Twenty-four young creatives chosen to compete in a week-long creative challenge in partnership with Adobe and Art Directors Club
The Art Directors Club today announced the winners of its inaugural Portfolio Night All-Stars competition, which is presented by Ford Motor Company in partnership with Adobe. The All-Stars were selected at Portfolio Night, an international creative portfolio review and recruitment event, and will be flown to New York for a week-long creative challenge from Monday, August 5 until Friday, August 9.
Says Brendan Watson, director of education for the Art Directors Club: “I’ve had a chance to speak with the All-Stars and to see their work. The creative fire power we will have under one roof is going to be incredible.”
The Art Directors Club, Ford Motor Company and Adobe look forward to welcoming the following 24 All-Stars to the inaugural competition:
- Athens: Kostas Kaparos, 25, Technical Educational Institute of Athens
- Austin: Daniel Miller, 26, University of Texas
- Beijing: Chao Quan, 29, Dalian Nationalities University
- Boston: Ariel Simon, 22, Syracuse University
- Budapest: Zoltán Kolozvari, 25, College of Dunaújváros
- Chicago: Sean Collander, 27, Chicago Portfolio School
- Costa Rica: Laura Rosa Delago Mendez, 25, Universidad de las Ciencias y el Arte
- Dallas: Paul Curry, 21, Southern Methodist University
- Detroit : Andrew James Stencil, 21, College Creative Studies
- Johannesburg: Lize-Marie Dreyer, 21, The Open Window School of Visual Communication
- Kansas City: Mars Denton, 22, University of Kansas
- Los Angeles: Jeremy Eichebbaum, 30, Art Center College of Design
- Montreal: Melissa Charland, 25, University of Sherbrooke
- Mumbai: Chaitanya Joshi, 25, Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad
- New Delhi: Vaibhav Pandey, 25, Delhi University
- New York: Keri Tan, 28, Miami Ad School
- Paris: Saurabh Kejriwal, 30, Miami Ad School
- Philadelphia: Rebecca Williams, 24, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
- Sao Paulo: Heloisa Ribeiro, 23, Miami Ad School
- Shanghai: Arthur Gui, 24, Central Academy of Fine Arts
- Singapore: Zara Kok, 25, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
- Stockholm: Isabelle Österlund, 21, Berghs School of Communication
- Tokyo: Shogo Kuwabara, 22, Chuo University
- Toronto: Arrabelle Stavroff, 32, Seneca College
The competition will kick-off with an opening ceremony on August 5 where Ford and Team Detroit will present the All-Stars with the creative brief. The All-Stars will then have the remainder of the week to work on the assignment and prepare for the corresponding creative presentation. Morning progress checks will be paired with mentor sessions led by prominent members of the ADC creative community. These mentors include Benjamin Palmer, Cofounder and CEO of The Barbarian Group, and Rei Inamoto, Chief Creative Officer of AKQA, among others.
The All-Stars will present their creative concepts on the afternoon of August 9 at the ADC Gallery. Their work will be featured in a polished digital presentation for a panel including Ford representatives and the ADC’s Portfolio Night Global Team. Each presentation will be limited to ten minutes, followed by a five-minute Q&A. Upon completion, the panel will be sequestered to deliberate on the creative presentations and ultimately decide the winner.