D&AD chosen the jury members for its 2021 awards. Australia’s eleven jurors are:
- Art Direction: Barbara Humphries, Creative Director, The Monkeys
- Branding: Patrick Guerrera, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Re Sydney
- Digital: Vince Lagana, Executive Creative Director, The Monkeys
- Digital Design: Tea Uglow, Creative Director, Google
- Direction: Richard Bullock, Director, Revolver/Hungry Man
- Graphic Design: Jo Roca, Creative Director, For The People
- Impact: Vince Frost, Founder, Design Your Life
- Media: Julian Schreiber, Chief Creative Officer & Partner, Special Group Australia
- Photography: Belle Verdiglione, Photographer & Business Coach, Belle Verdiglione Photography, Perth
- Radio & Audio: Lesley Chambers, Producer & Voice Casting Professional, The Casting Chambers
- Side Hustle: Sarah Vincenzini, Associate Creative Director, M&C Saatchi Australia
Following the success of the 2020 Awards, D&AD’s jurors will once again assemble virtually to review the work, holding each piece to the same high standards that the Awards are renowned for. The only exceptions are the Branding, Graphic, Product, Packaging, Book, Magazine & Newspaper Design and Writing for Design categories, where in-person judging is essential.
The panels for this year’s awards will be led by some of the industry’s biggest and brightest names including Ratna Desai, director of product design at Netflix, heading up the Digital Design jury; Jayanta Jenkins, global head of marketing at Disney+, leading the Experiential category, and Sergio Gordilho, co-president & cco of Africa, driving the Art Direction jury.
View the full list of judges on the D&AD website.
A number of new categories this year aim to represent the changing landscape of the creative sector. These include E-commerce, Gaming, Type Design and Next Photographer, with additional subcategories within Low Budget and New Realities and Emerging Media.
“If there were any doubts left about the necessity of digital transformation to business longevity, the Coronavirus has muted them. The pandemic is a reality check for businesses that have been reluctant to embrace digital transformation and now find themselves dramatically unprepared. The D&AD 2021 digital palmares will celebrate brands and their partners who came prepared when it mattered the most. Ideas, use of technology, meaningful application of data that not only helped weather the storm, but pushed brands to come out the other side stronger than ever.” [Fred Levron, worldwide creative partner, FCB Global, jury president for Digital]
Find out what the jury presidents are looking for here.
Donal Keenan, Awards director at D&AD, stated, “We are always striving to award the most ambitious, thought provoking work through the D&AD Awards, which can only be achieved through the expertise of our judges. Last year’s jury showed us that the meticulous judging process can be successfully replicated in a virtual fashion, something we are continuing this year. There is no doubt that our exciting list of industry experts will once again take the challenge in their stride and reflect D&AD’s pride in the celebration of the creative industries.”
The 2021 D&AD Awards are open for entry through 31 March.
