Entering Kwantlen University's Graphic Design for Marketing program four years ago, we were nineteen young and very naive individuals with one shared passion - to make pretty posters. Fortunately for us, and little did we know, we would get much more than we bargained for.
We quickly discovered that great design is the result of extensive research and strategic planning, and not our favourite font or colour. We became less selfish the day we realized we were designing for our clients and their audience - and not for ourselves. We no longer fear drafting creative briefs and have come to understand the interdependent relationship between graphic design and marketing. We may wear our hearts on our sleeves, but we know not to get attached - or worse - fall in love with our first idea. Through the support of our instructors, and collaborations with each other, perhaps the most important thing we will walk away with is to know how to keep an open mind.
Today, we may be less young and - dare we say - less naive, but we are more eager and more excited than ever to design! Along with those pretty posters, we want to create visual experiences that urge viewers to take a closer look.
Meet the GDMA Class of 2010 and mingle with industry peers. See how we have lifted concepts 20 times our weight. Between the 19 of us, that's like 51,800lbs.
Influential graphic designers Paula Scher of Pentagram and Eric Karjaluoto of smashLAB talk about their evolving roles as designers. Chirp in on our student-led discussions.
Guest speakers:
Paula Scher (Pentagram)
Eric Karjaluoto (smashLAB)
We have spent longer than 14 days in our cocoons, but we are proud to say that we have become better versions of ourselves. See what we have culminated in the past four years in GDMA.
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Brian Charles |
Marge Damon A.O.C.A, P.I.D (BC), B.A., M.A. (ED.S) |
Marcela Noriega B.G.C.D, M.ED (HONS) |
Panteli Tritchew B.A. (HONS), M.A. |
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Bob Crockett M.A.L.S |
Ken Hughes DIP. AD (HONS), M.DES (RCA) |
Cory Ripley MGDC, DIP.DES/ILLUS |
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Rick Cuff MGDC, B.A. (HONS) |
Keith Martin MGDC, A.G.C.A |
Dale Simonson FGDC, A.G.C.A |
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Cilla Bachop Marian Bantjes Dana Baird Kim Barker Kelly Bellman Pat Bennett Bison Bookbinding and Letterpress Kris Bovay Sam Carter Sean Carter Elsa Chaves Andrew Curtis Rolando Diep Roberto Dosil Aaron Draplin |
Barbara Duggan Chris Fahlke Louise Fili Noel Fox Cynthia Frenette Norm Frenette Frostbites Cupcakery Nick Fruhling GDMA 2012 Stanley Hainsworth Chris Hayward Neil Hazzard Radka Hladil Francis Ho Julia Hoffmann Tim Hoffpauir |
Casey Hrynkow Ray Hrynkow Michael Jager Ronald Kapaz Eric Karjaluoto Jamie Koval Tyler Lang Steven Lin Mary Ann R. Luz Alaine Mackenzie Sam Mann Chelsea McKenzie Dan O'Leary Juilien Phillips Mark Randall Sirish Rao |
Gareth Rees Jim Rimmer Paula Scher Peter Steiner Isabelle Swiderski Lisa The George Van Riel Les de Villiers Matt Warburton Roy White David Young Sacha Zaverganietz |
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Arc’teryx Tom Duguid Sarah Balakshin Jo Salomon Josh Horoshok Ana Pedrero BRIGGS Heather Briggs Canada Wide Media Ltd. Scott Laurie Cause + Affect Steve Cox Jane Cox Chris Allen Jean-Nicolas Dauwe Jason Skladen Becki Chan Landis Warner Coastlines Creative Byron Dowler Kirk Robinson Angie Lau |
Josli Rockafella Alan Wiebe EEC Industries Chris Caplette Identica Nick Richards David Keeler David Lidiard Andrew Macphee Karacters Design Group James Bateman Lisa Ma Gavin Froome Marten Sims Megan McCord Marie Palmiano Kevin Louis Design Inc. Kevin Louis Yuka Sasagawa Toshimi Watanabe Eliza Woo |
Metaform Communication Design Susan Mavor Scott Geib Mark Stokoe Mint Design Inc. Mike Calkins Jacob Carter Mountain Equipment Co-op Judy Snaydon Dianne Semark Science World Carolina Becerra Bill Chung Nicolas Lypowy Nadia Chiu Kat Cortes May Lyn Ong Spring Advertising Perry Chua |
StepUp Communications Inc. Sigrid Albert Switch United Catherine Winckler Blair Pocock Jaybe Allanson Shawn McCann Taxi Chris Zawada Township of Langley Vicki Whiteley Rupi Kambo Shalyn Werstiuk Brad Johnson Laurenda Rebelato |
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Alexander Hui Alexander C. Hui Inc. Mike Scardina Tile Town Greg Robertson Eagle Ridge Mechanical Neil Hazzard Hazzard Screenprinting Ltd. |
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Coast Paper FlutterBuys |
