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Industrial Design in Canada
During recent years several important steps have been taken to promote
the use of Canadian talent in the design of consumer goods. In 1946 the
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association passed a resolution stating that it
was prepared to co-operate with any educational, professional or public
organization which sought to promote research or training in the field of
industrial design. This resolution led to a decision on the part of some thirty
or more Canadian architects, engineers and product designers, to form an
association of Canadian Industrial Designers.
The Canadian Government was also persuaded to help in the promotion
of information services in this field. By 1947 a bill was passed for the financing
of a preliminary investigation into industrial design problems and to establish
a research index to Canadian designs. An information office was accordingly
formed in Ottawa under the administration of the National Gallery of Canada,
but working in conjunction with officials of the Department of Trade and
Commerce and the National Research Council of Canada.
In 1948 a few manufacturers began to discuss with universities and with
research officials the problem of bringing industry into touch with trained
Canadian talent that could be used to advantage in the designing of Canadian
products. As a result, the National Industrial Design Committee was estab-
lished. This committee includes manufacturers and representatives of uni-
versities and government departments and of the newly formed Association
of Canadian Industrial Designers. For the first few years it is being supported
by a small grant from federal funds on the assumption that additional grants
will be received later from manufacturers.
The National Industrial Design Committee seeks to promote by practical
means such co-operation between Canadian manufacturers and educational
institutions as may lead to the setting up of suitable industrial design training
courses on both provincial and national levels in Canada.
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