D&AD has chosen the D&AD Awards 2024 jury. The 62nd annual awards programme will take place at the new location of County Hall and Southbank Centre on the London Southbank from 18-22 May, 2024. Panels for over 40 categories will be made up of 350+ leading creative experts from over 50 countries across the globe.
This year, 67 professionals from Asia Pacific will travel to London to participate in the judging process – 16 from Australia, 11 from Japan, 10 from India, 8 from China, 6 from Singapore, 4 from South Korea, 4 from New Zealand, 3 from Philippines, 2 from Indonesia, 2 from Thailand and 1 from Taiwan.
D&AD’s jury members will award creative excellence with the belief that creativity is a major driver in commercial, economic, social and cultural success and will recognise work that inspires established talent and encourages the next generation.
Following four days of live judging, the D&AD Awards Ceremony will be held as the culminating event of the D&AD Festival at the Southbank Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall Building. The Festival will gather these 350+ global creative leaders and feature 80+ speakers, two main stages, the Masterclass stage, activations, Jury insights, networking, parties and a first view of some of the shortlisted work on display.
Winners are awarded with a D&AD Pencil, the world’s most coveted design award. Last year, entrants from APAC won 87 Pencils: 25 to Australia, 6 to New Zealand, 3 to Korea, 4 to Taiwan, 2 to Thailand, 17 to China, 3 to Hong Kong, 2 to Macau, 8 to India, 11 to Japan and 3 to Singapore.
This year’s jury presidents are:
Animation | Bart Yates | Founder & Executive Producer | Blinkink |
Art Direction | Nadja Lossgott | Chief Creative Officer | AMV BBDO |
Book Design | Theseus Chan | Founder & Owner | WORK Pte Ltd |
Branding | Brian Collins | Founder & Chief Creative Officer | COLLINS |
Casting | Kharmel Cochrane | Casting Director | Kharmel Cochrane Casting |
Cinematography | Rebecca Skinner | Managing Director & Executive Producer | Superprime Films |
Commerce | Manuel Bordé | Global Chief Creative Officer Commerce | VML |
Creative Transformation | Andrew Sandoz | Global Chief Creative Officer | Deloitte Digital |
Digital & Social | Ashley Rudder | Chief Creator Officer | Whalar |
Digital Design | Qanta Shimizu | Technical Director | BASSDRUM |
Direct | Gaëtan du Peloux | Chief Executive Officer & Chief Creative Officer | Marcel |
Direction | Ali Brown | President | PRETTYBIRD |
Editing | Eve Ashwell | Editor & Partner | Assembly Rooms |
Entertainment | Jureeporn Thaidumrong | Founder & Creative Chairperson | GREYnJ UNITED |
Experiential | Danilo Boer | Global Creative Partner | FCB Global |
Film | Chaka Sobhani | Global Chief Creative Officer | Leo Burnett |
Gaming & Virtual Worlds | Malcolm Poynton | Global Chief Creative Officer | Cheil Worldwide |
Graphic Design | Verònica Fuerte | Creative Director | Hey |
Health & Wellbeing | Tim Hawkey | Chief Creative Officer | AREA 23 |
Illustration | Malika Favre | Illustrator & Artist | Malika Favre |
Impact | Harsh Kapadia | Chief Creative Officer | MRM |
Integrated | Luiz Sanches | Chief Creative Officer of North and South America & Almap Chairman and Partner | BBDO |
Luxury | Ravi Amaratunga Hitchcock | Co-Founder | Soursop |
Magazine & Newspaper Design | Astrid Stavro | Founder & Creative Director | Astrid Stavro Studio |
Media | Alexander Schill | Global Chief Creative Officer | Serviceplan Group |
Music Videos | Sue Yeon Ahn | Managing Director US | SMUGGLER |
Packaging Design | Tiger Pan | Founder & Chief Designer | SHENZHEN TIGERPAN DESIGN CO. |
Photography | Patrice de Villiers | Photographer & Director | Patrice de Villiers / Delicious Productions |
PR | Deepshikha Dharmaraj | Chief Executive Officer | BCW India Group |
Press & Outdoor | Gabriel Mattar | Chief Creative Officer | Innocean Berlin |
Product Design | Jo Barnard | Founder & Creative Director | Morrama |
Production Design | Lee Flude | Set Designer | The Set Stylist |
Radio & Audio | Neo Segola | Executive Creative Director | Le Pub South Africa |
Sound Design & Use of Music | Roberto Coelho | Music Producer | Satelite Audio |
Spatial Design | Chris Lee | Founder | Asylum |
Type Design & Lettering | Liron Lavi Turkenich | Typeface Designer & Researcher and Design Entrepreneur | Liron Lavi Turkenich / Aravrit |
Typography | Ken-tsai Lee | Founder & Designer | Ken-tsai Lee Design Lab |
Visual Effects | Audrea Topps Harjo | VFX Producer & Founder | InclusionFX |
Writing for Advertising | Nils Leonard | Founder | Uncommon Creative Studio |
Writing for Design | Jane Duru | Associate Creative Director | R/GA |
Find the full list of 300+ judges for 2024 here.
