The One Club announces diverse jury from 38 countries with 10 from Asia for Young Guns 19

The One Club for Creativity has announced the diverse jury of 88 top creatives from 38 countries for the global Young Guns 19, celebrating creative professionals age 30 or younger. Ace Saatchi & Saatchi Makati City’s Angie Tijam-Tohid, Masaru Yokoi from TV Asahi Tokyo (YG4) and Pavithra Dikshit, Landor&Fitch Mumbai to represent Asia.

Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creatives. The program is open to creatives age 30 and under who have been working for at least two years, full-time or freelance, and regularly attracts entries from upwards of 45 countries.

This year’s jury includes some accomplished figures in the world of film and video such as Los Angeles-based director Joseph Kosinski, whose feature films include “Tron: Legacy”, “Oblivion”, “Only the Brave” and the upcoming “Top Gun: Maverick”.

Also on the Young Guns 19 jury is Floria Sigismondi, the Los Angeles-based filmmaker and artist known for writing and directing the feature film “The Runaways”, shooting episodes of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “American Gods”, and directing music videos for the likes of Justin Timberlake, Rhianna, David Bowie, Sigur Ros, Björk, Katy Perry, The White Stripes and others.

There are 88 on diverse Young Guns 19 jury. Judges from Asia include:

Pavithra Dikshit (pictured above left), Design Director, Landor&Fitch Mumbai
Angie Tijam-Tohid (pictured above middle), Creative Director, Head of Content, Ace Saatchi & Saatchi Makati City
Masaru Yokoi (pictured above right), Creative Director, Art Director, TV Asahi Tokyo (YG4)
Keiji Ashizawa (pictured bottom right), Architect, Keiji Ashizawa Design Tokyo, Japan
Samadara Ginige (pictured bottom, top right), Logo and Brand Identity Designer, Independent Colombo, Sri Lanka
Albert Lin (pictured below right), YG1 | Traffic NYC & Shanghai, Creative Director, MQDesign Shanghai, Founder Shanghai, China
Felix Ng (pictured below left), YG9 | Co-founder, Anonymous Singapore
Andi Rahmat (pictured bottom, top right), Graphic Designer, NUSAE Bandung, Indonesia
Tricia Ting (pictured below middle), Global Creative Director, ViewSonic Taipei, Taiwan
Nod Young (pictured bottom left), Co Founder & Art Director, A Black Cover Design (ABCD) Beijing, China

The online entry system is open, with the reduced-fee early deadline of June 30, regular deadline July 12, 2021 and final deadline July 26, 2021. This year’s winners will be announced in the fall.

Eligible entrants can submit a combination of professional and personal work in graphic design; advertising art direction and copywriting; architectural, environmental and interior design; industrial and product design; digital (UX/UI, experiential design, interactive, web design, apps, game development): film and animation (motion design, television, video); fashion; typography and lettering; illustration and photography.

All Young Guns winners will receive a unique version of the iconic Young Guns Cube, designed exclusively for this year’s incoming class, and have their permanent profile page added to the Young Guns website. Winners also receive a complimentary one-year One Club for Creativity membership, permanent membership in the Young Guns network, a chance to be featured in Young Guns events and an assortment of career-boosting opportunities from Young Guns sponsors.

Program branding and design of the Cube award itself is reimagined each year by a past Young Gun winner. This year’s YG19 branding and award are designed by Simon Chénier-Gauvreau (YG12), head of design at TUX Creative, Montréal. Themed “Bright Days Await”, the branding draws parallels between the bright future that Young Guns brings to a creative’s career, and that of a post-pandemic world. The campaign features vibrant, bucolic visuals to create a lighthearted and reassuring feel.

Levine/Leavitt Artist In Residence Award
For the eighth consecutive year, international artists management agency and Young Guns sponsor Levine/Leavitt will bestow one talented winner with the Artist In Residence Award.

The honor is presented annually to a newly crowned Young Gun whose body of work truly stands out, as judged by an advisory board of industry professionals across a range of disciplines. The winner receives a full year of professional development, guidance and mentorship from Levine/Leavitt to help advance their career.