Our firm is entering its 15th year, and despite being frequently hailed as successful design industry veterans, my partner Ben and I often feel like we have much to learn—both personally and professionally—hence our recently joining The [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
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Design is in chaos, and leadership is sorely lacking. It’s time for those with the ability to take the reins of power and haul the industry into the modern world.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010
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Matt recently wrote a great article about why he was excited about the upcoming Icograda Design Week Vancouver 2010 conference. This week Icograda released this animated promo video about the theme of Design Currency created by Rethink, Gia [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
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I believe there is always room for every person to grow, personally and professionally. But as an Art Director (and father of a two year old) my ‘spare’ time for a conference is very limited. I have been in this industry for 15 years an [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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Icograda has formally announced Design Week 2010 to be hosted by GDC in Vancouver with official event profile information on their website.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, June 15th, 2009
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Likemind is gaining momentum in Vancouver, with over 200 members on its Facebook Group. Events the each 3rd Friday of each month, with the next gathering on June 19th at Elysian Coffee‘s new location at 590 West Broadway, between Camb [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, June 11th, 2009
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It’s certainly no secret that we’re huge fans of GDC, the national design association in Canada, and the various events they produce. So, I’d like to encourage any and all creative professionals that work within the commun [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, April 30th, 2009
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April 27th is World Graphic Design Day, and the Canadian design community celebrated with GDC announcing new sustainability definitions and principles for its members at the National AGM in Winnipeg on April 26th. This is a huge leap forwar [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
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DOXA Documentary Film Festival Needs Our Help Graphic designers don’t often participate in documentary filmmaking, which is a shame. Just as our craft helps shape culture, documentaries are powerful storytelling vehicles, often reveal [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
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The Alcuin Society and BC Chapter of GDC are co-producing a FREE EVENT featuring Canadian book designer, illustrator, art director, and publisher Frank Newfeld on April 2nd at SFU Harbour Centre in Vancouver.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
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Come make your voice heard and your vote count at the GDC BC’s Annual General Meeting and holiday social on January 22nd at Stanley Park Pavilion. Our special guest speaker this year is Mark Strassburger from Modern Dog in Seattle, wh [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, January 19th, 2009
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The BC Chapter of GDC has been selected among a select few organizations to receive the 2008 Capilano University President’s Service Awards as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations. GDC/BC was honoured for its continued support an [...]
Posted by: Alex Leynes on Thursday, November 20th, 2008
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During the research and planning phase of an upcoming GDC event—Practivism: Practical methods for radical sustainability in design—I came across Alyssa Walker’s article Conventional Wisdom: Eight Ways to Save Design Conferences. I [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, September 26th, 2008
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The winners of the 12th annual Webby Awards were just announced and the Graphex 2008 website, designed and developed by Industrial Brand Creative, was chosen as an Honoree out of more than 8,000 entries in 70 categories. To be selected amon [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, August 22nd, 2008
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A hearty congratulations to IBC Brand Director Matt SamyciaWood for being awarded the MGDC certified professional designer designation by The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada [GDC]. Considering Matt has a Masters of Design and has bee [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, June 27th, 2008
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Applied Arts Magazine announced its latest list of winners today, and Vacnouver’s Rethink Communications cleaned up. As usual. 44 of their submissions were chosen as winners—including the Graphex 2008 invitations they designed for G [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
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Recently I attended the Rock Awards hosted by the Vancouver Island Chapter of GDC in Victoria. And what a night to remember. After a delicious locally grown organic meal, the room went dark and was filled with the deep, ominous sounds of a [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
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If you’re in any field related to art or design, you very likely know who Syd Mead is—the artist primarily responsible for the look and feel of influential movies such as Aliens, Blade Runner, Tron and others. Well, as a volunteer o [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
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Yup. You read that correctly. Rogue graphic design star Stefan Sagmeister will be giving a presentation in Vancouver as part of GDC’s Salazar Student Design Awards at 6 pm on Friday, May 9th at the Roundhouse Arts & Community Cent [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, April 25th, 2008
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After much feedback, evaluation, planning—including a healthy dose of debate and discussion—the all new GDC.net website has launched at long last, with a section devoted to the GDC BC Chapter. Having served with a number of my GDC colle [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, March 1st, 2008
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IBC was honoured to design and produce the website for GDC’s Graphex National Design Awards this year. The competition has been judged and the winners will be announced on March 28th at a formal awards gala on March 28rd at the pres [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, February 16th, 2008
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Vancouver, BC has been chosen as the official host city for the annual SIGGRAPH conference in 2011. This is a huge win for the city and is the first time the conference will venture outside the United States. The conference should prove a s [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, December 29th, 2007
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Word has it that the Graphex 2008 commemorative binder is totally WOW! The binder was given out as a welcome kit to the judges and so far it’s been very well received. Don’t you just love the laser etched bamboo cover? We do. Th [...]
