ABOUT US
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The Transient Pod Design Collective was established in 2008 as a creative hub for design professionals who sail under a common philosophy. A group that believes in big ideas and ethical, sustained, human centered design.
As a team that advocates the design process, we believe in doing whatever we can to stimulate creativity and enter the head space of our current project. Whether it’s back packing through the West Coast Trail with our laptops to create a tourism site, or watching Undersea Adventures at the 3D IMAX in order to create an better experience using the Z space. Life experiences are a designers most powerful tool. They stir the imagination, spawn new ideas, and provide contextual insight for innovating new products and services.
On any given day you can find one of the collective diving off the shores of Pender Island, skiing the slopes of Blackcomb, competing in an overnight yacht race around Vancouver Island or jamming in the back streets of Gastown. We are all design generalists, each with a unique specialized skill, which allows us to effectively communicate, collaborate and deliver world-class results.
We love where we live, we love what we do, and we love how we do it.
What’s with the crazy name?
Miles has always used the amazing underwater landscape as inspiration for designs and user experiences. One of his passions is to promote and share this experience with fellow designers, clients, and underwater enthusiasts. One of his most memorable experiences was when he encountered a transient pod of orcas while diving in the gulf island with the Canadian Free Diving Team. Transient pods of orcas travel in small, well organized groups and have a much larger range than resident pods. Sometimes these pods are considered radical or rogue but they are extremely cooperative and this makes them effective at achieving common goals.
This became the inspiration for the design collective. Creating small focused groups of extremely talented individuals who had a large range of skills and life experiences. A group that had the ability to affect something or produce results beyond itself. This is the essence of the Transient Pod Design Collective.
Where are you located?
Many of our talented members live internationally, but our home base is in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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