Last fall, Langara College Design Formation Grad Michelle Taylor transferred to 2nd Year (IDEA Grad 2023) of CapU’s IDEA School of Design Bachelor of Design. We caught up with Michelle to ask her about her experience so far.

“Mini Amigos” (shown above) by Michelle Taylor (IDEA Grad 2023) as part of her application to transfer to IDEA School of Design from Langara Design Formation.

“This drawing is of two Guatemalan dolls I have had since birth. The medium I chose for this drawing is a fine liner with tips of varying sizes to create the impression of different textures and materials.”

Check out this student spotlight story!

IDEA School of Design students become each other’s greatest resource when they graduate, with studio insights, job leads and portfolio tips. Here are some of the number one idea generation strategies from each of our 4 cohorts.

Shown above: “First Snow” by Vylan Tran (IDEA Grad 2024).

Happy New Year from IDEA School of Design!

'Cheers to 2021' digital illustration by first-year student Celina Zhong (IDEA Grad 2024) shown above.

Early Applications for the Fall 2021 Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication close on Jan 20, 2021. Late Admission opens Jan 25, 2021, and closes April 14, 2021. No submissions for Fall 2021 (IDEA Grad 2025) will be accepted after Wednesday, April 14, 2021.

Cheers to a wonderful, restful break!

Here's a holiday-themed digital illustration done in Illustrator and Photoshop by first-year student Celina Zhong (IDEA Grad 2024).

Early Applications for the Fall 2021 Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication close on Jan 20, 2021. Late Admission opens Jan 25, 2021, and closes April 14, 2021. No submissions for Fall 2021 (IDEA Grad 2025) will be accepted after Wednesday, April 14, 2021.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from IDEA School of Design!

Here’s a digital illustration of Krampus by first-year student Freya Emery (IDEA Grad 2024). Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure in Central European / Eastern Alps folklore.

Early Applications for the Fall 2021 Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication close on Jan 20, 2021. Late Admission opens Jan 25, 2021, and closes April 14, 2021. No submissions for Fall 2021 (IDEA Grad 2025) will be accepted after Wednesday, April 14, 2021.

Keep cozy, friends.

Here's a little wintery-themed frame-by-frame animation done in Photoshop by first-year student Tiffany Zhong (IDEA Grad 2024).

Early Applications for the Fall 2021 Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication close on Jan 20, 2021. Late Admission opens Jan 25, 2021, and closes April 14, 2021. No submissions for Fall 2021 (IDEA Grad 2025) will be accepted after Wednesday, April 14, 2021.

Happy Halloween from IDEA School of Design at Capilano University!

Every October, artists all over the world take on the Inktober drawing challenge by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month. We’re thrilled to feature some of the work from IDEA School of Design first-year students! Shown above: “Shriek” by Ethan Woronko (IDEA Grad 2024) (fountain pen and an ink wash).

Check out work from IDEA Grad 2024!

As part of an exercise to understand the "grunge" movement, which started with music in Seattle in the mid 1980s, and soon encompassed culture and design right into the 90s, the students created a moodboard or album cover to reflect the spirit and aesthetic of the genre.

“Isolation” by Amanda Wong (shown above) is a reflection of the times.

Check out some of the highlights of this design project by IDEA Grad 2023!

17 STUDENTS

13 STUDIO, AGENCY, AND MUSEUM VISITS

7 DAYS

3 CITIES IN 1 (ANCIENT/COLONIAL/MODERN)

2 CHAPERONES

1 MEMORABLE TRIP

For the past 4 years, IDEA Interprets Annual Poster Show has been an annual school project that culminates in a public exhibition at the Ferry Building Gallery in West Vancouver. Due to health measures around COVID-19, this spring’s show has been cancelled.

In light of this, we invite you to enjoy the images here on the IDEA School of Design blog. Thirteen of them will also appear in an upcoming 2021 promotional wall calendar. Shown above: “Nurture” illustration by Talia Rouck. Instructor: Pascal Milelli.

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.

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!

“Good things lead to other good things.” was just one of the pearls of wisdom that Carson Ting (AKA Chairman Ting) showered on IDEA School of Design Grad 2021 during his recent guest lecture.

Entry to the Bachelor of Design program at Capilano University is competitive, and applicants must submit a portfolio and other documents through the online portal SlideRoom. Late Applications for Fall 2020 open February 14, 2020. Shown above: “Alpaca” digital illustration by Alina Sandu (IDEA Grad 2022).

Check out some more Valentine’s themed artwork from our first and second-year students!

Every Fall IDEA School of Design at Capilano University welcomes a new crop of first-years. As well as learning about creative thinking techniques, drawing and painting skills, and basic design principles, the students learn about the origins of communication design and illustration. In our four first-year survey classes they learn about how mankind went from verbal storytelling and cave paintings to Tweeting and Snapchat.

Shown above: Grad 2023 celebrating their hard work over the Fall term. Check out this story!

Entry to the Bachelor of Design program at Capilano University is competitive, and applicants must submit a portfolio and other documents through the online portal SlideRoom. Late Applications for Fall 2020 open February 14, 2020.

Shown above: “Happy Lunar New Year” illustration by Michelle Viet (IDEA Grad 2023).

Third-year IDEA students were put to task, over a 3-class UI design sprint. Students from IDEA Grad 2021, were given the challenge to make financial data analysis motivating and easy to understand for a niche user group! Shown above: CoinHub personal finance app UI design by Haluka Yagi (IDEA Grad 2021). Instructor: Christina Lee Kim Koon (IDEA Grad 2010).

Check out some of our favourites from this UI Design project!

Merry Christmas from IDEA School of Design at Capilano University! Early Applications for the Fall 2019 Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication close on Wednesday, January 22, 2020. Shown above: Illustrated and animated baby Yoda by first-year student, Jamie Kusack (IDEA Grad 2023).

IDEA School of Design encourages students to do as many internships as they can before they graduate. But how do you land one? That’s what we explored in our Saturday Ready, Set, Intern workshop. How do you dip your toe into industry for the first time without too much anxiety?

Check out three important steps to landing an internship!

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!