Design Direction, etc.
Pacific Northwest, USA, Earth
hi.donica@gmail.com
Donica Ida is a Hawaii-born designer interested in meaningful storytelling and thoughtful systems. Her favorite kinds of projects bridge utility, craft and impact. She’s currently a Design Lead at Google Creative Lab, where she works to highlight ways in which technology can help humanity.
Donica recently moved from New York City to the Pacific Northwest and spends her free time hiking, running and coddling her dog.
MFA Design Entrepreneurship
School of Visual Arts
New York City, NY
2014
BFA Visual Communication Design
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
2009
FORMERLY AT
Critical Mass
Design Ignites Change
Pentagram NY
HuffPost Highline
Mary Review
Tether Seattle
SELECT CLIENTS
Airbnb
Apple
Amazon
BMW
Clara Lionel Foundation
Condé Nast Traveler
Harvard Innovation Lab
Microsoft
Planned Parenthood
School of Visual Arts
TEDx
The Brand Identity, 2026
Art Directors Club, AI Film/Moving Image, Gold Cube, 2026
Art Directors Club, Ad Innovation, Merit, 2026
Art Directors Club, Craft in Video SFX, Merit, 2026
One Show, AI Craft in Motion, Gold Pencil, 2026
One Show, AI Craft in Storytelling, Silver Pencil, 2026
One Show, Use of Technology: AI, Bronze Pencil, 2026
One Show, Use of AI: Visuals, Merit, 2026
Webby’s, Ad, Media & PR, Best Use of AI, Nominee, 2026
Ciclope Awards, Use of Data and AI, Gold in Innovation, 2025
Kellogg School Super Bowl Ad Review, First Place, 2024
Webby Awards, Honoree, 2024
Museum of Modern Art, Dept. of Film Archives, 2023
AICP, Honoree: Design, 2023
D&AD Awards, Wooden Pencil, 2023
Webby Awards, Honoree, 2023
Society of Publication Design, Silver Medal, 2019
New York Times, 2017
Stack Magazine, 2017
Print Magazine, 2016
Library of Congress Web Archives, 2016
Becoming a Design Entrepreneur, 2016
Adobe Design Achievement Awards, First Prize, Web & App Design, 2014
Adobe Design Achievement Awards, Grand Prize, 2014
Eva Doman Bruck Award, 2014
IDN Magazine, 2011