Posted by: Claire Alexander on Friday, November 30th, 2007
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He’s worked with Burton Snowboards since 1984. He owns the biggest design firm in Brazil. He’s the current global creative director of Starbucks and formerly of Nike. He created the only comprehensive course on Canadian design h [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
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It’s common knowledge (among those who know me) that I love Cuba. My wife and I were married there. I may not entirely agree with their politics, but the Cuban people are amazing—perhaps the warmest and most enjoyable culture I̵ [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, October 11th, 2007
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GDC/BC Presents: Design Speaker Series #1 – Logo Savvy Book Launch Thursday October 18th, 2007 @ 7–10pm at Emily Carr Institute Theatre, Granville Island, Vancouver. Ever wonder how some of the world’s top brand identity firms go [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, October 5th, 2007
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GDC’s Graphex 2008 National Design Awards were recently announced with a deadline for entries of November 23rd, 2007. Designed and developed by Industrial Brand Creative, the website features an animated Flash interface with dynamic c [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, September 27th, 2007
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Hot on the heels of SIGGRAPH 2007 in San Diego, the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival is coming to Vancouver, September 19 & 20, 2007! You don’t want to miss this extraordinary collection of animated shorts, digital films, comm [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, September 16th, 2007
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The GDC BC Chapter is hard at work with the final preparations for the 2007 edition of the Salazar Student Design Awards. Rumour has it that the entry deadline has been extended to June 6th, 2007, so if you’re a design student or rece [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, May 30th, 2007
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A hearty congratulations to IBC Senior Designer Kevin Broome for being granted professional designer designation by The Society of Graphic Designers of Canada [GDC]. A finer or more deserving MGDC you’ll likely never meet.
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, May 11th, 2007
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Come make your voice heard and your vote count at the GDC BC Chapter’s Annual General Meeting on February 1st as the GDC celebrates its 50th anniversary. As a special bonus, join us for refreshments at the Canadian premiere of Shared [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, January 20th, 2007
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Here’s a professional development workshop all print designers in Vancouver shouldn’t miss: Ten Things Print Designers Need to Know hosted by GDC and Hemlock Printers. From prepress tips & tricks, to variable digital printi [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, January 13th, 2007
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Last year’s GDC party was a total riot with its Cuban Fiesta theme – complete with taps, latin band, mojitos and cigars! This year’s party is a Tiki theme and is being held at the Waldorf Hotel‘s amazing Tahitian Twi [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Sunday, November 26th, 2006
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NEW MEDIA BC EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: Work/Life Balance: Empty Promise or Key to Happiness? Join New Media BC for a round-table discussion with top-notch service professionals from Vancouver as we dive into what “balance” means, shar [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, November 21st, 2006
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There’s been plenty of negative press lately surrounding the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee. It’s about time we heard some good news, isn’t it? Well, here’s some great news. VANOC has just released a pub [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Saturday, September 30th, 2006
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Check out the AIGA’s recently released 50 Books/50 Covers winners. Some fantastic design singled out from the 900 entries submitted this year. We’ve blogged about the AIGA Design Archives before – it’s a great resour [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, September 29th, 2006
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Our good friends at RGD Ontario are hosting what they’re calling “a stimulating, interactive thinkfest” and it looks like an event not to be missed. DesignThinkers 2006 features keynote speeches from industry experts such [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
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So Germany did not win the World Cup. No, they were ousted by Italy in the semi-finals. But Germany does have Thomas Nagel. And he is coming to Vancouver to talk to us about design inspiration and typography on Thursday September 21 at the [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, September 13th, 2006
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Check out photos from Icograda’s Design Week in Seattle this week. July 12th Regional Meeting, July 13 Over The Fence Seminar, July 14th Lectures and Studio Tours, and July 15th Lectures. Make sure to check out the photo sets called B [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, July 21st, 2006
