IDSA Event | 3BY10
August 2009
3BY10 is a monthly presentation and networking event, in which three creative professionals or students from the Portland area get ten minutes each to present a recent project, discuss a trend, or just talk about the local design scene. Talks are followed by a round table discussion and social hour at a nearby lounge. Admission is always free.

For more info and monthly speakers visit: IDSA 3BY10

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2009 Sommerville Visiting Lecturer | Peter Lawrence
February 2009

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2008 Marks SCRAP's Iron Artist Competition
July 2008
Iron Artist Team registration begins!!!
This high-energy celebration of creative reuse is a large-scale sculpt-off competition involving teams of local artists, rowdy referees, celebrity judges, live music, kid's activities, merriment and of course, mayhem! We describe Iron Artist as "one part Iron Chef and one part Junk Yard Wars." Teams have three hours to complete a sculpture using only the materials and theme provided.

The Iron Artist competition will be held the second weekend in September, 2008 in inner SE Portland at 2nd & Main. This is an all-ages, family-friendly event open to the public. Join us for food and beverage, local entertainment all weekend and get a better look at the fun world of reuse!

Be an Iron Artist Team! Or be part of the planning committee!

Email for more info: Iron Artist Info: shanchisom@verizon.net
Also visit: http://www.scrapaction.org/iron_08.html

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The Art Institute of Portland IDSA Student Chapter
May 2008
The Art Institute of Portland IDSA Student Chapter has a new website for special student events - check it out! http://idsaip.blogspot.com

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Contemporary Craft Museum Events
January 2008
IDSA Oregon Chapter Secretary, Janna Kimel, has noted a great event schedule for the Contemporary Craft Museum: http://www.contemporarycrafts.org/programs_lecture.php

Send in your exciting Art/Craft related event links and we will post them here. If you have commentary we will post that as well. Design events will be posted on the Events page.

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NEW Location! Art Institute of Portland’s IDSA Student Chapter Website
January 2008
Art Institute of Portland’s IDSA Student Chapter website posting through Coroflot…
http://www.coroflot.com/groups/group_details.asp?group_id=1088

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Photos of DWR/IDSA/AI/Knoll Event
November 2007
Photos of last Thursday's DWR/IDSA/AI/Knoll event are posted here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/idsa/pool/

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New Article on Core 77 | "Hacking the Physical World: What we taught software designers, and what they're trying to teach us"
August 2007
Local industrial designer Carl Alviani (of Portland-based FlatHED, Inc.) has just had a feature published in the August edition of Core77.com. Inspired by some conversations at the PDMA-PMF conference (http://pdma-pmf.org) in Beaverton in June, the article takes a look at the similarities and differences between product designers and software designers--from sharing language and metaphors to teaching each other how to think about projects and prototyping.

An exerpt: "I've found over the course of several years, and several conferences and business functions, that if I stop with the first sentence ("I design products."), the next question is often something like "Oh, on what platform?" Distinguishing the design of physical goods from virtual ones is a necessary step, and substituting "consumer goods" doesn't seem to make things any clearer. This isn't a huge problem either, confined as it is to these specific and predictable situations; and designers of the virtual are usually downright charmed to meet someone who does something as quaint as deal with entire atoms, and not just the electrons flowing between them..."

Visit: http://www.core77.com/reactor/08.07_alviani.asp

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Carl Alviani's Story Featured on Core77
March 2007
Carl Alviani, an industrial designer at Portland-based FlatHED, Inc. www.flathed.com, has written a feature story for Core77.com's March installment. Entitled "Not Created Equal," the article is an examination of the influence of new polymers on product design, and opportunities for positioning plastics as desirable, differentiable materials in the public mind.

Read the article: "Not Created Equal"

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Local Designers Speak Out on User Experience and Intellectual Property
February 2007
The Oregon chapter of the AeA recently sponsored a roundtable discussion, “Protecting the User Experience: When Look and Feel is the IP.” The panel included strategic advisor Chris Tacy of Pop Art, designer Nick Oakley of Intel, IP attorney Julianne Davis of Nike, and designer Harry McVicker of White Electronic Designs. The discussion was moderated by Joe Makuch, who is an IDSA member and an intellectual property attorney at Marger Johnson & McCollom.

Read the article:
Local Designers Speak Out on User Experience and Intellectual Property

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CHIFOO (Computer Human Interaction forum of Oregon)
January 2007
CHIFOO has a great program lined up for you. This year it's "Mind the Business: Promoting the Value of Your Work". Check out the details http://chifoo.org.
-David Shaw, Editor and Co-Communications Chair, CHIFOO

There are some impressive names from the field this year, and I encourage everyone to come out and see how the local field of human-computer interaction has been growing.
-Chris Dame | IxDA | SIGCHI, Interaction Designer

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Workflow in UI Design | 18 Tips
December 2006
James E. Lawrence, VP, Product Manager, of Compli gives us 18 useful tips for workflow in UI design. Compli's Dealership Compliance Management System (DCMS) controls, tracks, and automates regulatory compliance operations for more than 35,000 users nationwide. In 2006 Compli received the Oregon InnoTech Innovation Award for its financial performance, technology leadership, and innovative business model. Compli is a privately held company headquartered in Portland, Oregon. For more information about Compli visit www.compli.com.

Read the article: Workflow in UI Design | 18 Tips

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Designing to Help
October 2006
Janna Kimel, Intel design researcher and Oregon Chapter IDSA secretary, is featured in the October 9 issue of Business Week. Click here to read the Business Week Article!