Week 2 of Practicum brought confidence, challenges, and growth. From mastering workflows to tackling tight deadlines, students embraced collaboration, client interactions, and industry realities. Surprise wins, office culture, and personal breakthroughs highlighted the week, proving they’re no longer newbies but impactful contributors. The momentum is real—keep pushing!

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Taught by Christina Lee Kim Koon and Elyssa Schmid, the Digital Music Festival project invites students to create and promote a bespoke music festival through a consistent design system that makes noise!

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Design Fundamentals first year class took a field trip to Porchlight Press on October 3, 2024. Check out this story!

Zoë Evamy and Jesse Schilperoort had the privilege of chaperoning twenty one students from the IDEA School of Design at Capilano University on their Field Trip to NYC. It’s an annual trip and part of the 3rd year curricular course in ‘Design Thinking and Research’. Students are required to complete a visual essay. The week-long field trip gives students an opportunity to experience travel abroad and exposure to some of the major Art Museums, collections, exhibitions and cultural establishments in the world. Check out this story!

Check out some student illustrations for Valentine’s Day. Shown above: Valentine’s Day illustrations by Yohahnah Loker and Alisa Nguyen (IDEA Grad 2025).

Capilano University’s IDEA School of Design offers a 4-year Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication degree and a 2-year Interaction Design diploma. Our curriculum is rigorous and industry-focused — that’s why we are known for the quality and industry-readiness of our graduates.

Late Admission runs Feb 1, 2024 - April 2, 2024. The IDEA Grad Show is April 8/9, 2024.

Happy Year of the Dragon from IDEA School of Design! Shown above “To Celebrate the Lunar Year” illustration by Charlie Wongpisethkul (IDEA Grad 2026).

IDEA School of Design’s Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication (Grad 2026) students at Capilano University were tasked with designing compelling annual reports or community reports using either illustration, photography or interesting graphic treatments and typography. It was an opportunity for them to learn how to do research, use grids and consider appropriate art direction for their chosen company or organization.

Check out some of the best projects from Vida Jurcic’s 2nd Year IDES 243 Design Studio I course. Shown above: ShareGrocer Annual Report by Siobhan Barry.

The Beverage Packaging & Promotional Campaign Project gave students a chance to sink their teeth into some beverage branding, or to re-think an existing brand of beverage, either alcoholic or non-alcoholic. It gave illustrators a chance to showcase their talents in application. The accompanying promotional campaign also gave students the opportunity to consider how marketing strategy works in developing a creative approach that will connect with their target audience.

Check out some of the best projects from Vida Jurcic’s 2nd Year Design Studio I class. Shown above: Alpenglow Winter Ale packaging by Mena McGill.

Arsheya Seraji (IDEA Grad 2024) took the lead on this anthology comic which began as an assignment. It collects 3-page stories from each artist in the IDEA Grad 2024 cohort and covers a broad range of genres including comedy, adventure, horror, auto-bio, and slice-of-life. It is dedicated to retired illustration instructor, Jeff Burgess.

Check out some of the spreads in this comic and see some samples from Arsheya Seraji’s self-published comic series, FOURTH DIMENSIONAL!

IDEA School of Design (Grad 2024) students Ethan Woronko, Anaïs Bayle and Celina Zhong each designed a font in a recent workshop and have made them available for free download.

Download Sludge Pit, Bricks and Vision for your next design project!

Check out the new cohort’s yearbook spreads that they made to introduce themselves.

Course: IDES 141 Survey and Principles of Design I
Instructor: Paul Brokenshire

Both IDEA Grad 2025 cohorts coded their landing page design with HTML and CSS on Glitch — the friendly place where everyone builds the web — in IDES 252 Digital Media II with Christina Lee Kim Koon. The goal was to build a responsive landing page with clean and organized code.

Check out some fun hand-coded landing page design projects from both IDEA Grad 2025 cohorts!