Send us your mailing address and we’ll send some swag your way!

Send us your mailing address and we’ll send some swag your way!

We’ve reached a milestone with the most ever received applications for Fall 2021. Thank you for your interest in IDEA School of Design at Capilano University!

Send us your mailing address below and we'll send some swag your way while supplies last, as a thank you for your interest in our program.

We'll include an IDEA School of Design tote bag custom-design by Rebekah Maurice (IDEA Grad 2020) and our annual IDEA Interprets calendar of illustrations produced by IDEA Grad 2022 students.

The theme for the 2021 edition is "Evil". Front cover by Coralie Mayer.

Note: SlideRoom reopened Jan 25, 2021 and closes April 14, 2021. No submissions for Fall 2021 (IDEA Grad 2025) will be accepted after Wednesday, April 14, 2021. For full details on how to apply, including what is expected in a portfolio, please visit our website at capilanou.ca/idea.

IDEA School of Design tote bag custom-design by Rebekah Maurice (IDEA Grad 2020)

IDEA School of Design tote bag custom-design by Rebekah Maurice (IDEA Grad 2020)

IDEA consistently produces a crop of students that outshines the rest of the pack.
— Hans Thiessen, Rethink
IDEA School of Design 2021 Calendar

IDEA School of Design 2021 Calendar

At the end of each fall term, the final project in the second-year students’ typography and illustration classes is a poster project. The challenge is to create a unique visual representation of a broad, single-word theme. In 2020, the students explored a timely and visceral emotion: Evil. Their solutions run the gamut from malicious plotting over a refreshment to a glimpse into a devil’s off-hours.
Teaching in IDEA is a pleasure and a privilege. I love passing on all I’ve learned over the years and helping the next generation reach their potential.

What’s the best thing about IDEA? We’re a community that supports its members from the day they arrive to infinity and beyond 😊
— Judy Snaydon, Instructor
A career-oriented program for the next generation of creative professionals, with concentrations in branding, illustration and interactive design.
Diana Castaneda (IDEA Grad 2014) art directed Lillian T. Zhang (IDEA Grad 2019) for TRIUMF Physical Sciences Office Mural

Diana Castaneda (IDEA Grad 2014) art directed Lillian T. Zhang (IDEA Grad 2019) for TRIUMF Physical Sciences Office Mural

Aidan Zecchel (IDEA Grad 2021) wins 2020 Jim Rimmer Scholarship with 'Level the Playing Field', a youth homelessness awareness campaign

Aidan Zecchel (IDEA Grad 2021) wins 2020 Jim Rimmer Scholarship with 'Level the Playing Field', a youth homelessness awareness campaign