Young Guns
Young Guns is a portfolio competition awarding creative professionals 30 years and under, including designers, illustrators, entrepreneurs, and more!
2016: In a bold departure from recent years, Young Guns 14 returned the award to its roots. The awards eschewed a call for entries in favor of a nomination process where esteemed cultural influencers would choose cutting-edge creatives, who would then be selected by a panel of judges made up of industry heavyweights and previous Young Guns winners. The end result? A class of 30 winners representing eight different countries and an eclectic array of discipline
The Cube, which was unveiled at the September 17, 2016 ceremony, was created by luxury audio brand Master & Dynamic, under the guidance of designer and YG8 winner Nicole Jacek.
Young Guns 14
Hassan Rahim
Art Director 12:01 Los Angeles + Brooklyn
Hassan Rahim is an art director from Los Angeles, CA and based in New York City. His aesthetic deals in stark, esoteric imagery; it doesn’t recoil from darkness. His direction and design have appeared on and ranged from magazines, gallery walls, record sleeves, concert stages, hats, street corners, and of course online.
Often as distinctive and boundary-troubling as he himself is, his work embodies far-flung but carefully steeped influences arranged into thrilling new harmonies. His willingness to forge new aesthetics rooted in but not tied to his own perspective has won Rahim venerable status as a thought leader, specifically among young black artists interested in nuance and subculture. As an autodidact, Rahim’s work is all the more emboldening. His example is part and parcel of a movement which is affecting music, art, fashion, and culture in profound ways.
He has had the honor of working with clients such as; Netflix, Nike, Apple, Khalil Joseph, Herman Miller, Carhartt, Jason Moran, SSENSE, Tiona McLodden, NTS Radio, The Safdie Brothers, Marilyn Manson, and Nine Inch Nails to name a few.
In 2015 Rahim founded 12:01, a full-service independent creative studio; the name of which is a wry tribute to his tireless commitment both to aesthetics and the demands of his vocation.
Award:
2016 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Hassan Rahim
Client:
Loma Vista Records
Title:
Marilyn Manson
Category:
YG14
Annual ID:
YG14_079
Award:
2016 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Hassan Rahim
Client:
Sennheiser
Title:
Sennheiser Momentum
Category:
YG14
Annual ID:
YG14_080
Award:
2016 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Hassan Rahim
Client:
Suited Magazine
Title:
Suited Magazine
Category:
YG14
Annual ID:
YG14_081
Award:
2016 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Hassan Rahim
Client:
Nowness
Title:
The Resistance
Category:
YG14
Annual ID:
YG14_082
Award:
2016 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Hassan Rahim
Client:
Columbia Records
Title:
Wet
Category:
YG14
Annual ID:
YG14_084