The Tokyo Art Directors Club (ADC) Exhibitions are regular events at Creation Gallery G8, occasions that always garner great attention within advertising and design circles. The Tokyo ADC, founded in 1952, currently has 80 members, art directors all ranking at the top of their profession. Together they serve as the judging panel for the annual Tokyo ADC open competition, and the awards they bestow each year 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 2013 through April 2014. 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 five days. Ahead of the publication of the new yearbook this November (publisher: Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, Ltd.), this year’s award-winning and outstanding works will be shown at Creation Gallery G8 (works by non-members) and ginza graphic gallery (works by Tokyo ADC members).
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1 Environmental space design for Ichihara Lakeside Museum (Chiba)
2 Newspaper ad for East Japan Railway Company (“Tohoku, Here We Come!”)
3 Graphic design for handkerchiefs made by Maholo
4 Packaging design for “Cup Sake” (Asabiraki / Tomita Shuzo)
5 Poster for Otsuka Pharmaceutical’s “Calorie Mate”
6 Poster for INFAS PUBLICATIONS (“CITYSCAPE”)
7 Commercial film for Toyota Marketing Japan (“DRIVING KIDS with TOYOTA”)
8 Commercial film for Avex Entertainment (“dVideo”)
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)
DNP Ginza Bldg., 7-7-2 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
Tel: 03-3571-5206
11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. on Saturdays).
Closed Sundays and holidays. Admission free.
Featured Exhibits
Approx. 100 award-winning or outstanding works: TV commercials, posters, newspaper advertisements, editorials, signage, logomarks, etc.
Exhibition in Nagano
Komorokougen Museum – Shiratori Eisetsu Museum
January 15 (Thu) – February 15 (Sun), 2015
2805-1 Oaza Hishidaira, Komoro City, Nagano Pref. 384-0041
Tel: 0267-26-2070
