For centuries book lovers have known that books are more than words on paper. If you are one of those people then you won’t want to miss these masters exploring the art of the book.

Robert Bringhurst, Audrey Niffenegger, Anik See and Seth

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Photo Credit: Adian Shum

National Representative Report from the National AGM

This past AGM was my second and much of the ‘shock and awe’ that I experienced last year in Saskatoon had washed away into a new-found role of responsibility. As was the case last year, I found myself traveling to a city that I had never been in. Both Saskatoon and Winnipeg are flat, beige, full of surprises and excitement if you can find it, and offer some great opportunities to forge some stories and new friendships.

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Join our friends at CAPIC to learn Maria’s new media market tips to find and keep clients. Based on Maria Piscopo’s marketing books for photographers and graphic designers, this program has been updated for today’s new client. Whether you are making a transition to a new area or improving the level of assignments you want to get, this step-by-step program will get you there.

You will learn about creating a marketing plan for building repeat business, planning print and electronic direct mail strategies,  getting publicity to promote your recognition and response rate and more.

When: Saturday, May 23, 2009 at 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Where: Langara College, Room 136A
100 W 49th Street, Vancouver
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Typophile Film Fest 4 is presented by Punchcut in association with the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada

Typophile Film Fest 4 will showcase a rare and unequaled selection of short typographic films. Hailing from Portugal, The Netherlands, Austria, Canada and the US, the films create a visual mashup of motion design, typographic animation and short stories. It includes broadcast motion design, documentaries and typographic eye candy from Trollbäck + Company, Strange Attractors, Heebok Lee, Nick Shinn, Juan Leguizamon as well as exclusive out takes from the acclaimed documentary film Helvetica. Thanks to the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, British Columbia, for helping make this presentation possible.

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A big thank you to all who participated and came out to the Association BBQ! Good food, good people and good times. Judging by the feedback, it will be the first of many. We hope to have other associations involved in our next meet-up which we will try to get going sooner vs later.

Great feedback from the other associations in what could be the start of some meaningful relationships.

(Inset: GDC BC Chapter President Mark Busse with Chris Wheeler (President of BCID) and Geordie Allen from Crescent in Toronto)

Stay tuned for the next one!

Click here for the first edition of the GDC Vancouver Island Chapter on line newsletter: http://www.ideazone.ca/gdc/newsletter.php

We will be sending these out regularly, it will be filled with all sorts off fun and interesting things. Send announcements and anything you would like to include to communications.vibc@gdc.net.

Now that you’ve seen Helvetica…
Come join us for a social BBQ and meet with your fellow associates from the GDC (Society of Graphic Designers of Canada), CAPIC (Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communication), BCID (British Columbia Industrial Design Association), NMBC (New Media British Columbia) and CDRN (Canadian Design Research Network). Eat stuff, drink stuff or just talk shop. Either way come out and meet your community of creatives.

Where: Spanish Banks, Vancouver
(Look for the tent at the farthest west parking lot)
When: Wednesday, August 22nd, 4pm – 8pm
What: BYOB and BBQ goodies – it’s casual!
– Dogs and kid friendly –

Please RSVP to association.bc@gdc.net before August 17th.

Each month a small group of GDC volunteers work hard to gather news, stories, tips, interviews and other tidbits and create our online newsletter, GDC eNews. The July issue of GDC eNews  includes informative articles on designing green, GDC’s new brand strategy initiative, helpful design tips, upcoming events, and sponsorship updates.

Thanks to Dave Coates (National Web Chair), Rod Roodenburg (National Communications Chair), and all the volunteers and contributors for producing this insightful and useful publication.

I just attended my third National AGM, and possibly the most exciting. There are fantastic things happening across the country and as a National body. It’s a great reminder that we are not only our rock. It’s also great to know that our chapter is very respected and many chapters have used us and our materials as inspiration and a model for how they operate as we have been inspired (and continue to be) by them.

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A useful new feature has been added to the GDC BC Blog. “Upcoming events” can now be listed along the left column by simply adding date and time information to new posts using the easy-to-use RS Event plugin now installed and configured in the CMS backend for authorized contributors.