International Design Conference in Aspen papers, 1954-1986

Old Resource ID was IDCA

The International Design Conference in Aspen began in 1951. Founded by many of America's rising stars on the graphic design scene, the IDCA sought to provide a forum for discussion on design. Aspen, Colorado had been the site of every convention since its inception. During the early years, the discussion was relatively introspective but as the conference grew, the dialogue became structured around specific topics, including speakers on other cultures (Japan, Italy, the business world). Herbert Pinkze was involved in the early years of the IDCA and his collection contains many slide photographs of the early conventions. The IDCA has since joined with the AIGA and is now called the Aspen Design Conference.

The material covers the formation of the IDCA in 1951 until 1986. There are cassette and reel-to-reel tape recordings of the conference for the years 1962 to 1982, as well as program booklets, scholarly articles and advertising materials. There are also posters and newspapers from the conference. Box 17 contains conference materials donated by an individual who attended several IDCA conferences; however, a majority of the materials in this box were the donor's mother's, IDCA member and artist Nancy Emmons.

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International Design Conference in Aspen papers, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Illinois at Chicago

Photographs from the International Design Conference in Aspen are located in UIC Special Collections' R. Hunter Middleton Design collection.

• Names
  • Emmons, Zette
  • International Design Conference in Aspen. -- Archives
• Subject
  • Chicago Design History.
  • Congresses and conventions.
  • Design, Industrial.
• Geographic CoverageIllinois--Chicago.