June 29 – Jericho Beach Course
The event will start at 6pm at the first hole.

Please RSVP to email@bcid.com so that we can confirm our numbers.
Contact BCID Events coordinator Ernest McCrank at email@bcid.com for additional information or questions.

Please try to bring your own disc as we will have a limited number available on a first come first served basis.
The first 30 rsvp’s receive a limited edition BCID World Industrial Design Day t-shirt!

Course Information:

Short but challenging hillside layout, with mature trees and groomed grass fairways. Spectacular view of the city, mountains, and harbour from 7th tee. Few signs, maps at board by 1st tee.

Course Established: 1998

Directions:
West on 4th Ave. towards UBC to the hillside of the Jericho Hill Community Centre at 4196 W. 4th Ave.

“How does industrial design improve your life?”

For more information on the World Industrial Design Day Program please visit http://www.icsid.org/events/events/calendar698.htm

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Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch and Medal Designs
Vancouver (Canada) – The 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in Vancouver, Canada, had commissioned Bombardier, a company known worldwide for leading innovations in transportation and aerospace, to create the Olympic torch, a design that would need to withstand Canada’s cold winter temperatures. For the Olympic medals, they were commissioned to the Royal Canadian Mint and Teck Resources Limited, a joint effort that would create the most unique medals to date.

Bombardier assembled a design team and their vast knowledge of industrial design to create an Olympic torch, an object with many constraints, that would be versatile, durable and adaptable. According to the official 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games’ website, there were many elements to take into consideration:

Must be able to be handled by people of all ages and sizes
Must be easy to transfer the flame between torches
Must burn for at least 12 to 15 minutes
Burner must produce a visible flame in all weather conditions
Must be adaptable to attach or fix to alternative modes of transportation
Must be able to be manufactured in high quantities so each Olympic Torchbearer may purchase their torch as a commemorative keepsake

The result was the creation of an aluminum core torch, with a stainless steel double-burner system that will keep the flame operational in -50° Celsius to +40° Celsius. Its weight of 3.5 pounds/ 1.5 kilograms is light enough to be carried by most people.

Metal for Medal

The Royal Canadian Mint’s and Teck Resources Limited’s two-year project on creating the 615 Olympic medals (along with 399 Paralympic medals) would involve the collaboration between Aboriginal designer/artist, Corinne Hunt, and internationally renowned industrial designer, Omer Arbel. The medals are among the heaviest, weighing between 500 grams to 576 grams.

Teck Resources Limited provided special recycled materials for the medals – old cathode ray tube glass, computers parts and circuit boards through smelting. A process that shreds, melts and combines the electronic components to create a by-product used in the medal making process.

Due to Arbel’s extensive knowledge in materials and fabrication processes, the medals took a distinctive undulating design, a shape achieved by striking the medal nine times during the 30-step medal process.

The artistic designs for the medals were created by Corinne Hunt, of Komoyue and Tlingit heritage, based on the orca and the raven, for the Olympics and Paralympics respectively. The designs were hand cropped to ensure that no medal was the same.

For more information:
2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games
w: www.vancouver2010.com

Gellivare (Sweden) – In a partnership between Icsid, the Swedish Industrial Design Foundation (SVID) and the community of Gellivare, City Move Interdesign will be the main activity in a project about how to relocate people and societies.

Scheduled for March 2009, the project will look at the possibilities of creating new spaces for people both in a human and technological way, where homes, workplaces, tourist attractions and meeting places have to be relocated or even left behind. Over the next twelve months, a series of seminars and workshops will pave the way for the Icsid Interdesign workshop that will connect professionals from a diverse cross section of disciplines to collect experiences and develop new knowledge about how to move a society.

• Sweden to host next Interdesign Workshop
• World Industrial Design Day
• Addendum: Icsid Member Directory
• In other news
• Galleria: Tripos
• Education Feature:The Art of Integration
• Student Project Gallery: The Access
• Endorsed Events
• Upcoming events
• IDMN Profiles
• About Icsid

Montreal, November 5, 2007 – The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) announced the results of the elections held on October 22 during its 25th General Assembly for the appointment of the organisation’s executive board for the 2007-2009 term. The international governing board, consisting of eleven prominent design authorities will be lead by Prof. Carlos Hinrichsen as the new president.The Icsid Executive Board for the 2007-2009 term consists of the following individuals: President Prof. Carlos Hinrichsen (Chile), President-Elect Dr. Mark Breitenberg (USA), Treasurer Brandon Gien (Australia), Wen-long Chen (Taiwan), Leimei Julia Chiu (Japan), Martin Darbyshire (United Kingdom), Prof. Lorraine Justice (China), Dr. Darlie Koshy (India), Jae-jin Shim (Korea), Kazuo Tanaka (Japan) and Judit Vàrhelyi (Hungary). This General Assembly was marked by the organisation’s 50th anniversary – a milestone achievement for an organisation that continues to contribute to the present and future well being of industrial design and its unique membership network. “From a global perspective, Icsid’s success during the past 50 years comes from its universal outlook, as well as its ability to serve local and regional markets,” commented Prof. Hinrichsen. “We will continue to make our network stronger, make Icsid regional meetings more vibrant and Icsid Interdesigns better known and understood by world leaders and funding agencies.”Prof. Hinrichsen shared his vision for the upcoming term and announced his intentions to continue with the successful work set out by the previous board to move Icsid to the next level of growth and co-operation within the international design community.Much like his predecessor Prof. Dr. Peter Zec, Prof. Hinrichsen intends to work to encourage and strengthen the dialogue with other international organisations. This term will also be marked by another significant achievement for design with regards to the development of the International Design Alliance (IDA), as Icsid and the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (Icograda), prepare to welcome a third member – the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI), to the strategic alliance that focuses on multidisciplinary design.

In his closing remarks, Prof. Hinrichsen explained that his commitment for the term could be summarised by the following: collaboration, networking and initiatives focusing on local matters or topics. These will build on the organisation’s strategic direction for future issues of regional impact and of global significance.

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About the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid)
The International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid) is an international non-governmental organisation for professional industrial design. Founded in 1957, Icsid currently counts over 150 members in more than 50 countries, representing an estimated 150,000 designers worldwide. Icsid members are professional associations, promotional societies, educational institutions, government bodies, corporations and institutions — all of which contribute to the development of the profession of industrial design.
 
Icsid facilitates co-operation and interaction among these societies and supports a global network through which design institutions worldwide can collaborate. Through shared interests, experiences, and resources, Icsid provides an international platform for its members to be heard as a powerful voice.Icsid also holds consultative status with UNESCO, UNIDO, ISO and WIPO to support and highlight design in international forums.
For more information, please contact:
Andréa Springer
Communications Manager
Icsid Secretariat
455 St-Antoine W., Suite SS10
Montreal, Quebec, H2Z 1J1, Canada
Tel: +1-514-448-4949 ext. 232
Fax: +1-514-448-4948
www.icsid.org 

 

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!