Congratulations to Hannah Bontinen (IDEA Grad 2024) for winning 2nd place in the CAPIC Rodeo 14 student contest for Illustration with “Judgement” (shown above)!

Many congratulations to Capilano University's IDEA School of Design students who continue to dominate the CAPIC student awards in illustration!

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Congratulations to Tiffany Zhong (IDEA Grad 2024) for winning the 2022 RGD Student Trailblazer Award and 2022 Jim Rimmer Awards Honourable Mention with 'Untwist The Truth - Reconciliation Project' completed with Anaïs Bayle (IDEA Grad 2024) and Ethan Woronko (IDEA Grad 2024).

“Our campaign responds to the TRC call to action #62 concerning education in all its parts. It aims to grab the Canadian public's attention and get them to reflect on what they’ve learned in school and encourage dialogue using the visual metaphor of a twisted textbook page,” writes Tiffany.

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Congratulations to Tiffany Zhong (IDEA Grad 2024) for winning 1st place in the CAPIC Rodeo 14 student contest for Illustration with “Morning Melancholy” self-portrait (shown above)!

“This portrait was part one of two for an assignment to convey contrasting emotional interpretations for Jeff’s IDES 236 - Illustration II course.” writes Tiffany.

Many congratulations to Capilano University's IDEA School of Design students who continue to dominate the CAPIC student awards in illustration!

Check out this award-winning student illustration project!

Congratulations to Michelle Viet (IDEA Grad 2023) for winning 3rd place in the CAPIC Rodeo 14 student contest for Illustration with “Mia the Bold” (shown above)!

“This project was an exercised-based assignment to explore and develop a personal style and voice with an emphasis on interpreting human emotions and feelings,” writes Michelle.

Many congratulations to Capilano University's IDEA School of Design students who continue to dominate the CAPIC student awards in illustration!

Check out this award-winning student illustration project!

Congratulations to Natasha Lee (IDEA Grad 2024) for winning both the RGD q30 design Award for Brand Design and RGD Premise Award for Strategic Design with Bugbites Granola Brand!

“Bugbites is an imaginary cricket granola brand created for the North American market that is constantly looking for new, sustainable products but is particularly squeamish about eating bugs! The goal was to introduce the many benefits of including protein-rich crickets into our diets in a fun and friendly way. The branding addresses the public fear about eating bugs while appealing to their sense of greater good and sustainability.”

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Congratulations to Natasha Lee, Alison Koo, and Quoc Huy Anh (Alex) Nguyen (IDEA Grad 2024) for winning the 2022 student RGD Design de Plume Award for Indigenous Design with “End Stolen Choices” PSA campaign. This project was part of Tom Duguid's IDES 244 Cross-Platform Design at Capilano University’s IDEA School of Design.

“End Stolen Choices is a PSA campaign that gives a platform to the Indigenous women who have been affected by forced sterilization and alerts the public that this horrific human rights violation still exists in our society today.”

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Congratulations to Annika McFarlane (IDEA Grad 2022) for winning 2021 ADCC Student Competition Bronze Award in Graphic Design with 'Charred Plant-Based BBQ'.

Charred is a plant-based barbecue restaurant that celebrates the flavourful personalities of plants without sacrificing any of the flavour. These sauces would be purchased in restaurant and used at home to make plantbased cooking easy and delicious.

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Congratulations to Tobin Elias Eckstein (IDEA Grad 2024) for winning the 2021 ADCC Silver Editorial & Book Design Award with Blindness: Book Cover.

Course: IDES 142 Survey and Principles of Design II with instructor Vida Jurcic.

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Congratulations to Kathrin Teh (IDEA Grad 2023) for winning the 2021 RGD Student Trailblazer Award with 'Type à la Mode'.

“Since the 80s, typography has been a major player in the fashion world. Consumers wear their logo engulfed pieces with pride, feeling as though they have joined an elite and exclusive club. With the surge of the Hypebeast movement in recent years, typographic logos are all the more abundant—and important—for high-fashion brands. In this book, you will learn about the iconic typefaces used in these luxury brands and their fabulous designers.” writes Kathrin.

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Congratulations to Kathrin Teh (IDEA Grad 2023) for winning the 2021 RGD Student Trailblazer Award and gaining the prestigious 2022 Graphis New Talent Annual Honorable Mention with 'The Girls Kickboxing Club'.

