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Modern Edge CEO Charles Austen Angell Assumes Chairman Position for the Industrial Designers Society of America

sbattista — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 19:34:53 +0000

HERNDON, Va., June 4, 2013 – The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) welcomes Charles Austen Angell as its new board chairman. On May 1 he began his two-year term along with six new directors.

“We’re living in one of the most exciting eras of design with designers playing a larger role in shaping the world around us. Our members are at the forefront of industrial design, interaction design and user experience in almost every industry, and they expect IDSA to be an organization that reflects the rising role of design leadership,” said IDSA Board Chairman Angell. “We need a strong society more than ever to shine a light on the best the design community has to offer and to create the connections and relationships that benefit all designers.

http://www.idsa.org/modern-edge-ceo-charles-austen-angell-assumes-chairman-position-industrial-designers-society-america

Modern Edge’s Angell offers lessons in creative thinking

sbattista — Fri, 31 May 2013 23:09:39 +0000

TAMPA, FLA. — In this latest Executive Forum video, Charles Austen Angell of Modern Edge Inc.

talks about establishing an innovation culture, whereby the creative process is enhanced by people

from different departments working together.

The Color of Money: Birds, Bees, Beards and Pyramids

sbattista — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:28:26 +0000

Perceived value and usability is a primary concern of anyone involved in developing branded products.

Join us at the at the IDSA Eastern District Conference, where Modern Edge’s Austen Angell will discuss and explore the design of money around the globe as way of understanding the role of color and design in driving perceived value, usability and brand in everyday objects.

Northeast District Design Conferences, The Color of Design; April 19-20

http://idsa.org/2013northeastdistrictdesignconference-schedule

Boston

sbattista — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:23:25 +0000

To everyone in Boston and participating in the Marathon, our best thoughts are with you…

Plastics News’ Executive Forum, Lessons in Creative Thinking

sbattista — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:59:39 +0000

Plastics News’ Executive Forum was held March 3-6 in Tampa.

Modern Edge’s Angell offers lessons in creative thinking…

“Creativity is completely a process, just like surgery is a process,” Angell said. “Just because it’s a process doesn’t mean anybody could do it.”

http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20130412/NEWS/130419963/modern-edges-angell-offers-lessons-in-creative-thinking#

By Bill Bregar
SENIOR STAFF REPORTER

IDSA, DESIGN YOUR ECOSYSTEM

sbattista — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:21:50 +0000

IDSA, 2013 Central District Design Conference

Theme
No product is an island, especially in this new world of compatibility. A manmade environment typically consists of an assortment of interrelated products working harmoniously with each other, much like our natural ecosystem. When developing a new product experience, it is the designer’s job to carefully consider this context of the micro-ecosystem and analyze the interdependencies formed between the lead product, secondary products, complementary products and accessories lines. The end user or consumer is not served just by a single product but by this well balanced micro-ecosystem.

Hope to see you at the event, Renaissance Cleveland Hotel in Downtown Cleveland, April 12-13

http://www.idsa.org/2013centraldistrictdesignconference#oid=1004_26

Brand X Challenge – What is the Design Experience?

sbattista — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:27:08 +0000

The Brand X Experience Design Student Competition is a national competition for undergraduate design and marketing students enrolled at a college or university. The goal of the Brand X competition is to expose students to the creative challenges of “experience design,” a fun and growing segment of the design industry and one of the fastest-growing job sectors for design professionals. Participating student teams will learn about the growing experience design discipline as they develop a hypothetical experiential marketing campaign for Under Armour’s sponsorship of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Modern Edge, is looking forward to participating in this event.

Chifoo, Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word

sbattista — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:06:54 +0000

CHIFOO, 2013 Lecture Series

Big thanks to all of the members + attendees at CHIFOO for coming out and supporting Austen Angell, CEO of Modern Edge’s talk last night on, “Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word”.

Bloomberg TV : Market Makers : Austen Angell on Car Design Renaissance Happening in America

sbattista — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:39:14 +0000

Charles Austen Angell, Founder of Modern Edge, discusses the varying design aesthetic over the years in the automobile industry and the return to style.

He appears on Bloomberg Television’s “Market Makers.”

(Source: Bloomberg)

Brand X Challenge

sbattista — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:32:41 +0000

Design and Marketing Students: One week left to sign up for this year’s Brand X Challenge Featuring Under Armour! Teams of students across the country will create a mock campaign for Under Armour’s sponsorship of the 2013 Winter Olympics, in the process competing to win cash prizes, paid internships and a grand-prize trip to Chicago!

Austen Angell, judge for the Brand X Challenge.

Learn more at http://freepdfhosting.com/ef58d08127.pdf.