For over 35 years, Applied Arts Media has been the go-to destination for creative advice, insight and inspiration. The Applied Arts Awards celebrate innovative creativity, and capture the current visual arts landscape in Canada and beyond.
Command the attention your work deserves
The Applied Arts Awards honour creativity in the visual communications sector. Since 1992, the awards have helped advertising agencies, design firms, photographers, illustrators, and emerging artists gain exposure across the industry, leading to collaboration and a sense of community in Canada and beyond.
Judged by an International jury of award-winning creative professionals in the advertising and design industries. All judges are currently working in the industry.
The winning work is published in Applied Arts magazine, available online in the Winners Gallery and archive, and shared across social media.
Note: To current students completing their secondary, post-secondary or graduate level - you are ONLY ELIGIBLE to enter the Student Awards Competition where work is judged alongside your peers at a similar level of experience.
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Announcing the 2025 Design Awards Winners
April 23, 2025
The results are in! Each year, the Applied Arts Design Awards shine a spotlight on the incredible talent driving the creative industry forward—and 2025 is no exception. The Applied Arts Design Awards celebrate the year’s most compelling, ...
+ Read MoreA Guide to Inspiration Hoarding
April 22, 2025
Image, Jesse Wilks There’s one person I text more than my wife. My creative partner. A few years back, I noticed something while scrolling through our chat history: mixed in with the odd baby or cat photo, was a goldmine of references. A p ...
+ Read MoreArt meets AI
April 15, 2025
Article written by Will Novosedlik and Aria Novosedlik. Image by Aria Novosedlik/Midjourney. ON THE EVENING OF MARCH 21, TECH BLOGGER MATT WOLFE WAS IN A STATE OF HIGH EXCITEMENT. “We’re only at the beginning of what AI can accompli ...
+ Read MoreQ+A with Commercial Photographer Angry God
April 11, 2025
Multiple Applied Arts Photography Awards winner Angry God have been on the scene since 2021 and have been going strong ever since. This Canadian West Coast creative team won multiple Photography Awards—2021, 2024 and now 2025—for their ey ...
+ Read MoreCurrent Issue
Find inspiration from the winners of the 2024 Advertising & Student Awards competitions! Creative excellence is demonstrated across this year's winners both the professionals in the advertising industry and emerging artists honing their craft—ad, design interactive and image-creators. Explore the more than 350 winners laid out across 156-plus pages! If you are looking to pursue your creative craft, explore schools to study in a special advertising supplement – the Creative Schools Guide.
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