Association ofCanadian Industrial Designers

ACID was formed to develop and promote the profession of Industrial Design in Canada. The discipline needs a community at its center to facilitate the exchange of ideas and best practices, the advancement of our shared values and growth opportunities for the Industrial Design workforce.

Offering varying levels of membership, ACID benefits the industry and its professionals who join the community. Along with designers, we are an association that advances awareness, research and document excellence of industrial design in Canada.

What is Industrial Design?

Industrial Design is a strategic problem-solving process that drives innovation, builds business success, and leads to a better quality of life through innovative products, systems, services, and experiences. Industrial Design bridges the gap between what is and what’s possible. It is a trans-disciplinary profession that harnesses creativity to resolve problems and co-create solutions with the intent of making a product, system, service, experience or a business, better. At its heart, Industrial Design provides a more optimistic way of looking at the future by reframing problems as opportunities. It links innovation, technology, research, business, and customers to provide new value and competitive advantage across economic, social, and environmental spheres.

ACID History

Board Members

  • Dylan Horvath - Co-president/ACIDO VP - LinkedIn
 
  • Patrick Messier - Co-president/ADIQ President - LinkedIn
 

ACID is the official parent to ACIDO (Association of Chartered Industrial Designers Ontario) and ADIQ (Association des Designers Industriels du Québec). ACID is a professional member organization of WDO (World Design Organization).

ACIDO is an association of accredited Industrial Designers in Ontario formed to develop and promote the profession. The discipline needs a community at its centre to facilitate the exchange of ideas and best practices, the advancement of our shared values and growth opportunities for the Industrial Design workforce.

View the official website here: https://acido.info/about-the-association/

ADIQ aims to promote and support the Quebec design community by sharing knowledge and the social, cultural, environmental and economic benefits of innovation through design in order to contribute to a healthier, more prosperous and sustainable world.

View the official website here: https://www.adiq.qc.ca/fr/

World Design Organization (WDO)® is a globally recognized non-governmental organization that aims to promote and advance the discipline of industrial design and its power to enhance economic, social, cultural and environmental quality of life. Founded in 1957, WDO services over 180 member organizations around the world, engaging thousands of individual designers through our innovative programming and initiatives that champion ‘design for a better world’.

View the official website here: https://wdo.org/

Partners

Sponsors

ACID has leadership sponsorship opportunities open for both corporate and public organizations. Contact us to view our sponsorship tier packages and become an official sponsor of Canada’s first and only national industrial design organization. 

Contact

Location: Toronto, Ontario (Our team works remotely)

Email: dhorvath@design-canada.org / aspence@design-canada.org

ACID aims to unite the Industrial Design community in Canada through a series of initiatives, beginning with an annual award recognizing excellence in Canadian design.

Accredited Design Schools

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