Young Guns

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

1996: Art Directors Club Members Jeffrey Metzner and Bill Oberlander proposed the creation of an award which would identify and honor young creative professionals. The multi-disciplinary group would be known as the Young Guns, and would be evaluated on the strength of their entire portfolios, rather than a single piece of work.

The first class of Young Guns was curated by a selection committee of seven esteemed creatives who hand-picked 140 New York-based creative professionals 35 years of age and younger from among scores of nominees. The winners were honored with a five-week exhibition beginning on December 10, 1996.



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Matt Owens

Partner
Athletics LLC
Brooklyn

Matt Owens is a New York based designer and creative strategist managing and producing brand, design, and digital experience projects for a wide range of clients. A Texas native, Matt studied graphic design at the University of Texas at Austin and received a Masters Degree in graphic design from Cranbrook Academy of Art.

He is a founding partner of Athletics, a cross-disciplinary creative agency based in New York City. Founded in 2004, Athletics have grown through a commitment to design innovation and an ability to work with organizations large and small to meet the challenges of design and contemporary brand-building.

Matt's clients include: The Pulitzer Prizes, ServiceNow, Aimsun, Google, XQ Institute, NYU, The Pulitzer Arts Foundation, JPM Morgan and many others.

Matt has spoken internationally and his work has been recognized by the Art Directors Club, SF MOMA, The American Center for Design and the AIGA.

http://www.athleticsnyc.com

 

 

 

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