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Last thursday evening Clio Designs hosted the Boston Area Design Community - for the second 2012 IDSA International Conference Planning Meeting. The team is off to a great start! With over 40 people from 25 plus companies in attendance the meeting was a great success. Over the next few months the Team will be working together to refine the schedule, content, and flow for the conference and offsites. For those of you who missed…

Back form another year at CES…

This years show drew record attendance with over 153,000 people showing up to peep the technologies of tomorrow. Similar to years past there’s lots to look at but nothing you haven’t already seen online. Most of the real innovation & ground-breaking product lies behind closed doors at the show or in VIP Suites along the strip.

That being said, walking the show the floor gives you the opportunity to check out all sublet…

This year Boston will be holding the Industrial Design Society of Ameria’s National Conference. The Event will take place August 15-18^th at the Westin Boston Seaport Located next to the World Trade Center in Boston’s Innovation District.

I have been asked to help head up the local efforts and will be coordinating the offsite activates during the conference. We are currently in the early stages of planning and have put together a Google doc to capture…

Wow what a week….

It started off last Tuesday night when I had to choose between Pecha-Kucha at Oberon in Harvard Square and the end of start up weekend at Harvard Business School. I opted for the more entrepreneurial venue at HSB. Within one hour we saw seven remarkable start-ups of which our two favorites were …

Last Thursday Night 25 representatives from many of Boston’s top design firms and design-minded corporations gathered at Manta’s New office in Kendall Square to begin the process of designing the 2012 IDSA National Design Conference and offsite. The collaboration and energy in the room that night was epic as we worked together in a series of creative team brainstorming sessions focused on speakers, events and themes.

Over the next month we plan to continue to collect…

This past Tuesday evening Sprout Studios checked out the sold out, inaugural launch of Boston Beta that drew a crowd of over 400 people. The Beta events started about 6 years ago in SF and have…

Just got back from an inspiring week at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in NYC. The show itself was much smaller than past years because many of the exhibits were at off-sites in showrooms and…

With almost 150, 000 people in attendance this year’s …

Check out our review this past Friday nights opening reception at boston city hall.