The Cannes Lions Design Award jury was led by jury president, Pum Lefebure, chief creative officer, Design Army.
| 1,262 entries were received. 2 Grands Prix, 8 Gold, 13 Silver, and 22 Bronze Lions were awarded. |
Grands Prix went to:
- AKQA Stockholm, H&M Looop for H&M (2021)
- Superunion London, Notpla for Notpla (2020)
Gold Lions went to:
- Jones Knowles Ritchie New York, Your Way, Your Better for Burger King (2021)
- Rethink Toronto, Pour Perfectly for Heinz Craft Canada (2020)
- Google New York, Time Lapse in Google Earth for Google (2021)
- Dentsu Inc. Tokyo, Pocky The Gift (2020) for Ezaki Glico Co (2020)
- HelloMonday Aarhus, Fingerspelling with M<achine Learning for American Society for Deaf Children (2021)
- VMLY&R Melbourne, A Future Without Change for Monash University (2020)
- FCB Chicago, Boards of Change for City of Chicago (2021)
- Havas London, The Black Plaque Project for Nubian Jak Community Trust (2021)
