All in Student Work
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!
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!
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).
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!
Last November, the Bank of Canada released a new ten dollar bill into circulation, and in doing so, made history.
IDEA Grad 2020 was lucky enough to have the knowledge and experience of two key players in the Bank of Canada’s banknote redesign process, Martine Warren, Bank Note Design Specialist, Boyd Laanstra, Senior Analyst of Visual Content.
Check out some great student work!
Every October, artists all over the world take on the Inktober drawing challenge by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month.
We asked our first year students (IDEA Grad 2023) to send us their best dark and spooky Inktober illustrations. See some of their work below!
Shown above: Cruella—Black + white ink by Kathrin Teh.
The final project in the First Year Design Survey course is for students to design a shopping bag to represent a country, city or geographical location.
There was some extraordinary work created overall, showcasing both the students' design and illustration skills. Check out a few of the standout projects including ‘Istanbul’ (shown above) by Geraldine Yaris.
As a third year interactive design student Evelyn Chua was challenged to redesign a popular Vancouver food blog - in only four weeks. Her case study was very successful and caught the eye of a Medium publisher & popular UX/UI website Prototypr.
Many claps to you, Evelyn!
This project was a collaboration between Communications 190 writing class and IDES 235 Illustration class. Comm 190 writers were paired with an IDES 235 illustrator to design an illustration that would visually introduce the story in a magazine. The results were impressive, and the students of both classes really enjoyed the collaborative development.
Shown above: How I Weave Reconciliation written by Cohen Isberg and illustrated by Aidan Zecchel.
Twice a year we invite the public to our Open Studio Day, for an overview of the entire program and to show what makes it distinctive from other schools. Plus, it’s a chance to see where the action happens, and meet both faculty and current students. Mark the date: Saturday, November 3rd, 1 – 4 p.m.
We begin at 1 p.m. with a Keynote presentation, followed by studio tours, friendly portfolio reviews, and a drawing session. Shown above: Illustration by Alice Zeng (IDEA18), Junior Designer at If Communications.