“The Girls Kickboxing Club is an exclusive gym designed to support women by providing a fun, safe space for girls to thrive amongst each other in a comfortable and welcoming environment. Their logo is a lioness, which represents the strong, independent, and brave countenance that girls strive to encapsulate.” writes Kathrin.

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Congratulations to Elizabeth Lin (IDEA Grad 2022) for winning the 2020 Applied Arts Student Award Design Other (Series) with 'Introdeuce' Squamish Vocabulary Game App.

“With the need for revitalization of the Squamish language, there was an opportunity to make learning vocabulary interactive, hands-on, and appealing to students ages 8-12. Introdeuce gamifies the acquisition of vocabulary with matching cards that can be enhanced with an accompanying classroom app to deepen understanding of Squamish cultural traditions.” writes Elizabeth.

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Congratulations to Annika McFarlane (IDEA Grad 2022) for winning the 2021 RGD Student Zulu Alpha Kilo Award for Advertising Design with 'Sierra Club BC Social Media Ad Campaign'. Shown above: Jurassic Park ad.

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Congratulations to Joyce Chan (IDEA Grad 2022) for gaining the 2021 RGD UX Design Award Honourable Mention with 'Cordia'.

“Cordia is a tablet app that keeps seniors with dementia happily engaged through rewarding and stress-free reminiscing activities. As an app intended to be used along with a caregiver, the product takes a unique approach to care giving similar to art therapy in hopes to improve the short-term and long-term mental state of seniors with dementia.” writes Joyce.

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Congratulations to Janelle Momotani (IDEA Grad 2022) for gaining 2021 RGD Student Advertising Design Honourable Mention with "Verified Experience".

“Teenagers and young adults who live online miss out on in-person experiences that technology just can’t replicate. Visiting New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (the MET) is one of life’s great experiences. The Verified Experience campaign plays on social media authentication to prompt Gen Z to visit the MET in person where they can enjoy a bigger-than-life experience and truly immerse in the art.” writes Janelle.

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Congratulations to Marko Jones (IDEA Grad 2023) for winning the 2021 student RGD Design de Plume Award for Indigenous Design with “Moytel”, Indigenous Language Learning App. This project was part of Tom Duguid's IDES 244 Cross-Platform Design.

“Moytel was designed to reconnect Indigenous teens to their culture and languages. Eagle illustration by Todd Baker and frog illustration by Glen Rabena.” writes Marko.

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Congratulations to Raha Namdari (IDEA Grad 2023) for winning 2021 ADCC Student Competition Bronze Award in Graphic Design with 'Naughty Hildegard' Illustration.

“This poster campaign was to promote the beer Naughty Hildegard. The goal was to play up the name of Naughty Hildegard in a funny way. The humour lies in bringing Hildegard to life as a character and putting her in cheeky situations.” writes Raha.

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Congratulations to Atrin Yazdani-Biuki (IDEA Grad 2022) for winning the 2021 Jim Rimmer Community Scholarship for Design Award with 'Days Without' campaign.

“Being homeless marks every part of daily life with losses that add up. Days Without... Campaign aims to bring home how living on the street looks and feels from the ground level. All photos taken in Downtown Vancouver.” writes Atrin.

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Congratulations to Raha N for gaining 2021 RGD Frontier Award for Editorial Design Honourable Mention with 'Tarantino Type Book'.

“The Tarantino Type book explores the typefaces used in Quentin Tarantino’s filmography and the typographers who created them. This book is for film buffs who will recognize how the strong sans-serif type and colour palette in the design emulates Tarantino’s notoriously bold style.” writes Raha.

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Congratulations to Coralie Mayer-Traynor (IDEA Grad 2022) for winning the 2021 RGD Trailblazer Award and 2021 GDC Salazar Award for Print Design with ‘Radio Radical Reform’ fictional seminar project.

“In the digital age, radio has become somewhat of a media has-been. Radio Radical Reform is a fictional seminar about bringing the medium of radio into the future. The information booklet’s design is based on audio device designs from the 1960s-70s. It incorporates digital monospace typefaces to give it a retro-modern feel.” writes Coralie.

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Congratulations to Henry Slaughter (IDEA Grad 2013) for winning RGD's 2021 ULTRABOLD Award! The ULTRABOLD Awards Program celebrates emerging designers under 35 who are making an impact on the design community and beyond.

Check out his award-winning work and his shoutout to IDEA School of Design!