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Definition of Industrial Design
History
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Professional Practice
Vision and Mission
Core Values
UN Sustainable Development Goals
60 Years
Our Communities
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People
Board
Senate
Regional Advisors & Community Liaisons
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Our Work
Interdesign
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Past Issues
Design Education
August 2021
Features
The Road to Design Leadership
Is space the next frontier for design education?
Accelerating talent for our immersive future
Opinion
Expanding our disciplinary horizons by Justin Low
The Future of Design Education is… No Design Education
Tracing the impact of COVID-19 on design education
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Designing Design Education
Changing Design Education for the 21st Century
Where do companies go when they’re looking for innovative ideas? Back to school.
Why you deserve design education
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Diversity in Design
June 2021
Features
Queer Design Club: A Story of Community and Connection
Design for our Feared Future Self
Indigenizing Industrial Design
Opinion
Diversity and Design: How we can shape a more inclusive industry?
Industrial Design: Why Is It Still a Man’s World?
Success Stories
Where are the Black Designers?
Unilever designs world’s first deodorant for people with disabilities
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“I’ve been the first and only African American to work with my clients,” says Stephen Burks | VDF
Unconference by Design + Diversity with Tim Hykes
Gendered Design and its Historical Wars
Black Designers on Race and Design: “Do you feel there is diversity in design?”
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Design For Activism
February 2021
Features
Uniting the world through sports
Defining Design Activism
Not Here to Inspire You: Taking Action with
Opinion
Design as Activism: to resist or to generate?
Design Activism
Success Stories
Your free ticket to Mind-Full mini film festival
Pink seesaws across US-Mexico border named Design of the Year 2020
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Design Is Future Film
Design’s Impact on Society | Adobe Creative Cloud
Design Intersections | Design + Impact + Activation: Activism + Impact
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Design For Sustainability
December 2020
Features
Design for a sustainable world
Responsible, but not hopeless: Design education centered around sustainability
“Of All Time”: The lifecycle of OAT Shoes – Europe’s first biodegradable shoe
Sustainability calls everything into question
Opinion
Six Misunderstood Terms in Sustainable Design
The Cloud Isn’t Inherently More Sustainable: Manage The Environmental Impact Of Being Virtual
Success Stories
Ikea to buy back used furniture in recycling push
“Operational progress is what moves the needle” towards zero-carbon design says Nike’s head of sustainability
Airport Seating System BLINK: WINNER Sustainable Design Award category of Dezeen
Kerf Case: Sustainable Design
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The Sustainable City of the Future: Copenhagen, Denmark
Little Green Bags: True Business Sustainability
Apple’s promise to be carbon neutral by 2030
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Design For Social Impact
October 2020
Features
Who Wants to be a B Corp?
Teaching a different kind of responsible design
Design: An Instrument of Inclusion or Exclusion?
Opinion
The last mile is a human mile
The Power of Designing for Social Impact
Social-Impact Efforts That Create Real Value
Lessons In Design And Scale For Social Impact Organizations
Resources
Making life better by design
How to Design for social impact
Design thinking for social innovation
Design and Social Impact
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Design And The Circular Economy
July 2020
Features
Bringing the Circular Economy to Design Fairs
Adding New Value to Used Chopsticks
Opinion
Two Environmental Buzzwords, Same Meaning?
Success Stories
RePack is returnable delivery packaging designed to be reused 40 times
TerraCycle® is a social enterprise on a mission to eliminate the idea of waste
The city of Amsterdam is aiming towards 50% circularity by 2025 and 100% circular by 2050
HY William Chan shares how refugees can be empowered to transform their environments through the circular economy
Resources
Unschool offers multiple workshops and courses on the subject
The Circular Design Guide is a collaboration between the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and IDEO
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Design with smart materials
March 2020
Features
Tomorrow Machine: zero waste food packaging
Globe Hope: a second life for industrial materials
Success Stories
This fabric infused with live bacteria is designed to reduce body odours and improve immunity
BioScales – a biodegradable bioplastic that sucks carbon from the air
Who needs best-by labels when your package can tell you when food is going bad
Lettuce Eat is an award-winning series of biodegradable plates made from lettuce waste
Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute are developing a range of eco-friendly biodegradable plastics that require less energy to make
This fully bio-based BioFoam made of vegetable materials is the first CO2 neutral foam in the world
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