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63 Creatives from Asia Pacific join D&AD Awards 2025 jury

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LONDON, UK – Today D&AD reveals the D&AD Awards 2025 jury. The 63rd annual D&AD Awards will be held at the County Hall and Southbank Centre on the London Southbank. From May 18 to 22, 2025, there will be four days of live judging. The D&AD Awards Ceremony, marking the grand finale of the D&AD Festival, will take place on May 22 at the Southbank Centre, specifically in the Queen Elizabeth Hall Building.

Panels for 44 categories will be made up of 300+ leading creative experts from over 50 countries across the globe. This year, 63 professionals from Asia Pacific will travel to London to participate in the judging process. These are made up of 9 from Australia, 13 from Japan, 9 from India, 9 from China, 9 from Singapore, 3 from South Korea, 2 from New Zealand, 1 from Philippines, 2 from Indonesia, 1 from Thailand, 1 from Sri Lanka, 1 from Malaysia and 4 from Taiwan.

These jury members have been carefully selected to come together for live judging of the past year’s best work across the global commercial creative industries. They 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. 

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The D&AD Awards Ceremony will be held as the culminating event of D&AD Festival. From 21-22 May, 2025, D&AD Festival will gather these 300+ global creative leaders and will feature 80+ speakers across two main stages. The programme will include jury insights, interviews, panel discussions, and keynotes from the people behind the work, alongside taster sessions of D&AD Masterclasses, activations, networking opportunities, and a physical and digital exhibition of the 2025 D&AD Award-winning work.

Winners are awarded an iconic Pencil, the world’s most coveted award for creatives working within the commercial creative industries. Last year, entrants from APAC won 135 Pencils: 23 to Australia, 10 to New Zealand, 2 to Korea, 5 to Taiwan, 9 to Thailand, 21 to China, 4 to Indonesia, 8 to India, 33 to Japan, 9 to Singapore, 1 to Philippines, 5 to Malaysia, 2 to Macau, 1 to Nepal and 2 to Pakistan. 

Leading industry experts joining the 2025 juries from APAC include Evi O., Book Design jury; Ben Coulson, Commerce jury; Jody Xiong, Film jury; Ben Sun Erhei, Integrated jury; Wendy Chan, Health jury; Neville Shah, Digital Design jury; Vaishnavi Murthy, Type Design & Lettering jury; Rahul Mathew, Digital Marketing jury; Justina Zun-Zun Chang, Luxury jury; Eric Widjaja, Typography jury; Pei Ling Ho, Creator Content jury; Gyu Kim, Editing jury; Ruchi Sharma, Impact jury; and Jennifer Hu, Film jury.

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The full list of 300+ international judges for 2025 can be found here.

Donal Keenan, COO 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 2025 is now open for entry. Key dates below, and for full details on categories, judging criteria, pricing and deadlines, please visit the D&AD website. 

Tickets for D&AD Festival 2025 are now on sale. Book by midnight on Monday 24 February to get 30% off.

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