The Art Directors Club, the premier organization for integrated media and the first global creative collective of its kind with membership in advertising, design and visual communications, has announced the 50 young professionals who have claimed the ADC Young Guns 6 title.
Ranging in age from 23 to 30 years, this year's new ADC Young Guns class represents a diverse generation of creative talent in visual media and design.
Selected out of hundreds of entries from 46 countries, these ADC Young Guns 6 winners stand out as an impressive international roster of young talent, which backgrounds including graphic design, art direction, motion design, photography and illustration.
In their careers, some focus on a single discipline, while others combine several; nearly half of these young professionals are self-employed, either as freelancers or under a studio of their own founding.
With nearly double the number of entries from the previous ADC Young Guns competition in 2006, this year's judging process took place over the course of five weeks, with each of the 19 judges individually scoring every entry through three elimination rounds.
Based on average scores, the competition field was gradually filtered down to its top 50.