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In the Typography course, Digital Design students are asked to "bring the characteristics of a typeface to life". Karen Poon chose Caslon Pro, a typeface created by William Caslon back in the 1700's. He created the typeface with short ascenders and descenders promoting a high contrast shape of the letters. Karen felt this contrast created a a neutral typeface that was perfect for telling stories. And what do most stories have in common?” The narrative arch — exposition, rising action, climax, falling action and denouement.
To make this typeface more tangible, Karen laser cut wood letters to make them tactile. She then positioned them as props in natural settings to bring her narrative to life.
Learn more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
As part of the Term 5 elective, Experimental 2D Graphics, we spend one entire class in a room with no computers. We bring all sorts of materials together like paint, magazines, pencils, markers, glue and we even had a sewing machine. Each student uses all these materials to create hand-made textures to scan-in for later use in their digital work.
This exercise is one of many that suggests that not all answers to visual problems lie behind your computer screen. Sometimes you need to get your hands dirty!
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Draw By Night #35 - The Game Plan
What happens when you mix a roomful of artists, giant pieces of paper, and a crazy theme? If you’re Artist and Instructor Kristina Fiedrich, you turn those ingredients into Vancouver’s only bi-monthly drawing party. At Draw By Night, artists can work collaboratively on pieces, or by themselves on their own section. The only emphasis is on getting everyone drawing. Participants are encouraged to use Twitter or other social media to discuss the event and post pictures, allowing real-time engagement with the drawing community. They can also post ideas and comments that are often integrated into the next event.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/programs/digitaldesign
Photos by Danny Chan
As part of the Term 5 elective, Experimental 2D Graphics, we spend one entire class in a room with no computers. We bring all sorts of materials together like paint, magazines, pencils, markers, glue and we even had a sewing machine. Each student uses all these materials to create hand-made textures to scan-in for later use in their digital work.
This exercise is one of many that suggests that not all answers to visual problems lie behind your computer screen. Sometimes you need to get your hands dirty!
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Draw By Night #35 - The Game Plan
What happens when you mix a roomful of artists, giant pieces of paper, and a crazy theme? If you’re Artist and Instructor Kristina Fiedrich, you turn those ingredients into Vancouver’s only bi-monthly drawing party. At Draw By Night, artists can work collaboratively on pieces, or by themselves on their own section. The only emphasis is on getting everyone drawing. Participants are encouraged to use Twitter or other social media to discuss the event and post pictures, allowing real-time engagement with the drawing community. They can also post ideas and comments that are often integrated into the next event.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/programs/digitaldesign
Photos by Danny Chan
VFS brought the Intensive experience to Mexico for the first time this year. Over a five day period students were given a chance to experience life as a VFS Digital Design student in a hands-on program led by our faculty of industry professionals – including Head of Department Amber Bezahler.
Digital Design students learn to refine their skills in communication, interactive, and motion design. Graduates from the one-year program go on to work in a wide variety of rewarding roles in the industry, including User Experience Designer, Interface Developer, Communication Designer, Typographer, Motion Designer, and Project Manager.
Find out more about VFS’s one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
In the 2D Graphics 2 course, students were asked to create a vector self-portrait using Adobe Illustrator. They could chose to do a headshot or full body, in any pose that interested them.
These are samples of some of the best work.
Learn more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Digital Design student, Juan Martinezguerra was fortunate enough to work with TEDx Vancouver for his graduate project to create interactive elements to enhance the 2011 conference experience for attendees and followers. Juan created a host of conference materials — from origami name tags conference attendees could interact with to fold into an 'explorer' spaceship to an interactive kiosk, website and iPhone application that allow attendees to expand the cluster of “ideas worth spreading."
Learn more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
VFS brought the Intensive experience to Mexico for the first time this year. Over a five day period students were given a chance to experience life as a VFS Digital Design student in a hands-on program led by our faculty of industry professionals – including Head of Department Amber Bezahler.
Digital Design students learn to refine their skills in communication, interactive, and motion design. Graduates from the one-year program go on to work in a wide variety of rewarding roles in the industry, including User Experience Designer, Interface Developer, Communication Designer, Typographer, Motion Designer, and Project Manager.
