The ADC Young Guns competition was established in 1996 to honor young, talented and visionary creatives for their work and potential to impact the future of this multi-disciplinary industry. In its quest to identify the vanguard of young professionals across all fields of visual media and design, ADC Young Guns has evolved into more than a competition - it now comprises a community network of rebels and prodigies, unsung heroes and rising stars.

For this month's Q&A we interviewed eleven members of the ADC Young Guns 6 jury - all former ADC Young Guns themselves - who spent five weeks this summer narrowing the pool of YG6 entrants down to 50 glorious winners. They gave us the scoop on their favorite pieces, exposed the challenges involved in judging such a diverse, category-defying range of work, shelled out tips about portfolio-building and competition-entering, and shared fond memories of their own entry into the ADC Young Guns community. Interviewed by Noémie Bonnet and Regan Murphy, regan@adcglobal.org.

Q&A Participants

Jeff Glendenning (YG5)
Studio Glendenning
New York City

Stefan Bucher (YG4)
344 Design
Pasadena, CA

Niko Courtelis (YG2)
nikocourtelis.com
New York City

Deanne Cheuk (YG4)
artanddirection.com
New York City

Rei Inamoto (YG4)
AKQA
San Francisco, CA

Chris Rubino (YG5)
chrisrubino.com
New York City

Ward Sutton (YG2)
Sutton Impact Studio
New York City

Scott Stowell (YG3)
Open
New York City

Tiziana Haug (YG5)
inthehabit.com
New York City

Chris Hutchinson and Driscoll Reid (YG5)
Wieden+Kennedy
Tokyo, Japan

Glendenning: Opportunities. Shortly after being selected for YG5, I set off on a different path than I had previously focused on. I left a staff position as an editorial art director and pursued my own studio.

Courtelis: It sets you apart from the herd. ADC Young Guns gives you a taste of what professional achievement feels like.

Rubino: It's a good feeling to be recognized by your peers, even more so now that I've experienced the judging process.

Cheuk: When I moved to NY in 2000, I went to a Young Guns show and saw Rostarr's work for the first time, which inspired me to enter. To later have been accepted as part of ADC Young Guns 4 was a huge honor for me, as it represented being recognized for my work by a very prestigious organization.

Bucher: I'm sure I'm not the only one, from that class or this one, who'd answer with bags under their eyes, and say "Early? I've been working on this for the last ten years." Which is, of course, the kind of statement that I'll look back on in another ten years with...well, let's hope with amusement. But that's how it felt making the grade as an ADC Young Gun and it's the award I'm proudest of, because it honors a body of work rather than an isolated piece or two.

Courtelis: It was a challenge. The overall quality of work was very high, certainly higher than I expected. It was far more global and multi-disciplinary, further proof of several huge changes in the business.

Glendenning: Unlike some other contests that are focused in scope - or juries who handle a specific category - we had to rate apples against oranges (that moved!). I found it very easy to get caught up in the motion graphics.

Inamoto: In ADC Young Guns there are usually strong entries from Graphic Design, Illustration and Photography. This year, the types of entries were quite diverse, ranging from traditional graphic design to advertising to interactive. While I think the quality of overall entries has improved, I did feel that graphic design entries could use a bit of renaissance. Many of them were of high quality but a lot of them looked the same. I would like to see something more radical in this category in the future.

Bucher: I judge a lot of competitions at all levels, but seeing the Young Guns work is always the most fun. This competition brings out the highest caliber of work with a consistency that is baffling. Usually the first pass of any judging is a quick and obvious triage. With ADC Young Guns even the raw feed has almost no work that's easily dismissed. Which makes judging a painful pleasure, because there are only 50 slots to fill. Many of the pieces that didn't make the cut would've easily been included in a regular design show.

Courtelis: There really was so much outstanding work. I enjoyed the work of Nicholas Felton. It just satisfied on many levels. Intellectually. Visually. It has wit, humor, intelligence. And it all seems perfectly yet simply executed. It feels fresh. I couldn't wait to see more.

