Industrial Design Societies and Associations

• Association of Women Industrial Designers  - Offers jobs listings, reading suggestions, information on exhibits and contests, current news and other resources.
• British European Design Group  - Sponsor trade missions, workshop attendance, fundraising and works with partners towards promotion of British and European designers worldwide.
• Corporate Design Foundation  - Works with industrial designers, architects, and communication design businesses by conducting research, demonstrating design value, and continued collaboration.
• Design Management Institute  - Design management is discussed with a worldwide perspective with information on European and Asian conferences as well as those in the U.S.
• Design with Memory  - Dedicated to furthering the use of sustainable resources in products and architecture.
• Designers Institute of New Zealand  - Locate information on education, jobs, competitions and more within this New Zealand designers organization.
• Finnish Design  - Focused on the Finnish contributions to design for the home, office, fashion and products.
• IDC IIT Bombay  - Information about industrial design education, seminars and workshops, and design-related events.
• Industrial Design Society of America  - Largest North American orginazation for Industrial design organizations, firms, schools and students. Directories include jobs, companies, competitions and annual IDSA sponsored awards.
• International Council of Societies of Industrial Designers  - Worldwide umbrella organization since 1957 where ID societies from 57 countries meet, share experiences and discuss international design issues.
• Malaysian Invention and Design Society  - MINDS encourages creativity, and development and utilization of Malaysian inventors and designs.