LONDON – Creatives aspiring to win a D&AD Pencil this year will have an extra week to complete their entries, following the announcement of a deadline extension.
Entrants will now have until Wednesday 25 February, 23:59 GMT to submit work for the 2015 D&AD Global Advertising and Design Awards. However, entries received after Wednesday 18 February will be subject to a 20 percent surcharge to cover additional resources needed to process late entries during the extension period.
D&AD Judging Week this year will take place in the new location of The Old Truman Brewery, East London’s revolutionary arts and creative quarter. Held Sunday 19 April – Thursday 23 April, D&AD will be opening up Judging Week to the public for the first time, with an exhibition of winning work headlining a full programme of fringe events. Eric Kallman, Rei Inamoto, Harriet Devoy and Kai-lu Hsiung are among the leading creatives judging this year’s Awards.
Details for the 2015 Awards Ceremony have also been confirmed. The Ceremony will be held on Thursday 21 May at Battersea Evolution, London, with tickets available to purchase from the D&AD Shop from the end of February.
Work entered into the 2015 D&AD Awards must have been commercially released between January 1, 2014 and February 28, 2015 and been produced in genuine response to a client brief. It must not have been entered in previous years. The Awards cost from just £85 to enter this year and submissions should be made in their original language by 25 February 2015. Freelancers and sole traders that are also members of D&AD are eligible to receive a 20% discount.
For more information on entering, including details on eligibility, categories and criteria, visit http://www.dandad.org/professional-awards, or contact the D&AD Awards team at awards@dandad.org or on +44 (0) 20 7840 1178.
