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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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New work from Humanity
May 9, 2025
Humanity Agency is marking a milestone with their latest campaign for Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries (MBLL). This campaign is the first ever under MBLL’s Informed Gambling platform, an initiative designed to help casino players make smarter, m ...
+ Read MoreTurning the table on Gerardo Agbuya
May 6, 2025
2025 Applied Arts Photography & Illustration judge Gerardo Agbuya, Creative Director, Courage, Toronto, ON, shares one of the 2024 campaigns he and his partner Jesse Wilks worked on KFC. Courage took a massive leap from 20th place in 2024 to ...
+ Read MoreA look into Daughter's 2024 MCW Design Awards winning entry
April 29, 2025
2024 Applied Arts Design Awards multiple winner Daughter Creative is an agency built on the mantra of "helping forge identities that are radiant with meaning. This is the power of a resonant brand—economies rise in their wake, cultures emerge, ...
+ Read MoreDesigning In Tkaranto*
April 24, 2025
*Tkaranto is the Mohawk name for Toronto, and it means "where there are trees standing in the water” Cover image for the 2020 annual report for the Native Men’s Residence in Toronto By Will Novosedlik For Toronto-born-a ...
+ 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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