As part of the ADC 90th Annual Awards celebration, the Art Directors Club is presenting its first annual ADC Designism Award.
The new award recognizes creatives who drive social and political change through their work. Any work entered into any of the non-profit categories of the ADC 90th Annual Awards can be considered for the ADC Designism Award for an additional $50 upon registering.
ADC Designism was conceived in 2006 by Brian Collins, chairman, chief creative officer, COLLINS:, New York and an ADC Officer, as an annual speaker event to explore how designers and creatives can drive social, political and ecological change through their daily work.
Four ADC Designism events, held at the ADC Gallery in New York, have examined the state of activism across all media, and addressed how designers and creatives can use their careers to drive the transformation needed to make our communities - and the world - a better place. ADC Designism speaker panels have also focused on businesses that are doing tangible, measurable good, and highlighted creatives who are reinventing industries by placing purposeful design principles at the center of all they do.
Deadlines for the ADC 90th Annual Awards
Design, ADC Design Sphere, Photography, Illustration: extended to January 28, 2011
Interactive, Student: January 28, 2011
Advertising, ADC Hybrid, Playground: February 6, 2011