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The opening introduction on the Icograda Design Week website says “Design should solve multi-cultural branding challenges, promote peace and stability, balance profits with human rights and create more sustainability.” Lofty goa [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, July 14th, 2006
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Exciting news from Seattle Design Week as Icocgrada announced the launch of +DESIGN, a program that collects and showcases inspiring design solutions. The concept and design were created by Rob Sweetman and Jeff Harrison at ReThink with dev [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, July 13th, 2006
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My first day at Icograda’s Seattle Design Week is actually day four for international design students taking part in workshops at the University of Washington led by leading design educators and practitioners on subject matter such as [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
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All this week is Icograda Design Week and IBC will be in Seattle covering the event as part of TAXI Design Network‘s international media coverage. Special emphasis will be on the International Conference July 14 and 15, with presentat [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, July 10th, 2006
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Canada Post has revealed the design of a new stamp to be issued August 16th, 2006 commemorating the 50th of the GDC as well as the contributions of Canadian designers to our country’s economy, culture and national identity – 50 [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, July 5th, 2006
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Jim Coudal of the advertising, design, and interactive firm Coudal Partners in Chicago will be speaking at the 2006 Salazar Student Design Awards evening on June 1st. He will also present a short, but illuminating movie about what working a [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, May 19th, 2006
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I’m repeating myself a little with this post, but I thought it worth another moment of consideration. One issue at the recent GDC AGM in Edmonton that kind of got my knickers in a knot was a presentation by the legendary Walter Jungki [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, May 12th, 2006
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May 4-7th was the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada‘s Annual General Meeting, graciously hosted by the Alberta North Chapter in Edmonton, Alberta. As the President-Elect of the BC Chapter, I was proud to serve as one of the deleg [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, May 12th, 2006
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Reminder: April 20th GDC Event in Vancouver. RSVP now to reserve your spot. What’s right and what’s wrong with your profiles in Photoshop? How much does all this have to cost? Can I do contract quality proofs on my Inkjet? Ernst [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, April 18th, 2006
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Don’t forget to RSVP before March 15th for the Graphex Gala dinner and awards ceremony. This special event honoring the best in visual communication across Canada will be held March 24th at the glamorous Vancouver Club. More details f [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
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We have always been very clear with potential clients, and very vocal on this blog about the issue of spec work. Other local design blogs such as ideasonideas and the GDC blog have also taken up the torch recently exposing the process for w [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Tuesday, March 14th, 2006
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Tonight (February 23, 2006) is the GDC BC Chapter‘s “Town Hall” style annual general meeting held from 6:30pm – 10:00pm at Vancouver Film School’s Web Cafe on the corner of Hastings and Homer. All GDC members a [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, February 23rd, 2006
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If you’re a design student graduating in 2006, find out if the judges love you at the Salazar 2006 Design Competition. Call for entries and cool posters by Capilano College design students Christopher Freeman and Aldea Wood will be re [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, February 16th, 2006
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IBC are proud members and supporters of the BC Chapter of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC) and are thrilled to announce the launch of the BC Chapter’s Blog. The blog, developed by IBC, was designed to open a more tangi [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
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The GDC has done it again. This time hosting a fabulous Cuba-themed holiday party for it’s members called Colours of Cuba featuring a live performance by the sultry Latin sounds of La Candela, the hottest new Afro-Cuban band to play a [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, December 1st, 2005
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Five of the world’s most respected authorities on communication design will be in Vancouver, BC for the launch of Graphex 2006 National Design Competition. Hosted by the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC), Graphex is a bienn [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, November 16th, 2005
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