DIY Design: Exploitation or Freedom of Expression?

That is the provocative question posed by this year’s international conference of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), a four-day confab that kicks off on August 4 in Portland, Oregon. Of course, it’s by design that the City of Roses is a DIY hotbed. “If the next decade is about local, authentic, and personal, Portland is a window into the future,” says IDSA. “Portland also serves as both the epicenter of the U.S. crafting resurgence and home to many top design-driven companies like Nike, Intel, Ziba, and Wieden+Kennedy.”

Get ready to lace up your customized NIKEiD sneakers and settle in for discussion exploring the current and future links between DIY and the industrial design profession.

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