This Thursday! 3D RAPID PROTOTYPING PRESENTATION BY SOLIDCONCEPTS + IDSA

SolidConcepts regional account manager Jeffrey Jakubowski (former industrial designer!) will be giving a powerpoint presentation on current rapid prototyping techniques, with samples of each rapid prototyping process.

All students are welcome to join Metro State IDSA for the presentation 11.11.10 (this Thursday!) at 10:30am in the Tech Studio 121A.

http://www.solidconcepts.com/

FREE! Pizza and soda will be provided for lunch!Please email me with any questions: ahorn2@mscd.edu

http://on.fb.me/dp4V8E

Art Institute IDSA Event TODAY 3D Rapid Prototyping

Time: 4:30-5:30p

Where:
Art Institute Colorado (industrial design building)
300 9th Ave. room #402
Denver, CO 80203

Cost: FREE!

IDSArm October Event

Date: October 20th 2010

Time: 6:30-10pm

Where:
Lisa Kowalski Gallery
2762 S. Walnut
Denver,CO

Metro State IDSA goes to the Kirkland Museum/Eero Saarinen Exhibit

ATTENTION INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STUDENTS

Industrial Design Society of America @ Metro State Invites you

to The Kirkland Museum 1311 Pearl Street

this Friday the 15th of October 3-5pm

for the Eero Saarinen Exhibit.

Metro State IDSA will meet at the Kirkland Museum at 3pm on Friday the 15th.

Facebook Event page:

http://on.fb.me/a1SW9H

Kirkland Museum:

http://bit.ly/1mkNzl

Westword:

http://bit.ly/904zZ5

All students are welcome to attend this week's Kirkland event!

NOTE: Due to this Wednesdays (13th) I.D. student/faculty forum, Metro State IDSA will not be having our normal student member meeting this Wednesday in the studio at 11am. Though we will be at the forum to represent the IDSA club for anyone interested in joining the club. Please show up for the faculty forum if you've got any questions for/about the Industrial Design Dept and or IDSA.

Please check out our Facbook and Blogspot web pages for club updates!

FACEBOOK:

http://bit.ly/c2X9lh

BLOGSPOT:

http://idsamscd.blogspot.com/

comments/questions?

e-mail Alex Horn at

ahorn2@mscd.edu

See you this Wednesday and Friday!

Metro State IDSA Sketch Night @ The Corner Office THIS Friday October 1st!

Introducing Metro State IDSA Sketch! Nights! This FRIDAY the 1st of October @ The Corner Office 1401 Curtis Street Denver, CO 80231 PH: (303) 825-6500

Each week we'll offer a Sketch! Night on FRIDAYS, providing both an inspirational and challenging experience for the designer/artist. It is our goal to not only improve basic sketching skills but, also focus on design ideation/communication. These Sketch! Nights will be an open forum... and we'll always try something different. Local Denver designers/artists from all skill levels are invited and encouraged to Sketch! with us!

Sketch! Nights will not just be a group of Designers/Artists getting together to sketch. It's a way for like minded creative individuals to come together and support each other through sketching. Everyone (even you!) can improve their sketching abilities, no matter what your background is. These Sketch nights are designed to improve your personal skill set while providing models for inspiration.

Sketch! Nights will include: workshops, product design themes, 1-2hour design challenges, Sketch!-Offs, and general design theme nights. We'll also bring in some local professional designers/artists to offer present their own projects, demos, sketching feedback and provide general sketching tips for the group.

Join us for Metro State Sketch! Nights @ The Corner Office it's FREE!

Metro State IDSA meeting this Wednesday 9.29.10 @ 11am

ATTENTION INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STUDENTS

Industrial Design Society of America @ Metro State Invites you to
meeting #3 Fall 2010.

The meeting will be held this Wednesday Sept. 29th @ 11:00 am. In the
Tech Bldg Studio 121A

This weeks meeting will cover:


1. Summary of IDSA membership info again (and the benefits of joining)


2. Upcoming IDSA Events

1. Faculty-Student Forum October 13, 11:00

2. Eero Saarinen/Kirkland Museum trip
October 15 and 20

3. IDSA Rocky Mountain Chapter October 20 event

4. Weekday Sketch nights

5. Metro State Bowling Night

7. Dean and Ted portfolio review Q&A



3. We would like feedback for these and other Metro State IDSA events


As always ALL students are welcome to attend this week's meeting!

Please check out our Facbook and Blogspot web pages for Metro State
IDSA club updates!

FACEBOOK:
http://bit.ly/c2X9lh

BLOGSPOT:
http://idsamscd.blogspot.com/

comments/questions?

e-mail Alex Horn at
ahorn2@mscd.edu

See you on Wednesday!

