Join us in celebrating our new diploma graduates!Say hello to your new, friendly, neighbourhood design crew. This group of students pushed through some challenging months…
Jen DeonDecember 29, 2022
Join us in celebrating our diploma and degree graduates!This is a tough bunch. Through pandemic and floods, these graduating students have shown us what tenacity…
Jen DeonFebruary 4, 2022
Want to put your creative talent to work? Discover the Fraser Valley’s premiere design programs. UFV’s Graphic + Digital Design (GDD) programs respond to the fast-paced creative…
Jen DeonJanuary 7, 2022
Honouring our First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children and communities Faculty and students of our Graphic and Digital Design program are listening and learning about…
Jen DeonSeptember 30, 2021
To our GDD students and grads,As we celebrate the last weekend of our design showcase, our graduating students, and the end of a very strange…
Jen DeonJune 20, 2021
Hands on and far from ordinary, discover forward-thinking, dynamic and flexible design programs in the Fraser Valley. Register NOW! gdd@ufv.ca
Miranda TingFebruary 1, 2021
Adapting in a Time of Change: Our Students Know How to Make Lemonade! Uncertain times and unforeseeable barriers make for innovative design and an opportunity…
Jen DeonApril 23, 2020
Turning ideas into action Designers make ideas tangible – creating value for business, brining empathy to social issues, and making the complex clear. Last fall,…
Karin JagerNovember 6, 2018
It’s time to Speak the Truth Attending RGD’s Vancouver Design Thinkers conference was a huge milestone for GDD! This year’s theme was “Speak the Truth”…
Karin JagerMay 31, 2018
Celebrating Inspiration GDD celebrated GRAD2018 at its annual exhibition in April 2018 at HighStreet in Abbotsford. The community came together at “MUSE” where GDD diploma…
Karin JagerApril 25, 2018
Italy: A Hub of Design and Imagination “Art asks questions, technology creates new opportunities, design provides solutions.” – John Maeda For the past 4 months,…
Karin JagerMarch 29, 2018
Illuminate Join the Graphic + Digital Design first-year students as they reveal their creativity at the ILLUMINATE open house event! – See amazing design work…
Miranda TingMarch 20, 2018
The creative flight of the GDD bumblebee Like yellow kneed Bumblebee’s amongst the flowers, pollination across the vast fields of art and design is an…
Karin JagerFebruary 23, 2018
A great day in the city! We visited a fantastic line-up of 5 Vancouver studios ranging from specialized design boutiques to full-on advertising agencies as…
Karin JagerFebruary 2, 2018
Project collaboration with the community is what we love best in GDD. So, when we were approached by Mission Literacy in Motion to help them…
Miranda TingNovember 12, 2017
We sent a group of second year students and two GDD Faculty to the World Design Summit in Montreal this fall. The five day congress…
adminOctober 19, 2017
Major in Graphic and Digital Design, in the BFA GDD is hard at work developing a proposal for a professional undergraduate degree that builds on…
Karin JagerJuly 24, 2017
Some very exciting news! Applied Arts 2017 Georges Haroutiun National Scholarship Award winners were announced. UFV GDD had two winners and two runners- up. This…
Karin JagerJuly 15, 2017
Design and Typography 2017, May 14 to June 1
London, Amsterdam, Berlin, and Dessau An inspired immersive survey on the evolution and future of graphic design…
Karin JagerMay 1, 2017
kin•dred ADJECTIVE similar in kind; related change VERB make or become different We are both unique and the same, embracing change together. We are the…
Miranda TingMarch 25, 2017
In the Fall of 2017, GD317 students were introduced to event promotions with a project for Mission’s 125th anniversary. The students began the brand identity…
Karin JagerMarch 10, 2017
GDD held two action packed events in November 2016 and February 2017. We introduced participants to the creative industry, program options, digital studios, and portfolio…
Karin JagerFebruary 24, 2017
GDD hosted its inaugural Advisory Committee breakfast meeting on January 27 at HighStreet. The full slate of 12 invited members attended and shared their expertise…
Karin JagerJanuary 27, 2017
2016/17 Studio Tours in Vancouver Ever wonder what would it be like working in a top professional design and branding agency downtown Vancouver? On Wednesday,…
Karin JagerJanuary 25, 2017
Adobe Max is the ultimate creativity and design conference held from November 1- 4, 2016 in San Diego. The conference featured the latest Adobe tips…
Karin JagerNovember 10, 2016
Design and typography 2017 London, Amsterdam, Berlin, and Dessau May 14 to June 1 Visit some of Europe's major creative centres to experience historical and contemporary…
Karin JagerOctober 29, 2016
Vancouver Mural & Studio Tour First year students had a lovely time on October 11 touring Vancouver design studios in Gastown and exploring Vancouver mural…
Miranda TingOctober 13, 2016
Sultan Jumataev Spreads Out at Jelly Marketing Recent graduate Sultan is having too much fun at his new job at Jelly Marketing. Congrats Sultan!