Rubino: I loved the rainbow in a book! Such a simple concept that I've never seen before. Where can I get a copy of that?

Inamoto: Having been an ADC YG in the past and judging this for the second time, I noticed that there were stronger entries from advertising creatives.

Cheuk: I have always been a fan of Alex Trochut, so I was happy to see his work, all of it is incredible.

Sutton: There was an ad for Vans shoes that completely struck me. I felt like a sucker, like I was a part of the target demographic buying it all hook, line and sinker. But I couldn't help it. I was exhausted, going through all the entries at 2 in the morning but I couldn't resist watching it about 8 times.

Rubino: Don't give up! Use whatever feelings you have about not winning to motivate you. Check out the ADC YG show and see if you think you were fairly bested.

Haug: Be unique, be smart, have a point.

Inamoto: All the winners had two things in common: individuality and diversity. Is your work different from what I've seen in the past? Is it unique? It needs to stand out. As for diversity, I saw quite a few entries that had good work for one or two cool clients. It's somewhat easy to do cool, cutting-edge work for cool, cutting-edge clients. But it's more challenging to do high-quality work for a diverse range of clients. One needs to be able to do good work regardless of clients. That's where diversity comes in.

Stowell: I think the thing to keep in mind is that all design competitions are subjective - a snapshot of what certain people thought about certain work at a certain time. My advice is to get your work out there by entering as many things as possible - and make sure you know what you're getting into. If you know what kind of work tends to get picked, you can make smarter decisions about what to enter.

Bucher: If you didn't get in, it could be that you had eight out of ten great pieces in your portfolio, when there were people that had nine or ten. In some cases I so wish entrants had edited out that one obvious bit of filler that made me wince, because it tainted the whole batch. Be brutal in the way you edit your own work. And if that's too hard, do what I do when my work doesn't get into a show: Rail at the stars and complain to all your friends that the f**king fogeys on the jury just don't get it. You'll show them! You'll show them all!

Glendenning: If you're still eligible next year, try again! Personally, I found it was only at 28 and 29 that my portfolio really came together. A year or two made a huge difference. I squeaked in at 30.

Bucher: Practice Greed Control®. The easiest, fastest way of improving your portfolio is to structure your life in a way that allows you to say no to clients or employers that are a bad fit for your work.

Hutchinson and Reid: Keep making stuff. Never stop learning. Never stop trying new things. You are only as good as the last thing you made. Work with people that make you better.

Sutton: Enjoy the whole experience, have fun and meet lots of new people through the connected ADC events. It's hard for me to believe that my ADC Young Guns opening night was already ten years ago...I still have the jacket I bought spontaneously that night to wear to the opening (and in my mind it's still kind of a "new" jacket).

Rubino: Congratulations to all of the winners…and be prepared for the massive number of student emails you are about to receive.

ADC's 88th Annual Awards Call for Entries opens later this fall. Results of the competition will be announced at the Gala ceremony at ADC Gallery in New York in the spring of 2009, begin a world exhibition tour and be published in the Art Directors Annual 88, the longest-running archive of leading creative work in global advertising and design.

Introducing ADC's 88th Annual Awards Jury Chairs:

ADC Hybrid John C. Jay Partner & Executive Creative Director Wieden+Kennedy Portland, OR Advertising David Nobay Creative Chairman, droga5 Australia Sydney, Australia Interactive Brendan Dawes Creative Director, magneticNorth Manchester, UK

ADC Design Sphere Steff Geissbuhler Partner, C&G Partners LLC New York, NY Design Genevičve Gauckler Illustrator/Graphic Artist Paris, France

Founded on the basis of the original exhibition in 1920, the ADC Annual Awards is among the most prestigious in visual communications, honoring the best work of the year from around the world in advertising, design, interactive media, photography and illustration. Today the 87th exhibition is comprised of Gold, Silver and Distinctive Merit winners, selected by international juries from thousands of entries received worldwide. Categories of distinction include advertising, broadcast, design, photography, illustration, and interactive, as well as the new ADC Hybrid and ADC Design Sphere.

