Text and poster  courtesy of our friends at the GDC.

You’re awesome. We’re awesome. Let’s get together and bask in our awesomeness. Did we mention barbecue? Free burgers and hotdogs? Bocce and croquet? Trout Lake on a gorgeous summer evening?

• A superior problem solver.
• Looking for challenges.
• Passionate about design, form, and beauty.
• Able to work in a highly interactive and collaborative work environment, where diversity is
• embraced as an asset.
• Brilliant at 2D sketching and 3D visualization.
• Extraordinarily skilled in SolidWorks.
• Practical in designing for production and manufacturing (anything you design can be produced)
• Fluent in Photoshop, Illustrator, and MS office suite
• Responsive, responsible, and honest
• A creative thinker
• Able to self-manage and self-motivated
• Able to communicate with clarity
• A team player who loves people

It is desirable for this candidate to have:

• Project management training and experience.

If you fit this description and are passionate about people and changing the world, and if you want to
contribute to a growing company that needs you, please send your CV and a sample portfolio to
marva@kangaroodesign.net.

More information can be found about this position and Arc’teryx at:

http://www.arcteryx.com/careers.aspx?article=Design-Assistant

North Vancouver, BC, Canada

Arc’teryx is an energetic and exceptionally innovative company, with over 400 employees. Our ongoing success stems from an uncompromising passion to continuously challenge, and radically improve, the status quo. At the foundation of our organization is a dynamic team of exceptionally talented, fun, and active people.

Our modern head office is located on Vancouver’s picturesque North Shore, near the Second Narrows Bridge. We promote a causal and fun work environment that supports and encourages work-life balance. We also have plenty of parking, a bike room, indoor staff bouldering gym, frequent summer BBQs and other events, as well as a great employee discount.

We are seeking a recent or upcoming grad with a degree in Apparel or Industrial Design, and a passion for outdoor sports, to join our Research and Development team as a Design Assistant. As a Design Assistant, you will support the development of comprehensive design and product solutions that are in line with Arc’teryx design philosophies and customer needs.

Ideally you will have:

* Degree or working towards a degree in Design (Apparel or Industrial), or equivalent design experience
* Avid involvement in and understanding of activities we make products for
* Hands-on experience constructing products, preferably textile-based
* Technical and creative skills to pattern and prototype
* Strong entrepreneurial and innovative mind set
* Excellent communication skills, including written and spoken English
* Excellent time management skills
* Strong planning and organizational skills
* Attendance at tradeshows and company events as required

Your responsibilities will include (but are not limited to):

* Assisting Designer in developing patterns and prototypes
* Aid in establishing construction detail and fit concepts with the Designer and sample floor
* Testing various materials for suitability in construction and problem solve
* Working and communicate with Designers, Pattern makers, and Product Developers to see styles through to completion
* Working, communicating, and aiding with Design Engineering to prototype and concept tools required for the manufacture of the final product
* Working closely with Designer to develop standards and ensure consistency across all styles in the line plan, or individual programs within the line plan
* Monitoring prototypes on sample floor and respond to problems as they arise
* Assisting in product illustrations

If this sounds like you, then please apply by forwarding your resume and cover letter in PDF or Word format to hr@arcteryx.com. It is important to quote “1006-DA-Web” in the subject line of your email.

You can expect an email acknowledging the receipt of your submission within 5 days of your initial correspondence.

June 29 – Jericho Beach Course
The event will start at 6pm at the first hole.

Please RSVP to email@bcid.com so that we can confirm our numbers.
Contact BCID Events coordinator Ernest McCrank at email@bcid.com for additional information or questions.

Please try to bring your own disc as we will have a limited number available on a first come first served basis.
The first 30 rsvp’s receive a limited edition BCID World Industrial Design Day t-shirt!

Course Information:

Short but challenging hillside layout, with mature trees and groomed grass fairways. Spectacular view of the city, mountains, and harbour from 7th tee. Few signs, maps at board by 1st tee.

Course Established: 1998

Directions:
West on 4th Ave. towards UBC to the hillside of the Jericho Hill Community Centre at 4196 W. 4th Ave.

“Industrial Design: Humane solutions for a resilient world”

Above image: winning student poster design by:Ivan Orin Vrkas & Bojan Kristofic
Icsid Member School: University of Zagreb, Croatia

This topic was selected to facilitate collaboration within the industrial design community with the goal of producing tangible solutions to world problems.

“This theme stems from the immense response received from our recent ‘Uniting Designers in Disaster’ initiative launched on Facebook on 22 January in light of the disaster in Haiti and conveys the important role industrial design can play in global issues,” stated President Mark Breitenberg.

While the theme for WIDD 2010 calls on the design community to contribute their knowledge and skill, this day of observance is significant in fostering a global understanding of industrial design and all that it encompasses.

How to take part in the activities

Below are a few ideas that might inspire you as you plan to commemorate the occasion:

* Send a message to your members, students and contacts in your network announcing that WIDD will take place on 29 June, 2010.
* Distribute a press release to your media network expressing your support for WIDD.
* Include a WIDD component to an existing event taking place around the same date, such as a design exhibition, conference or workshop.
* Engage with local, regional and national levels of government to highlight industrial design’s value for economic and social growth.
* Host your own original event (workshop, celebration, educational conference, etc) in the honour of WIDD.
* Support WIDD by creating a social media community to discuss all things industrial design

By taking part in the World of Industrial Design Day celebrations, you and/or your organisation will have contributed to the overall advancement of industrial design through nurturing a global understanding for our discipline.

