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BCID Presents : Graham Buksa – Rayne Longboards

By info • Feb 18th, 2007

 
 
 
 
Please accept this invitation to attend a BCID sponsored presentation by Graham Buksa of Rayne Longboards Tuesday February 27th 9am – 11:30am at the Emily Carr
Institute.
Graham will be sharing his experiences and insights gained during the process of conceiving his product, an innovative longboard, and founding a company to develop, produce, and market it.
This short workshop [...]



Lorenzo Imbesi at the Emily Carr Institute

By info • Nov 10th, 2006

The ID Department at ECIAD would like to extend an invitation to BCID members to attend a lecture by visiting design professor Lorenzo Imbesi at 10:30am Tuesday November 14. 
The lecture is the kick-off event for a 3 day design charrette Lorenzo will be conducting with the ID program. 
About Lorenzo Imbesi 
Lorenzo teaches Theories of Design [...]



Call for Entries – BC Creative Achievement Awards

By info • Nov 2nd, 2006

Deadline for Submission to the BC Creative Achievement Awards is December 15th http://www.bcachievement.com 
From the BC Creative Achievement Awards Website:  “The 2007 British Columbia Creative Achievement Awards will recognize up to five individuals from British Columbia’s outstanding applied art and design community. Artists and designers who work in jewelry, glass, wood, fibre, clay and metal or such [...]



Canada Innovates at IDSA National Conference

By info • Oct 15th, 2006

 
 
 
 
 
The Canada Innovates presentation was showcased in the Design Gallery & Expo at IDSA 2006 (September 17-20) in Austin, Texas. This year, IDSA had a record attendance of 800.
We are looking forward to participating at next year’s combined ICSID/IDSA event: Connecting 07.

The online portion of the exhibit is also now up and running at www.designcanada.org



Special Lecture in Design 2006 – Elizabeth Sanders

By info • Sep 8th, 2006

Friday September 15, 4pm
Emily Carr Theatre (328 South Building)
Liz Sanders Liz is trained in Psychology and Anthropology and holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology. She is a pioneer in the use of participatory research methods in the field of design Some of her clients have included Apple, Coca Cola, Compaq, Hasbro, IBM, Intel, Kodak, Microsoft, [...]



Taxpayer Information Project – Design Consultants

By info • Aug 21st, 2006

The BCID has been invited to participate in a government initiative to clarify federal and provincial tax information documentation specifically affecting the Design Consultant industries. If your business has had issues or concerns related to PST and/or GST, this is your opportunity to be heard. The deadline for response is August 30th, 2006. For further [...]



Design Exchange Awards 2006

By info • Aug 9th, 2006

The Design Exchange Awards competition aims to promote 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 DXA are Canada’s only [...]



ICSID E-news July 2006

By info • Jul 26th, 2006

The ICSID E-news for July 2006 is now available at
http://www.icsid.org/events/ICSID_newsletter/e-news-july-2006.htm



Starfish Medical – Design Engineer

By info • Jul 24th, 2006

Location: Canada  – Victoria, British Columbia
Job Functions: Engineering, Product Development, Project Management
StarFish Medical http://www.starfishmedical.com/ is expanding and we are looking for an experienced Design Engineer to join our medical device development team.
The successful candidate will work closely with other members of our product development team(including industrial designers, electronics engineers, production engineers, physicists and other specialists) to develop [...]



Call for Entries – Canada Innovates

By info • Jul 22nd, 2006

BCID/ACID Professional Members are invited to participate in this year’s ACID international export marketing effort titled Canada Innovates: Canadian Industrial Design.
To view the official call for entries please visit:
http://www.designcanada.org/events/acid_call_for_entries_PDF2.pdf
Canada Innovates promotes emerging design companies to international markets. This opportunity is open to designers and design firms that have goods and services that are export ready.ACID [...]