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Bert Bobrovniczky
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www.banbdesign.com

Education:
MID (Master of Industrial Design) University of Applied Arts Budapest, Hungary 1968

Credits:
“Best Commercial and Industrial Product” title of 1970 at the National Design Show.
Telephone + Power System Pole.

“Best of Show “ title of 1971 EEDEE Award at the National Design Show.
Street Furniture-Fitting Group.

Communication System for the new Police HQ in Oshawa, ON. 1972
Recognized for the first kind in the world where human engineering and environmental aspects have been studied and overall design has been implemented for police works.

Research Director of INTERDESIGN ‘74
First in the Western Hemisphere to study “design for small communities”.
The project was organized by ACID (Associates of Canadian Industrial Designers).
Sponsored by the Office of Standards, Design and Innovation, Ministry of Industry and
Tourism of the Government of Ontario.
Sanctioned by ICSID (International Council of Societies of Industrial Design).

“Product of Excellence” title winner of Design Canada Awards 1981
Presented by the National Design Council, Design Canada and the Department of
Industry, Trade and Commerce.

“Product of Excellence” title nominee of Design Canada Awards 1983
Presented by the National Design Council, Design Canada and the Department of
Industry, Trade and Commerce.

“Certificate of Merit” title of The Financial Post Effectiveness Awards 1993
Presented by the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade of Ontario.

Honors:
WORLDESIGN ’85 ICSID Exhibition. Representing Canada in Washington, DC. USA
ONTARIO-DESIGN 1985 Exhibition. Representing Ontario in London. UK.
THE CREATIVE SPARK ’86. Exhibition at the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, ON
WORLDESIGN ’88 USA Exhibition. Representing Canada in New York NY. USA
DESIGN IN PLASTICS A book on successful Product Designs. 1989
Written by Douglas Cleminshaw and published by Rockport Publishers, MA. USA

Affiliations:
Past President of the Association of Canadian Industrial Designers (ACID)
Professional member of the Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario
Professional member of the Industrial Designers Society of America
Member of the Society of Plastic Engineers
Professor at Humber College of Applied Arts and Technology, Toronto, ON.