Donal Keenan, Awards Director at D&AD, commented, “Judging the D&AD Awards is not only a massive honour but a huge responsibility to uphold the integrity, rigour and standards that D&AD is renowned for. Entries to these awards actively support D&AD’s mission as an educational charity by funding learning programmes that bridge the gap between education and industry. This is made possible by these top calibre professionals from around the world offering their time, wisdom and expertise.”
D&AD Awards 2024 is now open for entry. Find full details on categories, judging criteria, pricing and deadlines on the D&AD website.
Key Dates
7 February 2024: Early Bird Discount Deadline (save 20% on entries and Festival tickets)
13 March 2024: Final Awards entry deadline
3 April – 8 May 2024: Online Judging
18 – 21 May 2024: Live Judging
20 – 21 May 2024: Shortlist Announced
21 – 22 May 2024: D&AD Festival
22 May 2024: D&AD Awards Ceremony
October 2024: D&AD Annual live
D&AD Awards Jury Presidents and Judges from APAC:
Region | Category | Name | Position | Company |
Australia | Animation | Jamie Watson | Executive Creative Director | Heckler |
Australia | Art Direction | Barbara Humphries | Executive Creative Director | The Monkeys |
Australia | Creative Transformation | Tara McKenty | Chief Innovation Officer and ECD | BMF |
Australia | Digital & Social | Ben Miles | VP, Executive Creative Director R/GA Australia & ASIA | R/GA Australia & Asia |
Australia | Digital Design | Steve Coll | Group CCO | M&C Saatchi ANZ |
Australia | Direct | Simon Langley | Chief Creative Officer | Bastion |
Australia | Direction | Jonathan Kneebone | Founder / Director | The Glue Society |
Australia | Editing | Luke Crethar | Film Editor | The Glue Society |
Australia | Entertainment | Julian Schreiber | Chief Creative Officer | Speical Group |
Australia | Impact | Tea Uglow | Co-Founder | Dark Swan Institute |
Australia | Media | Dave Bowman | Chief Creative Officer, Australia & New Zealand | Publicis Groupe |
Australia | Music Videos | Juliet Bishop | Executive Producer / Partner | Good Oil |
Australia | Photography | Elaine Li | Creative Director & Photographer | Howatson+Company |
Australia | PR | Bridget Jung | Executive Creative Director | Ogilvy |
Australia | Radio & Audio | Jon Austin | Co-founder | Supermassive |
Australia | Writing for Design Jury President | Jane Duru | Associate Creative Director, Verbal Design | R/GA |
China | Book Design | Zhao Qing | AGI Member / Nanjing Hanqingtang Design Founder | Nanjing Hanqingtang Design |
China | Branding | Liu Zhao | Founder & Creative Director | Another Design |
China | Digital Design | Akae Wang | Head of Creative | Banana Balloon |
China | Health & Wellbeing | Wendy Chan | Executive Creative Director, Health, APAC | Edelman |
China | Illustration | Lam Ieong Kun | Co-Founder | Indego Design |
China | Packaging Design Jury President | Tiger Pan | Founder & Chief Designer | SHENZHEN TIGERPAN DESIGN CO. |
China | Type Design & Lettering | Xiaojuan Zhang | Creative Director & Associate Professor | Xiaojuan Zhang Studio |
China | Type Design & Lettering (Round One Judge) | Zhao Liu | Associate Professor | Central Academy of Fine Arts |
India | Art Direction | Shailesh Vasudeo Khandeparkar | Executive Creative Director | FCB ULKA |
India | Casting | Ashok Karkala | Group Creative Director | Ogilvy Mumbai |
India | Direct | Sonal Chhajerh | Group Executive Creative Director | Leo Burnett |
India | Direction | Koushik Sarkar | Founder Director | Kitchen.Video |
