LONDON – The D&AD Professional Awards are judged, entered and celebrated by the very best advertising and design creatives around the world. Their judges are passionate, disruptive and critical – they live and breathe creativity. The integrity of the D&AD judging process is legendary, so D&AD have created a short film to illustrate the process that the judges go through each year. Filmed during the inaugural 2016 D&AD Festival, they talked to some of the world’s most celebrated creatives about the almost impossible task of choosing the best of the best. The film features D&AD CEO Tim Lindsay as well as some of the biggest names in design and advertising, demystifying what goes on behind the closed doors of the judging room.
The Jurors continue to be announced
In addition to the Jury Presidents, D&AD are continuing to sign up their international roster of judges for the 2017 Professional Awards. In keeping with tradition, the D&AD Awards will be judged by some of the international creative communities’ highest profile members. They include:
● Atia Cader, Creative Director, Paper Stone Scissors, Australia
● Ben Miles, Creative Director, Interbrand Australia, Australia
● Bronwyn van der Merwe, Head Of Design & User Experience, Fjord, Australia
● Damon Stapleton, Chief Creative Officer, DDB New Zealand, New Zealand
● David Nobay, Creative Chairman, Marcel Sydney, Australia
● Gary Steele, Executive Creative Director, TBWA/Singapore, Singapore
● Hanyi Lee, Chief Creative Officer, The Secret Little Agency, Singapore
● Jason Little, Creative Director, Founder, For the People, Australia
● Joji Jacob, Group Executive Creative Director, DDB Singapore, Singapore
● Pete Baker, Director, The Glue Society, Australia
● Scott Nowell, Co-Founder, Executive Creative Director, The Monkeys, Australia
● Steve Back, Creative Partner, JOY, Australia
● Steve Rogers, Director, Owner, Revolver, Australia
● Suthisak Sucharittanonta, Chairman, BBDO Bangkok, Thailand
● Tom Paine, Creative Director, Y&R NZ, New Zealand
● Tony Parker, Professor of Industrial Design, Massey University – Auckland School of Design, New Zealand
● Vince Lagana, Creative Director, Leo Burnett Sydney, Australia
A full list of Jury Presidents and Judges can be found here.
D&AD Festival
Confirmed to run from 25-27 April and following on from the success of the first ever D&AD Festival at the Truman Brewery in April this year, it promises to be an even bigger celebration of commercial creativity. Set over three days, the Festival will see famous speakers and industry heavy-hitters lead talks, panel discussions and setting agendas for the future of the industry. As well as this there will be workshops, industry talks, parties and networking sessions as well New Blood and Next Awards exhibitions.
Entry Information
Work entered into the 2017 D&AD Awards must have been commercially released between 01 January 2016 and 18 March 2017 and been produced in genuine response to a client brief. It must not have been entered in previous years. Submissions should be made in their original language by 15 February 2017. The Awards cost from just £85 to enter this year. Freelancers and sole traders that are members of D&AD are eligible to receive a 20% discount.
All awarded work appears in the D&AD Annual, released annually in the Autumn and is available to purchase exclusively through D&AD.