IDSArm October Event

FWD from IDSArm:

"Hello Design Community:

IDSArm wanted to inform you all that we have NOT fallen off the face of the earth. We wanted to be respectful to those who have families with little ones getting into the groove of school. Some of the college students have been out of state and too are getting settled into this next semester. However, NOW WE ARE BACK TO BEING DISRESPECTFUL! : )

The IDSArm team has put together another GREAT opportunity for professionals and students to mingle. And yes, as this next event will be in October – beer will be involved!

We are still working out the details however, this is how we see it going down:

Date: October 20th
Time: 6:30 – 10:00 p.m.
Place: Lisa Kowalski’s gallery
2762 Walnut St., Denver, CO

Objective: 3 Fold actually!

1. Speed dating concept. However with a twist. Students will bring ONE project (most likely a senor thesis or capstone project - however, not limited to that criteria only). They get 5 minutes in front of a design professional and will need to present and receive feedback in that time frame. Then the student will move over to the next seat and that professional will critique that same project in 5 minutes. By the end of the event – you will have had approx 15 professional’s input. We HOPE then that some time in March we will have the same event and you can get some last minute feed back before FINAL projects are due. Again...you’re being exposed to many different design influences from different disciplines and educational backgrounds. Your project doesn’t have to be in immaculate form for this either. That’s in part why the secondary event will be offered.

Professionals: Make note – this is a great way to give back to the design community and to spend 5 minutes with a potential future employee.
Students: Make note – this a a great way to...blah blah blah! ; ) YOU GET IT!

2. Presentation from someone. Preferably someone who has access to beer. Seriously. Ok, actually – someone who would sponsor the event so we can make this a FREE event or a VERY minimal charge. Know anyone?

3. Pumpkin carving contest. That’s right. BYOP! And bring your own carving tools. We’re going to split teams evenly and each team will either be given or will have to come up with a theme and all team members will bring to fruition the team vision. There will be some SERIOUS schwag given out to the winners.

All we ask of you right now is to MARK YOUR CALENDARS and be ready to RSVP so we can organize appropriately. An actual PDF promoting this event will be sent out in the next week or so.

Hopefully you will agree that this event is a great way to start off the FALL season. Please make it a priority to attend.

Thank you and HOPE to see a full turn out! Especially YOU PROFESSIONALS! : )"

Industrial/product design internship at Mathmos

September 13th, 2010

Dezeenjobs: lighting design brand Mathmos are offering an industrial/product design internship opportunity in London:

Industrial/product design internship
London, UK

Mathmos is a small but well known and long established company at the forefront of interactive ambient lights. Mathmos run an exciting and fulfilling placement program where you will assist our designers with our own range of lighting products and market them internationally through retail, etail and wholesale channels.

Our placements run for a minimum 4 months and are unpaid apart from travel and expenses. An extremely flexible approach is needed and a sense of humour a must.

Our Internships run from our Studio in Hoxton, East London.

Industrial/product design internship

Get hands on experience in a small design studio assisting the team whilst learning all aspects of the job from product development to production and exhibitions. You should be able to contribute from day one, have a high level of energy and a real passion for design and creativity.

A relevant product/industrial Design degree is needed as well as an excellent standard of sketching and computer skills in Adobe suite and Solidworks.

Send you’re CV and 2 pieces of work no larger than 3MB anthonyp@mathmos.com.

Please also send us an image of a product that you think could fit into the Mathmos Range. (This is our personality test)

www.mathmos.com

Please mention that you saw this position on Dezeenjobs

Autodesk Offers Students Free Three-Year Software Licenses

‎3 hours till IDSA hosts a free webinar with ProjectHDesign. Join us. Did I say it's FREE! Sign up here.

2 hours till IDSA hosts a free webinar with ProjectHDesign @ 2pm. Join
us. Did I say it's FREE! Sign up here:

http://bit.ly/8Yd2tm

"Please join the IDSA Design for the Majority Section in a discussion
with Emily Pilloton of Project H, on September 16th at 4pm (Eastern
Time) / 1pm (Pacific Time). Leslie Speer, Chair of the Design for the
Majority Section, will be moderating this online event:
"Design For, As, and Is Education: Growing Creative Capital for Social Impact"

Emily Pilloton, founder of Project H Design, has long believed that
design can change the world. But the path by which design inspires
impact is messy, magical, and in most cases, uncharted. As we all
struggle to find the best ways to orient our creative careers around
positive impact in the world, Emily will make the case for local
design initiatives, design and building in public education,
relearning the way we design, and design outside of the "design
bubble".

As one of two instructors of Studio H, Project H's high school
design/build program in rural North Carolina, Emily has recently been
inspired by the intersection of design and education, and believes the
best way to design for social impact is to grow design thinking from
within communities, rather than importing talent and
dragging-and-dropping solutions. Up for debate during this session
will be the issue of "humanitarian design as imperialism," as inspired
by Emily's recent head-butting with design pundit Bruce Nussbaum, and
how design education (K-12 and college level) must become more
commonplace for our collective benefit."