Helvetica’s pioneer Mike Parker has passed away.

We are very pleased to announce the launch of a new four-year Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication degree program at Capilano University in the fall of 2014 replacing and building upon the successful three-year IDEA diploma program.

The 3rd Year's January trip to New York was full of lows, meteorologically speaking that is: a "polar vortex" brought New York City's coldest temperatures in a century. The snow and biting wind didn't stop us getting warm and fuzzy about the amazing cultural experiences the city has to offer.

The entire first year class attended this month's Creative Mornings event with speaker Rachael Ashe.

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).

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.)

The new issue of Applied Arts magazine features no fewer than 18 IDEA student award winning pieces, two of which were selected as AACE (Applied Arts Creative Excellence) finalists.

Rosea Lake, grad 15, recently missed a few days of classes to travel to Belgium to appear in the Court of Antwerp. A right-wing political group had appropriated her work "Judgments" to promote an anti-Islamic agenda.

An evening of food, art and a celebration of Vancouver landscapes.

Finalist in CAPIC's 2013 Rodeo 5 contest and featured on ImagineFX as "image of the day".

Alex Tench interns as a digital designer at Idea Rebel.

Alexis plans to freelance for a while after finishing her internship.

Congratulations to our students: Alexis Young (design), Madison Tuff-Overes (illustration), Laurisha Bardal (design), Camille Segur (design), Lia McMillan (design), Cheryl Swan (illustration) and Allison Chambers (design).