Our students are driven, curious, critical thinkers, connected in their pursuit of graphic design excellence and a need to understand and master the art and skill of graphic design within the real-world context of the marketplace. We are constantly amazed by their perspectives, ideas and skill.
Student Awards
Our students have been recognized with awards from notable bodies such as Adobe, Applied Arts Magazine, the Design Professionals of Canada (DesCan), and the Association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD).
2023 Award Winners
Rachel de Freitas, 2023 Graduate
Project: Gestures Coffeehouse
Honourable Mention, 2023 Salazar Awards (Category: Branding)
Julian Doerschlag, 2023 Graduate
Project: Vivo
Honourable Mention, 2023 Salazar Awards (Category: Interactive UX/UI)
Manesha Dulay, 2023 Graduate
Project: Norco Bikes Rebrand
Honourable Mention, 2023 Salazar Awards (Category: Branding)
Project: Personal Portfolio Annual
Honourable Mention, 2023 Salazar Awards (Category: Print)
Cherlin Eggenfellner, 4th Year
Project: Fentanyl Overdose Response for ER Staff
Honourable Mention, 2023 Salazar Awards (Category: Print)
Matteo Ferralasco, 4th Year
Project: Skyfall: The Series
Winner, 2023 Salazar Awards (Category: Video & Motion)
Project: Uncovering the Truth
Honourable Mention, 2023 Salazar Awards (Category: Video & Motion)
Ellie Kim, 4th Year
Project: To Right a Wrong
Honourable Mention, 2023 Salazar Awards (Category: Interactive UX/UI)
Project: Brewed in Tune
Honourable Mention, 2023 Salazar Awards (Category: Print)
Elias Lemke, 4th Year
Project: Tales from the Forgotten
Honourable Mention, 2023 Salazar Awards (Category: Print)
Cali Martin, 4th Year
Winner, 2023 DesCan Foundation Ray Hrynkow Scholarship
Project: For the Children
Honourable Mention, 2023 Salazar Awards (Category: Interactive UX/UI)
Priya Sahota, 2023 Graduate
Project: Ghosts: A Guide to Residential Schools
Honourable Mention, 2023 Salazar Awards (Category: Print)
Bella Sanchez, 4th Year
Project: Lost in the Depths
Winner, 2023 Salazar Awards (Category: Interactive UX/UI)
Project: Frozen Child
Winner, 2023 Salazar Awards (Category: Print)
2022 Award Winners
Manesha Dulay, 2023 Graduate
Winner, 2022 DesCan Foundation Ray Hrynkow Scholarship
Project: Sanissingni
Winner, 2022 Salazar Awards (Category: Interactive)
Honourable Mention, Nurun Award for User Experience Design - 2022 RGD Student Awards
Honourable Mention, The Works Design Award for Web Design - 2022 RGD Student Awards
Honourable Mention, 2022 Jim Rimmer Scholarship
Project: Remembering to Remember
Honourable Mention, 2022 Jim Rimmer Scholarship
Karen Gao, 2022 Graduate
Project: Canada's 1st State of Youth Report
Winner, Applied Arts Student Awards 2022 (Category: Editorial Design Cover/Spread - Series)
Project: Prized Fair
Honourable Mention, Zulu Alpha Kilo Award for Advertising Design - 2022 RGD Student Awards
Elias Lemke, 4th Year
Project: Hakai Magazine
Winner, Applied Arts Student Awards 2022 (Category: Editorial Design Cover/Spread - Series)
Silver Finalist, 2022 ADCC Student Awards (Category: Editorial & Book Design)
Project: Santa Marciana
Honourable Mention, Greenmelon Award for Packaging Design (Single) - 2022 RGD Student Awards
Cali Martin, 4th Year
Project: A Couple, A Kitchen, A Night In
Honourable Mention, 2022 Salazar Awards (Category: Print)
Riley Ryan Rose Park, 2022 Graduate
Project: Shifting Minds Collective
Winner, RGD So(cial) Good Design Awards 2022 (Category: Branding)
Priya Sahota, 2023 Graduate
Project: Ghosts: A Guide to Residential Schools
Winner, 2022 Jim Rimmer Scholarship
Project: My ED Helper