The Art Directors Club 87th Annual Awards Traveling Exhibition will be making its second stop at ICAD in Dublin, Ireland. The exhibition will be on view from September 16th to October 9th. The exhibition will open in conjunction with ICAD's 50th Anniversary celebration. The Institute of Creative Advertising & Design (ICAD) celebrates 50 this year making it the oldest creative club of it's kind in Europe. Martin Wright, ICAD President, says "This year is all about celebration. ICAD has been championing creative excellence since 1958 and the Irish industry has a lot to be proud of."

For more information about ICAD visit: www.icad.ie

For continuing information on ADC's 87th Traveling Awards Exhibition visit adcglobal.org/awards/traveling/

Check out the photos from the exhibit in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and stay tuned for future exhibit dates.

Adobe Camera Raw has become a very powerful image editing tool. It's not just for people with digital cameras that can shoot as Raw. It also works with TIFF and JPEG files and it is part of Photoshop, Adobe Bridge and Lightroom. If you haven't heard of Camera Raw, don't understand it, or simply want to learn more cool things you can do with it, this seminar is for you. Noble Desktop wants to show you how to improve your images by harnessing the "raw power" of Camera Raw.

Tuesday, September 16
6-8pm
Noble Desktop
594 Broadway New York City

Click here to sign up!

Join us as four ADC Young Guns 6 winners present and discuss their work - ranging from illustration to video and everything in between. This is your chance to see and hear what you can't find anywhere else - just yet!






Presenting for the first time:
John Kudos, Studio Kudos
Keetra Dean Dixon, fromkeetra
Julia Rothman, ALSO
Ryan Dunn and Wyeth Hansen, Labour

Thursday, September 18
@ADC Gallery
This is the final day of the ADC YG6 exhibit!

5:30 pm Adobe Workshop
Noha Edell, from Adobe, shares the latest Adobe tips and tricks.
7:00 pm Presentation
Moderated by James Gaddy, Associate Editor, PRINT magazine

All attendees are eligible to win a copy of CS3!
ADC Members $10
Students and ADC Young Guns 6 Entrants $10 (This will be verified by ADC)
Non-Members $15 online, $20 at the door.

Proceeds support the events and scholarships of the ADC.

Sponsored by:



RSVP online by going here.

ADC hosts 'The Assassination of Art, When Politics and Art Collide' a panel discussion about 'The Keller Gates Project' with artist Yazmany Arboleda.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008
6:30-8:00pm
@ADC Gallery
106 West 29th Street, NYC

ADC Members Free
Non-Members $20
Students $10

Refreshments will be served.

RSVP online by clicking here.

Creativity's inaugural artists' event, an annual celebration of accomplished artists, designers and illustrators who inspire and propel our industry.

The winner of the Creativity/Penguin Book Cover will be announced, along with an exhibition of finalists work.

Speakers include: Will Gompertz, director of media at the Tate, along with an impressive lineup of established and rising art scene stars, including Marian Bantjes, Erik Natzke, Friendswithyou and David Choe.

Thursday, September 25, 2008
4-8:30pm
@ADC Gallery
106 West 29th Street, NYC

To register and for more info, click here.
Tickets $65 for ADC members
Enter code ADCHM when registering to receive discount.

CLICK.NY is a one-day conference on advertising and digital media, presented by Creative Review magazine and the Art Directors Club. Featuring some of the most forward-thinking leaders in the industry: Tom Ajello/Poke New York, James Cooper and Johnny Vulkan/Anomaly/Another Anomaly, Sergio Gordilho/Africa Propaganda, Mattias Hansson/Hyper Island, Michael Lebowitz and Joshua Hirsch/Big Spaceship, Alessandra Lariu/McCann/She Says, Richard C. Lent/AgencyNet, Alex Lieu/42 Entertainment, Benjamin Palmer/The Barbarian Group, Paul Parton/The Brooklyn Brothers, David Wales/Ministry of Culture, and Jay Wolff/Odopod. Moderated by Liz Danzico of Happy Cog, A Brief Message and the School of Visual Arts.

