THIS is what I'm talking about! Industrial design has never been very good at putting out good solid books at the level that architecture and graphic design consistently does. Impact, edited by Deana McDonagh, ID professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, flys right in the face of that.

Impact documents the 2005 IDSA Midwest Conference and features content from presenters including: Tucker Viemeister, Bruce Nussbaum, Karim Rashid, Dan Formosa as well as student work. All encompassing content, good clean layout, and a point of view make Impact a book you would want to put on your design bookshelf. We can only hope that more industrial designers are inspired to create works like this.

UPDATE: Impact comes in a limited edition run of 1000 but you can get your own personally numbered copy from Deana herself by mailing a $25 (US) check made out to the University of Illinois. The mailing address is: School of Art + Design University of Illinois (Urbana/Champaign) 128 Art and Design Building 408 East Peabody Drive Champaign, Illinois 61820