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Cesar Millan Collapsible Dog Feeder ERICK MILLAN Creative Director - Cesar Millan Born in Mazatlán, Mexico, Erick S. Millan’s creative nature has always compelled him to explore new ways of life through design. This passion led him to earn his bachelor’s in architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in 2007. While traveling around the world, Millan had the opportunity to study architecture, urban design and digital arts. Cesar Millan Elevated Bowl He has exhibited his work in furniture design at the Parsons School of Architecture in New York. Millan has worked with a number of prominent architectural firms in the Los Angeles area, including Touraine Richmond Architects, WROAD, Langdon Wilson, DMJM Design and Doug Aitken. He is currently the creative director for Cesar Millan’s brands, overseeing all product design as well as branding and marketing strategies. Erick Millan At the IDSA Western Design Conference  (Long Beach, CA, April...

some of the work by Orange22 Design Lab Designer As Entrepreneur: Dario Antonioni The next few posts will be profiles of some of the talented people that will be presenting at the IDSA Western Design Conference at Long Beach, CA April 12-13th, 2013.- JM DARIO ANTONIONI Founder and Creative Director Orange22 Design Lab http://www.orange22designlab.com/ Dario Antonioni has designed award-winning products, retail experiences and brand strategies for clients worldwide. Antonioni’s work retails at luxury retailers like the Apple store to mass market shops like Costco and Sam's Club. His work has been exhibited in Paris, Cologne, Milan, Sydney, Singapore, New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. He won the coveted Red Dot award for his Grid-It Technology that is used in over 200 products. His other awards include LG Innovations Award, MIT Innovation Award, Spark Awards, IDEA, Contract Magazine Inspiration Award, and Surface Magazine spotlighted him as a leading designe...

Carl Ledbetter is Sr. Principal Industrial Design Manager in Microsoft Corporation’s Interactive Entertainment Business (IEB).   Carl leads Industrial Design for entertainment hardware experiences including Xbox and Kinect.  Prior to joining IEB in 2006 to design the Zune media player, Carl was part of the Windows Hardware Innovation Group chartered to lead the industrial design vision for next-generation Windows PC hardware experiences.  He also led industrial design for the Microsoft PC Hardware Business where he and his team designed desktop mice, trackballs and keyboards.  Prior to joining Microsoft, Carl held industrial design positions at Fluke Corporation and Patton Design.    Ledbetter is a recipient of numerous national and international design awards and is highly recognized for his contributions to the design community with over 100 patents to his credit.  A longstanding member of IDSA and DMI, Ledbetter graduated with a BS in ...

TDK boombox by INDUSTRY David Thorpe is a founding Partner of Industry . Industry is a design and innovation company based in Portland, OR with extensive experience integrating product, interactive, retail and brand design. Industry delivers design that is actionable by creating value for companies looking to disrupt the way they bring innovations to market. Clients include TDK, Nike, Autodesk, Skullcandy, and Swarovski. A sampling of the work from Industry David had previously been with Ziba for over 17 years. As Creative Director of Ziba’s Digital Lifestyle Group, David led strategic creative programs for a wide range of companies such as Technicolor, Sirius XM, Panasonic, T-Mobile, Logitech, HP and Microsoft. David blends a solid technical background with strategic thinking and innovation management expertise to redefine markets through design. He also has led strategy, research, interactive and product development programs for Coleman/Peak1, FedEx, Starbucks, Morrow...

Jon Winebrenner Partner, OneOak Design Jon Winebrenner is a design professional who has been working as a designer in various capacities for over 15 years. He's worked in many facets of the design world from wireless product development, to packaging, to being a comic strip artist. He graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Design and is currently a partner in a full service product development company (OneOak Design), producer of a DVD for the Design Industry ( www.The Brief DVD.com), and Moderator on the Core77 Discussion Forums (aka ip_wirelessly). Oh, he also has ADHD. Jon will presenting at the IDSA Western Design Dialogue Conference 2012  in Seattle, May 4th and 5th.  His presentation will be about: The Attention Deficit Designer "Designers around the world have to fight through a cacophony of distractions. From Facebook to squirrels and everything in between, we all struggle with how to balance the flashing lights around ...

Mark Selander graduated from Western Washington University in 1998 with a degree in Industrial Design. His first creative job was operating a chipmunk puppet named Rudy for a Japanese language program hosted by an outcast member of MTV’s “The Real World”.  He currently works as an industrial design consultant developing consumer products, packaging, and retail spaces for Seattle creative firms Pensar Development, Anvil Studios, Wexley School For Girls, and others. His prior work includes conceptual design on video games and entertainment titles for Microsoft, EA, Capcom, ESPN, UPN, and Nintendo. He was a core member of the team that created the ground breaking trans-media marketing campaign for Stephen Spielberg’s film “AI”, and he has helped develop scores of pitches, concepts, and campaigns that have ranged from dizzying success to being thankful that at least his Mom still loves him. One of Mark's traffic "solutions" Mark will be speaking at the IDSA  West...

UX concepts done by Ana's group at Microsoft Speaking at the IDSA Western Design Conference Seattle 2012 is Ana Maria Pinto da Silva, Senior UX Designer, Microsoft, Strategic Prototyping . Ana Pinto da Silva leads design for Microsoft’s Strategic Prototyping and Advanced Strategies Group (StratPro). Her work synthesizes her interests in storytelling, architecture and emerging technologies and her deep passion for creative collaboration. Ana’s previous experience includes game development, architecture, and interactive media. Her work has garnered several awards including the Al Falah Grant from U.C. Berkeley in 2002 and a Webby Worthy Award in 2003. In addition to her media work, Ana has been an instructor at San Francisco State’s Multimedia Studies Program developing and teaching courses on interactive media history and development. She has extensive non-profit board experience including her current work as a board member for Artist Trust and is the founder of Seattle’s...

