Design Interaction is an annual conference held by the Department of Industrial Design in conjunction with IDSA Southern Chapter (Industrial Design Society of America). Each year the conference has a different theme. This year the theme was Industrial Design in Ireland marking the 10th year of the Auburn Ireland travelling Studio project headed up by Professor Randall Bartlett. About 200 students, staff and alumni and sponsors attended the conference.

The conference theatre filling up at 8.00am (they start early!). There was a bbq at lunch time. This is a snap of the queue.

There were presentations from: Gearoid O Conchubhair (NCAD), David Roberts (Sligo Institute of Technology) William Lee (Design Factor, Belfast), Anthony Hutton (UU, Magee College) and Robert Wainwright (Burren College of Art),

Read more about the conference and related events

More pictures from the event

http://www.auburn.edu/ind/designint/di-2006.htm

and more (these ones by Gearoid O Conchubhair)