Sept 10, 2008
A request for industrial designers specialising in consumer product development has been passed to BCID from ACID today. Industrial Designers wishing to apply for this opportunity should please forward their sample portfolio along with experience information to
tamber@novative-solutions.com
If you’re a member of BCID, GDC or CAPIC, we’ll see you at the 2nd annual Association BBQ jointly sponsored by the BCID, GDC and CAPIC. There will be a tent or two if it’s raining.
Where: New Brighton Park. Rain or shine! Free Grub. Look for the tents.
When: August 14, 2008; Starts @ 5PM
Free admission [...]
The BCID is pleased to announce that the BC Premier’s Technology Council has released its eleventh report, which focuses on three topics: Clean technology, regional innovation and industrial design. The Premier’s Technology Council was established in August 2001 to advise the government on issues related to the advancement and application of technology in British Columbia. [...]
The Design Exchange Awards, presented by Canadian Business magazine, promotes Canadian design excellence and recognizes the critical role of design in all types of organizations including commercial entities (large and small businesses), not-for-profit organizations, and the public sector. The Awards celebrate the success stories achieved through close partnerships between clients and designers. The DXAs are [...]
The Association of Canadian Industrial Designers (ACID) Call for Entries is to recognize and honor the work of design pioneers over the past sixty years. Its purpose is to increase awareness of outstanding product design and to honor its members, who work together to improve the products that have entered our homes, workplace and affected [...]
BCID will be holding it’s 2007 AGM at the Alibi Room on April 10th, 2008.Where: The Alibi Room Located at 157 Alexander Street @ Main St. in Vancouver’s Gastown District. http://www.alibi.ca/
When: April 10th 6PM – 9PM. The presentation will start at 6:30PM. This is sure to be an exciting event. On topic will be all [...]
Gellivare (Sweden) – In a partnership between Icsid, the Swedish Industrial Design Foundation (SVID) and the community of Gellivare, City Move Interdesign will be the main activity in a project about how to relocate people and societies.
Scheduled for March 2009, the project will look at the possibilities of creating new spaces for people both in [...]
While there are many events that promote the profession of industrial design, World Industrial Design Day is the first international observance created uniquely to provide an occasion to highlight the merits of the profession and its impact on the quality of life.Marked by Icsid’s anniversary on June 29, World Industrial Design Day is a day [...]
Registration has now begun for March Break and Summer Camps at the Design Exchange. Descriptions of our all new camps (sure to engage even the most finicky young designers) are online now! Located in the heart of Toronto’s financial district, the former Stock Exchange building offers a unique and inspiring setting for these specialized camp [...]
WORLD HOUSE
COSTA RICA ONLINE CHARRETTE
From February 7-10, 2008, 150 Architectural Technology students from George Brown College joined students from the Institute without Boundaries to explore housing solutions for Guanacaste, a region of Costa Rica that is stressed by housing and water shortages. Be sure to check out the results of the charrette at Toronto’s [...]