IDSA Minnesota Chapter

The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is the world's oldest, largest, member-driven society for product design, industrial design, interaction design, human factors, ergonomics, design research, design management, universal design and related design fields. IDSA organizes the renowned International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) competition annually; hosts the International Design Conference and five regional conferences each year; and publishes Innovation, a quarterly on design, and designBytes, a weekly e-newsletter highlighting the latest headlines in the design world. IDSA's charitable arm, the Design Foundation, supports the dissemination of undergraduate scholarships annually to further industrial design education. The Society has an international presence with 27 local chapters in 27 different locations, all providing opportunities to meet other designers, learn and get inspired. There are 15 special interest groups representing diverse topics from Design for the Majority to Materials and Processes, Ecodesign to Young Professionals. IDSA has roots that reach all the way back to 1938, before the age of plastics and at least 30 years before the age of electronics! IDSA has a small national staff based in the Washington DC area which supports the member-driven activities of the Society. Connected to and collaborating with all other design societies, IDSA is discussing with them the formation of a US design policy.