The site for charity Keep A Child Alive, part of the campaign by Anomaly / James Cooper, Johnny Vulkan.

Benjamin Palmer and The Barbarian Group's project, in collaboration with Freezepop, for the music video for Less Talk More Rokk, as featured on the Expert Level of Guitar Hero 3.

Creative Review magazine, based in the U.K., has been identifying and championing the best in visual communication for the past 27 years. Join us for stories, discussion, inspiration and analysis about the changing landscape of advertising and the new ways that people have meaningful experiences with brands.

Wednesday, October 1
8:30am-6:30pm
@ ADC Gallery
106 West 29th Street, NYC

Schedule and Program Details here.
Register here.

Join the third annual gathering of leading creatives committed to social activism and instigating change through media. The evening promises controversy, conversation and includes a moderated debate, lightening round presentations and the launch of a new support system to help put your ideas into action.

5:30-6:45 PM
Sappi Ideas that Matter Exhibition and Opening
Drinks & Snacks
FREE with RSVP (for opening only)
This evening opens with Sappi's Ideas that Matter Exhibition featuring creative ideas of designers who've answered the call for change. Sappi believes that creative ideas have an impact far beyond the design world and that ideas can be a powerful force for social good. The exhibition features Ideas that Matter grant recipients' work created over the nine-year life of this program. Ideas that Matter was established in 1999 by Sappi to support and transform the creative ideas of designers into a powerful force for the social good. Since the program began, over 225 projects have been funded for a total of more than $8 million. Few of these projects are large or well-known yet all represent good design working to make a difference for the people they touch.

7:00-9:15
Designism 3.0
Design activism deconstructed! Participate in an evening of discussion, debate, and presentations on Design Activism produced by Brian Collins, COLLINS, and Benjamin Palmer, The Barbarian Group.

A Designism Manifesto delivered by Allan Chochinov, Core77, is followed by IDEO who will share three design-driven projects that initiated change. Six creatives present forward-thinking projects, and their results, in lightening speed - TAXI, Brainforest, MendeDesign, Avenue A|Razorfish, lettera27, and World Studio. Steven Heller moderates a discussion on the design of politics between two online news editors and ADC introduces its ingenious new tool to support the creative activist community.

Join the ADC and the discussion over drinks, snacks, and hearty debate.

Thursday, October 2
@ ADC Gallery
106 West 29th Street, NYC
$30 ADC Members
$40 Non-Members
RSVP HERE.
Opening Sappi Reception from 5:30-6:45 is free to all who RSVP.

Sponsored by:

The ADC is proud to honor the impact that educators have on generations of creatives. The ADC Grandmasters exhibition will feature the work of the five honorees and over a generation of their students, past and present.


The 2008 ADC Grandmasters are:

Sheila de Bretteville (Yale University)
Mark Fenske (VCU Brandcenter)
Carin Goldberg (School of Visual Arts)
Jeffrey Metzner (School of Visual Arts)
Ray Nichols (University of Delaware)




Awards Reception
Monday, October 6
6:30-8:30pm
@ ADC Gallery
106 West 29th Street, NYC

Non-members: $30
ADC Members: $21
Students: $10

Proceeds go towards funding Scholarships and to future ADC programming.

The ADC Grandmaster exhibition will be on display from Tuesday, October 7 - Friday, October 10.
To RSVP for the Awards Reception go here.

Experience the presidential debates live in a completely new way. ReConstitution is a live audiovisual remix of the 2008 presidential debates. This nonpartisan hybrid of video art and performance exposes the themes, content and structure behind the sound and images of the debate. The legibility of the content is preserved, upholding the debates as a vital information source for voters. Each spoken word is catalogued, analyzed and displayed with the transformed video signal - the visuals react instantaneously to the physical movement of the candidates, the tone of their voice and the words they speak, weaving an exciting and unpredictable narrative.

