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First Year IDEA School of Design students designed some fabulous international shopping bags for their last big project of the year
This year's crop of First Year students designed some fabulous international shopping bags for their last big project of the year. There were some innovative typographic solutions as well as some very graphic and illustrative takes on countries and cities.
Check out a few of the standout projects from IDEA School of Design Grad 2023 students including ‘New York City’ (shown above) by Marko Jones.
Haluka Yagi (IDEA Grad 2021) gains RGD Honourable Mention for Packaging Design with her “En Sake” project
Congratulations to Haluka Yagi (IDEA Grad 2021) for gaining the Registered Graphic Designers (RGD) Honourable Mention for Packaging Design with her “En Sake” project. Shown above: front view of the three variations. Check out her award-winning packaging design project.
Two IDEA Alumnae at Brandever Strategy Inc. Offer Career Advice to our Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication Students
Two of our grads work at Brandever Strategy Inc. in Vancouver. We asked them to share some advice to IDEA School of Design students as they prepare for summer internships (3rd year) and industry practicums (4th year).
Many thanks to Emily Pedriks, Creative Director at Brandever (IDEA Grad 2014) and Claire Tam, Graphic Designer + Illustrator at Brandever (IDEA Grad 2015) for the stylish photos and for giving our students invaluable career advice!
Packaging Design for a Beverage—Amazing project results from 2nd Year students
This was the 2nd year students' first foray into package design for a beverage. Shown above: True Nature Botanical Gin Packaging by Jonathan Pachkowsky (IDEA Grad 2022). Check out some of the amazing project results from IDEA Grad 2022!
Noah Kawamura (IDEA20) wins Applied Arts 2019 Student Award for Packaging Design with "HeyDay Vitamins"
Congratulations to Noah Kawamura (IDEA Grad 2020) for winning the Applied Arts 2019 Student Award for Packaging Design with "HeyDay Vitamins" project. Instructor: Judy Snaydon. Mentor: Andrew Passas, Creative Director from 123w. Course: DSGN 320 Professional Development I. Check out his project!
Sharleen Ramos (IDEA21) gains RGD Honourable Mention for Logo Design
Congratulations to Sharleen Ramos (IDEA Grad 2021) for gaining the RGD Honourable Mention for Logo Design for her “Wilder Tales Brewing” project. Shown above: Additional enamel camping mug collateral that fits with the brand. Instructor: Dominique Walker. Course: IDES 249, Brand Identity. Check out her logo and packaging design project.
Sara Nguyen (IDEA21) wins the 2019 GDC Foundation Ray Hrynkow Scholarship
Many congratulations to Sara Nguyen (IDEA Grad 2021) for winning the 2019 GDC Foundation Ray Hrynkow Scholarship for “Cheers: Craft Sparkling Water” brand identity. Instructor: Dominique Walker. Course: Branding IDES 249. Check out her winning project!
Teresa Cantu (IDEA20) gains RGD Honourable Mention for Packaging Design
Congratulations to Teresa Cantu (IDEA Grad 2020) for gaining the RGD Honourable Mention for Packaging Design for her “Scotch & Ginger” branding project.
Teresa incorporates storytelling of Celtic mythology into her product packaging for a fictitious barber shop with Scottish roots. This was a very fun project for Teresa and she learned that thorough research is extremely important in design.
IDEA students won 14/50 Advertising & Design Club of Canada (ADCC) Student Awards
Capilano University’s IDEA School of Design students won 14/50 Advertising & Design Club of Canada (ADCC) Student Awards this year. Not bad for our first time entering! We didn’t get any golds, but 3 silvers and 11 merits. Shown above: Adventure Bug by Danielle Adams (Graphic Design Silver).
Congratulations and thank-you to all the students for making time to submit your work. It’s a huge benefit for you and the school!
Heather Haughn wins Applied Arts Student Award for Shopping Bag Design!
Heather Haughn shows us that even First Year students can win awards! Congratulations to Heather (IDEA20) for winning the Applied Arts Design category award!
D&AD Award for 2015 Grad, Lilian Leung!
Congratulations to Lilian Leung for winning a D&AD New Blood Award!
It's almost Grad Show 2015!
Grad 2015 promises to be a great show, with some amazing design work and more than our usual number of illustration grads. Show runs April 13 - 17, 2015 at Harbour Centre in Vancouver.
Lia McMillan's work featured on Lovely Package
Third year student Lia McMillan's project – an environmentally sensitive package for chocolates – was recently featured on Lovely Package. Lovely Package curates the very best packaging design.
Grad in CMYK's Top 100 New Creatives
Miranda Hebert (Grad 2011) was published in CMYK Magazine's Top 100 New Creatives.
Ryan Chung's work featured on Lovely Package
IDEA School of Design student Ryan Chung designed a logo and packaging for a line of vitamins sold in upmarket health food stores and organic markets.