LONDON, UK — D&AD is fast approaching, gathering yet again some of the biggest names in advertising from all over the world. While the festival is slated for May 21-22, the much-anticipated awards show will commence on May 22, wrapping up the two-day festivities with the announcement of winners and crowning the industry’s best work of the year with the sought-after D&AD Pencil.
Receiving a D&AD Pencil is one of the most prestigious honors in commercial creativity, symbolizing effectiveness, excellence and industry standards. In its commitment to stimulate, enable and award creative excellence in design and advertising, D&AD has gathered award-winning and highly-respected leaders from the industry to pick out the work that stood out among the thousands of entries this year.
The Jury Presidents for D&AD’s 43 categories are:
- Animation: Bart Yates, Blinkink Executive Producer
- Art Direction: Nadja Lossgott, AMV BBDO Chief Creative Officer
- Book Design: Theseus Chan, WORK Pte Ltd Founder/Owner
- Branding: Brian Collins, Collins Founder & Chief Creative Officer
- Casting: Kharmel Cochrane, Kharmel Cochrane Casting Ltd Casting Director
- Cinematography: Rebecca Skinner, Superprime Films Managing Director/Executive Producer
- Commerce: Manuel Borde, VML Global CCO Commerce
- Creative Transformation: Andrew Sandoz, Deloitte Digital Global CCO
- Digital & Social: Ashley Rudder, HAUS OF SÔS Co-founder
- Digital Design: Qanta Shimizu, BASSDRUM Founder/Tech Director
- Direct: Gaetan du Peloux, Marcel CCO/CEO
- Direction: Ali Brown, Prettybird Culver City President
- Editing: Eve Ashwell, The Assembly Rooms Film Editor + Partner
- Entertainment: Jureeporn Thaidumrong, GREYnJ UNITED Founder & Creative Chairperson
- Experiential: Michael Aimette, FCB New York Chief Creative Officer
- Film: Chaka Sobhani, DDB Worldwide President and Global Chief Creative Officer
- Future Impact: Harsh Kapadia, MRM Worldwide Chief Creative Officer
- Gaming & Virtual Worlds: Malcolm Poynton, Cheil Worldwide Global Chief Creative Officer
- Graphic Design: Veronica Fuerte, Hey studio Founder & Creative Directress
- Health & Well-being: Tim Hawkey, Area 23 (An IPG Health Company) CCO
- Illustration: Malika Favre, Illustrator
- Impact: Harsh Kapadia, MRM Worldwide Chief Creative Officer
- Integrated: Luiz Sanches, BBDO CCO North America / AlmapBBDO Chairman & Partner
- Luxury: Ravi Amaratunga Hitchcock, Soursop Co-founder
- Magazine & Newspaper Design: Astrid Stavro, Astrid Stavro Design Creative Director
- Media: Alex Schill, Serviceplan Germany Global Chief Creative Director
- Music Videos: Sue Yeon Ahn, Smuggler LA Managing Director
- Packaging Design: Tiger Pan, Shenzhen Tigerpan Packaging Design Lab Chief Designer
- Pharma: Tim Hawkey, Area 23 (An IPG Health Company) CCO
- Photography: Patrice de Villiers, Studio PI Photographer & Director
- PR: Deepshikha Dharmaraj, BCW India Group Chief Executive Officer
- Press & Outdoor: Gabriel Mattar, Innocean Worldwide Europe Chief Creative Officer
- Product Design: Jo Barnard, morrama. ltd. Founder & Creative Director
- Production Design: Lee Flude, The Set Stylist Set design
- Radio & Audio: Neo Segola, Le Pub Chief Creative Officer
- Sound Design & Use of Music: Roberto Coelho, Satelite Audio Owner/Producer
- Spatial Design: Chris Lee, Asylum Founder
- Sustained Impact: Harsh Kapadia, MRM Worldwide Chief Creative Officer
- Type Design & Lettering: Liron Lavi Turkenich, Aravrit Typeface Designer & Design Entrepreneur
- Typography: Ken-tsai Lee, Ken-Tsai Lee Design Studio Director
- Visual Effects: Audrea Topps Harjo, InclusionFX Producer / Founder
- Writing for Advertising: Nils Leonard, Uncommon Creative Studio Founder
- Writing for Design: Jane Duru, R/GA Australia Associate Creative Director
Judging will be happening a week before the awards show, with the finalist announcements happening on May 20 and 21.
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