Already booked in for SND's Boston workshop Oct. 11-13, but think you might need some more stimulation? The Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario (RGD Ontario) is focusing its annual conference to reflect on design and its role in society and commerce the very next week, Oct. 17-19. DesignThinkers 2007, Canada's premier graphic design conference, will be a stimulating interactive thinkfest on the ideas of exciting innovators and Canada's vibrant design community in general.

What's RGD Ontario, you might be asking? It is the self-regulatory, professional body for graphic designers in Ontario grants the right to use designations Registered Graphic Designer and R.G.D., a quality signal of standards of professional practice. The association has approximately 2800 members.

Get all the poop on the conference on the DesignThinkers website

Oh, and while you are there, why not take a stab at RGN Ontario's online design quiz! Here's a tease: Know which logo, designed by Toronto graphic artist Allan Fleming, was called 'an icon' by media theorist Marshall McLuhan? Is it A, Bank of Montreal logo, B Canadian National Logo, or C, CBC logo?