The British Columbia Association of Industrial Designers [BCID] shall hold their 2009 Review / Annual General Meeting on Tuesday June 22, 2010.

Please mark your calendars for a 6PM start. As in past years the BCID AGM is a social event evening hosted by BCID at a local eatery. All Members are invited and encouraged to participate at the AGM as the evening is a great opportunity to socialize and network with other Members

Members with questions or with items to add to the Agenda are asked to contact the BCID Executive via email at email@bcid.com

MEETING: Annual General Meeting (AGM)

DATE:Tuesday, June 22, 2010

HOUR:6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

LOCATION: The Shebeen Whisk(E)Y House
9 Gaoler’s Mews
Vancouver, BC V6B

More information to follow

Our guest presentation will be by visiting scholar Dr. Tilde Bekker from the User-Centered Engineering Group in the Faculty of Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands).

About Dr. Bekker

Tilde Bekker is an assistant professor at the User-Centered Engineering Group, of the Faculty of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands). Tilde Bekker did her MSc and her PhD at the department of Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology. Her research interests include designing intelligent play concepts, developing and assessing user centered design methods and tools and creating playful persuasive solutions for various user groups. She has published widely on the various topics of her research, and has participated in the organization of and reviews for various conferences, such Interaction Design and Children, British HCI conference, the CHI conference, Intetain and the conference on Fun and Games.

She teaches and does research in the area of interaction design and children and elderly, more specifically, on user centered design methods and designing for physical and social activities. At the Faculty of Industrial Design she is responsible for the Playful Interactions Theme that arranges design projects for bachelor and master students.

We hope you can make it, it’s sure to be a great evening:

Where:::::::::::::
Pour House, Vancouver
162 Water Street

When:::::::::::::
Thursday June 3rd 5:30PM – 8PM

How:::::::::::::
Please RSVP to email@bcid.com

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Want to find the Pour House, Vancouver?

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You are cordially invited to a guest presentation by visiting scholar Dr.Tilde Bekker from the User-Centered Engineering Group in the Faculty of Industrial Design at Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands).

Presentation Date:Wednesday, May 19,
2:45pm – 4:20 Room 5380 .
School Of Interactive Arts And Technology.
Simon Fraser University, Surrey.

Presentation: Designing interactive play objects for children
Children like interacting with new media, such as television and computer games. Computer games provide very appealing play opportunities: they offer challenges that adapt to the skills of the player and allow children to immerse themselves in diverse world and environments. Mobile interactive objects can provide similar play opportunities if they sense and respond to children’s activities and allow children to create their own play opportunities and fantasies. Designing interactive play objects with similar appeal as computer games may provide new opportunities for social and physical play.

Inspired by theories from behavioral psychology and persuasion, sport psychology and game design a variety of interactive play objects were iteratively designed and evaluated. Through design research we have developed a design philosophy on creating opportunities for children to be physically and socially active. I will illustrate our approach by describing a number of design cases.

About Dr. Bekker
Tilde Bekker is an assistant professor at the User-Centered Engineering Group, of the Faculty of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands). Tilde Bekker did her MSc and her PhD at the department of Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology. Her research interests include designing intelligent play concepts, developing and assessing user centered design methods and tools and creating playful persuasive solutions for various user groups. She has published widely on the various topics of her research, and has participated in the organization of and reviews for various conferences, such Interaction Design and Children, British HCI conference, the CHI conference, Intetain and the conference on Fun and Games.

She teaches and does research in the area of interaction design and children and elderly, more specifically, on user centered design methods and designing for physical and social activities. At the Faculty of Industrial Design she is responsible for the Playful Interactions Theme that arranges design projects for bachelor and master students.

Awards were presented by Premier Gordon Campbell and Keith Mitchell, chair of the British Columbia Achievement Foundation.

“In applying creativity, ingenuity and innovative designs to functional objects, this year’s recipients demonstrate the talent and strength that exists throughout B.C.’s applied art and design community,” said Campbell. “We are pleased to celebrate the accomplishments of these artists and to highlight the important contributions that applied artists and designers make to the cultural and economic fabric of B.C.”
“Working in wood, glass, fibre, clay, metal in such areas as furniture, jewelry, textiles, ceramics, industrial and fashion design, these artists create work that inspires us all.” Mitchell noted. “Today’s recipients join 20 previous recipients who have been honoured since the inception of the award in 2005, all of whom represent the spectrum of outstanding applied art and design work in BC.”

The recipients of the 2009 BC Creative Achievement Awards are:
• Judson Beaumont, Straight Line Designs – furniture design
• Robert Johnston, Tangram Design – industrial design
• Lilach Lotan, – ceramics

For more information on the BC Creative Achievement Awards please visit:
www.bcachievement.com

For more information on Robert Johnston and Tangram Design please visit:
www.tangramdesign.com


For complete information on this event please visit: http://www.siat.sfu.ca/