Find out more about VFS’s one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Roger Dario’s graduate project — “Standard Scientifical Industries” — is silly. With a product line that includes Hitler Assassination Kits, Folding Quarantine Chambers, and Deus Ex Machina in a box, it’s satiric and inspiring. It’s as inventive as it is nostalgic. Part Nickelodeon, part Adbusters, part 1950s propaganda, it’s a shining testament to Roger’s skills and voice as a designer.
Learn more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
VFS Digital Design's Appetizers Night is a chance for graduating students to showcase their favourite project to an industry audience on the lookout for hot young talent. The keynote speaker this time around was Peter Jin Hong, Digital Design Alumnus and User Experience Designer at Google+ Photos.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
VFS Digital Design's Appetizers Night is a chance for graduating students to showcase their favourite project to an industry audience on the lookout for hot young talent. The keynote speaker this time around was Peter Jin Hong, Digital Design Alumnus and User Experience Designer at Google+ Photos.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
In term 5, the Packaging class was challenged to brand and attract consumers to buy their products off the shelf.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Draw By Night #18: The Uncollectables
What happens when you mix a roomful of artists, giant pieces of paper, and a crazy theme? If you’re Digital Design instructor Myron Campbell, you turn those ingredients into Vancouver’s only bi-monthly drawing party. At Draw By Night (http://drawbynight.notsosimpleton.com) artists can work collaboratively on pieces, or by themselves on their own section. The only emphasis is on getting everyone drawing. Participants are encouraged to use Twitter or other social media to discuss the event and post pictures, allowing real-time engagement with the drawing community. They can also post ideas and comments that are often integrated into the next event.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Draw By Night #32 - Game Over
What happens when you mix a roomful of artists, giant pieces of paper, and a crazy theme? If you’re Digital Design instructor Myron Campbell, you turn those ingredients into Vancouver’s only bi-monthly drawing party. At Draw By Night, artists can work collaboratively on pieces, or by themselves on their own section. The only emphasis is on getting everyone drawing. Participants are encouraged to use Twitter or other social media to discuss the event and post pictures, allowing real-time engagement with the drawing community. They can also post ideas and comments that are often integrated into the next event.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/programs/digitaldesign
Photos by Danny Chan
VFS Digital Design's Appetizers Night is a chance for graduating students to showcase their favourite project to an industry audience on the lookout for hot young talent. The keynote speaker this time around was Peter Jin Hong, Digital Design Alumnus and User Experience Designer at Google+ Photos.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
VFS brought the Intensive experience to Mexico for the first time this year. Over a five day period students were given a chance to experience life as a VFS Digital Design student in a hands-on program led by our faculty of industry professionals – including Head of Department Amber Bezahler.
Digital Design students learn to refine their skills in communication, interactive, and motion design. Graduates from the one-year program go on to work in a wide variety of rewarding roles in the industry, including User Experience Designer, Interface Developer, Communication Designer, Typographer, Motion Designer, and Project Manager.
Find out more about VFS’s one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
As part of the Term 5 elective, Experimental 2D Graphics, we spend one entire class in a room with no computers. We bring all sorts of materials together like paint, magazines, pencils, markers, and glue. Each student uses all these materials to create hand-made textures to scan-in for later use in their digital work.
This exercise is one of many that suggests that not all answers to visual problems lie behind your computer screen. Sometimes you need to get your hands dirty!
Learn more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Photos by Danny Chan dannychan.ca.
In term 5, the Packaging class was challenged to brand and attract consumers to buy their products off the shelf.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
In the 2D Graphics 2 course, students are asked to create a character that they might use for an animation sequence or in design.
These are samples of some of the best work across multiple classes.
Learn more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
VFS Digital Design's Appetizers Night is a chance for graduating students to showcase their favourite project to an industry audience on the lookout for hot young talent. The keynote speaker this time around was Peter Jin Hong, Digital Design Alumnus and User Experience Designer at Google+ Photos.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
In the Interactive Design 2 course, students are asked to craft the user experience, information architecture and user interface designs for a fictitious website using creative common images. Felipe and Luis chose to create an engaging online experience for a faux soccer team called the Razor Dragons.
