The Tokyo Art Directors Club (ADC) Exhibitions are regular events at Creation Gallery G8, occasions that always garner much attention within advertising and design circles. The Tokyo ADC, founded in 1952, currently has 76 members, all ranking among the cream of the crop among art directors. Together they serve as the judging panel for the annual Tokyo ADC Exhibitions, and the awards they bestow each year garner attention both in Japan and abroad as prestigious indicators of the cutting edge in Japanese advertising and graphic design.

This year’s show attracted some 8,500 entries, all works making their first appearance or usage in Japan in the 12-month period from May 2010 through April 2011. The year’s award-winning works and other outstanding works to be featured in the Tokyo ADC Annual were chosen by the club members during rigorous judging sessions spanning four days. Ahead of the publication of the new yearbook in late November, this year’s award-winning works and outstanding works were shown at two venues: Creation Gallery G8 (works by non-members) and ginza graphic gallery (works by Tokyo ADC members).