2018 ADC Awards Announced

The Tokyo Art Directors Club (ADC) announced the 2018 ADC Awards(*) on July 2. Approximately 8,000 entries were submitted. One ADC Grand Prix winner, one ADC Member Award winner, ten ADC Award winners, and one Hara Hiroshi Award winner were selected. The winning works will be exhibited at the "Art Direction Japan 2018 Exhibition" (October 29 - November 22) held at the Ginza Graphic Gallery (for member works) and Creation Gallery G8 (for general works) in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, as well as at touring exhibitions in Nagano and Ishikawa.

*The ADC Award is an advertising award judged by all members of the Tokyo Art Directors Club, comprising 80 of Japan's leading art directors.

 

The top prize, the ADC Grand Prix, was awarded to the book and editorial "Advertising is" published by Graphic-sha, which compiles the ideas and designs from all the work created by art director Takuya Onuki (photo).

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

<ADC Member Award>

■CULEN "New Map" Newspaper Advertisement, Mark & Logotype
Kenjiro Sano (Art Director), Takashi Tada (Creative Director)
＊ADC Producer Award
Yumi Katori (Designer), Mikiya Takimoto (Photographer)

＜ADC Award＞

■Double A "Obsession for Smoothness" Movie
Yusuke Tanaka (Film Director), Kentaro Harano (Art Director), Takeshi Nozoe (Creative Director), Hayato Saito (Planner), Daito Manabe (Technical Director)

■Nissin Foods "Cup Noodle HUNGRY DAYS" Commercial Film
Hiroshi Seo (Art Director), Masahiro Hiraoka (Film Director), Sho Yanagisawa (Film Director), Yusuke Takase (Film Director), Yusuke Sato (Creative Director, Planner)

■Kobe Shimbun "SINCE 1995" Newspaper Advertisement
Keio Ono (Art Director), Kazunori Kawakoshi (Creative Director), Koji Hirayama (Copywriter)

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

■KOKUYO "THINK OF THINGS" General Graphics, Package Design, Mark & Logotype
Aki Kanai (Art Director)

■Otsuka Pharmaceutical "Pocari Sweat" Commercial Films
Atsushi Masachika (Art Director, Planner), Koichi Iguchi (Film Director), Takuya Isoshima (Copywriter)

■Suntory "Rest Reform!" Poster
Akihiro Hamabe (Art Director), Akihiro Terui (Copywriter), Norihisa Karahara (Illustrator), Yoshihiko Ueda (Photographer)

■Arimayu "Arimayu" Poster
Tetsuro Josaki (Art Director)

■Seed "GRAPH × SEED G Series" Package Design
Kazunari Kitagawa (Art Director)

■Itochu Corporation "Corporate Advertising" Poster, Newspaper Ad
Manabu Okamoto (Art Director), Koichiro Yamamoto (Creative Director), Mika Kunii (Copywriter), Seizo Tajima (Illustrator)

＜Hara Hiroshi Award＞

■DIC Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art "Flicker: The Paintings of Bridget Riley" Book & Editorial
Atsuki Kikuchi (Art Director)