INTERDESIGN & CONNECTING’07 Open House

On behalf of the Association of Canadian Industrial Designers (ACID), we would like to invite you to an Open House on June 11 (6-8 pm) at the Institute without Boundaries.

We will be presenting information about the World House Interdesign and CONNECTING’07.

The World House Interdesign takes place at George Brown College from June 24-30. Interdesign is an international conference being hosted by the Institute without Boundaries in partnership with the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) an international event marking Icsid’s 50th anniversary celebrations. This week long event will bring students, professionals, faculty in the field of design together from around the world to tackle four local design challenges in the Greater Toronto Region: the Toronto Waterfront, Downsview Park, Mt Dennis region and Town of Port Perry.

Interdesign speakers include:

- Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon, Director of the Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Toronto
- Mr. Bill Moggridge, Congress Chair of Connecting 07 World Design Congress and co-founder of IDEO
- Ms. Leslie Hoffman, Executive Director of the New York based organization Earth Pledge
- Ms. Beatrice Olivastri, CEO of Friends of the Earth Canada
- Mr. Peter Love, Ontario’s first Chief Energy Conservation Officer.

2007 Icsid / CONNECTING’07 World Design Congress – “Connecting to People and to Ideas” will take place in San Francisco from October 17-20. ACID will have a booth at the World Design Congress and a call for entries to participate in the exhibition will be issued soon!

Registration

Learn more about registering for the conference! For more details visit www.worldwhouse.ca/interdesign. To register for the open house, please email alee@georgebrown.ca or call (416) 415-5000 x 2103. The Institute without Boundaries is located at 209 Adelaide Street East (corner of Jarvis).

WORLD HOUSE INTERDESIGN – Sustainable Housing & Water: Local & Global Challenges
From June 24 to June 30, George Brown College’s Institute without Boundaries (IwB) and the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) will be hosting Interdesign 2007, a leading international design conference bringing together designers, students and educators to collaborate on four design challenges. This year, participants will be sharing ideas and developing concepts for the World House, the Institute’s year-long project on sustainable housing and water usage.

Program Highlights

The World House Interdesign will open on June 24 with an Icsid welcome by Mr. Carlos Hinrichsen, President-Elect, Icsid  and a keynote presentation by Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon on “Energy, Climate, and Resilient Design”.  Dr. Homer-Dixon is the Director of the Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Toronto and author of, The Ingenuity Gap, which received the Governor General’s Award.
On the evening of June 26, there will be a panel discussion on “Shared Responsibility: Sharing Ideas and Innovation” with Ms. Leslie Hoffman, Executive Director of the New York based organization Earth Pledge, Ms. Beatrice Olivastri, CEO of Friends of the Earth Canada and Mr. Peter Love, Ontario’s first Chief Energy Conservation Officer.  
On the evening of June 28, a special presentation with Mr. Bill Moggridge, Congress Chair of Connecting 07 World Design Congress and co-founder of IDEO based in Palo Alto will also be featured.
The closing address will be presented by Professor Dr. Peter Zec, President of Icsid on June 29.
For more information on World House Interdesign 2007 please visit: http://www.worldhouse.ca/interdesign/

Form3 Design Inc. www.form3.com  is looking for an entry level industrial designer with 0 to 3 years of experience. Applicant should have a degree in Industrial Design or equivalent. A resume and a portfolio should demonstrate
 
1.      General design and problem solving ability
2.      Good organization
3.      Good sketching and modelling ability
4.      Knowledge of various software packages such as SolidWorks, ProEngineer, Rhino, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and InDesign
5.      Familiarity with various production processes and ability to design parts in detail for those processes
 
Send resume and portfolio to herb@form3.com  Put industrial designer in the subject. Only those selected for interview will be contacted.