Item 2024-007/012 (01) - Bersudsky Kettle

Sidney Bersudsky was an industrial designer. He was born in Odessa, Russia and immigrated to Saint John, New Brunswick at the age of five. Graduating from Saint John Vocational School, Bersudsky began his career publishing editorial cartoons in the Telegraph Journal and The Evening Times Globe, he later developed an interest in industrial design, working in several manufacturing plants and studying drafting and drawing. In 1938 he founded Bersudsky and Associates in Sydney, Nova Scotia. By 1948 he had relocated the company to Toronto, designing new products and redesigning existing products for corporate clients. He developed a specialization in the use of plastics, developing a reputation as one of the top designers in the country. Sidney and Associates held twenty patents in both Canada and the United States. In 1963 he was a founding member of the Associate of Canadian Industrial Designers, serving as the inaugural president of the organization. He was also a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He was a recipient of the Centennial Medal in 1967.