Art Directors Club announces 50 global winners under 30 including six from the Asia Pacific

The Art Directors Club,based in New York, has announced the 50 young creatives from 14countries to claim the prestigious ADC Young Guns 8 title. Selectedfrom entries received from 37 countries, these ADC Young Guns 8 winnersrepresent an impressive global roster of young talent in the fields ofgraphic design, illustration, advertising and art direction,environmental design, film, animation & video, interactive design,product design and typography.

Asia Pacific winners:

•    Genki Ito, Wieden + Kennedy Tokyo, Japan

•    Kenichi Matsumoto, E. Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan

•    Daihei Shibata, Wow Inc., Tokyo, Japan

•    Jeseok Yi, self-employed, Daegu, Republic of Korea

•    Kris Sowersby, self-employed, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand

•    Kellie Campbell, Parallax Design, Adelaide, Australia

Aselection of work from ADC Young Gun 8 class, comprised of bothprofessional and personal projects, will be exhibited at the ADCGallery at 106 W. 29th St in New York from October 7-22, 2010(Monday-Friday, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm). The exhibition opening party willbe held at the gallery on October 7, 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm (free to ADCmembers, $20 for non-members).