MacEwan Design Portfolio Show 2026 | Describing The Depths of Creativity

Independent Project

Describing The Depths of Creativity showcases how creatives experience the world around them. Through research, it was learned that creativity can be anything. However, no individual experiences creativity the same. These episodes showcase how creativity influences individuals’ lives and how individuals’ lives influence their creativity. This project encourages creativity as a healthy aspect of human life and aspires to share others’ creative stories. These episodes begin to describe creativity, as research shows that creativity can never have just one definition.

This final completion of this capstone project includes a documentary trailer, 3 episodes and a photo essay that feature three local Edmontians and their process of creativity. The photo essay showcases photos I have taken while documenting the creatives and features handwritten quotes with insights from the creatives. This capstone project has become a passion project that will be continued after graduation. I will continue to promote local Edmonton creatives and tell their stories of creativity.

The handwritten front cover of the photo essay, keeping the series loose and flexible, as creativity is for each individual experience.

Pages of the photo essay printed book that include quotes of each individual’s experience of creativity and advice they have for other creatives. These photographs feature authentic moments during each individual’s creative journey.

This photo essay shows snippets of the individual journey, but does not show the entirety of the experience, as the book is alongside the documentary series.

Hunter Cairns is an artist and designer graduating from the Bachelor of Design Program at MacEwan University. Hunter enjoys using creativity as a way to communicate, expressing feelings and moments, and resonating on a deeper connection with people. He finds inspiration in the little things around him, like organic life and how light illuminates things.

Biboye Onangua is a well-known musician and drummer based in Edmonton. Biboye is a drummer in many local bands and plays in many different genres of music. Biboye believes “to be human is to be creative” and that creatives should not be precious with their ideas. He thoroughly enjoys both listening and playing music.

Jennifer Jordan is an award-winning licensed interior designer and owner of Jennifer Jordan Interior Design, based in Edmonton. Jennifer experiences creativity within a team through her job, but enjoys individual creative projects on her own. She loves that "interior design is both the technical left brain aspect and then also very creative right brain emotional quality.”