Learn more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
For the Communication Design 2 course, students are asked to design the cover and interior of a famous book in the public domain. Arcelia Ocana chose to visually tell the story of Jules Verne's Around The World In 80 Days. She used text from the book to illustrate a portrait of the author himself for the cover.
Learn more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
In Communication Design 2, students are asked to create the cover and interior of a work of fiction in the public domain. Heather Lee embraced this challenge and produced a gorgeously designed book that leverages personified typefaces.
Learn more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Draw By Night #35 - The Game Plan
What happens when you mix a roomful of artists, giant pieces of paper, and a crazy theme? If you’re Artist and Instructor Kristina Fiedrich, you turn those ingredients into Vancouver’s only bi-monthly drawing party. At Draw By Night, artists can work collaboratively on pieces, or by themselves on their own section. The only emphasis is on getting everyone drawing. Participants are encouraged to use Twitter or other social media to discuss the event and post pictures, allowing real-time engagement with the drawing community. They can also post ideas and comments that are often integrated into the next event.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/programs/digitaldesign
Photos by Danny Chan
The design industry is built upon the principles of composition and storytelling across all media. More and more, the lines of traditional mediums are blurring. As such, designers who understand mixed-media ideation are in high demand. This term 6 course focuses on the combination of digital and analogue techniques to efficiently produce stop motion animation for compelling narratives. This course is built on the principles of teamwork, organization, and experimentation; students work in teams, while contributing to a single class project.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Photos by Danny Chan dannychan.ca.
For her graduate project at VFS Digital Design, Ileana Hierro created “Sandbox”, a global non-profit organization that aims to strengthen communities by creating green spaces for children. Ileana conceptualized the initiative, and created the logo, brand identity, various branded applications, the comprehensive brand guide and the compelling ad campaign.
Learn more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
In the Interactive Design 2 course, students are asked to craft the user experience, information architecture and user interface designs for a fictitious website using creative common images. Felipe and Luis chose to create an engaging online experience for a faux soccer team called the Razor Dragons.
Learn more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
The design industry is built upon the principles of composition and storytelling across all media. More and more, the lines of traditional mediums are blurring. As such, designers who understand mixed-media ideation are in high demand. This term 6 course focuses on the combination of digital and analogue techniques to efficiently produce stop motion animation for compelling narratives. This course is built on the principles of teamwork, organization, and experimentation; students work in teams, while contributing to a single class project.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Photos by Danny Chan dannychan.ca.
Draw By Night #33 - The Hand Off
What happens when you mix a roomful of artists, giant pieces of paper, and a crazy theme? If you’re Digital Design instructor Myron Campbell, you turn those ingredients into Vancouver’s only bi-monthly drawing party. At Draw By Night, artists can work collaboratively on pieces, or by themselves on their own section. The only emphasis is on getting everyone drawing. Participants are encouraged to use Twitter or other social media to discuss the event and post pictures, allowing real-time engagement with the drawing community. They can also post ideas and comments that are often integrated into the next event.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/programs/digitaldesign
Photos by Danny Chan
VFS Digital Design's Appetizers Night is a chance for graduating students to showcase their favourite project to an industry audience on the lookout for hot young talent. The keynote speaker this time around was Peter Jin Hong, Digital Design Alumnus and User Experience Designer at Google+ Photos.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
In term 5, the Packaging class was challenged to brand and attract consumers to buy their products off the shelf.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Draw By Night #19 - Whoa Nellie
What happens when you mix a roomful of artists, giant pieces of paper, and a crazy theme? If you’re Digital Design instructor Myron Campbell, you turn those ingredients into Vancouver’s only bi-monthly drawing party. At Draw By Night (drawbynight.notsosimpleton.com) artists can work collaboratively on pieces, or by themselves on their own section. The only emphasis is on getting everyone drawing. Participants are encouraged to use Twitter or other social media to discuss the event and post pictures, allowing real-time engagement with the drawing community. They can also post ideas and comments that are often integrated into the next event.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Photos by Danny Chan dannychan.ca
For their Term 4 Branding 2 course, Digital Design students were asked to create the brand identity for either a boutique hotel, art gallery or seaplane airline. The results were outstanding!
