{"id":12734,"date":"2017-02-06T11:28:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T03:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=12734"},"modified":"2017-02-06T11:28:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T03:28:10","slug":"call-for-entries-adobo-design-awards-asia-begins-this-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2017\/02\/06\/call-for-entries-adobo-design-awards-asia-begins-this-february\/","title":{"rendered":"CALL FOR ENTRIES: adobo Design Awards Asia begins this February"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of Asia\u2019s most important creative awards, the adobo Design Awards Asia (aDAA), is once again looking for the best of the best when it comes to design.<\/p>\n

adobo magazine, in partnership with D&AD, a UK-based educational organization know to stage one of the world\u2019s toughest creative competitions, call on designers from across the region to participate in this year\u2019s adobo Design Awards Asia.<\/p>\n

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IMAGE GRABBED FROM adobo Design Awards<\/a> on Facebook<\/em><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s competition will feature sixteen Professional categories and an Open category to encourage professionals, freelancers, and students to explore the limits of their creativity.<\/p>\n

Professional Categories, patterned loosely after D&AD\u2019s own competition, include Press and Poster, Corporate\/Brand Identity, Typography, Illustration, Book Design, Magazine and Newspaper Design, Film Advertising, Videos, Short Film, Film\/Video Craft, Graphic Design, Packageing Design, Outdoor, Environmental\/Spatial Design, Product Design, Wearable Design, Production Design, Photography, Digital\/Interactive, and Mobile.<\/p>\n

These categories call for works from professional designers regardless of theme or purpose, and must have been published from March 2016 onwards.<\/p>\n

The Open Category welcomes entries from professionals, freelancers, and students. It calls for new, unpublished work in any format that adheres to the theme \u201cInspiring Humanity Through Design.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u00a0ANGEL GUERRERO. adobo magazine’s founder, President, and Editor-in-Chief.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cMeaningful and purposeful design, in all its forms, is essential to support our challenged humanity. Our humanity could afford more solutions, more inspiration, and more care in order to uplift our quality of life and restore dignity for those deprived,\u201d explained adobo magazine<\/em> founder, president, and editor-in-chief Angel Guerrero.<\/p>\n

adobo magazine <\/em>Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Janelle Barretto-Squires emphasized their desire for students to join the competition, with the organizers sponsoring entries submitted by students.<\/p>\n

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IT DOESN’T GET ANY TOUGHER THAN THIS. adobo magazine EIC Angel Guerrero (second from left) and COO Janelle Barretto-Squires (sixth from left) with a few of this year’s jury:\u00a0(from left to right) Harvey Tolibao, Merlee Jayme, CJ Da Silva-Ong, Patrick Cabral, and Ivan Despi.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s competition will be judged by an esteemed panel of creatives, some of whom should be familiar to most people. Headed by D&AD President Bruce Duckworth<\/strong>, this year\u2019s jury includes:<\/p>\n