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2015 Student Awards
IDEA School of Design students won awards from: YCN, Jim Rimmer, Applied Arts, CAPIC, 3x3, Redgees, GDC, Salazar, and RGD.
D&AD Award for 2015 Grad, Lilian Leung!
Congratulations to Lilian Leung for winning a D&AD New Blood Award!
IDEA student wins Georges Haroutiun Scholarship
We're very pleased to announce that Grad 16 student Shyronn Smardon won one of three new Applied Arts Georges Haroutiun Scholarships! The $3,000 award (design category) also comes with tickets to the Applied Arts Magazine 30th Anniversary Gala in Toronto where the awards will be presented and work shown in front of Canada’s top industry creatives.
IDEA Students win Lexus Challenge!
Lexus recently invited students from Canadian schools to design an auto show display for the new Lexus RX 350 SUV. Three IDEA students beat out teams from OCAD and Concordia!
Jim Rimmer Scholarship Win for IDEA student
Grad16 student Ben Stone wins a Jim Rimmer Community Scholarship for Design Award.
Grad Spotlight: Cristian Fowlie snags a Merit for 3x3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration
2015 IDEA graduate Cristian Fowlie just snagged a Merit (for his illustration, “New Energy” and three Honourable Mentions in the international student competition for 3x3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration.
Canadian Association Of Professional Image Creators (CAPIC) Rodeo7 Winners
IDEA students Jeremy Michael, Jessica Ngo, and Tierney Milne scored First, Second and Third Place respectively in the Illustration category of CAPIC's Rodeo7 Contest this spring.
IDEA School of Design students win both Jim Rimmer Community Scholarship for Design Awards!
Grad 2015 students Lilian Leung and Aimée Grimes each won a $1,000 Jim Rimmer Scholarship, open to all design students in British Columbia, Canada.
2014 GDC Scholarships go to IDEA students!
We are pleased to announce that IDEA students were hugely successful in this year's GDC National Scholarship Awards! Many congratulations go to Grad 2015 students Michelle Lim, Wes Browne, Lillian Leung and Jocelyn Wong.
Congrats to RGD award winners!
This is the first time we've entered the RGD awards - many congratulations go to Alex Bakker (Grad 2014) Mustaali Raj (Grad 2014) and Garret Schauteet (Grad 2015).
3x3 Illustration Contest – x 3 Honourees
IDEA grad Ksenia Kozhevnikovawas honoured with a Distinguished Merit Award for her entry, “Snake Princess” as well as two Awards of Merit and an Honourable Mention.
CAPIC Rodeo 6 Winners
IDEA grad, Ksenia Kozhevnikova’s Toxic Beauty wins First Place at the 6th annual CAPIC (The Canadian Association of Professional Image Creators) national student competition, Rodeo.
IDEA students win all the Redgees!
Congratulations to Mustaali Raj, Aaron Campbell, Cathy Mithmeuangneua, Cristian Fowlie, Michelle Lim, Jun Liu, Amanda Siegmann, Emily Pedriks, Claire Harland, Lauren Coutts, Jeneese Marchand, Alex Bakker, and finally Aimée Grimes.
IDEA Students win big at the GDC Salazars!
IDEA students won Salazar awards in the Print and Branding categories. Many congratulations to Katie Maasik (Branding) and Alex Bakker (Print).
2013 Jim Rimmer Scholarship Sweep!
Both of the $1,000 Jim Rimmer Community Scholarships were won by IDEA students! Huge congratulations to Lauren Coutts (grad 14) and Mustaali Raj (grad 14).
Lotus Awards Winners 2013!
Congratulations to Jamie Cook and Alex Bakker (both grad 14) who won the student award at this year's Lotus Awards! (Lotus is a competitive advertising awards show that celebrates creative excellence in British Columbia.)
Graduate Spotlight: Jaime Gervais
Finalist in CAPIC's 2013 Rodeo 5 contest and featured on ImagineFX as "image of the day".