ADC juries for four design categories announced
In accordance with the Let’s Make The Industry 50/50 Initiative – launched by ADC in 2013 to promote equal participation for women and men on award show juries, boards of directors and event speaking opportunities – this year's Design juries consist of 23 woman and 18 men representing nine countries, who will judge work from around the world based on the show’s historic focus of honoring the best in craft, design and innovation.
Entries can be submitted via http://www.adcawards.org and the deadline is 31 January 2018.
The juries are as follows:
Brand/Communication Design
Sagi Haviv, partner, designer, Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv, New York, NY, USA (jury chair)
Ruba Abu-Nimah, creative director, Elle, New York, NY, USA
Ana Couto, founder, CEO, Ana Couto Branding, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Kristen Dietz, managing partner, Strichpunkt, Stuttgart, Germany
Luis Fitch, founder, creative director, UNO Branding, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Gesina Roters, creative partner, DAY, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Lisa Smith, vice president, brand design, Chobani, New York, NY, USA
Rich Tu, vice president, designer, MTV, New York, NY, USA
Ida Woldemichael, creative director, Everytown for Gun Safety, New York, NY, USA
Experiential Design
Valetin Spiess, CEO, iart ag, Basel, Switzerland
Florian Born, creative technologist, FELD | Studio for Digital Crafts, Berlin, Germany
Eylul Duranagac, media artist, creative director, Ouchhh Studio, Istanbul, Turkey
Rachel Einsidler, associate, senior designer, Airspace Design Inc., Brooklyn, NY, USA
Ingūna Elere, creative lead, Design Studio H2E, Riga, Latvia
Rachael Harvey, executive creative director, Airbnb, San Francisco, CA, USA
Harsh Kapadia, executive creative director, VML, London, UK
Gunita Kulikovska, founder, Vividly, Riga, Latvia and London, UK
Julio Obelleiro, cofounder, CEO, Wildbytes, New York, NY, USA
Bjørn Gunnar Staal, designer, developer, founding partner, Void, Oslo, Norway
Rene Toneman, partner, creative director, SILO, The Hague, The Netherlands
Timoni West, head of Authoring Tools, Unity Labs, Unity Technologies, San Francisco, CA, USA
Packaging/Product Design
Bruce Duckworth, cofounder, head of design, Turner Duckworth, London, UK (jury chair)
Hamish Campbell, creative director, Pearlfisher, New York, NY, USA
Hunter Craighill, founder, creative director, Craighill, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Grace Dawson, director of brand, Jones Knowles Richie, New York, NY, USA
Jolene Delisle, partner, The Working Assembly, New York, NY, USA
Joe Doucet, principal, Joe Doucet x Partners, New York, NY, USA
Felicia Ferrone, design director, CEO, f f e r r o n e, Chicago, IL, USA
Anne Lawrence-Cherry, studio art director, package design, Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, USA
Publication Design
Charlotte Strick, principal, Strick&Williams, Brooklyn, NY, USA (jury chair)
Christopher Brand, vice president, creative director, Crown Publishing Group, New York, NY, USA
Chris Dixon, creative director, Vanity Fair, New York, NY, USA
Adly Elewa, art director, designer, ICRAVE, New York, NY, USA
Ryan Fitzgibbon, editor-in-chief, Hello, Mr., Brooklyn, NY, USA
Na Kim, senior designer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, NY, USA
Nathalie Kirsheh, design director, New York, NY, USA
Jaya Miceli, art director, designer, Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Joanne O’Neill, senior designer, HarperCollins, New York, NY, USA
Matt Willey, art director, The New York Times Magazine, New York, NY, USA
Rachel Willey, designer, The New York Times Magazine, New York, NY, USA
“Design has been the cornerstone of the ADC Annual Awards since the program’s origins nearly a century ago,“ said Michael O’Rourke, executive director, ADC, part of The One Club for Creativity. “This year for the first time, we’ve divided the design discipline jury into four specific categories and assembled separate juries for each of talented creative leaders from around the world who are highly qualified to judge work in their respective fields.”
New tiered pricing structure
A significant change to this year’s awards programme is a tiered pricing structure designed to make it easier for smaller agencies, studios and freelancers to participate. Companies with 21 or more employees pay the standard entry fee; smaller shops with from two to 20 employees get a discount on entries (amount varies by discipline) and freelance creatives and one-person shops are eligible for an even greater reduction in their entry fee.
The new tiered pricing structure helps level the playing field and makes it easier for smaller studios and independent designers, photographers, illustrators and typographers to get their work judged by an all-star creative jury and elevated on a global stage. It also reflects The One Club’s mission to support and celebrate the success of the entire global creative community regardless of company size or location.
ADC Annual Awards juries focus on craft, design and innovation, while juries for The One Club for Creativity’s One Show Awards judge work based on creativity of ideas and quality of execution.
Judging takes place in March, with finalists announced in April in lead up to the ADC 97th Annual Awards Ceremony on 7 May 7 2018 as part of Creative Week in New York.
For more information about the ADC 97th Annual Awards, please visit http://www.adcawards.org.