British Columbia Industrial Design Association

CANADA INNOVATES

Connecting Canada: Call for Entries

Dear Colleague,Over the last three years, CANADA INNOVATES hosted a series on the best in Canadian product design as a way to bring design to the attention of designers and clients at trade events such as the IDSA Annual conference, International Contemporary Furniture Fair and HK Expo and Design Conference.This year we are inviting designers to enter works for CONNECTING’07 Icsid/IDSA World Design Congress, which will be held in San Francisco, USA, from October 17-20, 2007. ACID will exhibit a designers’ works from Eastern, Central and Western Canada at the CONNECTING’07 ACID exhibit booth located in the Masonic Temple, San Francisco.Theme The theme of CONNECTING’07 is “Connecting People and Places, Connecting Virtual and Viscereal, and Connecting Beatury and Bounty”. The event will explore the implications of a connected world, devoting a day each to connecting physically, virtually and culturally.Entrants are welcome to submit work that falls under any design category. Design categories could include business products, consumer goods, sustainable design, medical and scientific products, sports and fitness products, transportation, games and toys, or furniture and environments. This year we are particularly looking for innovative design work from within these categories that also demonstrates this theme of connecting.About the World Design CongressEvery two years, Icsid holds a Congress in collaboration with a member organization in a host country, for example, South Korea in 2001, Germany in 2003 and Scandinavia in 2005.The International council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) is an international non-governmental organization for professional industrial design. Founded in 1957, Icsid has over 150 members from 50 countries. This year’s event includes the “Celebration of 50 Years of Icsid” to mark the organization’s 50th anniversary.We look forward to your entry and to seeing you at CONNECTING’07!