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The Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario (ACIDO) is pleased to announce the 11th Annual Rocket Show and Competition. This public show features the thesis projects of the Industrial Design graduates from the province’s three schools of Industrial Design: Carleton University, Humber College, and the Ontario College of Art & Design.

The Rocket Show is heavily attended by the professional design community and industry representatives, eager to see what product ideas Ontario’s designers’ of the future have and meet the new design talent coming out of Ontario. Models of designs will be on display for viewing and the students will be in attendance to discuss their projects. All are invited to view the show with products in categories such as:  Sustainability, Consumer Products, Transportation, Services / Environments, Medical Products, Toys / Games and Learning, and Sporting.

LOCATION: Toronto City Hall, Member’s Lounge

DATE and TIME:
Saturday May 12th 1-4:30pm & 7pm-10pm (Awards Reception)
Sunday May 13th 11am- 4pm

In partnership with the Federal Economic Development Agency for Ontario, the Yves Landry Foundation (YLF) is making available up to $50,000 per company in the
form of a grant to foster training that will lead to advancements in innovation within Ontario.

 How to apply for the YLF AIME Initiative Funding Program

1. Visit the funding program website by clicking here – and select your business location on the map of Ontario, then:
   1. Determine if your business is eligible.
   2. Review the application process.

Eligibility for companies in Northern Ontario

The AIME program requires your business to meet the following criteria:

• Between 10 – 500 employees;
• Continuously in business in Northern Ontario for at least 3 years;
• Be able to demonstrate a solid financial footing over the 3 year period;
• Manufacturing facility or facilities located in Northern Ontario (Please refer to the map on the YLF website outlining participation boundaries);
• Manufacture a specific product for sale in Ontario or anywhere else.
• Manufacturing must be the organizations only, or primary line of business.
• If you have received federally supported funding in the past, you may not be eligible to participate in this new round of funding. Please check with YLF staff to confirm your eligibility.

Eligibility for companies in Southern Ontario

The AIME program requires your business to meet the following criteria:

• Between 15 – 1500 employees;
• Continuously in business in Southern Ontario for at least 3 years;
• Be able to demonstrate a solid financial footing over the 3 year period;
• Manufacturing facility or facilities located in Southern Ontario (Please refer to the map on the YLF website outlining participation boundaries);
• Manufacture a specific product for sale in Ontario or anywhere else.
• If you have received federally supported AIME funding from the Yves Landry Foundation in the past three years, priority will be given to companies who have not previously been recipients of FedDev supported AIME funding.

ACIDO is participating at IDS12 with its Industrial Design Experience exhibit. Our booth allows visitors to try their hand at the most fun and creative part of the design process, the ideation phase. Using an app developed with Primordial Soup, each user will be able to sketch out their product ideas on one of five scenarios. Our goal is to highlight designers’ emphasis on user-centric design. Here are some images of the exhibit in action:

Over the past few months we’ve been working with a web programmer to create the WordPress based member pages we have been discussing for some time. Some of you may have noticed since the last ACIDO.info refresh that the member’s section had disappeared, this was in preparation to go live with the new one. The members area is now re-launched so all members in good standing can create and manage their own profiles as long as you are a member. YOU WILL NOT APPEAR ON THE MEMBERS LIST UNLESS YOU CREATE A PROFILE so everyone needs to make the time to show themselves off to the Industrial Design community and potential clients and/or employers.

This members area is phase one of an ongoing web update that will streamline all processes related to membership, payment, and collaboration.

Please click the following link and follow the steps. Once you receive your password you can fill in the rest of your profile. Your bio pic or avatar will be automatically re-sized as required but a landscape or square format is recommended to avoid any undesirable cropping. Images load a lot faster if saved as web format (72dpi) and remember, you will be able to edit and change your profile any time and there is no need to contact ACIDO to make any changes.

http://acido.info/wordpress/members/member-registration/  or click “register” under the membership menu. All current members will be activated within 48 hours. New applications will be contacted by membership.

Thanks to a small dedicated team led by Davide Tonizzo, Michael Manolis Vranas, Payam Shalchian and Jonathan Loudon, ACIDO was well represented at IIDEX.

The theme was an open forest that took visitors through a design journey. The booth highlighted the various stages in a project, starting with research/sketching and ending in a finished product. At the booth’s terminus, guests were invited to share their thoughts, insights, stories, complaints, praises and other comments on industrial design.

We’d like to thank Arconas, Neinkamper and Nova for donating furniture and prototype samples for the booth.

Below a few images of the booth.

Please note that Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario (ACIDO) will hold the Annual General Meeting (the “meeting”) at 7-9:30 pm June 22nd at the Gladstone’s second floor Reception Gallery (1214 Queen St W, Toronto). The meeting is open to all.

For more information, please contact acido.pr@gmail.com

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