Honourable Mention, 2022 Salazar Awards (Category: Interactive)
Bella Sanchez, 4th Year
Winner, 2022 RGD Trailblazer Award
Project: www.bellasanchez.design
Winner, .design Award for Personal Website - 2022 RGD Student Awards
Project: Shipwrecked
Honourable Mention, 2022 Salazar Awards (Category: Branding)
Project: Fenrir
Honourable Mention, 2022 Salazar Awards (Category: Print)
Project: Creatures of the Coast
Honourable Mention, SLD Award for Retail Design - 2022 RGD Student Awards
Akram Shaban, 2022 Graduate
Project: 94+ (Ninety Four Plus)
Honourable Mention, 2022 Salazar Awards (Category: Interactive)
Ella Taylor, 2022 Graduate
Project: The Last Stop
Winner, 2022 Salazar Awards (Category: Branding)
Winner, Applied Arts Student Awards 2022 (Category: Entire Promotional Design Program)
Project: Dickie Dee Rebrand
Winner, Applied Arts Student Awards 2022 (Category: Brand Identity Design Program)
Winner, SLD Award for Retail Design - 2022 RGD Student Awards
Project: Squamish
Honourable Mention, 2022 Salazar Awards (Category: Branding)
Honourable Mention, q30 design Award for Brand Design - 2022 RGD Student Awards
Christina Tran, 2023 Graduate
Project: NORTHEAST: A Digital Guide to Chinese History
Honourable Mention, The Works Design Award for Web Design - 2022 RGD Student Awards
Honourable Mention, 2022 Jim Rimmer Scholarship
2021 Award Winners
Brett Boivin, 2021 Graduate
Project: Dancing Pickle Sandwiches
Silver, 2021 ADCC Student Competition (Category: Graphic Design)
Marta Caduhada, 2021 Graduate
Project: Next Fest 2021
Winner, Applied Arts Student Awards 2021 (Category: Promotional Design - Series)
Project: Folkhouse Brewery: Meet the Gang Series
Bronze, 2021 ADCC Student Competition (Category: Graphic Design)
Finalist, Award for Packaging Design - 2020 RGD Student Awards
Carmen Cheung, 2021 Graduate
Project: Departure
Winner, Applied Arts Student Awards 2021 (Category: Design - Single)
Project: Folkhouse Brewery - Chicken Tales Beer
Winner, Applied Arts Student Awards 2021 (Category: Packaging Design - Series)
Project: Chinatown Vancouver Tourism Guidebook
Bronze, 2021 ADCC Student Competition (Category: Editorial & Book Design)
Manesha Dulay, 2023 Graduate
Project: India's Farmers Protest
Winner, 2021 Jim Rimmer Community Scholarship for Design Award
Honourable Mention, Gravity Inc. Award for Social Change - 2021 RGD Student Awards
Honourable Mention, Works Design Award for Web Design - 2021 RGD Student Awards
Miguel Manrique, 2022 Graduate
Project: in the thick of the smoke
Winner, 2021 Salazar Awards (Category: Motion)
Akram Shaban, 2022 Graduate
Project: Zaytun
Winner, 2021 Salazar Awards (Category: Branding)
Honourable Mention, Forge Media + Design Award for Logo Design - 2021 RGD Student Awards
Project: 94+ (Ninety Four Plus)
Finalist, 2021 VanUX Awards (Category: UX by Students)
Kurtis Stevenson, 2022 Graduate
Project: Snak Pack
Honourable Mention, Greenmelon Award for Packaging Design (Single) - 2021 RGD Student Awards
Ella Taylor, 2022 Graduate
Project: Epidemic of Apprehension
Winner, Pivot Award for Information Design - 2021 RGD Student Awards
Project: Platform 7 Coffee Packaging
Winner, December 2021 #heyRGD Challenge (Category: Packaging Design)
Cassidy Van Delft, 2021 Graduate
Project: Hereabouts Locally Sourced Eatery
Gold, 2021 ADCC Student Competition (Category: Graphic Design)
2020 Award Winners
Brett Boivin, 2021 Graduate
Project: Data in Motion
Finalist, 2020 ADCC Student Competition (Category: Graphic Design)
Project: Folkhouse Brewing Cooperative
Finalist, 2020 ADCC Student Competition (Category: Graphic Design)
