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The International Design Conference virtual event is back – Here’s how to join

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The past two years have seen every industry evolve and adapt and for sure the design community has done its best to rise up to the occasion. I remember showcasing many innovative face masks and air purifiers, here on Yanko Design, as the demand for it had increased manyfold. Interestingly, I saw many startups and designers innovating this category at lightning speed, providing solutions that were never thought of before! I experienced the transformation and saw designers learning from each other through meaningful conversations on social media. Agile, adaptive, and inspiring – a new aspect being added to the role of designers.

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Keeping up with its mission to connect designers across disciplines, the International Design Conference (IDC) is returning virtually in 2021. The objective of the event ties in with the demand of the hour. This 24-hour non-stop event starts on Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 12pm EDT and ends Thursday, Sept. 23 at 12pm EDT. You can expect to engage with global design leaders at Amazon, Samsung, IDEO, and more. However, I have another reason why you should attend the conference – Yanko Design.

Included in the 60+ sessions across 24 hours will be a session hosted by Yanko Design on Design Journalism. At the end of this session, you will know more about how to effectively communicate your design in a voice that will resonate with your audience – be it an Instagram post, a Facebook update, or an article on your page.

Produced each year by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), IDC is an international platform for amplifying the unique and bold voice of industrial design while celebrating the deep interconnection with other disciplines. One of the perks of the conference is networking. And to give you a great example is the fact that Airbnb was born during the 2007 IDC! Will your million-dollar idea be the next?

You can expect networking, keynotes, main stage presentations, workshops, panel discussions, breakout sessions, and more. With limited resources at our disposal, IDC is a good way to capitalize on the future of design and design work. Learn how to leverage AI and super AI, DesignOps, biometrics, 3D printing, NFTs, and blockchain technology.

Amongst other things, like how to integrate DEI into emerging tech, hiring practices, and your own design work on multiple levels, I will be talking about how to market yourself and your work through design journalism.

In IDSA’s Education Symposium, under the 2021 theme “Breaking Down Barriers: Fostering collaborations for systemic change,” design educators from across the globe will discuss topics like increasing diversity in design education, enhancing ID education with user experience design, leveraging designers for patent content, and achieving carbon neutrality in makerspaces. IDSA’s annual Student Merit Award winners will also be present during the event.

Today we designers and design enthusiasts must learn to design for the post-pandemic era. We have to reinvent the wheel in some situations, and personally, I think IDC offers the perfect platform that can help us with the tools required to be agile, adaptive, and inspiring.

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This year’s International Design Conference goes virtual – Here’s how you can attend

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While the pandemic has forced the majority of the world to be confined at home, it’s also helped make the world a smaller place by allowing people to virtually connect and collaborate. Like most events this year, the International Design Conference, hosted by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), is moving to a virtual format with a 24-hour live stream, starting at 12pm EST (US) on September 17th, and ending at 12pm EST (US) on September 18th. For the first time, the International Design Conference will be a truly global event, allowing people from across the world to attend the continuous 24-hour experience that includes 6 keynotes and 18 mainstage presentations, along with dozens of breakout sessions, workshops, and panel discussions.

The event’s schedule is divided into six tracks over two days, featuring elite presenters from all around the world, representing industry-leading tech companies, design studios, and innovation hubs like Google, Microsoft, Samsung, Puma, Airbnb, and many more (logging in from countries including Denmark, Nigeria, India, China, England, Germany, Trinidad and Tobago, and Pakistan, as well as from cities across the United States). Emcees Kristine Arth (Lobster Phone), Spencer Nugent (Sketch-a-Day.com), Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness, IDSA, and Jeevak Badve, FIDSA will co-host and lead different content blocks, introducing experts from a variety of fields including industrial design, graphic design, furniture design, service design, UX and UI, social impact design, and more, calling upon them to share their insights, tools, and strategies for innovation and creativity.

The days leading up to the conference are filled with a roster of free events (you’ll need to RSVP in advance), with virtual design studio tours on Sept. 14th and 15th, followed by IDSA’s annual membership meeting and year-in-review, the annual IDSA Awards, and the 40th annual International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) Ceremony, held on September 16th (Wednesday).

The International Design Conference’s origin stretches all the way back to IDSA’s inception and its first national meeting in 1965. Since then, IDC has blossomed from IDSA’s annual membership gathering into a massive cultural and learning-exchange event for designers across disciplines, with diverse speakers, seminars, workshops, and challenges to foster a stronger design community. The IDC was held in Chicago last year and New Orleans before that, attracting hundreds of designers and creatives across all disciplines. This year’s IDC goes beyond borders, offering a unique opportunity to designers, students, educators, and enthusiasts around the world to participate in real-time. All content will be recorded for IDC ticket holders.

Visit the International Design Conference website to grab tickets to this event, and don’t forget that you can join the free, virtual design studio tours as well, and even watch the IDSA Awards and the IDEA 2020 Ceremony right from the comfort of your home!

Click Here to Buy Your Tickets Now: IDC 2020, Sept. 17-18.

World’s Premier Design Event – IDC 2020, Goes Virtual

The International Design Conference 2020, normally an in-person event, is going virtual and truly global this year. Starting at 12pm EDT (US) on Thursday, September 17 and ending at 12pm EDT (US) on Friday, September 18, the livestream experience will bring attendees 24 hours of uninterrupted design content from around the world.

The continuous 24-hour span will include six keynote presentations and 18 mainstage presentations, in addition to dozens of breakout sessions, workshops, panel discussions, and side-bar social interactions, all happening in a carefully choreographed progression.

Keynotes

Presenters

What to Expect

With its roots as the national meeting of the Industrial Designers Society of America, the IDC has grown into something much bigger. IDC 2019 was held in Chicago, IL (see above video), and IDC 2018 was in New Orleans, LA. Each event drew hundreds of designers from around the world and across disciplines.

This year, the virtual IDC’s eclectic mix of content is tailor-made to provide inspiration, challenge assumptions, and advance the conversation about what design can contribute to the world’s future. Without leaving the comfort of your home, you have the opportunity to learn from design leaders who will present their work, passions, and authentic stories with hundreds of designers worldwide.

These expert presenters come from industry-leading tech companies, design studios, and innovation hubs like Microsoft, Puma, Airbnb, Samsung, and many more. They’ll be logging in from countries ranging from Nigeria to Denmark to England to Germany to the United States, and offering plenty of design knowledge, skill-sharing, best practices, and tips for success that will expand your perception of what’s possible.

Tickets

General admission to the IDC 2020 is $250 USD per ticket, which helps to cover the cost of subsidized rates for students and goes toward current and future IDSA programming. The cost to attend for an IDSA Professional or Young Professional Member is $150 USD, and the cost for an IDSA Student Member to attend is $50 USD.

Click Here to Buy Your Tickets Now: IDC 2020, Sept. 17-18.