This type portrait of Bachelor of Design Co-Coordinator, Pascal Milelli by Grad 19 student, Charmaine Cheng lands her a commissioned album cover job after singer spots it on social media.

This summer, Ian Kaart (designer and project lead) with Cynthia Tran Vo (co-designer and painting) designed a mural for Vancouver Mural Festival. A total of 17 IDEA School of Design students spread over 2018, 2019, and 2020 graduating classes helped paint the mural. Read more about their concept and view some photos of the process and finished product.

Ben Frey, Illustrator, UI|UX Designer and IDEA School of Design alumni (2007) joins faculty. Check out his mural as part of Vancouver Mural Festival 2017.

Mountain biker and artist Micayla Gatto rides in and out of her own painted landscapes in Red Bull's "Intersection" project.

The new term has begun! 4th year students Alex and Juliana give lovely makeovers to campus newspaper boxes.

IDEA School of Design grad Cristian Fowlie's playful, colour-driven works often find their way into the hands—literally—of readers, viewers, passersby, and even imbibers.

It's almost back to school! Check out the latest video for Youngblood created by my Capilano University IDEA School of Design grad student Tierney Cathella-May Milne and Mark Illing. Each frame was painstakingly created with hand-cut paper using stop-motion animation.

Find out all about our Bachelor of Design program, and meet faculty and students, starting at 1:00 p.m. sharp!

Many congratulations to third year student team Pamella Pinard & Max Littledale for winning a $1,000 Jim Rimmer Scholarship! 

Applications are about to open for September 2017 entry to the Bachelor of Design! We’ll walk you through the features of our program and follow with tours of classroom studios.

IDEA Grad 18 headed to Las Vegas, Nevada this week for the AIGA 2016 Conference.

Congratulations to our 2016 IDEA graduates!This year's crew marks the end of a particular era: they’re the final graduates of the 3-year IDEA Diploma program (the next will be our first Bachelor of Design graduates, in 2018).

Fantastic results for our IDEA illustration students in this spring’s CAPIC's RODEO8 Competition. The IDEA domination in the illustration category here is total!

IDEA School of Design students won awards from: YCN, Jim Rimmer, Applied Arts, CAPIC, 3x3, Redgees, GDC, Salazar, and RGD.

2016 grad Maria Centola has landed an interesting summer job – hand painting a salmon sculpture for the City of Coquitlam's 125th anniversary.

This year, students in the IDEA School of Design were given a unique assignment.

Sample our first year students' favourite pieces of work!

Congratulations to Lilian Leung for winning a D&AD New Blood Award!

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.