Moved to Montreal in1988 and has been involved as a free-lance designer in the development of consumer products, medical equipment, toys and industrial machinery.

Gheza Aszalos has been teaching Industrial Design at Dawson College since 1998.

Jacques laval graduated from Université du Québec à Montreal in 1982 with a bachelor degree in Design de l’Environnement.

He has more than 20 years of experience as a consultant working with various type of manufacturers in Canada and in USA: designing communication devices, medical equipment, consumer hand tools, telephone booth, using almost all the material processes available: die casting, sand casting, aluminum extrusion injection molding, vacuum forming, structural foam, plastic extrusion…

He started in 1988 a small high-tech corporation, Secant Home Automation, designing with a team of electronic and software experts the first Canadian made home automation system. He left the corporation in 1993 going back in Industrial design consultation but not for long. In 1994 he started with an American colleague, Kurt Gauss, the Dawson College Industrial Design program.

Jacques laval has redesigned with two other industrial design school teachers the industrial design program for all the ID program in the province of Quebec. The new program was introduced at Dawson in 2001 and is now fully implemented.

Graduated in 1990 from the Ohio State University with a Masters Degree after having completed a graduate program at the College of Applied and Visual Arts in Berlin, Germany. From 1990 – 1992 worked as designer for Fitch, an International Design Consultancy in the US, following an employment from 1993 till 1999 as Senior designer and project manager for Plan Créatif, a Paris based design firm. In fall 1999, Tatiana was hired as director of Industrial Design by Design Central in Columbus, US.

Her expertise lies in field of consumer products, telecommunication, office furniture systems and medical products. Her client list included: France Telecom, Whirlpool, LG, Daewoo, GE, SEARS, Elkay, Siemens, Alcatel and many others.

Tatiana has been teaching at Strate College-Paris, Créapole, - Paris and UTC, University of Technology in Compiégne. In Fall 2003 Tatiana Leblanc joint the teaching team at Dawson College Industrial Design Department.

Graduated in 1983 from Concordia University (M.F.A.), in 1975 from Vancouver School of Art (Advanced Diploma in Sculpture), in 1975 from University of British Columbia (B.A.). Also studied in architecture, U.B.C., and in Mechanical Technology, Dawson College.

He has had various group and solo exhibitions since 1975. His artwork is included in many private and public collections as well as public art sites. He has taught at Concordia University and Dawson College in Fine Arts and was involved in the implementation of the Industrial Design program at Dawson College in 1994.

Graduated, with distinction, from the school of Industrial Design at Carleton University, Ottawa, in June of 1987. Gained extensive experience in plastic product design and transportation design while working as a junior and senior industrial designer at various design studios in Montreal and in France between 1985 and 1991. Founded DIBIS, Inc. in January 1992, a product design and manufacturing company based in Montreal.

Michael has received international design awards and recognition from both the industry and his peers for the quality of his products and design projects. His products have been selected by numerous publications and design exhibitions throughout North America. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City as well as numerous other well know retail shops around the world sell products designed by Michael Santella and manufactured by DIBIS. He is the only three time winner of the prestigious Accent on Design Award at the New York International Gift Fair, given annually for best product design.

Michael has also working as a free lance Industrial Designer and teaching at the University de Montreal. He has been teaching at Dawson College since August 2002.

Graduated from Carleton University in 1987 and holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design. He also studied in avionics at l’Ecole nationale d’aéronautique and Mechanical Engineering at École de technologie supérieure.

First worked in 1988 for an Exhibit Design firm before joining an Industrial Design consultancy from 1989 to 1992 in Montréal.

Between1993 to 1996 he was responsible for Research and Development for a major signage manufacturer. He founded his consultancy in 1996, specializing in consumer and industrial plastic products, signage and lighting design. In the fall of 1998, Michel became a faculty member of Dawson College’s Industrial Design department. He has also taught at l’École de design de l’Université du Québec à Montréal.

David graduated from the Ontario College of Art in Toronto with a Diploma in Industrial Design in 1991. He apprenticed in Olivetti’s Centro Stile in Milan, Italy from 1991 to 1992.

Upon returning to Canada, he moved to Montreal where he worked at a design consulting firm from 1994 to 1996. At that point he began his own business in industrial design. He taught at Dawson College in the industrial design department in 1998, and currently is the department’s plastic and metal shops’ technician, while continuing to offer design consulting services to clients.