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.
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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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Vanderbrand Kicks off 2025 with a Win
February 12, 2025
Anna Vander Herberg and Julie Vander Herberg, Vanderbrand partners Vanderbrand is an award-winning independent strategy and creative agency founded by creative director Julie Vander Herberg in 2008. They hit 2025 running as they picked up the AOR ...
+ Read MoreMcdonald Trump
January 30, 2025
Image: Will Novosedlik/Midjourney The Official Death Of Dei Prompts Us To Reflect On Mcdonald's Difficult HISTORY With Black America By Aria Novosedlik On January 6th of this year (irony alert!) McDonald's sent its employees and operator ...
+ Read MoreTurning the table with Ad Judge Bernice Lo
January 29, 2025
2024 Advertising Awards Judge Bernice Lo and her team at Angry Butterfly are the masterminds behind the Next to Stok'd campaign—A seven-time 2024 Applied Arts Advertising Awards winner is pure cleverness—it's no wonder this Toronto-based ...
+ Read MoreIllustrator Tiffany Chin Takes the Pulse
January 28, 2025
Multiple Applied Arts Awards winner Tiffany Chin adds two more—back-to-back Young Blood Illustration wins to her credentials—Pretty impressive since the Toronto-based freelance Illustrator graduated from OCAD University's Illustration pro ...
+ 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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