NEW YORK, July 28, 2026 — The global Art Directors Club, part of The One Club for Creativity, announced 18 creative professionals based in APAC who are among the more than 100 from around the world who will serve on the jury for the global ADC Young Guns 24 competition.
ADC Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creative professionals. The program is open to those ages 30 and under who have been working for at least two years, full-time or freelance. Eligible entrants can submit a combination of professional and personal work.
Jury members in APAC, including past YG winners as indicated, are as follows:
Australia
- Andrew Maynard, Director, Austin Maynard Architects, Melbourne (YG4)
- Chris Rowson, Head of Creative, Good Drinks Australia, Perth
Mainland China
- Wen-Xi Chen, ECD, Design Bridge and Partners, Shanghai
- Young Huale, Art Director, By-Enjoy Design, Fujian
Chinese Taipei
- Hsiao-Ron Cheng, Illustrator, Taipei
Hong Kong SAR China
- Wai Ming Cheung, Founder, for&st, Hong Kong SAR China
India
- Pallavi Chakravarti, Founder, CCO, Fundamental, Mumbai
- Sonam Gautam, Head of Creative, ULKA (A BBDO Group), Mumbai
- Kopal Naithani, Ad Filmmaker, Superfly Films Pvt Ltd, Mumbai
Indonesia
- Albert Chan, Founder, Lup, Jakarta
Japan
- Kuki Iwanski, Visual Artist, Kuki Studio, Tokyo and Lodz, Poland
- Mina Tabei, Art Director, Graphic Designer, Tabei Mina Inc., Tokyo
New Zealand
- Robert Wallace, Director, Parallel Teeth, Lower Hutt (YG11)
Philippines
- Nikki Golez, Founder, CCO, Passionade Creative, Makati City
Singapore
- Kelley Cheng, Founder, Creative Director, The Press Room, Singapore
- Felix Sng, Design Director, Swell; Lecturer, Lasalle College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore, Singapore
South Korea
- Boyoung Lee, CCO, HYBE, Seoul (YG3)
- Jeseok Yi, Founder, Creative Director, Jeski Social Campaign, Seoul (YG8)
The complete list of all ADC Young Guns 24 judges can be viewed here.
The online entry system is now open, with the reduced-fee regular deadline of August 27, 2026, and final deadline September 24, 2026. Winners will be announced in January 2027, with the YG24 awards ceremony and party slated for January 27, 2027 in New York.
The renowned competitions regularly attract entries from upwards of 45 countries, with more than half coming from outside the US.
All ADC Young Guns winners receive a unique version of the iconic ADC Young Guns Cube, designed exclusively for this year’s incoming class, and have their permanent profile page added to the YG website.
Winners also receive a complimentary one-year One Club for Creativity membership, permanent membership in the YG network, a chance to be featured in YG events and an assortment of career-boosting opportunities from YG sponsors.
Past ADC Young Guns include rising stars who went on to become leaders in their chosen fields, including Oscar-winning film director duo DANIELS (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) (YG14), “Top Gun Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski (YG4); graphic designers James Victore (YG1), Stefan Sagmeister (YG1), Natasha Jen (YG4) and Jessica Walsh (YG8); artist/designer Rich Tu (YG8); ad creatives Rei Inamoto (YG4) and Menno Kluin (YG6); illustrators Christoph Niemann (YG2) and Deanne Cheuk (YG4); fashion designer Kerby Jean-Raymond (YG14); artist/filmmaker Calmatic (YG16); director/photographer India Sleem (YG17); typographers Alex Trochut (YG6) and Gemma O’Brien (YG13); animation artist Todd St. John (YG1), and others.
ADC Young Guns 24 branding and YG Cube trophy were created by Brooklyn-based independent illustrator and designer Chantal Jahchan, a winner in last year’s YG23 competition.
For more information and to enter, please visit the ADC Young Guns 24 website.
The One Club for Creativity – home of The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE) awards, ONE Asia Creative Awards, Type Directors Club TDC competition and scholarships, ADC Young Guns, Young Ones Student Awards, Next Creative Leaders, ONE School, ONE Creator Lab, Where Are All The Black People conference and career fair, Portfolio Night, Creative Week, and more – is the world’s foremost non-profit organization whose mission is to support and celebrate the success of the global creative community. Revenue generated from entries to its global awards shows goes back into the industry to fund programs that support industry access, creative education, professional development, and enhancement of creative careers around the world.
