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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Our friends at Ascent Group have created a workshop with design and creative services firms in mind.
Access and engage practical business methods, tools & strategies in this 3-day Interactive Workshop that is guaranteed to give you leverage on your current resources, leadership, and potential.
Right or wrong, as owners, leaders and managers we are under constant pressure to not just meet expectations & responsibilities, but outperform them. And on top of that, many of us have witnessed the trend of creative value becoming commoditized, causing your profitability to shrink faster than ice cubes in the Sahara. There are ways can take control and do something about it.
In this unique hands-on workshop, designed specifically for Creative Services Studio principals, you’ll learn how to:
Engage your full creative and business potential as a studio.
Optimize your “organically grown” resources.
Leverage your five principal drivers of achievable success.
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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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Have your perception of sustainability in the design community updated with someone of the most forward thinking and progressive industry leaders on sustainability.
The Society of Graphic Designers/BC Chapter and event sponsor Rhino Print Solutions welcome you to the second in an ongoing series of design speaking events. For this event we are proud to welcome Marc Alt, Brian Dougherty and Eric Karjaluoto along with guest Moderator Valerie Elliot, some of the most recognized names and industry leaders for Design Sustainability, to discuss their strategies and suggestions for practical activism within a design practice.
When: Thursday, November 13th, 2008 6-10PM
Where: Science World at Telus World of Science 1455 Quebec Street. Map of Location
Tickets: Members $15 / Non Members $25
Event now SOLD OUT!.
More information available at practivism.ca.
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The Vancouver InDesign community has been maintaining a user group dedicated for sharing ideas, and helping everyone learn InDesign (maybe you’ve heard of this software???) Coming up next week they are welcoming Sebastian Distefano from Adobe to host a seminar on styles in InDesign CS3. For those just getting started and those already knowledgeable about InDesign, be prepared to leave with your head filled with ideas on how you can implement this new knowledge into your own workflow:
- Object Styles
- Text Styles and Text formatting
- Paragraph Styles Paragraph formatting
- Nested Styles
- Apply next Style command
- Text Wrap controls
- Numbered List and Bullets
- Using the Eye Dropper with text
- Table Styles and Cell Styles
Register through the Vancouver InDesign User Group.
GDC/BC Chapter presents the Perspectives, Opportunities, Guidance and Open-Learning (POGO) Conference.
All the events included in this day long event provide an unparalleled opportunity for design professionals, students and design newcomers to learn, connect, guide and inspire each others creative thinking. Developed with this experience in mind, the conference includes design exhibits, a creative workshop, portfolio critique and studio tours. It’s also a great opportunity to network!
WHEN: Saturday, May 10th, 2008
WHERE: Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver BC
INFO & TICKETS: bc.gdc.net/pogo/
Adobe launches InDesign User Group (IDUG) in Vancouver!
The Vancouver InDesign User Group chapter is now official! Vancouver’s creatives now have a vehicle through which to share ideas, learn advanced techniques and technologies, network, and stay ahead of the curve.
Adobe is pleased to invite you to our inaugural meeting on April 23. Please join us as we welcome Adobe’s Sebastian Distefano, who will treat us to his vast InDesign knowledge. Details below.
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For Immediate Release
September 2007
The Little Printer That Could
About eight years ago, Metropolitan Fine Printers President/Founder George Kallas and his staff made a decision to take the company to the highest quality level possible.
We, at Metropolitan, are extremely proud to announce that at last week’s PIA Awards Banquet in Chicago, our goal was realized: Metropolitan Fine Printers was recognized as the third most awarded printer in the world, and the only Canadian Printer to place in the top ranks.
To quantify this remarkable distinction, there were more than 5,100 entries from printers all over the world, many of them 10 times Metropolitan’s size. We were able to achieve this honour with the help of our superb production team and our proprietary 10 micron stochastic UV technology, giving new meaning to astonishing colour and clarity.
Not bad for the little printer that could…
Bob Faulkner
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
DIR (604) 216 1702
TEL (604) 254 4201
TOLL FREE (866) 254 4201
bob@metprinters.com
www.metprinters.com
FREE EVENT: CAPIC Vancouver and Adobe Canada present a night on Photoshop.
Join other designers, photographers, illustrators and creative professionals for a closer look at Adobe’s newest version of Photoshop at Vancouver’s Pacific Palisades Hotel on Tuesday, September 18th, 2007. Light refreshments will be served and Adobe Software will be given away as a door prize.
WHEN:
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007
7:00 P.M. - doors open
7:30 - 9:30 P.M. - Program
WHERE:
Pacific Palisades Hotel
1277 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC
Canada V6E 1C4
TICKETS:
FREE EVENT to all CAPIC, PPABC, GDC members and photography students. Non-members will be placed on waiting list. Only 60 seats available! First come, first served
RSVP:
RSVP to David Rossander at rossandd@shaw.ca to reserve your seat.
TypeCon2007: Letter Space is being August 1-5, 2007 at the Crown Plaza in Seattle, Washington. There are literally dozens of confirmed speakers this year, including Canadians Nick Shinn, Robert Bringhurst and our very own Marian Bantjes.
Registration is now open!
Complete the National Graphic Design Salary Survey by June 22 for a chance to WIN.
Take five minutes to fill out the online salary survey by Friday, June 22, 2007 and be entered into a draw for a free conference registration for DesignThinkers 2007, Canada’s largest graphic design conference taking place in Toronto along with 3 nights hotel and a $100 gift certificate at Kalendar and one of ten 1-year subscriptions to Fast Company. Results of the survey will be made available in the fall.
The survey doesn’t take long to complete and can be accessed at:
http://www.researchdimensions.com/designsurvey
If you missed the recent Salazar Student Design Awards, please take a moment to check out the photos on our Flickr page (courtesy of Steve Mynett), and watch a video of Ian Grais’ presentation on Video.ca (courtesy of Cameron Jantzen). If you’re looking for us online, you can always find us on Facebook.
Thursday, June 21st
PIA/GATF presents:
MISSION POSSIBLE 2007
A seminar for creative and pre-press professionals.
Topics include creation of press-ready PDFs, image resolution, transparency, colour reproduction, file collection, and more…
Please see Mission Possible 2007 Flyer for the details.
or visit the website: www.missionpossible07.com
ENGLISH LANGUAGE SPRING CLEARANCE
Vancouver’s most eclectic selection of
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GRAFFITI CULTURE - DESIGN - ARCHITECTURE - PHOTOGRAPHY
FILM BOOKS - JAPANESE CULTURE - ASIAN INTEREST
30 % OFF BOOKS IN STOCK
until the end of May !
(magazines, special orders, ESL & reference not included)
Sophia Books
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“A picture is worth a thousand words,
A phone call is worth a thousand e-mails!”
450 West Hastings St.
Vancouver BC V6B 1L1 CANADA
TEL +604.684.0484
JPN line +604.684.4032
Candle Typography
Magical. From www.christianwilmes.com
Sketch Furniture Video
Members of FRONT make it possible to materialise hand made sketches through using a unique method where they combine two highly developed techniques. Invisible pen strokes in the air recorded with Motion Capture become digital 3D-files. Through Rapid Prototyping, the files are materialised into real pieces of furniture.www.frontdesign.se
A Font Commercial
An internet commercial for the font ff typestar by Steffen Sauerteig from eboy.
