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Congratulations to the Carleton School of Industrial Design for putting on a lovely show at the CUAG. Graduating class products ranged from solar powered sprinklers to cyber-cartographic devices. The level of refinement of the work was impressive and concise!

PlayingFavourites::
+ NCC Signage Group: Willow Watson’s idea was a simple yet poetic design for exterior signage units. Two rectangular frames were bound along on edge: one panel held information/images; while the other panel was void of signage and thus framed a view of the city.
+ I.C.A.N Group: Ilana Ben-Ari’s ‘Connexions’ was a musical puzzle for the visually impaired intended to improve children’s spatial concepts, orientation and communication.

Aces are wild ::
The first year ID class had a mini-exhibition as well which documented their projects throughout the year which included product photography, material investigation, etc. On sale was their first project: playing cards! Each student was given a product to use in their card design and some of the results were cleverly depicted!

Playingfavourites:: (see photo above)
+ Sun Lim’s 2 of hearts/light bulb
+ Rebecca Brunette’s Ace of clubs/airplane
+ Dana Dabros’ 8 of diamonds/Etch-A-Sketch

Note: One of the group projects involved interior explorations/environments where one solution included a multi-surfaced object to hang coats, shoes, etc. Though the symbolic use of antlers was undefined - possibly a new trend in animal accessories? (see: April 8.06. entry on E.Ginder)

Visit Carleton’s Industrial Design Graduation Exhibition at Carleton University’s Art Gallery (CUAG) from April 22 – 25: 10am-5pm.
Industry Recognition Reception on Monday April 24 from 4 pm - 6 pm. Dave Popovich (Smart Technologies) and Carole Champion (Ottawa Manufacturers Network and Ontario Centres of Excellence) are the guest speakers.