NEW YORK, NY — Six creative leaders from mainland China, Hong Kong and Japan have been named as judges for the global ADC 99th Annual Awards, one of the world’s longest-running and most prestigious global competitions celebrating excellence in craft and innovation in all forms of design and advertising.
Jurors from APAC, and the discipline they will judge, are:
- Satoshi Kohno, art director, Dentsu, Tokyo (Advertising)
- Waterson Lam, founding partner, in50 Design, Beijing (Spatial Design)
- Toby Ng, creative director, Toby Ng Design, Hong Kong (Brand/Communication Design)
- Takaya Sakano, photographer, Tokyo (Photography)
- Dwayne Serjeant, executive director, experience design, Ernst & Young, Hong Kong (Experiential Design)
- Sayuri Shoji, art/design director, graphic and packaging design, Sayuri Studio, Inc., Tokyo (Packaging & Product Design)
The ADC 99th Annual Awards are part of The One Club for Creativity, the world’s foremost non-profit organization celebrating creative excellence in advertising and design. Entries can be submitted here, final deadline is January 31, 2020.
“For nearly a century, the ADC Cube has been awarded for work based on excellence in craft, design and innovation,“ said Kevin Swanepoel, CEO, The One Club for Creativity. “This strong tradition is alive and well in the hands of this year’s jury members, who are recognized creative leaders in their fields.”
Tiered pricing structure
This year’s competition marks the continuation of a tiered pricing system designed to make it easier for smaller studios, agencies and freelancers to participate in the ADC Annual Awards.
The fee structure varies depending on whether the submitting firm is a design studio or ad agency. Design studios with between 2-20 employees get a discount (amount varies by discipline), while ad agencies with between 2-50 employees qualify for the tiered pricing discount. Freelance creatives and one-person shops in either design or advertising are eligible for an even greater reduction in their entry fee.
ADC Freelancer of the Year Award
The ADC Annual Awards enhances its support for freelancers this year with the recently announced new partnership with creative hiring platformWorking Not Working and launch of the ADC Freelancer of the Year Award.
All ADC 99th Annual Awards Gold Cube-winning entries submitted through the freelance level of the show’s tiered pricing system will be judged again by a separate jury that includes the Working Not Working community. This jury will determine the top freelance winner, who will receive the new honor at the ADC 99th Annual Awards during Creative Week in New York in May, 2020.
