ADAA 2017 finalist judging panel announced
The Adobe® Design Achievement Awards is pleased to announce its finalist panel of judges for 2017.
San Francisco (United States) – ico-D is pleased to announce the finalist panel of judges for the 2017 Adobe Awards. Over the summer period the pre-selection panel evaluated a record number of submissions online and selected the semi-finalists. Semi-finalist work has now been sent to Adobe’s headquarters to be judged by the finalist-judging panel on the weekend of August 12-13 where the competition finalists and eventual winners will be determined. You can see all the semi-finalist entries on the ADAA website.
The 2017 Adobe Design Achievement Award finalist-judging panel is comprised of:
Gaby Brink Chief Designer and Founder, AIGA Fellow | tomorrowpartners (Switzerland/USA)
Shawn Cheris Director of Experience Design | Adobe Inc. (USA)
Mashama M. Thompson Creative Director | 510media (USA)
Jeff Han 한정구 Founder, former ADAA winner, Motion/Graphic Designer| Jeffhandesign (China/USA)
Johnny Macri Design director & Founding partner | Dare to be Made (DTBM) (Canada)
Florin Gabor Design director & Founding partner | Dare to be Made (DTBM) (Romania/Canada)
Theresa Whitehill Design Director, Writer, Co-founder | Coloredhorse (USA)
Cindy Salans Rosenheim Illustrator | cindysalansrosenheim.com (USA)
Elise Granados Associate Design Director | Odopod (USA)
Sonja Hernandez Experience Design Manager | Adobe Inc. and California College of the Arts (USA)
Mario Wagner Illustrator | mario-wagner.com (Germany)
The 2017 pre-selection panel comprised of:
Aidan Rowe Professor of Design Studies, University of Alberta Canada
Rhonda Mefford Graphic Designer, Sullivan College of Technology and Design USA
Carla Almeida Design Director, Brand Union Portugal/Hong Kong
Wataru Yoshida 吉田航 Graphic Designer/Illustrator, Freelance Japan
Paolo Garcia Motion Designer/Art Director, Tranquillo Australia
Lindsay Bourget Art Director/Designer/Illustrator, Freelance USA
Jessica Morrow Designer, Kivvit USA
Kourtney Ross Creative Marketing Manager, Cintas USA
Michele Wong UX Designer, Tekzenit USA
Gonzalo Raineri Professor/Designer/Architect, bigbangthinking.com / Universidad Finis Terrae Chile
Roya Alagheband Art Director/Designer, Cyprus International University Cyprus
Kyuha Shim Assistant Professor, Carnegie Mellon University USA
Behiç Alp Aytekin Head of Visual Communication Design, Adnan Menderes University Turkey
Francesco de Manincor Graphic and Motion Artist, Studio de Manincor Italy/UK
Jon Noorlander Creative Director, Method NYC Sweden
Emily Wood Co-Director/Lecturer, Central St. Martins/REG Design UK
Melanie Cameron Lecturer Greenside Design Center South Africa
Ruth Sykes Co-Director/Lecturer, Central St. Martins/REG Design UK
Jason Webb Digital Artist/Adjunct Professor, Syracuse University USA
Johnny Kelly Director/Master of Design, Nexus Ireland/UK
Todd Anderson Creative Director, CTTC/Union Swiss South Africa/UK
Kyle McArdle Web Developer/Graphic Designer, Cornerstone Discovery USA
Thomas Moeller Executive Creative Director, Native Design San Francisco UK/USA
Steve Alexander Creative Director/Assistant Professor, Rinzen/Saatchi & Saatchi Australia/USA
Rilla Alexander Designer/illustrator, By Rilla Germany
Sigal Vilenski Co-Owner, Strudel Design Israel
Limore Kfir Co-Owner, Strudel Design Israel
Thomas Clever Co-Founder/Creative Director, CLEVER°FRANKE Netherlands
David Prosser Director, Studio AKA UK
Jennie Reniesh Filmmaker/Editor/Producer, Tidelpoolpictures USA
Patrick Jean Director, Iconoclast USA
Bernard Ionescu Creative Director, DKE Canada
Philipp Bichsel Motion Designer, Big Block Design Group USA
Bryan Berger Lead UI Designer/Developer, IAC USA
Sebastian Onufszak Director, Sebastian Onufszak Germany
David Field Co-Founder/Creative Director, Caterpillar Films USA
Tim Probert Illustrator/Animator/Character Design, timprobert.com USA
Tom Lane Founder/Graphic Designer/Illustrator, GingerMonkey UK
Stephanie Secrest Freelance company owner, Stephanie Secrest Photography USA
Nik Dudukovic Illustrator/Animation Designer, nikdudukovic.com Canada
Brad Moody Associate Professor in Digital Media, American University in Dubai UAE
Shane Mielke Creative Director/Photrographer/Animator, shanemielke.com United States
Frank Baseman Creative Director/Professor, Baseman Design Associates/ Philadelphia University USA
Antero Ferreira Creative Director/Professor, Antero Ferreira Design/University of Porto Portugal
Michael Durcak Graphic Designer, Freelance Czech Republic/Canada
Natalie Lawhead Consultant/Game Designer/Web Developer, Tetrageddon Games USA
Richard Doubleday Professor/Designer, Louisiana State University/Doubleday Design USA
Lilit Hayrapetyan Art Director/Designer/3D Artist, Riot Games/Psyop Armenia/USA
Christie Shin Creative Consultant/Design Educator, Fashion Institute of Technology USA
Shadi Al Hroub Branding Strategist, International Trade Centre Jordan
Antoine Arditti Director/Compositing Artist, antoinearditti.com France/USA
Juan Carlos Cruz Director3D Animator/Character Designer, jctoon Spain
Eric Collins Designer/Professor, Oobust/New York Institute of Technology USA
Alba Ceide Illustrator/Graphic Designer, albaceide.com Spain
Pavel Pisklakov Professor/Typographer, South Ural State University Russia
Jessica Findley Professor/Founder/Designer, Art Institute of California USA
Vuk Dragojevic Interdisciplinary Artist and Filmmaker, vukdragojevic.com Serbia/Canada
Chau Nguyen Interactive Developer, Work & Co USA
Shelia Marable Adjunct Instructor Graphic Design and Print, University of Louisville USA
Bartosz Kosowski Illustrator, Blackbird Illustration Poland
Hugo Morais Graphic Designer, Ferreira Design Portugal
Caroline Kessler Artistic Director/Photographer/Video Editor Caroline Kessler United States
Alexey Lazarev Visual Communications Officer, International Council of Design
Frances Adair McKenzie Multi Media Artist, Freelance Canada
Gonçalo Monteiro Graphic Designer, Antero Ferreira Design Portugal
If you are interested in being a part of any of the Adobe Awards programs please message Emlyn Nardone, ico-D programme manager: programmes@ico-D.org