Adobe Design Achievement Awards 2017
The Adobe Design Achievement Awards (ADAA) is a global digital media competition for student creators. Connected to industry professionals, academic leaders, and top brands, the ADAA is launching the next generation of student careers.
The competition, which showcases individual and group projects created with industry-leading Adobe creative software, honors the most talented and promising student graphic designers and computer artists from the world‘s top institutions of higher education.
Eligibility
Contest is open to individuals who are:
- 18 years of age (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction) or older
- Students enrolled in an accredited institution of higher education at time of entry.
Categories
The 14 categories are divided into three segments depending on the purpose of the work:
- Fine Arts Segment
- Photography
- Graphic Design / Print Design
- Illustration
- Animation / Motion Graphics
- Video Editing / Post-Production Commercial Segment
- Photography
- Graphic Design / Print Design / Illustration
- Animation / Motion Graphics
- Video Editing / Post-Production
- Packaging Design
- Web / App / Game Design
- Social Impact Segment
- Photography / Graphic Design / Print Design / Illustration
- Animation / Motion Graphics / Video Editing / Post-Production
- Web / App / Game Design
Judging Criteria
1. Project originality and creative excellence.
2. Effectiveness in meeting a communication objective.
3. Demonstrating skills in applying Adobe products towards these ends.
Benefits
Fourteen (14) Category Winners will be selected from the Finalists in each category. Only one Category Winner will be selected from each category, and Category Winners may be either individuals or groups.
Winners will receive an invitation to attend the Adobe MAX Conference held in Las Vega, Nevada, October 16 – 20, 2017; one complimentary general student registration fee of [US$299] value; round-trip coach airfare up to US$1,200; and three nights of shared hotel accommodations. Value of complimentary MAX student registration fee [US$299], airfare, and hotel is nontransferable and cannot be redeemed for cash or product.
Application Deadline: June 12
Early bird submission deadline: May 2, 2017
Application entries are available exclusively on the competition webpage: https://www.adobeawards.com/us/competition