India | Experiential | Kainaz Karmakar | Chief Creative Officer | Ogilvy India |
India | Luxury | Roshnee Desai | Founder and Creative Director | LOCAL |
India | PR Jury President | Deepshikha Dharmaraj | Chief Executive Officer | BCW India Group |
India | Press & Outdoor | Raj Kamble | Founder and Chief Creative Officer | Famous Innovations |
India | Sound Design & Use of Music (Round One Judge) | Nilima Eriyat | Executive Producer | Studio Eeksaurus Productions Pvt. Ltd. |
India | Type Design & Lettering | Sulekha Rajkumar | Type Designer & Lettering Artist | Sulekha Rajkumar |
Indonesia | Press & Outdoor | Woon Hoh | Chief Creative Officer | Ogilvy Jakarta |
Indonesia | Typography | Andi Rahmat | Design Principle | Nusae |
Japan | Art Direction | Yoshihiro Yagi | Executive Creative Director | Dentsu Tokyo |
Japan | Book Design | Tatsuya Ariyama | Editorial Designer | Ariyama Design Store |
Japan | Casting (Round One Judge) | Ko Iwagami | Head of Casting | Amazon Studios Japan |
Japan | Creative Transformation | Masaya Asai | Chief Creative Officer | Droga5 |
Japan | Digital & Social | Kyoko Yonezawa | Head of Innovation | TBWA\Hakuhodo |
Japan | Digital Design Jury President | Qanta Shimizu | Technical Director | BASSDRUM |
Japan | Graphic Design | Alice Ishiguro Tosey | Independent Creative | Alice Tosey |
Japan | Integrated | Doug Schiff | CCO | Ogilvy Japan |
Japan | Magazine & Newspaper Design | Satoshi Machiguchi | Graphic Designer, Book Designer & Publisher | MATCH and Company Co., Ltd. |
Japan | Sound Design & Use of Music (Round One Judge) | Tamon Fujimi | Music Director | WISTERIASOUND |
Japan | Typography (Round One Judge) | Mariko Takagi | Typographer | Mariko Takagi |
New Zealand | Commerce | Leisa Wall | Chief Creative Officer | FCB New Zealand |
New Zealand | Graphic Design | Tyrone Ohia | Founder & Creative Director | Extended Whānau |
New Zealand | Media | Matty Burton | Group Chief Creative Officer | DDB Aotearoa |
New Zealand | Typography | Catherine Griffiths | Designer, Typographer, Artist | Studio Catherine Griffiths |
Philippines | Film | David Guerrero | Creative Chair | Guerrero BBDO |
Philippines | Gaming & Virtual Worlds | Joey David Tiempo | Founder & CEO | Octopus&Whale |
Philippines | Product Design | Rolyn Lomocso | Senior Industrial Design Specialist | Design Center of the Philippines |
Singapore | Animation | Khoo Siew May | Illustrator, Art Director and Animator | Jamm |
Singapore | Book Design Jury President | Theseus Chan | Founder & Owner | WORK Pte Ltd |
Singapore | Branding | Yah-Leng Yu | Creative Director | Foreign Policy Design Group |
Singapore | Media | Jacqui Lim | CEO Havas Media Group (Singapore) & Chief Growth Officer SEA & NA | Havas Media Group Singapore |
Singapore | Spatial Design Jury President | Chris Lee | Founder | Asylum |
Singapore | Visual Effects | Cody Amos | Creative Director and Partner | Heckler |
South Korea | Digital & Social | Joohee Lee | Global Creative Director | Cheil Worldwide |
South Korea | Editing | Gyu Kim | Global Creative Director | Cheil Worldwide |
South Korea | Integrated | Jung A Kim | Vice President/CCO | INNOCEAN |
South Korea | PR | Julie Jihyun Kang | CEO & Managing Partner | Serviceplan Korea |
Taiwan | Typography Jury President | Ken-tsai Lee | Founder & Designer | Ken-tsai Lee Design Lab |
Thailand | Entertainment Jury President | Jureeporn (Judee) Thaidumrong | Founder & Creative Chairperson | GREYnJ UNITED |
Thailand | Magazine & Newspaper Design | Felix Ng | Creative Director | Anonymous |