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The latest happenings from zero one design:

»06.09.09 - Out of 31 Sponsor a Museum applicants we have chosen the Vancouver Police Museum as our 2009 recipient. We had some great applicants this year but the Vancouver Police Museum stood out for their enthusiasm, their technological savvy, their use of social media and this great sense of quirk we picked up. We are really excited to do some interesting projects with this museum. Click here for the media release.

»06.08.09 - Arbutus, the working name of our open source collection management program has been rebranded as Madrona, the final name for the product. After extensive local beta testing we have opened up the program to remote beta testing and will begin this at the end of June. If you are interested in being among the first to try this new collection management system drop us a note at zeroone@zeroonedesign.com . If you are interested in finding out more about the program, check out the website.

»04.21.09 - Thank you to everyone who applied to the 2009 Sponsor a Museum program - we had a phenomenal response this year from museums all across North America. We will review the applications and make a decision May, 2009.

»02.17.09 - Sponsor a Museum is back - look for applications to be available March 16, 2009 with a April 20, 2009 deadline. This program allows us to give back to the museum community and take a small museum or gallery under our wing for year. >> Click here to find out more about the program. >> click here for press information on the program.

»12.17.08 - Happy Holidays! Click for our virtual card: http://www.zeroonedesign.com/holiday/holiday-new.html

»04.01.08 - We are pleased to be working on two new Virtual Museum of Canada projects set to launched 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.

The Founder's of Zero One
l-r: Jonathan, Michael, David
refueling at the BCMA conference in Kelowna, 2005

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»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.