Let's make your original New Era! MAX CHALLENGE" creative contest is underway.

A contest where anyone can become a creator ".Adobe MAX Challengewill be held again this year.

This contest is a competition event held within "Adobe MAX Japan" sponsored by Adobe Systems Incorporated, which provides many must-have software for creators such as Photoshop and Illustrator.

Adobe MAX Japan" is the largest creative conference in Japan for creators involved in graphic design, photography, web production, and video production, and for those who aspire to be involved in these fields, and will feature ideas and techniques from leading creators, the latest workflow of Creative Cloud, and more. It is one of the largest creative conferences in Japan for creators by creators, and will be held on December 3, 2019 at ( Tue ) Pacifico Yokohama.

In the "Adobe MAX Challenge," original works using the Adobe MAX logo as a motif will be submitted via SNS, and the grand prizes in each category will be exhibited at the Adobe MAX Japan event, and the best works will receive gorgeous prizes.

In addition to the annual "Graphic Division" and "Motion Division," this year there will be a "New Era Division" in collaboration with New Era. The grand prix winning design in the "New Era Category" will actually be transformed into a New Era cap and presented to the winner.

The judges for each category are as follows. Note that Ryo Komuta, Editor-in-Chief of Huinum, will be in charge of judging the "New Era Division.

Graphic Division

Ryoji Tanaka, Web Designer / Representative of Semi Transparent Design
Graduated from Doshisha University Faculty of Engineering/International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences, Gifu. He has been active in a variety of media, from corporate branding and advertising planning and production to exhibiting his work at museums and galleries in Japan and abroad, with web media at the core of his activities. Recent exhibitions include "Glowing Graphics" at G8 and "Semi Transparent Design Boredom" at ggg.

Motion Division

Koji Aramaki President, SIGNIF .Inc
Born in Tokyo in 1988. Representative of Signif, a creative agency for visual expression. Produces a wide variety of visual content, including opening videos for animated films, concert videos, and event videos. Representative works include Perfume at SXSW "Story" and the movie "Promea" Avant.

New Era Division

Ryo Komuta, HOUYHNHNM Editor-in-Chief
Born in 1977. Born in Saitama Prefecture. After working for a publishing company, he became editor of "HOUYHNHNM" in 2006. Currently he is the editor-in-chief of the web magazine "Huinum" and deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine "Huinum Unplugged," where he directs content production.

Templates for design are also available, so even if you don't normally use Adobe products, why not take this chance to try your hand at designing your own "New Era"?

Finally, a message from New Era.

Founded in 1920, New Era is an American headwear and apparel brand celebrating its 100th anniversary next year, and is the only official supplier of caps for MLB players. We are the only official cap supplier for MLB players. In the past, New Era has created caps and collaborated on many projects that are rich in new ideas and creativity.

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