Photo by Jeff Dey.

The ADC Young Guns speaker series is extending to the Apple Retail Store in San Francisco! On the fourth Monday of the month, January through April, select ADC Young Guns winners will present their work. March's speaker: Ed O'Brien.

Ed O'Brien is a designer at Hybrid Design in San Francisco. Since graduating in 2003 from the Academy of Art University, his work has been recognized by magazines such as ID and Print, and groups such as the AIGA and the Art Directors Club.
Ed is part of the ADC Young Guns 6 class of winners, honored in 2008.

Monday, March 22, 2010
6:30 - 8 PM
Apple Store, San Francisco
One Stockton Street
San Francisco, CA 94108

Free, no reservation required.

The ADC Young Guns speaker series is extending to the Apple Retail Store in London! On the fourth Monday of the month, January through April, select ADC Young Guns winners will present their work. March's speaker: Adam Simpson.

Adam Simpson studied at Edinburgh College of Art and the Royal College of Art. His work encompasses design, animation and illustration - always with a strong emphasis on drawing. He works on commercial and self-initiated projects from his studio in East London.
Adam is part of the ADC Young Guns 7 class of winners, honored in 2009.

Monday, March 22, 2010
7 - 8:30 PM
Apple Store, Regent Street
235 Regent Street
London, W1B 2EL

Free, no reservation required.

The ADC Young Guns speaker series is extending to the Apple Retail Store in Chicago! On the fourth Monday of the month, February through April, select ADC Young Guns winners will present their work. March's speaker: Isaac Tobin.

Isaac Tobin is a senior designer at the University of Chicago Press. He earned a BFA in Graphic Design in 2002 from the Rhode Island School of Design. He worked as a Book Designer at Beacon Press and freelanced for a year in Buenos Aires before settling in Chicago in 2005. His work has been recognized by the AIGA, the AAUP, the Type Directors Club, The Society of Typographic Arts, and Print Magazine, and has been featured in books published by Die Gestalten Verlag and Laurence King.
Isaac is part of the ADC Young Guns 7 class of winners, honored in 2009.

Monday, March 22, 2010
7 - 8:30 PM
Apple Store, North Michigan Avenue
679 North Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611

Free, no reservation required.

The ADC Young Guns speaker series is extending to the Apple Retail Store in Santa Monica! On the fourth Monday of the month, February through April, select ADC Young Guns winners will present their work. March's speaker: Brian Michael Gossett.

Brian Michael Gossett is a designer/illustrator/art director/teacher/maker of things working in commercial advertising, commercial and editorial print, film, and broadcast media in sunny Santa Monica, CA. He received his BFA in Graphic Communication at the University of Houston in 2000, graduating magna cum laude. Since then, he has been involved in a wide variety of projects both small and large. Brian teaches a class at the Art Center College of Art and Design in Pasadena, CA. He is also author and editor for Motionographer.com. He enjoys putting smiles on faces.
Brian is part of the ADC Young Guns 6 class of winners, honored in 2008.

Monday, March 22, 2010
5:30 - 7 PM
Apple Store, Third Street Promenade
1248 Third Street Promenade
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Free, no reservation required.

On the fourth Monday of every month, select ADC Young Guns winners present their work at the Apple Store in SoHo. March's speaker: Greg Brunkalla.

Greg has been directing commercial content, music videos, and other moving images in New York City since 2002. With five years of representation with @radical.media, he has recently founded a new media company with industry friends called Legs, based out of Milk Studios in NYC. Legs' first project was a multifaceted black-and-white film campaign for Diesel.com. Greg was nominated for an Emmy for a series he directs for The New York Times Style Magazine. Other clients include: Nike, Levi's, Kia, and Diet Coke. Agencies he has worked with include: Mother, Taxi, Farfar, Duetsche, 180, and Ogilvy. He lives in Brooklyn.
Greg is part of the ADC Young Guns 6 class of winners, honored in 2009.

Monday, March 22, 2010
6:30 - 8 PM
Apple Store SoHo
103 Prince Street, NYC

Free, no reservation required.

The ADC Young Guns speaker series is extending to the Apple Retail Store in Sydney! ADC Young Gun Clinton Duncan will kick off our Apple Store events in Australia this March!

