The 2019 ADC Awards have been announced.

The Tokyo Art Directors Club (Tokyo ADC) announced the 2019 ADC Awards on July 1. The ADC Awards are judged by all 79 members of the club, representing Japan's leading art directors. This year saw approximately 8,500 entries. One work received the ADC Grand Prix, one work received the ADC Member Award, ten works received the ADC Award, and one work received the Hara Hiroshi Award. The winning works will be exhibited at the "Japan Art Direction Exhibition 2019" (October 23 to November 16) 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 top prize, the ADC Grand Prix, was awarded to the poster and general graphics for COMME des GARÇONS "SEIGEN ONO," created by Tsuguya Inoue (Art Director), Jun Inagaki (Designer), Tamaki Yoshida (Photographer), and Seigen Ono (Artist) (photo).

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

<ADC Member Awards>
■D-BROS, Tsunan Brewing, Art Front Gallery "Sui-Koma" General Graphics, Package Design, Environmental Space, Mark & Logotype
Ryosuke Uehara (Art Director, Creative Director), Yoshie Watanabe (Art Director), Satoru Miyata (Creative Director)
＊ADC Producer Award
Chisato Endo (Designer)


＜ADC Award＞
■Okamura Printing Industry: General Graphics for "Kōfuku-ji Chūkon-dō Completion Ceremony Petal Scattering: Surrounding Flowers"
Haruka Misawa (Art Director)


■Commercial Film for "Corporate Advertisement" by Sumitomo Mitsui Card
Satoshi Nagai (Film Director), Tetsuro Aso (Creative Director, Planner, Copywriter)


■UTRECHT "Light and Geometry" Poster, Book & Editorial
Mina Tabei (Art Director)

■Ginza Graphic Gallery "Haruka Misawa Continues" Environmental Space
Haruka Misawa (Art Director)


■3cm market Production Committee "3cm market" Poster, Package Design, Mark & Logotype
Mai Shibaya (Art Director), Yusuke Shimano (Creative Director)


■Honda Motor Co., Ltd. "Corporate Advertising" Commercial Film
Koichiro Toda (Art Director), Yuichi Kodama (Film Director), Sojiro Kamatani (Film Director), Yuta Higashihata (Creative Director, Planner), Emi Ota (Copywriter)

■Issey Miyake "me ISSEY MIYAKE" Poster, General Graphics
Shingo Noma (Art Director)

■NEUE DESIGN EXHIBITION PROJECT "Yui Takada Beijing Exhibition" General Graphics
Yui Takada (Art Director)

■Shiseido "Wording from Shinzo Fukuhara" Environmental Space
Katsura Maruhashi (Art Director), Masataka Kimura (Engineer)


■Smartphone App for Linne "LINNÉ LENS"
Haruka Misawa (Art Director), Kenichi Sugimoto (Planner), Hyun-Chan Yang (Developer)


＜Hara Hiroshi Award＞
■Book & Editorial for "Yohji Yamamoto hommage M.Cubisme / Mon cher Azzedine"
Tsuguya Inoue (Art Director)