This concept and the supporting software are the brainchild of three media artists who form the group, Sosolimited. Comprised of 3 MIT graduates, Sosolimited has performed and installed work internationally, and has garnered a number of awards and accolades throughout the art world. One member of the team, John Rothenberg, is also an ADC Young Gun 5.

Complimentary drinks served before, during and after the live performance.

Tuesday, October 7
8:30-11pm
@ ADC Gallery
106 West 29th Street, NYC

Reserve a ticket here.
ADC Members $20.00
Non Members $25.00

For more information visit http://www.reconstitution2008.com/
Press contact: info@hotbreadent.com

The third event in the Opposites Attract series brings together Dana Arnett and Carin Goldberg, two designers with a characteristic flair for fusing sophisticated typography, arresting imagery and thoughtful concepts into imaginative projects - all with decidedly opposite results. As they share their work and talk about their background in a moderated discussion, we presume the differences and similarities will quickly be apparent.
Opposites Attract brings together designers with differing paths, distinct backgrounds, assorted abilities, and unique approaches that, ultimately, strive for the same goal: simply to produce great work.

Thursday, October 16
6:30-8:30pm
@ADC Gallery
106 West 29th Street, NYC

This series continues on:
Thursday, November 13

ADC Members $21
Non-members $30
Students $15

Sponsored by Veer

RSVP by going here.

Since 1971, the Art Directors Club Hall of Fame has recognized and honored those innovators who have made significant contributions to art direction and visual communications, and whose lifetime achievements represent the highest standards of creative excellence. In November ADC will honor seven laureates.

ADC Hall of Fame Festival and Exhibition
November 5-November 21
@ADC Gallery
106 West 29th Street NYC

More details to come.

ADC Hall of Fame Gala
Thursday, November 6th
Champagne Reception and Exhibition Preview 7 PM
Dinner and Presentation 8 PM
@ADC Gallery
106 West 29th Street NYC

Save the date - reservations will open at a later date! Visit ADC's archive of laureates.

Join us for a festive night of food, drinks and gift-giving.

The Art Directors Annual 87 will make its debut and will be available for purchase.

December 16, 2008
6-9 PM
@ADC Gallery
106 West 29th Street NYC

Admission: $20 or a new, unwrapped toy to benefit The Children's Aid Society.
Click here to RSVP.

The Design Entrepreneur surveys the innovative entrepreneurial options a broad group of contemporary graphic designers have engaged in over the past decade, while addressing the creative process, fabrication and materials, and promotion issues necessary to bring unique products to the marketplace. The Design Entrepreneur is the first book to survey this new field and showcase the innovators who are creating everything from books to furniture, clothes to magazines, plates to surf boards, and more. Through case studies with an international roster of designers like Dave Eggers, Maria Kalman, Charles Spencer Anderson, Seymour Chwast, Jet Mous, Nicholas Callaway, Jordi Duro, and others, this book explores the whys, hows, and wherefores of the conception and production processes. Design entrepreneurs must take the leap away from the safety of the traditional designer role into the precarious territory where the public decides what works and does not, and this is the book that shows them how that feat is accomplished.

Steven Heller and Lita Talarico are co-chairs of the MFA Design program of the School of Visual Arts. Heller is the author and co-author of over 100 books on design and popular culture. He is the editor of AIGA VOICE and a contributing editor to Print, ID, EYE, and Baseline magazines. For 33 years he was an art director of the New York Times and now writes a column for the Book Review section. He is the recipient of the AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement. Talarico holds an MFA in Art Criticism and is the co-author of books on design, including Design Career.

It is almost time for the Saturday Career Workshops to start up again. Twice a year for the past eleven years ADC, along with the School Art League and New York Department of Education, has offered a series of Saturday Career Workshops to fifty talented high school juniors from all five boroughs of New York City. Leading professionals volunteer to introduce students to careers in visual communications while helping them build competitive portfolios for art school applications.

