OPEN INVITATION TO ALL ACID MEMBERS:
PLEASE JOIN US ON WEBEX FOR THE ACID 2010 AGM
Audio + Video Web Presentation + Discussion Period
Scheduled: Friday March 18th, 2011
9AM EST (6AM PST) – 1PM EST (10AM PST)
Please follow the instructions below to log in.
Regards,
Chris O’Brien Wheeler, BCID, ACID
President, Association of Canadian Industrial Designers ACID
Web Site: www.designcanada.org
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The Professional Practice committee at Icsid has released a statement regarding the practice of “free pitching” – where uncompensated design work is completed for a potential client in hopes of winning a contract. Click on the link to read the full statement.
École de design industriel Aff : AME 12-10/ 3
Depuis plus de quarante ans, l’École de design industriel valorise une approche de
l’enseignement et de la recherche caractérisée par une intégration dynamique de la
théorie et de la pratique. Elle offre des programmes de formation professionnelle
(baccalauréat en design industriel et en design d’intérieur, D.É.S.S. en design de jeux)
ainsi [...]
BCID Members are encouraged to submit their work to the 2010 Design Exchange Awards. The Design Exchange Awards promote Canadian design excellence and recognizes the critical role of design in all types of organizations including commercial entities (large and small businesses), not-for-profit organizations, and the public sector.
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) invites you to a presentation and discussion on the value of industrial designs and intellectual property.
Vancouver 2010 Winter Games torch and medal designs featured at www.icsid.org
QUEBEC, CANADA – Amendments to the Industrial Design Regulations came into force on October 5, 2008, a press release by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) stated.
The highlights are as follows:
• Increased flexibility concerning requirements on the color, size and quality of a design application.
• More clarity with respect to illustrating the design in the [...]
The Design Exchange Awards, presented by Canadian Business magazine, promotes Canadian design excellence and recognizes the critical role of design in all types of organizations including commercial entities (large and small businesses), not-for-profit organizations, and the public sector. The Awards celebrate the success stories achieved through close partnerships between clients and designers. The DXAs are [...]
The Association of Canadian Industrial Designers (ACID) Call for Entries is to recognize and honor the work of design pioneers over the past sixty years. Its purpose is to increase awareness of outstanding product design and to honor its members, who work together to improve the products that have entered our homes, workplace and affected [...]
WORLD HOUSE
COSTA RICA ONLINE CHARRETTE
From February 7-10, 2008, 150 Architectural Technology students from George Brown College joined students from the Institute without Boundaries to explore housing solutions for Guanacaste, a region of Costa Rica that is stressed by housing and water shortages. Be sure to check out the results of the charrette at Toronto’s [...]