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 a [...]
Posted by: Matt SamyciaWood on Thursday, January 21st, 2010
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In addition to ADCC and W3 awards we took home earlier in the year, we were recently very pleased to learn that our website for UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture was honoured with a Lotus Merit in the interactive catego [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, December 22nd, 2008
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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 a [...]
Posted by: Alex Leynes on Thursday, November 20th, 2008
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Wolda ‘08 Worldwide Logo Design Annual Winners Announced, though none from Canada or Mexico We’ve kept our eye on this year’s inaugural Wolda ‘08 Worldwide Logo Design Competition hosted by Italy’s Eulda Books [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
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The Winners of The 2008 W3 Awards have been announced by the The International Academy of the Visual Arts today and the team at Industrial Brand were awarded a Silver for the UBC School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture website. Wit [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, October 17th, 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 amo [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, August 22nd, 2008
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We recently learned our website for UBC’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture has been accepted into Directions 2008, The Advertising and Design Club of Canada’s (ADCC) annual awards show. Thought we should share [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Categories: Architecture, Awards, Industrial Brand, Websites | 1 Comment »
The finalists for the Canadian New Media Awards have been announced and on the heels of Ben’s post on awards shows, I continue to have mixed feelings about awards shows. This one stands out from others because the awards go to the in [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Friday, July 25th, 2008
Categories: Awards, Inspiration | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
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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Appreciate architecture? Visit the Vancouverism show in the foyer of the new Woodwards bldg. Beautiful & inspiring work. (Link)
SuperPower: Visualising the internet. (Link)
Boys and their toys. (Link)
Beautiful packaging, it's simple and does a great job showcasing the product. (Link)
Have we mentioned that @LikemindVan has a group page on LinkedIn too? (Link)
RT @gdcbc: To honour fallen designer Leo Obstbaum, please contribute to Emily Carr's Memorial Award in his name: (Link)
RT @gdcbc: CBC's tribute to Leo Obstbaum, deceased designer responsible for the 'look' of the #Vancouver2010 #Olympics: (Link)
RT @MarkBusse: People often say I have a big head, but that's hogwash. This photo proves my head is just right: (Link)
Love this diagram of the creative process as a continuum from research (uncertainty) to design (clarity). (Link)
Our newest designer Dana is awesome. You should hear her talk to marketing people when they call. Don't mess with the Dana.
This is the best Olympic training video I have seen to date ;-) (Link)
Missed what it was like to be in Vancouver when Crosby scored the winning goal this weekend? Watch (and listen) to THIS! (Link)
Google acquires Picnik, thus expanding it's dominance in the cloud computing domain. Who needs PhotoShop anymore! (Link)
RT @MarkBusse: @TimeFox is now on Twitter and has released an iPhone app! I just updated some projects hours I forgot to log. #productivity
RT @MarkBusse: How do you define professional success? For me, it has to be working with people that feel more like family than employee ...
