The showcase

2018 2017

2017 Winner Experience

From final judging in San Francisco to main stage at Adobe MAX in Las Vegas

Judge Shawn Cheris during final deliberations in San Francisco.
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Judge Mashama Thompson during final deliberations in San Francisco.
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Judge Elise Granados during final deliberations in San Francisco.
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Judges met in San Francisco to select Finalists and Winners of the 2017 Adobe Design Achievement Awards.
See the judges in action

Winners officially launched their careers at Adobe MAX 2017 in Las Vegas.
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With over 10,000 attendees, MAX is the world’s leading creativity conference.
Watch the conference keynotes

Winners kicked off their MAX experience with Adobe Career Bootcamp, where they learned how to elevate their soft skills.
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At Bootcamp, Winners networked with industry professionals and other standout emerging creatives.
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Creative professionals shared valuable industry insights with Bootcamp attendees.
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Attendees left Bootcamp with new connections, prepared for a week of inspiration in Las Vegas.
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Select Winners were featured on Adobe Live, in interviews streamed from the MAX Community Pavilion floor.
Watch Denzel Boyd’s interview

Winners had great comments and interaction with the live stream community.

The ADAA crew broke out of the conference for a day exploring Old Las Vegas and the Fremont Street strip.

Winners literally “launched their careers” on the Slotzilla zip line above Fremont Street.

2017 Winners on Fremont Street, Las Vegas.

Preparing for Celebrate: Generation Adobe at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas.

Winning work is showcased on screens throughout the Generation Adobe party.

Mark Rupert, Senior Director for Education at Adobe, hands each winner their trophy.

2017 Adobe Awards trophies shined up and ready to go.

Congratulation to the winners of the 2017 Adobe Design Achievement Awards.
See the winning work

Celebrating Generation Adobe with food, music, inspiring work and inspiring people.

Celebrating Generation Adobe with food, music, inspiring work and inspiring people.

Winners have VIP seats for both keynote sessions during the Adobe MAX conference.

Adobe’s Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Ann Lewnes highlights winners on the MAX main stage.
Watch the MAX sizzle video

Winners close out their week in Las Vegas at the epic MAX Bash, dancing the night away to the beats of Mark Ronson.

Winners close out their week in Las Vegas at the epic MAX Bash, dancing the night away to the beats of Mark Ronson.

Winners close out their week in Las Vegas at the epic MAX Bash, dancing the night away to the beats of Mark Ronson.

2017 Top Talent

Submissions 6522 Semifinalists 1645 Honorees 78

Cut It Out

Grace Cunningham

Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, United Kingdom

Honorable Mention | Commercial - Print / Graphic / Illustration

Cut It Out

BRANDING, CAMPAIGN DESIGN, MOTION GRAPHICS

Client: D&AD Submission - Fur for Animals

This project was given an Honourable Mention in the Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2017.

The main reason people still wear fur is due to its luxurious nature and the fact it is frequently seen on catwalks and celebrities, which means it appears in magazines and is then copied in high street fashion. I created a campaign with a twist, where a high-end fashion designer leads a fur workshop for design students. Targeting fashion students aims to prevent them from using fur in future designs and having the workshop streamed live allows the campaign to reach a wider audience. Tying the event to New York Fashion Week also targets celebs, influencers and others in that sphere, as the aim is to have public momentum behind the workshop and then reveal the campaign.

The showcase

2017 Winner Experience

2017 Top Talent

CommercialAnimation / Motion Graphics

2017 SVA Motion Graphics Portfolio Screening Opener

IKEA

Black Widow

Future Primitive - Title Sequence

Negative Mass - Main Titles

TEDxCERN Main Titles

I Don't Know

Electric Zoo

CommercialPackaging Design

Packaging of Ekibens in Yilan

High Water Brewing

Tainan Record

點麵 / Dian Mian

UNiBAND

Danchu Pharmacy

Scubar

誠・漢典The Han herbal

CommercialPhotography

Creative Storm

Winners

CommercialPrint / Graphic / Illustration

TU9 - Germany

AFROPUNK FESTIVAL

Edentopia Newspaper

First Class of Taiwan History

The Capitol of Creativity

MICA Grad Show Branding 2017

Ticonderoga, "The World's Best Pencil"

灣事ONCE

Cut It Out

PATHS Transmedia Storytelling Project

CommercialVideo Editing / Post-Production

ADOBE: Tool Box In The Real World

Replication - Main Titles

CommercialWeb / App / Game Design

Tummy Trek

ALPHABOT- Interactive Game for Dyslexic Children

SHA-FU : Share food culture in Refrigerator screen

Onstreet

New York Art Beat App Redesign

Fine ArtAnimation / Motion Graphics

Equipoise

Tough

Elsewhere

Humanae

No more curtaincall

Once a Hero

The Light in the Dark

Feeling good

Fine ArtGraphic Design / Print

TypoGrAphiC

Pick Up And Poster It!

589: Tell Me I am Fat

DISPUTE

Kanibal

WHITE

Fine ArtIllustration

#summer

SIAMESE WOMAN

The Crystallium Saga

Everydays April 2017

Fine ArtPhotography

Conversation

Deserted village

Thinking in colors

Every unexpected 20 minutes traveling through Iceland

Social ImpactPhotography / Print / Illustration / Graphic

Interventions

Skin Codes: Filipino Diaspora

Influencing the Unconscious Mind

"WELCOME TO SEOUL", AQI(Air Quality Index) Dust Type

Joy in Joining

post-patient: the invisible impact of cancer

Social ImpactVideo Editing / Post-Production / Animation / Motion Graphics

Forgotten News Forgotten Names | Video

Race

Commercial
Animation / Motion Graphics

Commercial
Packaging Design

Commercial
Photography

Commercial
Print / Graphic / Illustration

Commercial
Video Editing / Post-Production

Commercial
Web / App / Game Design

Fine Art
Animation / Motion Graphics

Fine Art
Graphic Design / Print

Fine Art
Illustration

Fine Art
Photography

Social Impact
Photography / Print / Illustration / Graphic

Social Impact
Video Editing / Post-Production / Animation / Motion Graphics

Social Impact
Web / App / Game Design