Hasta La Ideas

Jon Kolko, just back from the conference down south, has some provocative ideas about industrial design and future of the IDSA. Here’s the start:

I’ve just returned from the IDSA conference in Miami, and I’m both convinced that, in ten years, there won’t be an IDSA conference to go to – and that isn’t a bad thing. I don’t mean this in a disparaging sense; I enjoyed the conference, caught up with old friends, made new friends, and learned a bit. But a trend that I’ve observed at past conferences is only more evident this year, and it’s patronizing to continue to skirt what is becoming increasingly obvious: the IDSA has served a valuable role in the evolution of design as a professional discipline, and has helped advance the field to a point where the IDSA is now essentially irrelevant. Design has outgrown “Industrial Design”, and a professional organization cannot exist only in the form of self-maintenance.

I’ll explain, as I realize this may come across as both pretentious and self-righteous (and I intend it to be neither).

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