CEO, The Arnott Design Group Inc.
John Arnott is a widely experienced industrial designer, pioneer in user interface design, and a serial entrepreneur. His firm, The Arnott Group has designed and brought to market over 250 products from consumer products, medical and capital electronics, marine and air traffic control systems. He has built and nurtured teams and five companies, raised several rounds of venture capital, and created over $100M value in Input Technologies Inc. He has been influential in the Canadian design community as a founding director of the design exchange and as a director of several arts organizations. He has advocated for closer ties between ACID and IDSA for several decades. Mr. Arnott consults in strategic design planning for SME’s and global corporations and has published several papers on design strategy. He is writing a history of industrial design in Canada.
Statement of Candidacy
I have been promoting closer ties between IDSA and ACID for at least 30 years. the creation of IDSA Toronto has fulfilled that goal and i am very grateful to have this opportunity to shift my advocacy to some real contribution; I am honoured to have been nominated. I have a great deal of experience in association management as a director and have had extensive interaction with IDSA, ICSID/WDO at the international level. I want to bring that international experience to the board and to bring an outsiders view to the table. I am keenly aware of how crucial conferences and events are to the fiscal health of the society and want to lever my experience to help the board and staff make each and every event a remarkable experience and a contributor to fiscal health.
Design Economics
This session is about simple economics to lever project effectiveness, and to maximize returns in an entrepreneurial context. It focuses on issues that are not taught in core ID curriculum but are essential in venture development.
The audience will learn:
