Young Guns
Young Guns is a portfolio competition awarding creative professionals 30 years and under, including designers, illustrators, entrepreneurs, and more!
2017: Now under the umbrella of The One Club for Creativity, Young Guns 15 returned the competition to an open entry process, encouraging young creatives from a broad range of disciplines to apply. By seeking out talent from beyond the design and advertising worlds, Young Guns 15 received a record number of entries from more than 40 countries.
The YG15 Jury was made up of nearly 50 acclaimed creatives, equally balanced between men and women, and with just over half of them past Young Guns winners themselves. After nearly two months of careful deliberation, the jury selected 84 entrants for a finalist list — the first time in Young Guns history that the finalists were publicly revealed. The final round of judging resulted in 32 new Young Guns, who were awarded a colorful translucent Cube designed by YG9 winner Roanne Adams and RoAndCo.
Young Guns 15
Ricardo Gonzalez
Graphic Designer It's a Living Brooklyn
Based In: Brooklyn, NY
Originally from: Durango, Mexico
itsaliving.nyc
IT’S A LIVING is not just a statement but it is also a life philosophy for Ricardo Gonzalez, a designer, and artist from Durango, Mexico currently living in Brooklyn. His signature script style can be easily recognized from large scale murals to commercial work for some of the biggest brands to a simple sticker in the streets.
The ambiguity in the typographical messages continually creates a dialog between the viewer and the artwork. “A word is an image” and an image can be interpreted in so many ways, the direct approach of typography has been an exploring path where the main goal is to question our daily living and to produce a positive impact. After all, it’s a living.
Selected Clients: Armani Exchange, Nike, Mercedes Benz, Google, Microsoft, Pepsi, Budweiser, Bloomberg Business, Vice, Sprite, Lululemon, MTV, Yahoo!, Nissan, VH1, Coca Cola, Revlon, KRINK, Bing Bang Jewelry, Oprah Magazine, AIGA, Bowers & Wilkins, Harper Collins, New York Botanical Garden, Bucketfeet, ComplexCon & Stussy.
Award:
2017 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Ricardo Gonzalez
Client:
Chinese Laundry
Title:
California Dreaming
Category:
YG15 / YG15
Annual ID:
YG15150
Award:
2017 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Ricardo Gonzalez
Client:
PangeaSeed Foundation / Sea Walls
Title:
Change The Future
Category:
YG15 / YG15
Annual ID:
YG15151
Award:
2017 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Ricardo Gonzalez
Client:
Pow Wow D.C.
Title:
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Category:
YG15 / YG15
Annual ID:
YG15152
Award:
2017 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Ricardo Gonzalez
Client:
LUMINE
Title:
LUMINE
Category:
YG15 / YG15
Annual ID:
YG15153
Award:
2017 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Ricardo Gonzalez
Client:
1AM Gallery
Title:
Better Times
Category:
YG15 / YG15
Annual ID:
YG15154
Award:
2017 YG Work YG Work
Agency:
Ricardo Gonzalez
Client:
1800 Tequila & Complex
Title:
Just Refined Enough
Category:
YG15 / YG15
Annual ID:
YG15155