Carmen Cheung, 2021 Graduate
Project: Soul Soup
Winner, 2020 Salazar Awards (Category: Print)
Melissa Fraser, 2020 Graduate
Project: Polari
Finalist, 2020 ADCC Student Competition (Category: Graphic Design)
Joshua Groom, 2021 Graduate
Project: Coco Bark
Winner, Applied Arts Student Awards 2020 (Category: Packaging Design)
Liam Kennedy, 2021 Graduate
Project: The Runaways
Winner, 2020 GDC Foundation Ray Hrynkow Scholarship
Winner, 2020 Jim Rimmer Community Scholarship for Design Award
Winner, Applied Arts Student Awards 2020 (Category: Editoral Design)
Honourable Mention, 2020 RGD Student Student Awards
Honourable Mention, 2020 GDC Salazar Awards
Project: The Folk Ales Beer Series
Winner, 52 Pick-Up Award for Typography (Print) – 2020 RGD Student Awards
Bronze, 2020 ADCC Student Competition (Category: Graphic Design)
Arden Leidl, 2021 Graduate
Project: Marmitts
Winner, Applied Arts Student Awards 2020 (Category: Packaging Design)
Linda Luu, 2020 Graduate
Project: The Ugly Dumpling
Winner, 2020 Salazar Awards (Category: Branding)
Paris Summers, 2021 Graduate
Project: Residential School Infographic
Winner, 2020 Cheryl Lynn Rutledge Northern Indigenous Student Award
2019 Award Winners
Melissa Fraser, 2020 Graduate
Project: Folkhaus Brewery - The Ale Tales (Limited Edition Beer Series)
Top Talent, 2019 Adobe Design Achievement Awards (Category: Print/Graphic)
Winner, Applied Arts Student Awards 2019 (Category: Packaging Design)
Julianne Herbert, 2020 Graduate
Project: Amie Birth Control App
Bronze, ADCC Student Competition 2019 (Category: Interactive)
Project: Folkhouse Brewery - Founding Fathers (Limited Edition Beer Series)
Winner, Applied Arts Student Awards 2019 (Category: Packaging Design)
Bronze, 2019 ADCC Student Competition (Category: Graphic Design)
Liam Kennedy, 2021 Graduate
Project: No Country for Old Men - Cover Design
Winner, Applied Arts Student Awards 2019 (Category: Editorial Design)
Sarah Kraft, 2020 Graduate
Project: Saver - Meal Planning App
Honourable Mention, 2019 Salazar Awards (Category: Interactive)
2018 Award Winners
Hannah Friesen, 2018 Graduate
Project: Pick Your Poison
Winner, Applied Arts Student Awards 2018 (Category: Design)
Project: Burt's Bees Rebrand
Finalist, Salazar Awards 2018 (Category: Brand Identity)
Mackenzie Gooch, 2018 Graduate
Project: Gutless Vegan Butcher Shop
Winner, q30 Design Award for Brand Design - 2018 RGD Student Awards Program
Honourable Mention, Gravity Award for Social Good Design - 2018 RGD Student Awards
Honourable Mention, 2018 Salazar Awards (Category: Print Design)
I-Chen Hsu, 2019 Graduate
Project: Folkhouse Brewery - New Icons (Limited Edition Beer Series)
Winner, Applied Arts Student Awards 2018 (Category: Packaging Design)
Dustin Matos, 2018 Graduate
Project: LVLCAP Gaming Blog
Winner, Studio123 Award for Visual Web Design - 2018 RGD Student Awards
2017 Award Winners
Mackenzie Gooch, 2018 Graduate
Project: Gutless Vegan Butcher Shop
Winner, 2017 Jim Rimmer Community Scholarship for Design Award
Ashbel Ong, 2017 Graduate
Project: Caribou Coffee
Winner, Mosaic Award for Story-telling - 2017 RGD Student Awards
Honourable Mention, q30 Design Award for Brand Design - 2017 RGD Student Awards
Student Work
Below you'll find a selection of projects our students have produced. Our innovative curriculum includes a broad range of project work through all four years of the Graphic Design for Marketing program, including:
- Web design, video and animation
- Information and editorial design
- Packaging design
- Corporate communications, branding and advertising design
- UX/UI research, prototyping and design