Thirsty Thurs Tuesday

Celebrating World Industrial Design Day! - June 29, 2010
hosted by IDSA Atlanta at the West Egg Cafe

World Industrial Design Day is coming!

Please join us on Tuesday, June 29th at the West Egg Cafe to celebrate our profession with a gathering over food and poster designs.

World Industrial Design Day (WIDD) is observed annually on 29 June in recognition of the profession of industrial design. First declared in 2007 on the occasion of ICSID's 50th anniversary, WIDD has been established with the aim of promoting awareness of the profession of industrial design, highlighting the contribution designers and academics have made to the discipline and facilitating collaborations that help improve economic, social, cultural and environmental quality of life throughout the world.

Event details:
When: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
6:00-8:00pm (EDT)
Where: West Egg Cafe
1100 Howell Mill Road
Atlanta, GA 30318 [map]

Save the date!
We will host our next "Thirsty Thursday" event
on July 22, 2010. Watch for details.

Call for WIDD Poster Designs!

IDSA-Atlanta - Deadline:June 29, 2010
In celebration of World Industrial Design Day

(Printable PDF)

At IDSA-Atlanta, we are joining the celebration of World Industrial Design Day and are making a CALL FOR POSTER DESIGNS! All submitted posters will be printed by IDSA and exhibited at our upcoming "Thirsty Thurs Tuesday" event on June 29th 6:00PM at West Egg Cafe.

Criteria:
All attendees at the "Thirsty Thur Tuesday" event will vote on the best design with the following criteria:
- creative aesthetics
- clarity of the information
- quality of the message
- applicability of the design to branding materials

Submissions:
To submit your poster design, please follow the following details:
- posters should be designed to intelligently represent the discipline
of Industrial Design in Atlanta and the Southeast.
- posters should be designed in a 18"x24" format
- posters can be oriented horizontally or vertically
- posters may add a 3-d component (e.g. folding, cut out, etc)
- the deadline for poster submissions is Midnight, June 27th
- email entries to crw@gatech.edu

The Prize:
The winning poster will receive a prize, presented by Design Within Reach, and will be used as the local branding for upcoming events/year at IDSA-Atlanta. Moreover, the winning poster will be printed as a postcard and sent to all members and friends of IDSA-Atlanta.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate contacting us!
Please Note: for this time only we are moving up our usual "Thirsty Thursday" to Tuesday in order to celebrate our professional day.

Best,
Your IDSA ATLANTA Team
Kevin Shankwiler
Chris Arnold
Chris Livaudais
Claudia Rebola

"Thirsty Thursday" Recap (June 3, 2010)

“What were you working on?”

Thanks to everyone who came out for last week’s Thirsty Thursday at the Bookhouse Pub. The crowd was generous and a good time was had by all. While we had folks from Big Bang, Slingshot, EchoViz and a bunch of freelancers, it seemed the Formation guys brought their entire office (almost).

In the theme of “what are you working on,” members shared some of the projects they are designing, including: Korry Richards unveiled the headphones he has been developing (and twittering so much about) and Clint Rinehart revealed his plans to take over the world (via Etsy) with bangles produced on his homemade 3D printer (see photo below). New ideas were generated as well: a turkey based substitute for the soon-to-be-dwindled delicacy of gulf oysters, known as “toysters on the half-egg,” was conceptualized. Not wanting to be the poor soul who would be tasked with designing the mold, however, meant no further development efforts were volunteered.

Below are some photos of the revelry:


“Korry approves. Collin approves (seriously). Florian sits stunned.
We hear he still looks this way today...”


“The always reflective Logan Vickery.”

“As the light fades (along with the iPhone’s night vision), Chris Livaudais drops in.”

“Shelton and Karen - never to be trusted when together.”

Coming Up!
Please join us for our next Thirsty Thurs Tuesday celebrating
World Industrial Design Day June 29, 2010.
Details will be posted here soon.