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Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) · 21 hours ago

Professional Specialist - Richmond Institute for Design and Innovation - Terminal 1 Year Appointment

Greater Kalamazoo Area

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) is seeking a Faculty Specialist 1 – Professional Specialist for the Richmond Institute for Design + Innovation. This role focuses on teaching design foundations with an emphasis on materials, fabrication, and craft, preparing students to critically engage with material properties and sustainability.

Non Profit

Responsibilities

Teach courses in design foundations with a focus on materials, fabrication, and craft

Emphasize hands-on making and experimentation with materials

Integrate digital and physical fabrication techniques

Prepare students to engage critically with material properties, sustainability, and fabrication methods across interior architecture, product design, and interdisciplinary design contexts

Qualification

Design foundationsMaterials expertiseFabrication techniquesSustainability knowledgeInterdisciplinary design

Required

Dynamic faculty member to teach courses in design foundations with a focus on materials, fabrication, and craft

Emphasizes hands-on making, experimentation with materials, and the integration of digital and physical fabrication techniques

Prepare students to engage critically with material properties, sustainability, and fabrication methods across interior architecture, product design, and interdisciplinary design contexts