Clinton Duncan is a graphic designer and art director living and working in Sydney, Australia. His work has crossed most disciplines, from branding and identity, advertising and communications, online and interactive to 3 dimensional design for signage and environments. His work has been recognized by the Design & Art Directors Club, the Australian Graphic Design Association, Australasian Writers and Art Directors Association, Cannes, The One Show and the Art Directors Club.

His approach is informed by his early career in advertising as an art director - focusing on big, beautiful ideas that are executed with clarity and precision. Typography plays a central part of this approach, and Clinton also lectures on Typography for the University of Technology, Sydney. His interest in contemporary art is also a key influence in his work, and has resulted in many collaborations with curators, galleries and artists.

Clinton is part of the ADC Young Guns 7 class of winners, honored in 2009.

Monday, March 22, 2010
6 - 7:30 PM
Sydney Apple Store
367 George St.
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Free, no reservation required.

The ADC Young Guns 8 entry site will go live on March 24, 2010. We're planning a launch party that same night at ADC Gallery -- sign up for the ADC Young Guns mailing list (top left sidebar of this page) to stay tuned for details. And head over to the competition rules to get your portfolios ready for submission.

SAVE THE DATE!

Wednesday, March 24, 2010
7-10 PM
@ADC Gallery
106 West 29th Street, NYC

More info to come.

The ADC Young Guns speaker series is extending to the Apple Retail Store in Santa Monica! On the fourth Monday of the month, February through April, select ADC Young Guns winners will present their work. April's speaker: Yolanda Santosa.

Yolanda 'Yo' Santosa designed main titles for 300, Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty. She founded Ferroconcrete in 2006 with the Pinkberry account, and has been managing the company’s brand ever since. Yo has taught at Art Center, and is an active national guest speaker; she has earned several awards, including 3 consecutive Emmy nominations.
Yo is part of the ADC Young Guns 6 class of winners, honored in 2008.

Monday, April 26, 2010
5:30 - 7 PM
Apple Store, Third Street Promenade
1248 Third Street Promenade
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Free, no reservation required.

On the fourth Monday of the month, January through April, select ADC Young Guns winners will present their work at the Apple Store in San Francisco. April's speaker: Jennifer Lew.

Jennifer Lew is a multidisciplinary artist / designer originally from L.I.C., Queens. Graduating in 2002 from the School of Visual Arts with a BFA in graphic design, she works in fabric, paper and viral. And collaborates with artner (n. art part•ner), Victor-John Villanueva as BLACK PANDA.

Jennifer is part of the ADC Young Guns 5 class of winners, honored in 2007.

Monday, April 26, 2010
6:30 - 8 PM
Apple Store, San Francisco
One Stockton Street
San Francisco, CA 94108

Free, no reservation required.

The ADC Young Guns speaking series is extending to Paris! On the fourth Monday of April, ADC Young Gun Yves Geleyn will present his work at the Apple Store @ Carrousel du Louvre in Paris.

A true hybrid, Yves was brought into the World via the love of a German lady and a French man in Reading, England of all forgotten places. Yves' background has mainly been in print, working on poster designs, book and cd covers, but has also worked on installations and signage, notably for large museums and other cultural establishments. His move into motion was a natural progression with a common goal – to communicate and narrate with visual beauty and innovative style. He continues his hybrid tradition by fusing mixed media and various techniques culminating in poetic visual unions.

Yves is part of the ADC Young Guns 7 class of winners, honored in 2009.

Monday, April 26, 2010
6:30 - 8 PM
Apple Store @ Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
Carrousel du Louvre
99 rue de Rivoli, 75001, Paris, France

Free, no reservation required.

On the fourth Monday of the month, ADC Young Guns winners will present their work at the Apple Store in Chicago. April's speaker: The Little Friends of Printmaking.

You can easily spot The Little Friends of Printmaking in a crowd—their inky hands and clothes are a dead giveaway, and their work is just as distinctive. Husband-and-wife team J W & Melissa Buchanan first made a name for themselves through their silkscreened concert posters, but now design fancy junk for whomever will pay them money. Their awards include honors from the Art Directors’ Club, American Illustration, and Communication Arts; and their work has been published in the books New Masters of Poster Design [Rockport], Juxtapoz: Poster Art [Gingko Press], and Handmade Nation [Princeton Architectural Press], among others.

