We just received the Call For Entries for Graphex 2010—GDC’s biennial national design awards. The concept is “A Reflection Of The Best Designers In Canada”, so I photographed myself reflected in the shiny mirror postc [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
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[/caption] GDC/BC’s President, Marga Lopez, recently asked me to submit an overview of 2009 from my perspective as a GDC Executive. After a little thought, I jotted down the following, which I thought I’d share here. I’l [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, December 10th, 2009
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When I was a much younger man studying fine art in university, we spent a lot of time practicing how to interpret and describe artwork, its meaning and how it made us feel. Later, during my business administrations studies, writing essay [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
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[/caption] My friend and colleague Leo Obstbaum, the creative mastermind behind the designs of the Vancouver Olympic Games, died suddenly in his home of natural causes in the early hours of Friday, August 21st. He left behind his beautifu [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
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Those who argue that plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery are full of crap and deluding themselves. Plagiarism is taking someone’s original material and pretending it is your own for your own gain. I was recently informed [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Monday, September 28th, 2009
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A design student asked me to rant on video for a project she was working on and asked me to speak about the topic of speculative design work. So I agreed and showed up to present the following diatribe on camera—you should have seen th [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, July 9th, 2009
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There’s an old saying about 15 minutes of fame—that “all publicity is good publicity, as long as they spell your name right.” Well maybe my appearance this week on ESPN’s Jim Rome is Burning was the closest thin [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, May 23rd, 2009
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The latest issue of Design Edge just hit the streets and features our own Mark Busse on page 14 in the Newsmakers section! For those of you who don’t know (and that’s not many), Mark has been instrumental in reviving and enli [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, April 30th, 2009
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Choosing the right partner to expand your design business can be just the thing you need to survive and grow, especially in these uncertain economic times. Recently we published a short article about partnerships which was well receive [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, February 12th, 2009
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[/caption] I made a deal with myself, my wife and my business partner when I accepted the nomination for Presidency of GDC/BC back in 2006, promising that I would work hard for one term and hand the reigns to a qualified successor. Well [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Saturday, January 24th, 2009
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