IDEA School of Design’s Jai Djwa spoke about the transformative power of changing his name at TEDxCapilano U Live on April 30, 2024. Check out this story and listen to his talk.

IDEA School of Design Illustration Instructor and Practicum Supervisor Ben Frey will be showcasing new illustrations in a solo print show at Slice of Life Gallery at the end of November. “Keep Your Cool” runs from November 30th - December 5th, 2023, with an opening reception on Thursday, November 30th from 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm.

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Vida Jurcic answers 20 questions about her career on the latest UniqueWays podcast with Thomas Girard! Check it out!

“Batten down the hatches, mateys! Vida Jurcic (Founder of Hangar 18 and instructor at the IDEA School of Design at Capilano University) joins Sean to talk about her brushes with Arnold, the dangers of Dinosaur Park, and what models do in their spare time.” — Sean Schumacher, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, Portland State University School of Art + Design, Host and Producer of Did I Do That?

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Instructor, Judy Snaydon is retiring! Check out this farewell story written by IDEA School of Design Co-Coordinator, Carol Aitken and faculty! Illustration (shown above) by Raha Namdari (IDEA Grad 2023).

Congratulations to IDEA School of Design instructor, Dominique Walker!

In May 2021, Walker placed 2nd in the Peace and Trust exhibition at the FCA with her painting ‘Siblings’. In October, she placed 3rd in the Nature Trust of BC, Artist of the Year Exhibition with ‘Brady’s Beach Sea Stack’. This was followed by a 1st place win in the Federation’s 80th Anniversary Exhibition with ‘Nasturtiums’ and an honourable mention in the Artist’ Choice Exhibition this February for ‘Skaha Lake Trestle’ (shown above).

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Last week, the IDEA School of Design faculty met for its first-ever retreat at the CapU Lonsdale Campus in North Vancouver at the Shipyards for two days.

Enjoy these photos by Jay Bassan (Instructor)

Vida Jurcic RGD reflects on her favourite rebrands of 2021 that pay homage to simpler, gentler times combined with clean legibility and strong typographic personality.

This article was originally published on January 6, 2022 in the RGD Word by the Association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD). Subscribe for more such inspiration articles, resource lists, latest news, events & other design industry related updates.

IDEA School of Design instructor, Vida Jurcic, was recently featured on GDC’s Instagram feed. Congratulations, Vida! Check out this Instructor Spotlight story and featured student projects from first and second year students!

Listen to Nancy Wu say “YOU KNOW” too many times on her first posted (second recorded 😉) podcast interview for @TheQuickiePodcast now on iTunes or Spotify. Lots of interesting personal stories and lessons learned. Also watch her recent video interview with her friend Pete Bella at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) about her thoughts on being a graphic designer + design education.

Carol Aitken returns in the Fall 2019 term as the Co-Coordinator of IDEA School of Design after a year’s sabbatical. She returns to Capilano University with “the conviction that our Bachelor of Design program is one of the best out there – not just in Canada, but in the world”. Find out what she got up to last year. Welcome back, Carol!

Visual artist, illustrator, and educator, Jeff Burgess mentors four IDEA School of Design students in his studio one day a week over the summer. The students participating this summer are Sophie Young, Aidan Zecchel, Alison Johnstone and Charise Wang. We visited his studio in the early weeks to capture some images of the work being created and interview the students. We hope you enjoy!

Zoë Evamy’s summer exhibition "Hidden worlds we share", water media paintings of landscapes and birds is up at The Old School House Art Centre, Qualicum Beach until June 22, 2019. Framed poster prints of the 8 bird paintings are up at the Sea to Sky Gondola Summit Lodge until July 30, 2019.

Capturing ‘wildhood’ has been a main theme in the recent work of fourth generation landscape painter, Dominique Walker. Dominique current teaches in the IDEA School of Design at Capilano University. Check out her recent exhibit.

Capilano University's IDEA School of Design prioritizes soft design skills with unique first-year assignment. The assignment asks first year students to visit Silver Harbour Seniors' Activity Centre in North Vancouver to interview seniors about their experiences and use graphic design to help share an important life lesson. Check out a winning case study by instructor, Dominique Walker.

Sometimes, a pen, some post-it notes, and two productive hours can do more for you than technology ever can.

Jackie Duys-Kelly has joined the faculty of the IDEA School of Design, instructing 3rd year students in Design Thinking. Jackie's course examines how design thinking is used to identify new solutions to diverse problems. The piece shown above is a mind map designed in her Fall 2017 class by student, Emily Powers.

Ben Frey, Illustrator, UI|UX Designer and IDEA School of Design alumni (2007) joins faculty. Check out his mural as part of Vancouver Mural Festival 2017.

Alberta born Cree artist, George Littlechild came to spend the morning with us as part 2 of a wonderful collaboration with aboriginal students and faculty at Capilano University. He asked the class to use their intuition to create an image, or symbol that represented them: something that would touch their souls and bring them comfort.

Vida Jurcic, who teaches 2nd year Applied Design and 3rd year Packaging, was recently interviewed for the GDC blog.