NOTICE OF MEETING:
Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Board of Directors (BOD) Meeting
DATE: Sunday, April 19, 2009
LOCATION:
Cégep du Vieux Montréal
255, rue Ontario Est
Montréal, Québec
Complete Agenda Available for Download
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The 2006 ACID AGM was held in Toronto at George Brown College on January 27, 2007. BCID Members may access the official Minutes through the Members Area portion of the web site.
National Research Council Canada – Industrial Materials Institute [NRC-IMI] is seeking partners for a multiclient project aimed at developing a titanium and titanium alloy forming process through powder injection moulding (PIM) for applications that meet the most demanding standards of the medical, dental and aerospace sectors.NRC-IMI proposes the multiclient approach to meet the challenge posed [...]
The Canada Innovates presentation was showcased in the Design Gallery & Expo at IDSA 2006 (September 17-20) in Austin, Texas. This year, IDSA had a record attendance of 800.
We are looking forward to participating at next year’s combined ICSID/IDSA event: Connecting 07.
The online portion of the exhibit is also now up and running at www.designcanada.org
The Design Exchange Awards competition aims to 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 Awards celebrate the success stories achieved through close partnerships between clients and designers. The DXA are Canada’s only [...]