About ADAA

The Adobe® Design Achievement Awards celebrate student achievement reflecting the powerful convergence of technology and the creative arts. The competition — which showcases individual and group projects created with industry-leading Adobe creative software — honors the most talented and promising student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers, developers and computer artists from the world's top institutions of higher education.

Official rules

Open to students around the world.

ADAA Live!

See students around the world submit their competition entries in real-time on ADAA Live!

Categories

Twelve categories in three media areas.

Prizes

Win a trip to Beijing and cash.

Video

Finalist will attend the Icograda World Design Congress in Beijing, China and be honored in an awards ceremony!

Judges

Seven distinguished industry professionals.

Board members

Meet the board members who help keep the awards the world's premier design, film, and interactive competition for higher education students.

ADAA experience

Hear and see the experience of 2008 and 2007 ADAA winners.

Have questions about the contest?

Read the frequently asked questions to learn more about the ADAA.

Faculty information

Faculty - Register here and receive print materials for promoting the 2009 Adobe Design Achievements Awards on your campus (or download the package)

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John Passafiume
ADAA Winner, Print Communications 2008

The fortune of winning an Adobe Design Achievement Award has stimulated my young career in ways unimaginable.

The highest honor of its kind for aspiring creatives, the ADAA is unrivaled in its unique approach of exposure and prestige for selected participants. Finalists represent a truly All-Star worthy cast of talent from around the globe, and the relationships which are founded over gala weekend are invaluable on both a personal and professional level. Since the competition, my work has received a considerable amount of national recognition and attention from the design industry, and perhaps more importantly, interested employers.

Why enter? Entrance is free, and the payoff is substantial; both literally and figuratively.