Real briefs and real Pencils. This year, there are sixteen briefs set by real clients to choose from in the D&AD Young Blood Awards competition. The Awards are judged by top industry creatives, with Wood, …
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D&AD reimagines its annual book of the best as a manual
October 6, 2016
“Win one, teach one.” During Andy Sandoz’s year as president of D&AD, he brought its mantra to the fore. “His future-facing attitude has often set him apart from the crowd and his love of the weird …
Marcel & Grey Canada win Black Pencils at the inaugural D&AD Impact Awards
September 28, 2016
The first ever D&AD Impact Award presentation, applauding work that both benefits both society and brands, has been held in New York. Australia won 1 White Pencil, 5 Graphite Pencils and 4 Wood Pencils. The company, …
D&AD’s new president promises to make design matter more
September 23, 2016
Bruce Duckworth, principal at Turner Duckworth, began his year as D&AD President on September 23. With him comes a renewed focus on the power and importance of design. Each year D&AD, appoints a president from the Board …
Entrants to this year’s D&AD 2016 New Blood Awards came from 58 countries. 2 Black, 4 White, 24 Yellow, 58 Graphite and 111 Wood Pencils were awarded. Australia has two Yellow Pencil winners: Jordan Amblin at UNSW, …
Want to win an inaugural D&AD Impact Pencil?
June 1, 2016
D&AD launched Impact this year to applaud work that is demonstrating the power of creativity to make the world better. It’s open for entries, now, here. Its jurors are creatives, designers, marketers, C-suite executives, entrepreneurs, journalists and …
Richard Bullock: “A whole D&AD category worrying about the moral rudder of our industry? Fantastic.”
May 20, 2016
2016 was Creativity for Good’s third year as a stand alone D&AD category. And D&AD chooses its judges the way its judges choose Pencil winners – with the utmost rigour. But you’d have to expect that …
Australia has won a White Pencil. M&C Saatchi’s Optus Clever Buoy is one of three White Pencils handed out this year. 2 Black Pencils, the highest accolade in the creative industry, have been awarded in this …
It’s pleasingly apt that the McWhopper campaign is why Y&R New Zealand has won D&AD’s Most Awarded Agency of the Year and Burger King’s D&AD Most Awarded Client of the Year awards. The campaign was …
While D&AD presented its Pencils this year live in London, it also held a simultaneous event in Sydney. Sydney is 9 hours ahead of London, so our event was a breakfast, at the Eternity Playhouse …
M&C Saatchi gives Australia 8 chances for D&AD Pencil glory
April 27, 2016
4 of those chances come from one campaign, Game of Balls, for the Blue Ball Foundation. It’s not a startling insight that men are enthusiastic viewers of porn. What is unmitigated genius is using that insight …
Invitation to Sydney screening of D&AD 2016 Awards Ceremony
April 25, 2016
Shutterstock is bringing the D&AD Awards Ceremony to Australia. The private screening will be held at Sydney’s Eternity Playhouse Theatre in Darlinghurst. At the same time as the ceremony in London. And it’s free. It will be …