The Fall 2008 Saturday Career Workshops will be lead by a variety of professionals. On October 11 the workshops will be kicked off by SVA's Benita Raphan, whose 2007 collage/self-portrait workshop was a big hit with the students. On October 18, We Should Do It All, a Brooklyn-based studio and member of ADC Young Gun's fifth class, will be leading the students in a graphic design/advertising workshop, followed by an Illustration workshop led by Young Guns 6 winner Josh Cochran on October 25. On November 1, ADC Scholarship Committee member, Jason Pacheco will lead the students in a advertising workshop. Next, on November 8, the students will have a whole day dedicated to meeting college admission counselors. At this event students will have the opportunity to learn about admission procedures of New York City area schools and will be able to present their portfolios to the admissions personnel. On the final day of the SCW the students will be lead through a Polaroid/design workshop by the design team A +B.

If you are interested in volunteering for ADC's Saturday Career Workshop program or would like to know more information about Education Programming, please contact Isabel Johnson at isabel@adcglobal.org.

This exhibition showcases the original art from today's top illustrators surrounding this year's primaries and general elections. With recent coverage of the conventions, a growing awareness in politics has piqued the media's interest in political illustration and caricature once again, creating an array of important and controversial images. Through magazine websites and artist's blogs, illustration is bringing Americans together online to discuss the politics of the day, stressing the importance to vote in the upcoming elections. Art from magazines and newspapers of all political affiliations is represented in this exhibit, allowing artists to express their views on the 2008 election in print and in a variety of new media.

Curated by former Art Director at TIME Magazine, Edel Rodriguez, the exhibition features the work of political illustrators including Steve Brodner, Philip Burke, Tim O'Brien, Hanoch Piven, Stephen Kroninger and Barry Blitt. Original art used for print by Rolling Stone, The New York Times, TIME Magazine, The New York Observer and the controversial New Yorker cover of Barack and Michelle Obama is on display along with the printed publications.

Founded in 1901, the Society of Illustrators is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to "the promotion of the art of illustration - past, present and future." Visit the Society of Illustrators for more information.
For more information about the exhibit contact Kate Feirtag at kate@societyillustrators.org.

Apply now for the world's first Executive MBA in Creative Leadership program at the Berlin School of Creative Leadership. Endorsed by ADC, this part-time global executive management program is specially designed for senior creative executives in advertising, entertainment, journalism, marketing and media. Spread out over 18 months the program consists of six two-week modules in hot spots around the world including Berlin, New York, Tokyo and London. Taught by respected management experts from top academic institutions and celebrated leaders in the creative industry, the program provides creative executives from around the world cutting edge management tools and practical leadership skills to help them lead their creative businesses more effectively.

For more information visit www.berlin-school.com or email Sheridan Johns at s.johns@berlin-school.com.

Application deadline: October 1, 2008.

Throughout history, the world has been influenced, shaped, corrupted, and inspired by trends. The same can be said about advertising. Join Debra Weiss, with special guests Andrea Kaye (SVP, Managing Art Buyer) and Sasha Shor (SVP, Creative Director) from McCann Erikson, in an evening of conversation and imagery as they examine the who, what, and when of the trend - past, present, and future.


Sponsored by:



September 25, 2008
Refreshments: 6:30pm
Seminar: 7:00pm

Monica Stevenson Photography
601 West 26th Street
Suite 1455
New York City

For ticket information click here.

ADC Members receive a discount of $15 off the ticket price. When registering, select 'ADC option.'

The first annual Sahre Victore Wilker (graphic) design summer workshop in New York was as a huge success! Created by Paul Sahre, James Victore, and Jan Wilker, the workshop exists as an annual gathering, free of any commercial restraints or institutional ties, where experimentation and creative thought rule. This year, 40 participants from 8 countries gathered at ADC gallery to spend 6 days (and a few late work nights) with Paul, James and Jan. Each day was packed with design challenges, exhibitions, guest speakers, surprise trips, and one-on-one meetings. From the opening party Sunday night to the goodbye dinner on Saturday, the participants brought the energy and made the week an immersive and inspirational experience for everyone involved.

credit: Anthony Defranco

In the spirit of the summer workshop series, a Sahre Victore Wilker scholarship is being developed with ADC, which will award $2,500 to a young designer. Details to be announced later this year.