The Little Friends of Printmaking are part of the ADC Young Guns 5 class of winners, honored in 2007.

Monday, April 26, 2010
7:00 - 8:30 PM
Apple Store, North Michigan Avenue
679 North Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611

Free, no reservation required.

The ADC Young Guns speaker series is extending to the Apple Retail Store in Sydney! April's speaker: Ivana Martinovic!

Ivana was born in Sydney, Australia and currently works as a Senior Designer with the Sydney office of global branding agency Landor Associates.

She has developed identity and branding systems, promotional materials, environmental graphics, packaging and publication designs for a broad range of clients that includes, among others, Australian Graphic Design Association, Ben Sherman, Citi, City of Melbourne, Fidelity International, ISIS Projects, Spicers Paper, University of Sydney Union, Telstra, Yellow Pages, The Cool Hunter, Fresh As, Harper Collins, IAG, Lifestyle Insurance, Logan Wines, Macquarie Telecom, Tower Insurance, Remedies Healthcare and Wagamama.

She was recently selected to be part of the WPP High Potential 2010 group. Her work has won a number of awards and has been recognised by Graphis Design, AIGA, Pentawards, the New York and Tokyo Type Directors Club, Step Inside Design, HOW International, the Australian Graphic Design Association, Design & Art Directors Club and Design & Design.

Her interests beyond design include fashion, history and contemporary art.

Ivana is part of the ADC Young Guns 7 class of winners, honored in 2009.

Monday, April 26, 2010
6 - 7:30 PM
Sydney Apple Store
367 George St.
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Free, no reservation required.

On the fourth Monday of the month, January through April, select ADC Young Guns winners will present their work at the Apple Store in London! April's speakers: Fx&Mat.

Fx and Mat met at France’s Supinfocom computer graphics university, where they made their directing debut with ‘En Tus Brazos’. The 3D animated short has won them awards from all over the world, including an ‘Award of Excellence’ at Siggraph.

They joined Nexus having directed commercials for the French and Canadian markets including a spot for Royal Bank of Canada, as well as working on various illustration projects.

The duo’s exploration in animation and live action is already making waves in the commercial world, being selected as finalists in the First Boards Awards 2009, and winner of an ADC young guns award the same year. Their recent spot for the International Olympic Committee is up for Best Commercial: Direction at the British Animation Awards this year.
Fx&Mat are part of the ADC Young Guns 7 class of winners, honored in 2009.

Monday, April 26, 2010
7 - 8:30 PM
Apple Store, Regent Street
235 Regent Street
London, W1B 2EL

Free, no reservation required.

The ADC Young Guns speaker series is extending to the Apple Retail Store in London! On the fourth Monday of the month, January through May, select ADC Young Guns winners will present their work. May's speaker: Laura Carlin.

Laura Carlin is an illustrator who lives in London after obtaining an MA at the Royal College of Art. Clients include The New York Times, The Guardian, American Express and British Airways. She has illustrated several books, with The Folio Society, The House of Illustration and Walker Books, the latter publishing her latest - 'The Iron Man' by Ted Hughes. She also enjoys her own projects writing, making ceramics and books, but all with a touch of cynicism.
Laura is part of the ADC Young Guns 7 class of winners, honored in 2009.

Monday, May 24, 2010
7 - 8:30 PM
Apple Store, Regent Street
235 Regent Street
London, W1B 2EL

Free, no reservation required.

After filling the house at the New York Apple Store in February, ADC Young Gun Stewart Smith will cross the Atlantic to show his work at the London Apple Store this June!

Stewart Smith is the founder and principal of Stewdio, a consultancy that approaches art and software through the lens of graphic design. Stewdio has created collaborative works with renowned firms including Diller Scofidio+Renfro, O-R-G, Warning Office, and Death by Cyan. Stewart earned his MFA from Yale University and teaches Visualizing Data at NYU in the Interactive Telecommunications Program. He is also a research scholar at Columbia University.
Stewart is part of the ADC Young Guns 7 class of winners, honored in 2009.

Monday, June 28, 2010
7 - 8:30 PM
Apple Store, Regent Street
235 Regent Street
London, W1B 2EL

Free, no reservation required.