Featured Articles
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On Luck, Failure, and Listening Well
Three pieces of advice from design leaders and experts -
Design Leaders: Joseph White of MillerKnoll
"Finding ways to make the most of what’s on hand brings me a profound sense of purpose, satisfaction, and even joy" -
How Students Are Rebuilding Altadena
George Fox University students discover how design can help communities heal, rebuild, and move forward -
What IIDA Chapter Leaders Can’t Live Without
From sour candy to a solid hairstylist, here are the small delights that power chapter leaders through their days -
A Chapel With a Problem Worth Solving
What do you do to harmonize and bring together old and new? -
The Secret Skills and Small Joys of Chapter Leaders
Surprising skills, beloved books, and people they’d trade places with — inside the lives of IIDA chapter leaders, part two -
The Design Career Starter Kit
Check out this three-episode webinar series built to empower students and provide them with the tools needed to move forward in their job search and early career -
The Two-Speed Workplace Is Here
The gulf between those who regularly use AI and those who don’t is widening fast. For designers, that gap is about to become a design brief. -
Inside the Lives of IIDA Chapter Leaders
Guilty pleasures, small rituals, things they can’t live without — chapter leaders take us inside their days -
Change Starts at the Chapter Level
We honor winners of the 2026 IIDA Chapter Awards for their dedication to improving the profession, one chapter at a time -
Design Leaders: Jay Henry of Tarkett
"Leadership is like good design: it has to be intentional, useful, and centered on people" -
Design Leaders: Joey Giovannetti of KI
"I realized is that the part of design I loved most was never just the spaces themselves. It was the people."
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IIDA Dallas Leaders Breakfast 2026Leaders Breakfast |
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BDNY 2026Fair |
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Kimball International + Dallas Advisory Board: State of the IndustryIndustry |
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Zurn Elkay Water Solutions: Sundown in South CoastIndustry Events |
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2026 WestEdge Design FairFair |
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