NEW YORK, USA — With this year’s theme dedicated to “Peace,” the winners of the 2023 AdForum PHNX Awards have been announced.
Portuguese agency FCB Lisboa won the special GRAND PRIX FOR PEACE at the 2023 PHNX Awards with the “Portuguese (Re)constitution.” To mark the anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, artists used the blue pencils favored by censors to rewrite the former fascist constitution with poems and illustrations celebrating freedom. The resulting manifesto also won the Print Grand Prix.
Ogilvy Honduras won both the Strategy & Technique and the Good Causes Grand Prix with “Morning After Island.” To protest a ban on emergency contraception pills, an island was created in international waters where Honduran women could take the medication legally and protest against the ban.
AdForum launched the PHNX Awards in the heart of lockdown in 2020 to celebrate the resilience of creativity. It has lived on as one of the most unusual shows in the awards landscape. Its jury is made up not only of creatives but planners, executives, clients, PRs, marketers, and consultants.
This year, more than 800 jurors voted on the work online. The Grand Prix winners were chosen after a live panel debate.
The Grand Prix winners were:
FILM
VMLY&R Mexico – SHOUT
PRINT
FCB Lisboa – Portuguese (Re)Constitution
DIGITAL
DDB Chicago – Apologize the Rainbow
STRATEGY & TECHNIQUE
Ogilvy Honduras – Morning After Island
DESIGN
Serviceplan Germany/Serviceplan Korea – Dot Pad
GOOD CAUSES
Ogilvy Honduras – Morning After Island
GRAND PRIX FOR PEACE
FCB Lisboa – Portuguese (Re)Constitution
