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Our vision at VictorEric Design Group is to be recognized as the premier design firm that not only provides quality design, but also excellent company culture and most importantly, unparalleled service which makes for an unforgettable experience for our clients. Funny enough, we have been unconsciously doing this by working from the “inside out”, which is our exact design philosophy. (If you haven’t seen it yet, feel free to check out the great YouTube video which shares some of our design methodologies here).

In this case, we have been working on our internal company culture. We make a conscious effort to ensure our office environment is a place where people look forward to working in everyday. Our vision is to develop a tight knit group of people who can work cohesively as a team. We reserve Fridays as our weekly company lunch so that everyone can get a chance to interact after a busy work week. Please see our blog for one such outing. We do not strive to be the biggest in what we do, instead, we would rather give up the quantity of projects so we can focus on the quality and the people. This allows us to deliver the full service that clients have come to expect from us and be the best at what we do.

Our principal, Eric Lee, was fortunate enough to have found his passion early on in his life and loves his work because of that. He actively encourages each and every staff to find their passion within the design discipline. His belief is that when you perform your work with passion; you will find your true purpose. The quality and success in what you do will then naturally follow.

Everyone at VictorEric is encouraged to pursue their passion and play their unique part to make this company the well-respected company it is. We have realized that by first taking care of the “inside” of our company, everything else that we target for on the “outside” will manifest itself; integrated company culture, quality design, and unparalleled service.

Some of you may know us from our great residential projects and some of you from our commercial ones. But there are many of you that don’t know we actually do both. For this reason and to help better identify our core services, we are excited to announce the launch of our two distinct brands; VictorEric Premium Homes and VictorEric Commercial Interiors. Feel free to click on the link to our new and improved web page or you can also get there through our main site www.victoreric.com.

VictorEric Premium Homes is a refinement of our residential services which has been the cornerstone of our business. With the new brand, we want to further distinguish the high level of design and unsurpassed level of service we bring to every project. Most importantly, we want to emphasize that we are able to provide a complete and holistic approach to building a home by offering architectural design, interior design, and construction management services; all with the same team. Now, you can have the same team who designed your home, also build it for you. We call upon our past 13 years of construction experience to offer a streamlined approach so that the discerning client can experience a home that embodies our full and complete vision.

VictorEric Commercial Interiors offers interior design for our retail, restaurant, and office clients. The first impression of your space is key in order to set your customers in a buying mode. We can help you with everything from lighting design, to merchandise display, to colour and material choices. Some of the award-winning commercial spaces we’ve designed are Azia Restaurant and Bblonde Salon. Please let us know if you want our great design team to help you with your business space.

VictorEric’s own principal, Eric Lee has been shortlisted for the 2010 Western Living Designers of the Year! Congratulations to Eric and the rest of the firm for a job well done.

Check out the entire shortlist here

Today was another great example of why we love what we do. We had a meeting with Anjela and Igor, a great couple who’s looking for a unique, modern design home. Like always, we had the pleasure of listening to their unique requirements and had the chance to provide a design solution. The conceptual design has always been my favorite part of the whole design process and this project was even more so. The design ideas came to me in abundance, like water flowing naturally through a stream. We first developed a space plan which flowed and addressed their spatial requirements. We then enveloped it with a great west coast modern exterior. The best part of it all was to hear that our design was exactly what they were looking for. In fact Anjela had stated that “this was much more than what they were expecting”. Another job well done and another great experience for a client!

This year’s VictorEric summer event was a BBQ held at Kitsilano Beach. We had almost 20 people in attendance! Before the BBQ, half of our staff got a chance to go on a historical walking tour of the Strathcona in Vancouver.

After the tour we all met up at the beach for an awesome afternoon. We had our tent set up right beside the playground so the kids were very active. In addition to the food and games, we had a hot sauce eating contest. We had five different hot sauces on toast and a special wasabi cracker for the finale.

After a grueling six rounds, Danson finished the wasabi cracker in record time and was crowned the winner! It was a great weekend to celebrate summer and to relax in the sun with everyone.