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The latest happenings from zero one design:

»04.01.08 - We are pleased to be working on two new Virtual Museum of Canada projects set to launch in 2009 - Capital Neighbourhoods with the Bytown Museum in Ottawa and Buckaroos in BC with the O'Keefe Ranch in Vernon.

»03.01.08 - Zero One Design, the Nanaimo District Museum and the Snuneymuxw First Nations launch www.snuneymuxwvoices.ca. Other project partners include the Royal British Columbia Museum and Malaspina University. Financial investment was provided by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

»01.01.08 - 10 years in the web development business is a long time and we mark that milestone this year. Zero One Design started out in 1997, hand coding websites in HTML - a time when Flash, CSS and all the bells and whistles that make today's virtual exhibitions pop didn't exist. We have to thank our many clients for making us who we are today and allowing us to experiment from time to time! We are looking forward to another 10 years working with the best that Canada has to offer in culture.

In their Words : The Story of BC Packers - Launch Party
Public launch of intheirwords.ca at Richmond Museum

»04.07.07 - In Their Words: The Story of BC Packers launched in April, 2007. Zero One Design was pleased to be have been part of the development of this excellent educational resource. The Story of the BC Packers tells the story of British Columbia Packers Ltd. and its impact on the growth and development of the cultural communities along the Canadian Pacific Coast and the Fraser River - it features hundreds of photos, audio and video. The site was a partnership with Richmond Museum and Heritage Services, the City of Richmond, the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society and School District No. 38 and was developed with a team of 30. The site was funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage and the City of Richmond.

»04.01.07 - Sail Beyond the Map, a new Virtual Museum of Canada exhibition that launched in April, 2007. By unrolling the charts of the Pacific Northwest, this Zero One Design produced and developed web site looks at what inspired "exploration" and "discovery" and what those ideas mean. The site, a year in completion was a partnership between many prestigious maritime institutions including the Maritime Museum of British Columbia, the Alexandro Malaspina Research Centre, the University of London, The Vancouver Spanish Pacific Historical Society, the Washington State Historical Society and the National Maritime Museum in London. Financial investment was provided by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

»10.31.06 - In collaboration with the BC Museum of Mining, the British Columbia Institute of Technology, the University of BC and the Mineral Resources Education Program of BC, Zero One Design the latest Virtual Museum of Canada project The Mill at The Mill at Britannia Mine: Beauty in the Beast has launched. This year-long project explores the Concentrator and the community that worked within it. The Concentrator, a National Historic Site and British Columbia Provincial Landmark, is one of the most imposing structures on the Sea to Sky Highway and its size and magnitude is matched only by its historical importance. Highly innovative at the time of its construction in 1922, the Concentrator, Mill #3, was key to Britannia Mines being one of the largest copper producing mines in the British Commonwealth throughout the 1920s and a major mine into the 1970s. The site uses interview material from experts and community members, archival video and images, a fully immersible 3D tour, Quicktime VR, an interactive flow chart and original blueprints to tell the story of the building.

l-r: Jonathan, Michael, David
refueling at the BCMA conference in Kelowna, 2005

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»10.30.06 - The 2006.07 Sponsor a Museum Program had 78 applications this year - all incredible museums and galleries from across Canada - and after lots of deliberation we have choosen the Bytown Museum in Ottawa as our 2006.07 program recipient. We look forward to working with the museum on some of the amazing ideas they have and helping celebrate their 90th anniversary next year.

»09.01.06 - The deadline for Sponsor a Museum program has now passed - we thank everyone who applied. We received a tremendous amount of applications and will be going through them with our advisory board to choose 4 or 5 museums to interview. We will get back to everyone who applied by the middle of September.

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