President of Teams Design Chicago, Paul Hatch has been selected to Chair the IDSA International Conference in 2013. The annual conference which brings 700-1,000 industrial designers together to discuss new technologies, trends and themes, and aims to collaboratively forward the profession as a whole. The 2013 conference will be in Chicago.

On June 15, IDSA and AIGA joined forces to wrap up the third annual Chicago Design Week with some head-to-head competition at TEAMS Design Chicago. Sixteen challengers threw their hats into the ring, but only one emerged as the next Iron Sketch champion.

In the 2012 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition, the Safepole IV Pole has been selected as a Gold winner in the General Hospital Devices and Therapeutic Products category.

The winning design originated from the firsthand experience of Safepole founder Cari Ugent. When Ugent was hospitalized for intensive cancer treatment, she became frustrated while dragging around an IV pole that hindered her from performing basic tasks. She came to us to improve upon the flawed device, and together, we pushed the limits of standard IV poles.

When the third annual Chicago Design Week kicks off on June 11, professionals, educators, and students with a diverse range of design backgrounds will come together for inspiration and even a little competition. For the second year in a row, IDSA will partner up with AIGA to present Iron Sketch at TEAMS Design Chicago.

Update: New photos of the event have been added below.

On Friday the 13th of April, the design community proved that they're not a superstitious bunch. Over 350 design students, practitioners, and educators from across the Midwest made their way to TEAMS Chicago for Designers After Dark following the opening day of the IDSA Midwest Design Dialogue Conference.

Wired Magazine, one of the publishing world's foremost authorities on tech news, recently put a variety of leading headphones to the test, ranking the products on style and sound quality. In their review of over-the-ear headphones, the House of Marley's Trenchtown Rock Headphones ranked an impressive 7 out of 10.

Update: The Design Research Methods Workshop I and Workshop II will be returning to TEAMS Chicago on May 20, 2012. Due to the workshop's continued popularity, it's scheduled to return to Chicago every three months. You can register now for any of the dates in this ongoing series.

Originally posted February 16, 2012:

TEAMS Chicago will once again welcome Rob Curedale of the LinkedIn Design Research Group as he teaches a course on the important role of research in design. The two half-day workshops combine into a full-day course that will teach designers, architects, and business executives the fundamentals of an evidence-based approach to design. 

After scouring more than 2000 exhibitors at the 2012 International Home and Housewares Show, Good Housekeeping has selected an elite ten products that stood out as this year's must-haves. Chicago Cultery's soon-to-launch Design Pro Knives top the list.

After a long day of exploring creative fusion at the 2012 IDSA Midwest Design Dialogue Conference, designers are invited to kick back and relax with TEAMS Chicago.

On Friday, April 13, cast aside your friggatriskaidekaphobia and join us at our West Town studio for drinks, conversation, and a great view of the famous Chicago skyline. Purdue University's graduating class will exhibit their senior industrial design projects, and past party favorites like The Cool Wall will return by popular demand.

At the 2012 International Housewares Show, a highlight of the Innovation Theater presentations was the IDSA Housewares Section’s panel discussion: The Real Story Behind the Buying Power of Women: What Women as Designers Discovered. Organized by IDSA’s Housewares Section Chair Marianne Grisdale and moderated by RedFusion Studios Director of Research & Design Alice Jandrisits, the panel consisted of a diverse, experienced group of participants:

• Tania Aldous, global design director, World Kitchen, LLC
  
• Marianne Grisdale, IDSA Housewares Section chair and creative manager, TEAMS Design USA
  
• Doris Wells-Papanek, IDSA design learning challenge facilitator and principal, Tailored Learning Tools