Design Fundamentals first year class took a field trip to Porchlight Press on October 3, 2024. Check out this story!
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IDEA School of Design Grad 2025 Field Trip to NYC
Zoë Evamy and Jesse Schilperoort had the privilege of chaperoning twenty one students from the IDEA School of Design at Capilano University on their Field Trip to NYC. It’s an annual trip and part of the 3rd year curricular course in ‘Design Thinking and Research’. Students are required to complete a visual essay. The week-long field trip gives students an opportunity to experience travel abroad and exposure to some of the major Art Museums, collections, exhibitions and cultural establishments in the world. Check out this story!
Viva Mexico! Capilano University IDEA School of Design Mexico City Cultural and Professional Trip
17 STUDENTS
13 STUDIO, AGENCY, AND MUSEUM VISITS
7 DAYS
3 CITIES IN 1 (ANCIENT/COLONIAL/MODERN)
2 CHAPERONES
1 MEMORABLE TRIP
IDEA22 Studio Tours to Mobify + MetaLab Vancouver
IDEA22 set out to explore the working environment and day-to-day tasks of two Vancouver based digital design businesses.
This group of second-year students is in the process of studying interaction design foundations. This course focuses on: UX storyboards/user empathy, landing page design, motion design, HTML & CSS, and CMS structures.
Check out some photos from the field trip!
Thinking about pursuing a creative career? IDEA will be at GDC's 3rd Launch! Education Fair
Launch Conference 2019 is GDC BC’s annual career development conference for design students, graduates, educators, and employers.
Launch! is a two-day GDC/BC initiative aiming to help new and budding designers launch toward a successful design career. This event provides an unparalleled opportunity for attendees to learn new skills, connect with peers, receive guidance navigating their career path and inspire creative thinking.
The two-day event includes a tour of three design studios plus a tour of a local print shop, followed by an evening networking social, education fair, projects review and workshops.
IDEA Grad 2021 prints a letterpress poster at Vancouver’s Porchlight Press for sustainable design course
IDEA School of Design’s second-year Grad 2021 graphic design class @ideatwentyone recently spent an afternoon getting their hands dirty during a workshop at Vancouver’s Porchlight Press (@porchlightpress). It was amazing to see all the old machinery still in use. IDEA students study the history of printing and printing techniques in their first year Survey of Design class. It is these same presses—some of them over a hundred years old—that are still being used by letterpress studios today!
The team at Porchlight made us feel so welcome and provided us with such a great experience.
Voices mingling—IDEA & IIDF Student collaboration
This week is Truth & Reconciliation week at Capilano University. Our second-year Indigenous focussed applied design project helps our students understand the complexities and opportunities that come with First Nations reconciliation in Canada.
Idea20 visits Noise Digital: Vancouver & Toronto Advertising Agency
Instructor, Leanna B Crawford took IDEA20 students on a tour of Noise Digital on Friday March 16th, 2018 for IDES212. From left to right: Rebekah Maurice, Mann Kacharath Chalermwat, Jennifer Panata, and Sydney Toews. Check out more photos!
Third year Digital Illustration students visit the home studio of Dacosta Bayley
Shown above from left to right: Laura Pummell, Ryan McDiarmid, Mark Pilon, Michael Wenninger, Emily Powers, Ashley Loo, Jominca Engelbrecht, Jacqueline Duck, and Cynthia Vo. Photo by Dacosta Bayley.
IDEA falls for Montreal—cultural tour for third year Bachelor of Design students
IDEA Grad 19 came back from Montreal feeling energised, excited and ready for the future. Here's what they learned in the City of Festivals.
IDEA students blown away by breadth and depth of talks and innovation in design thinking at Radical Research Summit
The IDEA Design program was represented at Radical Research Summit by Jaden Critchlow, Sam Evans, Natalie Heaman, Ashley Loo, Rae Maher, Rhian Tate and Cynthia Vo. Read their comments.
AIGA 2016 Conference in pictures
IDEA Grad 18 headed to Las Vegas, Nevada this week for the AIGA 2016 Conference.
Grad 14 In New York
The 3rd Year's January trip to New York was full of lows, meteorologically speaking that is: a "polar vortex" brought New York City's coldest temperatures in a century. The snow and biting wind didn't stop us getting warm and fuzzy about the amazing cultural experiences the city has to offer.
GRAD 2014 ON TOUR
3rd year IDEA students have tour local employers: Taxi Advertising in Vancouver, Electronic Arts in Burnaby, Arc'teryx in North Vancouver, and Rethink Advertising in Vancouver.