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Mechanical Design instructor gives iconic art second life online
November 3, 2010 | 2:24 pm | No Comment
Mechanical Design instructor gives iconic art second life online

Canadian industrial designer Lawrie McIntosh has pushed design boundaries by creating new ways to produce items which we use every day.  For that, he’s considered a pioneer of Canadian industrial product design.

But in the 1960s, he designed something way outside the box. McIntosh created a set of Canadian animal souvenirs for the Canadian Souvenir Competition.

“I probably designed the animals to show that I am not just an engineer,” said McIntosh.

Each was originally constructed from a flat sheet of copper with ..read more