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Photos by Danny Chan dannychan.ca
In the Branding 1 course, students are challenged with positioning a new or re-branded product in a crowded marketplace. Through research and analysis, each student develops a strategy and concept, the logo and all of the assets for various applications of their brand.
With 'Listo', Arcelia Ocana developed the brand for a predominantly take-out restaurant that cares about health and understands the busy lives of its clients.
Learn more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Draw By Night #32 - Game Over
What happens when you mix a roomful of artists, giant pieces of paper, and a crazy theme? If you’re Digital Design instructor Myron Campbell, you turn those ingredients into Vancouver’s only bi-monthly drawing party. At Draw By Night, artists can work collaboratively on pieces, or by themselves on their own section. The only emphasis is on getting everyone drawing. Participants are encouraged to use Twitter or other social media to discuss the event and post pictures, allowing real-time engagement with the drawing community. They can also post ideas and comments that are often integrated into the next event.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/programs/digitaldesign
Photos by Danny Chan
As part of the team building component of Term 1 Project Management, students are given a box of dollar store objects and a mission: keep a marble moving along a course for as long a time as possible, with it ending up falling into an egg cup. Armed with plastic necklaces, dominoes, bendy straws, a roll of toilet tissue and other priceless objects, teams compete to create the best design to meet the goal. Upon completion, the teams analyze their designs for strengths and weaknesses and process key team dynamic components — How were design decisions made? How were disagreements resolved? How was leadership determined? Did team members contribute equally to the vision and how did they each fare when it came to implementation?
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at <a href="http://www.vfs.com/programs/digital-design" rel="nofollow">www.vfs.com/programs/digitaldesign</a>
Photos by <a href="http://dannychan.ca" rel="nofollow">Danny Chan</a>
In term 1 2D Graphics 1, students gain a mastery of Photoshop techniques. For this assignment, the students learned about compositing and applied it to the given, Halloween-appropriate theme.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
In the 2D Graphics 2 course, students were asked to create a vector self-portrait using Adobe Illustrator. They could chose to do a headshot or full body, in any pose that interested them.
These are samples of some of the best work.
Learn more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
As part of the team building component of Term 1 Project Management, students are given a box of dollar store objects and a mission: keep a marble moving along a course for as long a time as possible, with it ending up falling into an egg cup. Armed with plastic necklaces, dominoes, bendy straws, a roll of toilet tissue and other priceless objects, teams compete to create the best design to meet the goal. Upon completion, the teams analyze their designs for strengths and weaknesses and process key team dynamic components — How were design decisions made? How were disagreements resolved? How was leadership determined? Did team members contribute equally to the vision and how did they each fare when it came to implementation?
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at <a href="http://www.vfs.com/programs/digital-design" rel="nofollow">www.vfs.com/programs/digitaldesign</a>
Photos by <a href="http://dannychan.ca" rel="nofollow">Danny Chan</a>
At this Digital Design Slam, student teams had one day to design and produce an identity and motion graphics package for a music awards show. They presented their final design concepts to a panel of judges.
Learn more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
VFS Digital Design's Appetizers Night is a chance for graduating students to showcase their favourite project to an industry audience on the lookout for hot young talent. The keynote speaker this time around was Peter Jin Hong, Digital Design Alumnus and User Experience Designer at Google+ Photos.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.com/digitaldesign.
The design industry is built upon the principles of composition and storytelling across all media. More and more, the lines of traditional mediums are blurring. As such, designers who understand mixed-media ideation are in high demand. This term 6 course focuses on the combination of digital and analogue techniques to efficiently produce stop motion animation for compelling narratives. This course is built on the principles of teamwork, organization, and experimentation; students work in teams, while contributing to a single class project.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at www.vfs.com/digitaldesign.
Photos by Danny Chan dannychan.ca.