Na četrti mednarodni konferenci Oblikovalskih principov in praks (Fourth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices), ki se je odvila med 13. in 15. februarjem na Univerzi Illinois v Chicagu, je Barbara Predan, z besedilom "An Overlooked Giant: Iskra, Non-aligned Design 1946-1990", Iskrino oblikovanje predstavila oblikovalski strokovni javnosti. O konferenci so organizatorji zapisali:

"This Conference will address a range of critically important themes relating the design today. It is a place to explore the meaning and purpose of ‘design’, as well as speaking in grounded ways about the task of design and the use of designed artifacts and processes. The Conference is a cross-disciplinary forum which brings together researchers, teachers and practitioners to discuss the nature and future of design. The resulting conversations weave between the theoretical and the empirical, research and application, market pragmatics and social idealism."

V prihodnjih mesecih, bo predstavljeno besedilo objavljeno tudi v strokovni reviji Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal.

Pogled iz strehe kongresnega centra UIC Forum, Chicago