Selected responses from workshop participants:

"Thanks again for hosting a truly awesome experience. I feel like I learned more in that week than all three years of design school. And at the risk of sounding totally cheesy, I felt really honored to be a part of something that (for me) was life changing."

credit: Anthony Defranco

"From the outside it appears to be a normal design workshop, but from inside it was a completely different experience. I would describe it more as a psychological challenge workshop and a wonderful social experiment."

"Totally &@#%ing stellar."

Read graphic designer and ihaveanidea correspondant Floriane Pic's article about the SVW workshop here. Stay tuned for next year's call for applications at sahrevictorewilker.com.

The New Yorker Festival, a three-day congregation of writers, artists, thinkers, strategists, and performers, returns for its ninth year, from October 3rd through October 5th. ADC Hall of Fame laureate Art Spiegelman, inducted in 2006, will be featured on Saturday, October 4 at the "New Yorker Talks". The talk is titled "Breakdowns: Comix 101" and will be taking place at Ailey Citigroup Theater's Joan Weill Center for Dance in New York City. Tickets are $25. For more information click here.

Creative Consultation and Seminar in Paris, at the Louvre Museum, October 5-11, 2008. For further information visit: VickiPrenticeAssociatesInc.com or call 212-332-3460. Also available now as an e-course professional development training.

Flak Photo is a photography blogzine featuring distinctive work from an international community of contributors that promotes interesting visual approaches to seeing the world and celebrates the art of exhibiting quality photography online. The blog is produced by Andy Adams and features work from new photo essays, book projects and gallery exhibitions from established and emerging photographers.

In support of these artists, Flak Photo highlights images from this year's YG6 winners and includes work from Sarah Wilmer, Michael Christopher Brown, Joel Micah Miller and Ryan Schude. Every Saturday in September, Flak Photo features one image from their portfolios. Stay up to date with this Weekend series here.

Check out the photo albums here.

ADC gratefully acknowledges Adobe for its continuing support of the ADC Young Guns program. And special thanks to Classic Photo Booth for their generous donation at the event!

Behnaz Sarafpour presented her Spring 2009 collection on Tuesday, September 9 at ADC. The ADC Young Guns 6 exhibit closed for one day as the eager crowds descended upon ADC Gallery for the afternoon fashion show. To view photos of the models and Behnaz's team backstage at ADC visit elle.com.

ADC is now a professional group on LinkedIn. Just another way you can stay informed and connect with visual communications professionals and ADC staff, creative and non-creative.

Corporate Members
UniWorld Group, Inc: NY, NY
John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ
The Barbarian Group: NY, NY

Individual Members
Farida Amar: Victorville, CA
Elizabeth Barrett: Short Hills, NJ
Kiri Bermack: NY, NY
Tai Blanche: Hoboken, NJ
Tricia Broadfoot: NY, NY
Joe Carreno: NY, NY
Jarek Carethers: NY, NY
Michelle Casanova: Johannesburg, South Africa
Alexandre Casimir: NY, NY
Eun Jung Cho: NY, NY
Nadia Chung: Ashburn, VA
Júlia Coelho: NY, NY
Chris Curry: NY, NY
Chris Davis: NY, NY
Paul DiNovo: Hoboken, NJ
Cell Diskin: Hoboken, NJ
Rachel Donovan: NY, NY
Alejandro Egozcue: Austin, TX
Hasani Ekundayo: NY, NY
Jeff Faust: Hoboken, NJ
Jose Fernandez: NY, NY
Mike Freeland: Hoboken, NJ
Hiroshige Fukuhara: Shinagawa-ku, Japan
Natalie Garber: NY, NY
Efi Georgiou: Medford, MA
R. Vann Graves: NY, NY
Heather Han: NY, NY
Tiziana Haug: NY, NY
Randy Hunt: Brooklyn, NY
Amanda Lingham: Fort Lee, NJ
Cynthia Lupoff: Chatsworth, CA
Celina Martinez: NY, NY
Joao Medeiros: Tervuren, Belgium
John Militello: NY, NY
Jean Morley: Hoboken, NJ
Gulcin Neftci: NY, NY
Lori Nolan: Brooklyn, NY
Susan Olinsky: Hoboken, NJ
Florian Pagel: Hamburg, Germany
Sharon Pandolfo: NY, NY
Juston Payne: Hoboken NJ
David Pilgrim: NY, NY
David Riedy: Hoboken, NJ
Martin Short: Jersey City, NJ
Sandy St. Jacques: Hoboken, NJ
Jenn Tran: NY, NY
Andrea Uva: NY, NY
Rebecca Williams: NY, NY
Jen Witkowski: Elma, NY
Timothy Woods: NY, NY
Suhad Zraik: NY, NY

