ReMade returns for 2011 - Junior Class Project

Our junior class of Industrial Design students has spent the last two weeks designing and constructing 13 different products out of found and discarded materials.The ReMade project was founded by WWU Industrial Design Program Director Arunas Oslapas over a decade ago. ReMade is an annual design challenge combining Sustainability and entrepreneurship. The goal is to transform items of industrial waste into viable commercial products.

A limited run of 15 are created, branded, and then sold. They will be sold at Ideal - Carefully Curated Goods located at 1227 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham, Washington, Friday June 3rd, as a part of the monthly Bellingham Art Walk. The public is invited to a meet-and-greet reception with all designers and their products from 6-9 p.m. Student projects include a magazine holder from carpet tiles, a basket from bicycle spokes and rims, and a bowl from counter top laminate.

Tim Hulford, April 18th

Tim Hulford, WWU ID graduate of 2004 and Lead Industrial Designer at Intel's PCSD Group, was nice enough to stop by and share with the WWU IDSA Student Chapter yesterday. Tim shared his work experiences ranging from his time at GE, Carbon Design Group, and current position at Intel. A big thanks to Tim for taking the time to share his work and expertise. 

IDSANW Portfolio Review

Want some professional feedback about your student work? Then get that portfolio together and come to the portfolio review this Sunday, where you’ll find industry professionals waiting to critique your work and answer questions. Hosted by IDSA Northwest…

February 6th, 1:30-4PM, Ballard Library. 5614 22nd Ave NW Seattle

Drinks to follow: 5pm – 8pm, Kings Hardware, 5225 Ballard Ave NW

Greg Janky & Treasure Hinds, Anvil Studios, Februrary 3rd

 

Designers Greg Janky and Treasure Hinds of Anvil Studios will be joining us 6PM, Thursday February 3rd in ET 321. They will be talking about their experiences as a Seattle based industrial design partnership focused on creating contemporary, elegant and user-centric product designs. As accomplished design professionals they have received multiple design and utility patents along with numerous design awards (including IDEA, IDMagazine and Good Design) and have been published in Wired, Business Week and IDSA Innovations.

Sallyann Corn and Joe Kent, Fruit Super Design, Jan. 20th

Sallyann Corn and Joe Kent, of Fruit Super Design have been working together to create objects of considered design for people and places since 2008. With a portfolio spanning the design of furniture, product display, personal accessories and more, this team plays to their unique individual strengths when approaching a diverse range of challenges. Join us January 20th as they share their work  and experience with us.

Kyle Thomas & Darrin Seeds, Gerber Blades, Jan 13th

Western ID student Kyle Thomas and Gerber Senior Industrial Designer Darrin Seeds will be presenting Thursday, January the 13th from 6:30 to 8PM in the Sophomore Studio (ETEC 347). They will be presenting their work from Gerber and on how a WWU ID education translates into the corporate and professional design world.

JR ID, “Eightx8” December 8th

Join us December 8th from 4-5pm in the Academic West building as the WWU Junior ID class presents the results of their fall quarter study on modular housing solutions. If you are unable to attend; a detailed display of the work will be showcased on the 300 level of the ETECH building next quarter. Hope to see you all there!

Mark Selander, “Drawing Ellipses for Fun and Profit” Nov 18th

WWU IDSA welcomes Mark Selander, designer and illustrator, will join us 7PM Thursday November 18th in ET 321. Mark will be speaking on his career path stemming from his ID education at Western. See below for more info on Mark or you can check out his Ignite presentation here.

Johanna Schoemaker, October 13th

Johanna Schoemaker, Industrial Designer at Artefact, was gracious enough to come hang out with the senior class and share her award winning BraunPrize lighting piece completed as a part of her design thesis at the University of Wuppertal. A huge thanks to Johanna for sharing her work and experience, you can check out her OLED lighting piece and the rest of her portfolio here

Featured ID Graduate: Tim Hulford

This summer I had the pleasure of working with Tim Hulford, a WWU ID 2004 Grad and currently an Industrial Designer for Intel in Portland, OR. He was generous enough to throw a nice interview to the WWU IDSA Blog. Enjoy his thoughts and advice on what WWU ID portfolios lack and his experience working at Carbon Design Group.

SixthSense

Last winter the Junior Industrial Design class and Prof. Jason Morris explored wearable design solutions for Pranav Mistry’s physical gestural interfacing technology, SixthSense. Each student chose a specific user and designed accordingly using the internal components of Pranav’s current working prototype. Check out the videos on the Western ID youtube page. ( Video Credit / Dieter Amick & Jason Morris )

Hey Check Out My Website! Kind of...

Creating a portfolio website from the ground up is not easy; in fact it’s actually really difficult. That’s why over the last 4 years or so most web-savvy creatives have familiarized themselves with the mega popular portfolio site coroflot; a simple and accessible way to upload images from your book and have them immediately plopped into community of over 75,000 portfolios without the headaches of host POP5 servers, ZHTML, AOL5.0, LavaScript, and JQwerty Coding.

Unfortunately when your among 75,000 portfolios adding a personal touch or making your portfolio stand out can be tough. The good news is that others are beginning to recognize the online portfolio needs of creatives and we’re now seeing a nice collection of free sites become available... oh and they don’t suck.

Call for WWU ID Student Work

We are currently looking for past WWU ID student projects within the last 4 years for the new gallery and website, check it out if you haven’t already. If you would like to submit some of your work please e-mail your file to wwuidsa@gmail.com in jpeg format in 1024x683 pixel format with a title/date/description of the work.

WWU 2010 Junior & Senior Shows

In case you missed them, the WWU Industrial Design 2010 Junior & Senior shows were held recently at Artefact & Mithun Architects. To catch a glimpse of the work and events, check out the WWU IDSA flickr gallery here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43678372@N08/sets/72157624343303808/

2010 Mt. Baker Plywood Furniture Design Competition

Make sure to check out the winners of this year’s Mt. Baker Plywood Furniture Design Competition project on Prof. Jason Morris’s design blog here : http://idsandbox.blogspot.com/2010/06/mt-baker-plywood-furniture-design.html. This years sophomores were challenged to design unique storage solutions specifically for another person or organization for their current needs.
Photo & Design Credit / Noah Jack, of Corvalis, OR. for Pitter Patter, an umbrella drying stand for the Whatcom Children's Museum.