The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) has awarded EunSook Kwon, chair of the School of Industrial Design, with their Education Award.

At the IDSA awards ceremony, the IDSA Education Director, Verena Paepcke-Hjeltness, cited Kwon's exceptional leadership and dedication in the field of design academia. "Dr. Kwon's approach is student-centered, founded on constructivism, and she has inspired countless students to achieve award-winning success in their careers," she said.

"One of her nominators describes her as an outstanding educator who values both academic excellence and design excellence simultaneously."

"The IDSA is the professional society of our discipline," said Kevin Shankwiler, senior lecturer and undergraduate program coordinator for the School. "It serves to both further the discipline of industrial design and practice as well as the education of new generations of industrial designers."

Kwon became the fourth faculty member from the School to receive this award.

• Lorraine Justice, honored in 2008, served as Director of the School for six years.
• Joseph Koncelik, who won the award in 1994, was a professor in the School and founding director of the Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access, now the Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation.
• The only Bauhaus student to become an IDSA member, Hin Bredendieck, also received the Education Award in 1994 and was the first director of the School.