“Art Direction Japan Exhibition 2019” is the latest in a series of annual exhibitions at Creation Gallery G8 that have consistently garnered great attention within advertising and design circles.
The Tokyo ADC, founded in 1952, currently has 77 members, art directors all ranking at the top of their profession. Together they serve as the judging panel for annual open competitions. The awards they bestow each year—the Tokyo ADC Awards—draw attention both in Japan and abroad as prestigious indicators of the latest trends in Japanese advertising and graphic design.
This year’s competition attracted some 8,500 entries, all works making their first appearance, usage or publication in the 12-month period from May 2018 through April 2019. The year’s award-winning works, along with other outstanding works to be featured in the Tokyo ADC’s annual compendium—Art Direction Japan—were chosen by the club members during rigorous judging sessions spanning three days.
Ahead of the publication of the new yearbook, this year’s award-winning and outstanding works will be on display simultaneously at Creation Gallery G8 (works by non-members) and ginza graphic gallery (works by Tokyo ADC members).
For a list of the 2019 Tokyo ADC Award winners, click here.
Tokyo ADC Award winners (non-members)
“Spinning Flower”
General graphic for ceremony celebrating completion of the Chukodo (Central Golden Hall) at Kofukuji Temple, Nara
Client: Okamura Printing Industries Co., Ltd.
Haruka Misawa: art director
“Corporate Advertisement”
Commercial film
Client: Sumitomo Mitsui Card Co., Ltd.
Akira Nagai: film director
Tetsuro Aso: creative director, planner, copywriter
“Light and Graphic Figures”
Poster, book design and editorial design
Client: Utrecht (Tokyo bookshop)
Mina Tabei: art director
“Haruka Misawa – Again and Again: Ideas Coming to Mind”
Installation for exhibition at ginza graphic gallery
Haruka Misawa: art director
“3cm market”
Poster, package design, logomark and logotype
Client: 3cm market Production Committee
Mai Shibatani: art director
Yusuke Shimano: creative director
“Corporate Advertising”
Commercial film
Client: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Koichiro Toda: art director
Yuichi Kodama: film director
Sojiro Kamatani: film director
Kota Tohata: creative director, planner
Megumi Ota: copywriter
“me ISSEY MIYAKE”
Poster and general graphics
Client: ISSEY MIYAKE
Shingo Noma: art director
“Yui Takada Exhibition Beijing”
General graphics
Client: Neue Design Exhibition Project
Yui Takada: art director
“Wording from Shinzo Fukuhara”
Installation
Client: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
Katsura Marubashi: art director
Masataka Kimura: engineer
“LINNÉ LENS”
Smartphone application
Client: Linné Corporation
Haruka Misawa: art director
Kenichi Sugimoto: planner
Heechan Yang: developer
Tokyo ADC Award winners (members)
Exhibited at ginza graphic gallery
Grand Prix
“SEIGEN ONO”
Posters and general graphics
Client: COMME des GARÇONS
Tsuguya Inoue: art director
Jun Inagaki: designer
Tamaki Yoshida: photographer
Seigen Ono: artist
Tokyo ADC Members Awards
“Yoigoma: Drunken Tops”
General graphics, package design, installation, logomark and logotype
Clients: D-BROS, Tsunan Jouzou Co., Ltd., Art Front Gallery
Ryosuke Uehara: art director, creative director
Yoshie Watanabe: art director
Satoru Miyata: creative director
* Tokyo ADC Production Award
Chisato Endo: designer
Hiromu Hara Award
“Yohji Yamamoto hommage M. Cubisme / Mon cher Azzedine”
Book design and editorial design
Tsuguya Inoue: art director
Venues
Creation Gallery G8 (works by non-members)
Recruit Ginza8 Bldg., 8-4-17 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8001
Tel: 03-6835-2260
ginza graphic gallery (works by Tokyo ADC members)
October 23 (Wed) – November 16 (Sat), 2019
11:00 a.m. – 7 p.m. Closed Sundays and holidays. Admission free.
DNP Ginza Bldg., 7-7-2 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
Tel: 03-3571-5206
Featured Exhibits
More than 200 award-winning or outstanding works: TV commercials, posters, newspaper ads, editorial designs, package designs, logomarks, websites, videos, etc.
Talk Show
Award winners and their production staff will be invited to talk about their production process, etc. The show’s date and participants will be announced on this website as soon as final details have been decided. Admission free. Reservations required (made through this website).
Traveling Exhibition in Nagano
Komorokougen Museum – Shiratori Eisetsu Museum
December 1 (Sun), 2019 – February 13 (Thu), 2020
2805-1 Oaza Hishidaira, Komoro City, Nagano Pref. 384-0041
Tel: 0267-26-2070
Traveling Exhibition in Ishikawa
Manabi-no-Mori Nonoichi Kaleido
March 26 (Thu) – April 28 (Tue), 2020
4-156 Taheiji, Nonoichi City, Ishikawa Pref. 921-8845
Tel: 076-248-8099
Organizer
Tokyo Art Directors Club
