Sara Mesing, a Service Design Analyst at Modern Edge, recently presented at the Design for America Summer Leadership Studio. The conference was held at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She had…
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“Chicago has a long history of rule breakers and pioneers. Necessity drove invention, but this was only possible through the discarding of convention to build new ideals. Today that inventive…
“It’s all about effective communication. It doesn’t matter what you display, it matters what people understand. Whether the object is a safety label or the interface on an instrument panel…
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…
In this latest Executive Forum video, Austen Angell talks about establishing an innovation culture, whereby the creative process is enhanced by people from different departments working together.
2013 IDSA Northeast District Design Conference Hartford, CT 04.20.13 About the Talk: Why are some currencies so colorful and others so bland? What does the design of money say about…
Perceived value and usability is a primary concern of anyone involved in developing branded products. Join Modern Edge at the at the IDSA Eastern District Conference, where Austen Angell will…
Plastics News’ Executive Forum was held March 3-6 in Tampa. Modern Edge’s Austen Angell offers lessons in creative thinking: “Creativity is completely a process, just like surgery is a process,” Angell…
IDSA, 2013 Central District Design Conference No product is an island, especially in this new world of compatibility. A manmade environment typically consists of an assortment of interrelated products working…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word Building a Kick-Ass company is more than just difficult—it’s a high-wire act that challenges even the most skilled product…
Stores will no longer display a colorful wall of cigarettes behind the register if New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gets his way. The mayor (who is founder and majority…