live better lives. Design schools, educators, and students are central to this.
For over 20 years, the IDSA Education Symposium has been a platform for celebrating the very best in design academia. It routinely draws design educators, practitioners, and students from all over the world and helps connect our vast community through knowledge sharing and networking opportunities.