Young Guns

Young Guns is a portfolio competition awarding creative professionals 30 years and under, including designers, illustrators, entrepreneurs, and more!

2009: Beginning this year, Young Guns became an annual competition. Its international growth continued to shine, with nearly half of all entries coming from outside of the United States. For the first time ever, the top scoring Young Guns 7 winners were awarded grants, with project funding being awarded to visual artist Siggi Eggertsson, director duo Fx&Mat and designer Mario Hugo. The Young Guns 7 ceremony and party took place on October 21, 2009.

Young Guns 7

Eisuke Tachikawa

Eisuke Tachikawa

Creative Director, Design Strategist
NOSIGNER
Kanagawa, Japan

Wesley Allsbrook

Wesley Allsbrook

Wesley Allsbrook Illustration

Lindsay Ballant

Lindsay Ballant

Danilo Boer

Chief Creative Officer
Ogilvy
New York

Nina Boesch

Interaction Design Director
Local Projects
New York

Laura Carlin

Laura Carlin

Karim Charlebois-Zariffa

Karim Charlebois-Zariffa

Yong Choe

Vice President, Innovation and Digital Design
Ralph Lauren
New York

Mixtape Club

Maja Cule

Designer FYI
Designer / Educator
New York

Sylvain Dumais

Creative Director
Phi Studio
Montreal, Canada

Clinton Duncan

Clinton Duncan

Siggi Eggertsson

Siggi Eggertsson

Veronica Fuerte

Veronica Fuerte

Founder + Creative Director
Hey Studio
Barcelona, Spain

Yoko Furusho

Yoko Furusho

Fx&Mat

Fx&Mat

Yves Geleyn

HORNET inc

Guiga Giacomo

Guiga Giacomo

Bendita Gloria

Bendita Gloria

Raul Goni Fdez

Raul Goni Fdez

Timothy Goodman

Timothy Goodman

Self-Employed

Michelle Higa Fox

Michelle Higa Fox

CEO / Executive Creative Director
Slanted Studios
Brooklyn

Jessica Hische

Jessica Hische

Lettering Artist & Author
Oakland

Mario Hugo

Mario Hugo

David Kamp

David Kamp

Johnny Kelly

Kitman Keung

Kitman Keung

Ivana Martinovic

Ivana Martinovic

Oliver Munday

OMG

Julia Neumann

Julia Neumann

Chief Creative Officer
Johannes Leonardo
New York

Sean Pecknold

PetPunk

PetPunk

Qian Qian

Deutsch Inc

Keren Richter

Keren Richter

Principal Designer
White Arrow
Brooklyn

Dan Saelinger

Dan Saelinger

Michael Schachtner

Michael Schachtner

Adam Simpson

Adam Simpson

Jake Smaliman

Jake Smallman

Stewart Smith

Head of Consumer Augmented Reality
Unity
Brooklyn, NY

Matt Smithson

Nottoscale - UK

Will Staehle

Will Staehle

Ben Steiger Levine

Ben Steiger Levine

Jim Stoten

Jim Stoten

Isaac Tobin

Isaac Tobin

Joanne van der Linde

Joanne van der Linde

Richard Vijgen

Richard Vijgen

Sam Weber

Sam Weber

Bianca Wendt

Bianca Wendt

Greg White

Greg White

Peter Michael Willer

Peter Michael Willer

Ben Wiseman

Ben Wiseman