Icsid Corporate Innovators

The potential of innovation can empower people to push the boundaries further.

Icsid Corporate Innovators (ICI) is a network developed with the objective to build, recognise, and realise mutually beneficial partnerships in the world of industrial design. Working with committed design business and corporate leaders, Icsid works with ICI partners to identify, develop and implement tailor-made innovative corporate partnerships.

Get the latest news from our ICI members below.



AUTODESK
Autodesk is an industry leader with a long history of creating innovative design software.

Student Design Challenge: Build Something
Deadline June 15, 2008
You sketch all over napkins and paper scraps. You think about how you could have designed the latest gadget just a little bit better. You can't wait to design your ultimate, green, dream home. Join the Autodesk® Student Design Challenge, it's the perfect way to share those masterpieces with the rest of the world. It's also a chance to get your work in front of an international panel of industry and Autodesk experts. And, of course, there are fantastic prizes for the selected winners. For bragging rights and the chance to win great prizes, go build something!

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DESIGN CONTINUUM
Continuum is a design and innovation consultancy.

Design Collaborative: Back to Basics
Source: Interiors and Sources.com

Allsteel collaborates with Continuum to develop the new Acuity chair - a premium office chair and addition to Allsteel's product portfolio.

In Janet Wiens article, Mark Roumfort, Allsteel's vice president, product development and management, explains the success of the partnership with Continuum to meet the challenges that customers were experiencing related to seating in terms of comfort and ease of use. The two-and-a-half year project is testament to Continuum's attention to design and manufacturing.

Read full article

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TUPPERWARE
Tupperware Corporation is one of the world's leading direct sellers, supplying premium food storage, preparation and serving items.

Concerns over polycarbonate containers
Reports have appeared recently in the media that polycarbonate containers are unsafe for use in food contact applications. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has found this material to be safe. Polycarbonate is a high-strength plastic made from a monomer known as bisphenol-A (BPA). Certain Tupperware products are made from polycarbonate, including serving products and Rock 'N Serve storage and cooking containers. However, polycarbonate is NOT used in Tupperware baby bottles or toys.

Read message to Tupperware customers from CEO Rick Goings

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