The One Club for Creativity has announced 78 talented young creative individuals and teams based in 18 countries selected as finalists for the Young Guns 22 competition, celebrating global creative professionals age 30 or younger.
Young Guns is the industry’s only global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creatives. This year’s entries were judged by a diverse jury of 101 creatives–many of whom are past YG winners–from 45 countries.
Young Guns 22 finalists span Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Georgia, Germany, Hong Kong SAR China, India, Indonesia, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, the U.K. and U.S.
This year’s winners will be announced on October 30, 2024, and celebrated at a special in-person party on November 13, 2024 at Sony Hall in New York.
All Young Guns winners receive a unique version of the iconic Young Guns Cube, designed exclusively for this year’s incoming class, and have their permanent profile page added to the Young Guns website.
Winners also receive a complimentary one-year One Club for Creativity membership, permanent membership in the Young Guns network, a chance to be featured in Young Guns events and an assortment of career-boosting opportunities from Young Guns sponsors.
Program branding and design of the YG Cube award itself is reimagined each year by a past Young Guns winner. This year’s YG22 branding was created by New York-based designer, illustrator, muralist, and author Timothy Goodman (YG7).
Levine/Leavitt Artist In Residence Award
For the 10th consecutive year, international artists management agency and Young Guns sponsor Levine/Leavitt will bestow one talented winner with the Artist In Residence Award.
The honor, presented annually at the YG celebration, goes to a newly crowned Young Gun whose body of work truly stands out, as judged by an advisory board of industry professionals across a range of disciplines. The winner receives a full year of professional development, guidance and mentorship from Levine/Leavitt to help advance their career.
Here’s a rundown of Young Guns 22 finalists:
Aarman Roy
Visual Designer & Artist
Mojo Supermarket
Aaron Fernandez
Illustrator
Independent
Adam Riding
Photographer
Adam Riding Photography
Amanda Lobos
Illustrator & Designer
Independent
Ana Miminoshvili
Illustrator & Designer
Independent
Andrew De Zen
Director
Independent
Bradley Credit
Cinematographer
Bradley Credit Ltd.
Brandon Kapelow
Director/Photographer
Voyager
Bruno Bizuti
Creative/Writer
AlmapBBDO
Cameron Thuman
Director
Independent
Camille Boumans
Director
Partizan Entertainment LLC
Carlos Bocai
Designer & Educator
Base
Carrie Chen
Artist, Creative Director
Independent
Céline Hurka
Type Designer
Studio Céline Hurka
Cezaro Manon
Illustrator
Manon Cezaro
Chen Wu
Graphic Designer & Illustrator
Independent
Christina Mammes
Production Designer, Art Director
Independent
Daniel Wenzel
Creative Technologist, Art Director, Designer
Independent
Dante Pasquinelli
Lead Colorist
Ethos Studio
Dev Valladares
Design Generalist
Independent
Diego Aguilar Villalobos
Graphic Designer
Draav
Dominik Ströhle
Director
Independent
Dorothy Sing Zhang
Director, Photographer
Dorothy Sing Zhang ltd.
Elizabeth Goodspeed
Designer & Writer
Independent
Ellie and Elisa
Creative Team
Uncommon London
Érika Moreira
Copywriter
Wieden+Kennedy
Gabriel Sehringer
Writer & Associate Creative Director
Droga5
Geoff Baillie
Creative Director
Rethink
Giordano Maestrelli
Director
Stink Films
Grace Chuang
Creative Director, Art Director
Independent
Guilherme Pinheiro dos Santos
Associate Creative Director
DAVID THE AGENCY
Hayley Lim
Art Director, Designer & Director
Independent
Helena Dong
Experiential Art Director, Creative Technologist
BUCK
Hermes Miranda
Graphic Designer
TBWAMedia Arts Lab
Igor Pontes
Creative Copywriter
AlmapBBDO
Jiaan Dai
Art Director, Graphic Designer
THE END DESIGN
Jocelyn Chambers
Composer
Independent
Jure Brglez
Illustrator, Animator
Independent
Katie McIntyre
Creative Director, Fashion & Industrial Designer
Katie McIntyre Studio Company Ltd.
Kristmar Muldrow
Senior Designer
Independent
Lais Ikoma
Graphic Designer & Creative Director
Polar, Ltda.
Leandro “Bolacha” Beraldo
Creative/Art Director/Graphic Designer
Africa DDB
Leandro & Nuria
Creative Duo
Wieden + Kennedy São Paulo
Lewis James
Stage & Show Designer
Independent
LOOSE
Director
Stink Films
Luca Venter
Photographer, Director, Designer, Editor, Cinematographer
Independent
Lucas D’Ascenção
Graphic Designer
DASC design
Lucas Luz
Art Director
&Walsh
Madeline Montoya
Art Director, Graphic Designer
Bloomberg Businessweek
Maïlis
Director
Independent
Marcie LaCerte
Animator
Independent
Matthew Dillon Cohen
Director
Biscuit Filmworks
Mattias Evangelista
Director & Editor
Holocene Inc
Maude Turgeon
Director & Designer
Demande Speciale
Mika Aberra
Cinematographer
Mika Aberra Film AB
Mykyta Bereg
Editor
edit.church
Nancy Beka
Director of Studio Edwards (Design & Architecture Studio)
Studio Edwards
Niamh Grunfeld
Senior Copywriter
Squarespace
Nicholas Konrad
Art Director / Illustrator
Independent
Nick + Bina
Graphic Designers & Illustrators
Pentagram Design
Peter Freeman
Designer, Musician, Builder
CENTER Design
Poe Cheung
Design Director, Graphic Designer
Nous
Puiham Chan & Kaytung Hun
Art Directors
studioTODO
Rachel Ellam Goss
Art Director
Rashell & Co Inc
Rachel Leblanc & Ryan Cookish
Creative Team
Rethink
Raven Jiang
Illustrator
Independent
Ritter Willy Putra
Designer/Art Director
Thinking*Room
Rozi Zhu
Multidisciplinary Designer
Independent
Sam Whitney
Art Director
The New York Times
Shaily Patel
Typeface Designer
Independent
Tala Schlossberg
Animator
Independent
The Reids
Directors
Anonymous Content
Tobias Lindborg
Associate Creative Director
TBWA/Media Arts Lab
Vanilla Chi
Illustrator/ Designer/ Indepedent Publisher
Vanilla Chi Studio
Vera van de Seyp
Graphic Designer, Coder, Art Director, Educator
Independent
Vivek Thakker
Graphic Designer & Art Director
Independent
Wenjing Yang
Illustrator
Independent
Yiting Nan
Animator & Illustrator
Wolff Olins
