DIANA CASTAÑEDA, RGD
Diana is an award-winning designer and art director based in Vancouver BC. She has an indefatigable eye for what a polished product should be, and an obsessively curious mind that seems to never stop producing innovative and well crafted solutions for her clients. Diana is a team player with low ego. She believes in the permanent relevance of design for making the world a better place.
Diana is currently the Senior Graphic Designer at TRIUMF--Canada's particle accelerator centre, where she oversees all visual communication projects, from conception to delivery. She designs original pieces, and provides art direction to contractor designers. 
Full CV at https://www.linkedin.com/in/diancasta/

FEATURES AND INTERVIEWS
2021 IDEA Grad Spotlight
Grad spotlight on Diana Castaneda and Lillian T Zhang, for their collaboration on the TRIUMF Physical Sciences Office Mural

https://www.ideaschoolofdesign.com/grad-spotlight
2019 IDEA Industry Practicums
Jessica Peng interviews her practicum host and IDEA alumna Diana Castaneda

https://www.ideaschoolofdesign.com/industry-practicums

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2021
RGD In-House Design Awards
2021
RGD Certification
2019 
RGD In-House Design Awards
2014  
Applied Arts Students Awards. Packaging Design Single 
2014  
IDEA Program Best Portfolio Awards. Capilano University 
2014  
RGD Student Awards. Honourable Mention. Packaging Design 
2014  
Salazar Awards. GDC BC Chapter. Honourable Mention. Interactive Design 

SPEAKING AND MENTORING
2022
Mentor at the RGD Mentorship Program. RGD
2021
Panel Moderator. In-House Design Conference. RGD
2021
Portfolio Reviewer. Creative Directions Conference. RGD
2020   
BC Science Outreach Workshop: Using STEM to empower Community Change. BC Science Charter. Design Thinking in Science Communication. Science World at TELUS World of Science
2020   
Judge for the Social Good Awards. RGD
2020   
Roundtable Moderator at the Design Thinkers Conference. RGD
2019   
Mentor at the UBC Communicators Mentorship Program. The University of British Columbia
2010   
University Instructor and Research Advisor. Universal Design, and Illustration Survey, for the Graphic Design Program. Corporacion Ce-Art. (2 years). Bogotá, Colombia
2003   
University Instructor. Art History & Illustration Survey, for the Graphic Design Program.Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano. (6 months). Bogotá, Colombia