Miranda TingSeptember 29, 2016
Sharing Expertise and Knowledge! The GDC national scholarship program offers great opportunities for our emerging designers! Thank you Johnathon Vaughn Strebly, GDC BC Chapter President…
Karin JagerMarch 7, 2016
A celebration of the disappearing art of printer's ornaments and their history at the Curwen Press. Barbarian Press's Curwen Project will be a letterpress limited…
Karin JagerDecember 3, 2015
Rebranding Mission's Biz-e-News Student teams in UFV's interactive design class partnered with the District of Mission to rebrand Mission's business news. Assistant Professor, Miranda Ting…
Karin JagerDecember 1, 2015
What is community? How do you build community? How do you create connections? A community can be defined as a social unit of any size…
Karin JagerNovember 5, 2015
Mila Mukhortova Applied Arts Magazine Student Award Winner Congratulations to GDD Student Liudmila Mukhortova (Grad 2016) on having two first-year projects selected for Applied Arts…
Karin JagerNovember 1, 2015
Serving Character Abbotsford Nova Hopkins, GDD Assistant Professor, is serving as a board member on the Character Abbotsford Council. Character Abbotsford endeavours to build strong…
Karin JagerOctober 30, 2015
An Inspired Start to the School Year! On September 23rd forty-one people from the UFV GDD went to Seattle to participate in a fun-filled day.…
Miranda TingOctober 6, 2015
Eugene Kulaga Canada Type Scholarship Recipient Congratulations to GDD student, Eugene Kulaga, recipient of the Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC) 2015 Canada Type scholarship for…
Miranda TingOctober 6, 2015
Valley Design: New Frontiers, April 28 Join us for the 2015 Graphic + Digital Design Portfolio Show and PechaKucha 6! Explorers will gather at HighStreet from…
Karin JagerMarch 29, 2015
A Process of Discovery UFV's graphic and digital design first year students are learning about Sayres Lake Campground and experience design. Sayres Lake is within Mission's Interpretive Forest…
Karin JagerMarch 18, 2015
Love! Love! Love! PechaKucha 5! A paradigm of heartfelt passion was shared at the Fraser Valley’s 5th PechaKucha. Hosted by UFV’s Graphic + Digital Design…
Karin JagerFebruary 14, 2015
Save-the-date! Tuesday April 28, 2015 Discover the Valley’s hidden design gems at the Portfolio Show of the University of the Fraser Valley’s Graphic and Digital Design (GDD) program.…
Karin JagerFebruary 4, 2015
A fabulous exhibition of community and typography projects created by UFV's graphic and digital design students. Come and view the work! S’eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery UFV Abbotsford,…
Karin JagerFebruary 3, 2015
Calligraphically Inspired! This fall, our first year typography course introduced writing, lettering and type. Students designed their own alphabets, practiced the art of calligraphy, and worked with Adobe's…
Karin JagerDecember 3, 2014
Design Activism? Engaging with professional communities is an important part of practice. Students toured Ampco Graphix and learned first hand about producing large scale graphics…
Karin JagerNovember 28, 2014
Second year Graphic + Digital Design (GDD) students take on Vancouver for a caffeine-infused design crawl. This fall semester, Brand Identity students were assigned a project…
Miranda TingSeptember 23, 2014
Join us for a of creativity and inspiration! The Reach Gallery Museum, the University of the Fraser Valley and Jelly Marketing are excited to bring…
Karin JagerSeptember 18, 2014
Colton Floris, GDD 1st year student recieves an Applied Arts honourable mention! Colton Floris impressed the judges with "iMAGiNE" — an original interactive children's book design and…
Karin JagerAugust 16, 2014
I care! Smart Living Challenge Lorenza Quinzi Carmo, a recent international student in GDD, took her "I care!" Rewards Program concept from the GD 374 Brand Identity…
Karin JagerJuly 24, 2014
Past, Present and Future: What are we thinking? Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC), May 8, 2014The PICA 2014 Education Day punctuated new ways of thinking…
Karin JagerJune 27, 2014
A well considered toast to the design industry! Wonderful to see Brennan Gleason's self promotional package design and home brew shared on Huffington Post, TAXI, Laughing Squid, Dribble, Yahoo Food and…
Karin JagerJune 26, 2014
