The One Club for Creativity has unveiled the talented young creatives in 18 countries and regions who have been selected as finalists for the Young Guns 21 competition, celebrating international creative professionals age 30 or younger.

Young Guns is a global, cross-disciplinary, portfolio-based awards competition that identifies and celebrates today’s vanguard of young creatives.  This year’s entries were judged by a diverse jury of 100 top creatives--many of whom are past YG winners--from 47 countries.

Here’s a rundown of Young Guns 21 finalists:

AARMAN ROY
Graphic Designer &
Visual Artist
Sunday Afternoon

AARON FERNANDEZ
Illustrator
Independent
  

ADRIANA MORA
Designer
ByElectra
  

AIDAN ZAMIRI
Director & Photographer
Object & Animal

AISHA AMIN
Filmmaker & Visual Artist
Independent
  

ALEX COOK
Director
Independent
  

ALI KURR
Director
Partizan Entertainment LLC
  

ALICE KONG
Director
Partizan Entertainment LLC

ALISTAIR NICHOLLS
Director & Animator
Smile at the moon studios
 

AMIR HAMJA
Photographer
The New York Times
 

ANA MIMINOSHVILI
Illustrator
Independent
 

ANDREW DE ZEN
Director
Independent
 

ANDREW LITTEN
Director
Curfew

ARIEL DAVIS
Illustrator & Designer
Independent
  

BRINDHA KUMAR
Illustrator
Independent
 

C.T. ROBERT
Director
Partizan Entertainment LLC
 

CARA MIA CECCHINI
Multidisciplinary Creative
Droga5
 

CARAZ
Film Director
Independent
 

CARLOS BOCAI
Graphic Designer
Base
 

CAROLINE BAGLEY
Designer
Apple
 

CHEN WU
Illustrator & Graphic Designer
Independent
 

CHRIS ALLEN
Graphic Designer
Chris Allen Design
 

CLÉMENCE GOUY
Illustrator & Designer
Independent
 

DANTE PASQUINELLI
Colorist
Ethos Studio
 

DARIUS OU
Graphic Designer
Studio Darius Ou
 

DAVID DELAFUENTE
Animator
DD-DE
 

DIEGO ABAD
Senior Animator
BUCK

DOUG ALBERTS
Creative Director, Designer, & Animator
Noodle
 

DYLAN DUCLOS
Director
Collider
 

DYLAN EDWARDS
Editor
Cabin Editing Company
 

DYLAN MARANDA
Director
Independent
 

ELENI DEBO
Illustrator
Independent
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ELI POWERS
Writer & Director
Horsegod Productions
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EMMA SØGAARD & CHRISTOFFER VEJLØ
Creatives
NORD DDB
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ENEA COLOMBI
Film Director
Independent
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ETIENNE MURPHY
Graphic Designer
GRETEL NY
  

EVAN SHEEHAN
Photographer & Art Director
Breakfast For Dinner
  

FAIRE TYPE
Type Designers
Sabrina Nacmias & Maxime Gau
 

GABRIELA ORTEGA
Filmmaker
Jevita Films
  

GIADA BOSSI
Film Director
Independent
 

HANNAH HANQING SUN
Animator & Designer
BUCK
 

IGOR PONTES
Copywriter
VMLY&R
 

ILLIMITÉWORLD
Director
Barking Owl Sound
 

JACK COLLINS
Graphic Designer & Art Director
Pentagram
 

JAMIE EDLER
Illustrator
Jamie Edler Illustration
 

JIAQI WANG
illustrator & Animator
Independent
 

JOEL FEAR
Graphic Designer, Art Director & Creative Director
Independent
 

JORDAN FINDLAY
Director
Boldly
 

JORDAN PORIES + ESTEBAN CARDONA JIMÉNEZ
Creatives, Directors & Designers
Coinbase
 

JOSEPH TAYLOR
Editor
The Den Editorial

JULIÁN AMARILLO & HAROLDO MOREIRA “AMOGUS”
Creative Art Director & Creative Copywriter
GUT

JUN KI HONG
Graphic Designer
Wolff Olins
 

JUSTIN AU
Designer, Animator & Art Director
Independent
 

KAHO YOSHIDA
Animation Director
Jelly
 

KAJAL
Director, Photographer & Writer
RazPR

KAMILLA DAURENOVA
Editor
Cut+Run

LAURA JAYNE HODKIN
Director
Passion Pictures 

LYAM BEWRY
Graphic Designer
Mucho
 

MARIE CHÉNIER
Graphic Designer
Caserne
 

MARLEEN VALIEN
Director
Anonymous Content
  

MARTE
Graphic Artist
Independent
 

MATTHEW KAM
Illustrator & Designer
BUCK
  

MATTHIJS HERZBERG
Type & Brand Designer
Herzberg Design Co

MATVEY FIKS
Director
ArtClass
 

MAX AMATO
Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Artist & Author
Max Amato LLC
 

MEREDITH SCHOMBURG
Illustrator
Jelly
 

MISCHELLE MOY
Digital Artist & Photographer
Independent
 

PEITAO CHEN
Graphic Designer
Tencent

PHIL GIBSON
Art & Design Director
Independent
 

RITTER WILLY PUTRA
Art Director
Thinking*Room
 

RODRIGO INADA
Director
Partizan Entertainment LLC
 

RYAN BUGDEN
Type & Graphic Designer
Independent
 

SAVANNAH O’LEARY
Director
Independent
 

SAYMON MEDEIROS & JONATHAN CRUZ
Creative Directors
and us
  

SHIVANI PARASNIS
Designer & Art Director
Independent
 

SINAN SEVINÇ
Director
Stink Films
 

SUZANNE SAROFF
Photographer & Director
HiSuzanne
 

TESS AYANO
Photographer & Director
Tess Ayano LLC
  

TROY CHARBONNET
Filmmaker
Independent
  

TURNER BROTHERS
Directors
Invisible Collective
 

YAN GRALLER
Graphic Designer & Art Director
LOLA MULLENLOWE
 

ZACHARY BAUTISTA & GEOFF BAILLIE
Creative Team (Art Director & Copywriter)
Rethink
 

ZHANG + KNIGHT
Directors
Serial Pictures
 

ZIN NAGAO
Type Designer
Independent
 

ZUHENG YIN
Visual Artist & Art Director
Independent

Awards celebration
This year’s winners will be announced on November 1, 2023, and celebrated at a special in-person party hosted by designer, author, educator, and “Design Matters” podcaster Debbie Millman on November 15, 2023 at Sony Hall in New York.

All Young Guns winners receive a unique version of the iconic Young Guns Cube, designed exclusively for this year’s incoming class, and have their permanent profile page added to the Young Guns website.  Winners also get a complimentary one-year One Club for Creativity membership, permanent membership in the Young Guns network, a chance to be featured in Young Guns events and an assortment of career-boosting opportunities from Young Guns sponsors.

Program branding and design of the YG Cube award itself is reimagined each year by a past Young Gun winner.  This year’s YG21 branding was created by Zuzanna Rogatty (YG18), senior designer at COLLINS New York.

Levine/Leavitt Artist In Residence Award
For the 10th consecutive year, international artists management agency and Young Guns sponsor Levine/Leavitt will bestow one talented winner with the Artist In Residence Award.

The honor is presented annually to a newly crowned Young Gun whose body of work truly stands out, as judged by an advisory board of industry professionals across a range of disciplines.  The winner receives a full year of professional development, guidance and mentorship from Levine/Leavitt to help advance their career.