ADC member Spencer Drate is currently compiling a new 500-45 RPM Record sleeve book, A Visual History of the 7" Record, covering 1950-2000. Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith Group) is an avid 45 collector and writing the foreword. The size of the book is 7" size. Spencer is looking for private collectors of 45 picture sleeves with great graphics within 1950-2000. Contact Spencer at spencerdrate@yahoo.com or call 212-799-0535.

The Menningen Collection, a comprehensive archive of American print advertising from 1930-1960, is looking for buyers. Housed in Philadelphia, the Collection consists of over 500,000 print ads in perfect condition. All important industries are included, and the Collection is searchable by company, product and brand.Now available to serious buyers, the Menningen Collection provides an in-depth view of advertising and commercial trends during the Golden Age of American consumerism. If interested contact Jeffrey M. Gross by calling 917-428-4879 or email info@menningenarchive.com.

We regretfully note the passing of Melcon Tashian, a Lifetime Member of the Art Director's Club, and Nagi Noda, the Japanese artist/designer/director behind groundbreaking music videos and spots.

The son of Armenian immigrants from Turkey, Melcon Tashian was born in Chicago, IL and was a graduate of the Chicago Art Institute. Melcon pursued his art with a passion, holding a solo exhibition of recent paintings and art boxes at the Nashville Public Library in December 2004. For many years he was an Art Director and creative chief at advertising agencies in New York City, including Foote, Cone & Belding, Grey Advertising and SSC&B. He worked on major accounts such as TWA, Ivory Soap, Rheingold Beer and Samsonite. As a freelance graphic designer, artist and teacher he helped launch Museum Magazine and created unique shell mirrors, which were displayed in the windows of Fifth Avenue stores B. Altman Co. and at Tiffany & Co. Mr. Tashian passed away on September 6. He was 93. Mr. Tashian is survived by his wife, Victoria J-Tashian and two sons, Diran and Barry.

Nagi Noda was best known in the industry for her fantastic "Sentimental Journey" clip for Japanese pop star Yuki, which featured multiple "analog" clones of the singer and was featured in Saatchi's 2006 New Directors Showcase. Noda was a multiple cube winner at ADC's 83rd Annual Awards. Noda passed away on Sunday, September 7. She was 35.

ADC members - this is your place to share. The newsletter is published monthly. The deadline for submissions for the October newsletter is September 29. Send news or inquiries to regan@adcglobal.org with the subject line Newsletter.

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The ADC is the premier organization for integrated media and the first international creative collective of its kind. Founded in New York in 1920, the ADC is a self-funding, not-for-profit membership organization that celebrates and inspires creative excellence, connecting creative visual communications professionals from around the world.

To promote the highest standards of excellence and integrity in visual communications for the industry and to encourage students and young professionals entering the field. In short, to provide "visual fuel."

To provide a forum for creative leaders in Advertising, Design, Interactive Media and Communications to meet, learn, participate, and explore the direction for these rapidly evolving industries.

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