British Columbia Industrial Design Association

Deadline for Submission to the BC Creative Achievement Awards is December 15th http://www.bcachievement.com 

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, Motorola, Procter & Gamble, Thermos, 3M, and Xerox. Liz speaks about and teaches human-centered research and design to clients, colleagues and students around the world. She is coming to speak at Emily Carr as part of an initiative to increase the awareness and practice of human-centered and participatory design methods. 

Ms. Sanders is currently the President of the consulting firm MakeTools. She serves as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Industrial, Interior and Visual Communication Design at The Ohio State University. She is also on the Board of Advisors for the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University. 

 

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 information on how to participate and to download the appropriate forms, please follow this link.

TIP-summary.pdf
Design Consultant (right click and save as)

Overview
The Ministry of Small Business and Revenue is currently working on the Taxpayer Information Project (TIP). The goal of TIP is to rewrite and create new materials in plain language that explain how provincial taxes apply to specific industries. As part of TIP, a suite of informational products has been developed that will make provincial tax information clear and easy to understand, more accessible, and focuses on the needs of our customers. If you would like to read more about the project, please read the attached summary:

2 Step Consultation Process

Step 1
To ensure that we meet the needs of your industry, we are asking you to participate in the consultation process with us. The first consultation is to solicit your suggestions/comments on the attached proposed outline of topics we are considering for our public information materials: <>. We would appreciate that all responses be returned no later than August 30, 2006 . Replies can be sent directly back to Danna.Thoroughgood@gov.bc.ca by email or by fax to 1-250-356-2340.

Step 2
For the second consultation, we will send you a copy of the final draft of the proposed public information materials for your review. As feedback from your industry is important to us, I would appreciate you soliciting feedback from your membership as you see fit.

For both consultations, we welcome all suggestions you may have. However, if your suggestion requires new policy, or a change in current policy or legislation, we will put you in contact with the appropriate area of the ministry that can assist you. To see recent public information materials that we have produced for other industries, please visit our website at www.sbr.gov.bc.ca/ctb/industry.htm

For more information please contact:

Danna Thoroughgood,
Public Information Policy Analyst
Customer Service and Information Branch
6th floor, 1802 Douglas Street
Victoria BC
Email: Danna.Thoroughgood@gov.bc.ca

Tel: 250 387-1937
Fax: 250 356-2340

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 Professional Members are invited to submit digital collections of their works that will be showcased at the upcoming IDSA National Conference 2006 (September 17-20 Austin USA) and the 2006 World Industrial Design Fair (September 22-25, China)

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Greetings,

We are in the process of updating our new site. Please bear with us for the next couple of days while we add new links and work out the bugs.

Regards,

BCID Executive.

The Deadline for entries to the FW Sustainable Design>>Closing the Loop Competition has been extended until June 7, 2006.

The competition is open to all Canadian residents. Winning entries will be publicly exhibited at the UBC School of Architecture Gallery from June 16th-18th and at the Vancouver Public Library from June 19th – 23rd.

These exhibitions are in conjunction with the 2006 Festival of Architecture and the World Urban Forum being held in
Vancouver from June 19th-23rd.Complete submission guidelines and rules are available at http://www.fwsustainabledesign.ca 

Members wishing to vote for the graduation project most deserving of the BCID Student Award of Excellence are encouraged to contact info@bcid.com with their vote. The ECI Graduation Exhibition is open daily at the Emily Carr Institute from May7th – 22^nd from 10am to 6pm.

Western Washington University Industrial Design Class of 2006 invites you to experience their visions of the future. Please join us for FUTURE FORWARD, 13 visions of the future of product design at the Henry
Art Gallery.

Opening reception is May 4th 5pm-9pm

www.henryart.org

BCID members are invited to attend the Emily Carr Institute’s annual Grad-Show Industry Preview Night this Friday May 5 from 7-9pm. A few BCID members may pause for a refreshment or two at the Arts Club Lounge after the event - please feel free to join us there.As in past years, BCID will give an “award of excellence” to a deserving student. The student will receive a certificate, a hardcover book on design, and publication of their graduation project in the upcoming issue of the BCID Bulletin. All Professional and Provisional members are invited to submit their votes on the project or projects that they think merit consideration.The 2006 Graduation exhibition runs from May 7th to May 22nd.