Concept Camera: The WVIL from Artefact on Vimeo . Nikki Pfarr is a Senior Design Strategist at Artefact and a former Ph.D. Candidate at Carnegie Mellon’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute. She is a founding partner of the Brains, Behavior & Design Group, and was previously a UX Designer at Google. Nikki holds a Master's of Design from IIT’s Institute of Design and a B.S. from MIT. She has led workshops on incorporating behavioral economics into user-centered design for the IIT Institute of Design Executive Education summer camp series, the Chicago chapter of the IxDA, and various Artefact clients. Nikki's original research on the implications of behavioral economics on design research practices was published in the 2010 Conference Proceedings of the International Design Research Society. Nikki Pfarr, Senior Design Strategist at Artefact   Nikki will be speaking at the  IDSA   Western Design Dialogue Conference 2012  in Seattle, May 4th and 5th. ...

Rolling Huts by Olson Kundig Architects Kevin Kudo-King is a principal at Seattle-based Olson Kundig Architects where he has practiced since 1996. Recognized by the American Institute of Architects with the 2009 National AIA Architecture Firm Award, the practice is known for its attention to detail, integration of craft, art, and collaborative process. Kudo-King’s work includes projects found throughout the United States and in Asia including residences, institutional and commercial projects. He is active in all aspects of design, production, and management, particularly projects involving a high level of collaboration between designers, artists and craftspeople. Projects Kudo-King has been involved with have appeared in numerous publications worldwide including Architectural Digest, Interior Design, Art + Auction and Town & Country. He serves on the board of Artist Trust, a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support individual Washington State artists workin...

Chevrolet Tru 140s concept IDSA Mideast Design Dialogue, Detroit. This conference looks like a lot of fun.   And especially interesting is a session by two women designers at General Motors , Teckla Rhoads and Susan Skarsgard. "This presentation shares the largely untold, surprising story that highlights the critical role women have played in automotive design at General Motors. Beginning with the trailblazing women in the 50s up through GM's current team of women designers, the presentation highlights the great opportunities existing today for aspiring young women designers in the field of industrial design. Guest designers will include Teckla Rhoads, director, GM Global Industrial Design and Susan Skarsgard, manager, Design Archive and Special Collections, GM Global Industrial Design.  " Rebuilding The Region With Design -- It's About a Whole Lot More Than Just Cars . That's the tag line theme, but what's wrong with talking about cars?  They a...

Announcing the IDSA Western Design Dialogue Conference 2012 Seattle, May 4th and 5th. And now for something completely different! Industrial designers are pushing across the boundaries of other disciplines, bringing their unique perspective, creative thinking and user centered approach to solve various problems.  Today, industrial design is influencing diverse areas such as politics, interaction, music, film, fashion, and business strategy.   At the 2012 IDSA Western Design Dialogue Conference we will explore how the role of industrial design is evolving and expanding by breaking through the traditional boundaries.  The role of design is changing in within many contexts; corporations, small firms, and the community.  We will hear from creative and inspiring individuals who are utilizing design in the unexpected places.  These will not be the usual suspects. There will exceptional networking opportunities to connect with the Western US design commu...

San Jose State's Campus The MLK Jr Library AKA San Jose Public Library Inside the library   San Jose State's Campus The Student Union building The Barrett Ballroom Inside the Student Union Join the dialogue in San Jose May 6 - 7 at the 2011 IDSA Western Conference: SOCIAL IMPACT!     Regular registration ends THIS FRIDAY April 22 at midnight EST.  Don't pay late fees! REGISTER TODAY .    

David Kaisel   has worked for 25 years integrating design, business strategy, user research and global health. Pursuing design as a tool to help people lead healthier lives, his design career progressed from office seating in Italy to client management in Silicon Valley to designing morgues, emergency housing and malaria treatment programs in Angola, Colombia and Brazil. Four years coordinating projects for Doctors Without Borders confirmed his interest in design for global health. Exploring how design impacts sustained adoption of health interventions, he advises clients such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and PATH on user research design and product innovation for household water treatment and community sanitation. As a research director at the Institute for the Future, he developed strategic forecasts of trends in the global health economy for Fortune 100 clients. His past work includes research on biomass stove test protocols and standards for the Shell Foundation, ...

Dawn Danby   wants the things designers make to benefit both people and the world.  Her goals goals are simply to develop environmentally sustainable systems and products that change the way individuals experience the things around them. Dawn is a cross-disciplinary designer, strategist, art director, project manager, producer and artist. She currently manages Autodesk's Sustainable Design Program, integrating sustainable thinking into the digital tools used by 9 million designers and engineers worldwide. Dawn has collaborated with international artist Noel Harding on Windsor, Ontario's Green Corridor initiative, designed a $3.5 million tree-covered, wind-powered pedestrian bridge on the US-Canada border and developed closed-loop manufacturing strategies for a leading outdoor footwear manufacturer. Dawn is a  co-author of  WorldChanging: A User's Guide to the 21st Century and has spoken at  TEDGlobal 2005:  Ideas big enough to change th...