2017 ADC Awards Announced: Grand Prix Goes to "INDUSTRIAL JP" Website and Video by Six Small Factories

The Tokyo Art Directors Club (ADC) announced the 2017 ADC Awards on July 1st. Approximately 8,000 entries were submitted. The winners are: 1 ADC Grand Prix, 9 ADC Awards, 3 ADC Member Awards, and 1 Hara Hiroshi Award. Award-winning and outstanding works will be exhibited at the "2017 ADC Exhibition" held at Ginza Graphic Gallery (for member works) and Creation Gallery G8 (for general works) in Chuo Ward, Tokyo (Ginza Graphic Gallery until July 25, Creation Gallery G8 until July 29).
*The ADC Awards are judged by all members of the Tokyo Art Directors Club, comprising 75 leading art directors in Japan.

The top prize, the "ADC Grand Prix," was awarded to the website and video for "INDUSTRIAL JP" by six small factories (Art Director: Rintaro Shimohama, Sound Director: Toshihide Kimura, Art Director <Web>: Masanori Sakamoto, Frontend Engineer <Web>: Ken Murayama). (Titles omitted)

Other award-winning works are as follows. (Titles omitted)

<ADC Award>

■PARCO "2016AW-2017SS Season Campaign" Posters, Commercial Film
MM Paris (Art Director), Yohann Teller (Film Director, Photographer)

■pages "PERSPECTIVE DESK NOTE" Graphic Design
Ken Okamuro (Art Director)

■Toyota Motor Corporation "NEW TOYOTA 86" Posters, Magazine Ads, Commercial Film
Itsuki Ikezawa (Art Director), Kazuma Yamamoto (Film Director), Takeshi Nozoe (Creative Director), Stefan von Borbely (Photographer), Shoji Uchida (Photographer)

■Design for Roppongi Hills "FLOTICON BALLOON"
Ken Okamuro (Art Director)

■NTT DOCOMO "Style '20" Commercial Film
Tetsuro Aso (Creative Director, Planner, Copywriter)

■SEASTAR "dansko" Posters and Magazine Advertisements
Yoko Inoue (Art Director), Fumiko Takano (Illustrator)

■Yahoo! "Disaster Preparedness Starts with Imagination" Environmental Space
Hiroo Kakizaki (Art Director), Kazuaki Hashida (Creative Director)

■Super Lab "32" Book & Editorial
Shichiro Hara (Art Director)

■Tokyo Gas "People of Tokyo Gas" Posters
Tanaka Gen (Art Director), Makino Isao (Painter)

<ADC Member Award>

■Ginza Graphic Gallery, PUNCTUM "IN & OUT, or Drink & Vomit" Poster, Book & Editorial
Masayoshi Nakajo (Art Director)

■"D-BROS at GINZA SIX" Poster, General Graphics, Package Design,
Environmental Space, Mark & Logotype
Ryosuke Uehara (Art Director), Yoshie Watanabe (Art Director), Satoru Miyata (Creative Director)
＊ADC Creator Award
Takuma Fukuzawa (Designer), Kaoru Iida (Designer)

■PARCO Museum "PARCO 'SHIBUYA, Last Dance_'" Poster
Tsuguya Inoue (Art Director)

＜Hara Hiroshi Award＞

■Kimura Design Office "Book & Editorial for Art Director Eiji Ejima's 'Te o Tsukae'"
Yuji Kimura (Art Director)