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D&AD launches call for entries to the 56th annual Awards and unveils Jury Presidents

LONDON – The 56th Annual D&AD Awards are now open for entry, with two brand new categories announced to celebrate the very best work in an ever-evolving creative landscape. 

The 2018 Awards continue to support D&AD’s 56 year long purpose of stimulating, celebrating and enabling creative excellence in design and advertising, in the firm belief that great work always creates better outcomes. And as a not-for-profit organisation D&AD put all its surpluses back into the industry it serves, helping new talent prosper and campaigning for a fairer, more diverse, more sustainable industry. The Jury Presidents capture this spirit and represent a true gender-balanced split, see full list below. 

This year, two new Award categories will be launched for entries. The first being Collaborative, which will award continued creative executions achieved from a long-standing relationship between an agency and a client. The second new category is Experiential, which will highlight the importance of brilliant all encompassing brand experience and activation. The category will recognise work that succeeds in demonstrating the interaction between consumers and brands through experience-led activations. 

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Tim Lindsay, D&AD CEO, saidIn a media environment that encourages the short-term and tactical it’s never been more important to stand up for craft and creativity. Why? Because the good creates better outcomes than the bad – commercially, socially, sustainably, culturally and politically. D&AD’s role in this is stimulation, not congratulation. There’s too much backslapping when what is needed is a focus on and enablement of creative excellence in advertising and design. We are engaged in a war against mediocrity and you are an important ally. Get involved!”

Donal Keenan, D&AD Awards Director, adds, “For the second year running we’re proud to achieve a 50/50 gender split across our global Jury Presidents. This year we have actually surpassed that with over 50% of our Jury Presidents’ identifying as female. At D&AD, we strive to ensure we have a true gender-balanced representation across every category and judging panel, it’s important to achieve a true diversity of voices in the room to identify the best creative work of the year.”  

The Awards ceremony will be held on 26 April 2018 during D&AD Festival, which returns from 24-26 April 2018 at The Old Truman Brewery, Shoreditch. As ever, all awarded work will appear in the D&AD Annual, released in the autumn, which is available to purchase exclusively through D&AD. Winning work will also be on display in an exhibition at the heart of D&AD Festival in addition to a packed three-day programme of talks, debates, briefs, hacks, workshops and parties, culminating in the 56th annual D&AD Awards. 

 
 

Entry Details 

Work entered into D&AD Awards 2018 must have been commercially released between 01 January 2017 and 18 March 2018 and been produced in genuine response to a client brief. It must not have been entered in previous years. Submissions should be made by 14 February 2018. The Awards cost from just £75 to enter this year. All entries received by 6 December 2017 will save 10% on the cost of entry. Freelancers and sole traders that are members of D&AD are eligible to receive a 20% discount.

Jury announcements will be made later in the year, full information on categories, pricing and dates can be found at https://www.dandad.org/awards-2018

JURY PRESIDENTS FOR D&AD AWARDS 2018:

 
 
JURY
 
JUDGE NAME
 
TITLE
 
COMPANY
 
 
COUNTRY
 
Art Direction
Gilles Fichteberg
Co-Founder
Rosapark
 
France
 
Book Design
Sheri Gee
Art Director
The Folio Society
 
UK
Branded Content & Entertainment
David Lubars
Chairman/Chief Creative Officer
BBDO
 
 
 
USA
Branding
Katja Thielen
Co Founder & Creative Director
Together Design
 
 
UK
 
Crafts for Advertising
Jureeporn Thaidumrong
CCO
GREYnJ
 
 
Thailand 
 
Crafts for Design
Theseus Chan
Designer
Work
 
Singapore
Creativity for Good
Judy John
 
CEO Canada & Chief Creative Officer North America
Leo Burnett
 
 
Canada
Digital Design
Tea Uglow
Creative Director
Google Creative Lab
 
Australia 
Digital Marketing
Jaime Robinson
Co founder – COO
Joan
 
 
USA
 
Direct
Alex Schill
CCO
Serviceplan
 
Germany 
 
Experiential 
Bruce Henderson
CCO
Jack Morton
 
USA
Film Advertising
Jeff Goodby
Founder Chairman
Goodby Silverstein & Partners
 
USA
 
Film Advertising Crafts
Alice Tonge
 
Head of Creative & Design
4Creative
 
 
 
UK
Graphic Design
Vanessa Eckstein
Founder & Creative Director
Blok Design
 
 
Canada 
Integrated
Kate Stanners
Global CCO
Saatchi & Saatchi
 
 
UK
 
Magazine & Newspaper Design
Marissa Bourke
Editor at Large
Harper’s Bazaar UK
 
 
UK
Media
Anita Nayyar
CEO, India & SE Asia
Havas Media
 
 
India 
Music Videos
Joceline Gabriel
Directors Rep
Freelance
 
 
UK
 
Outdoor Advertising
Anselmo Ramos
Founder/CCO
David Miami
 
USA/Brazil 
Packaging Design
Eduardo del Fraile
Founder and CD
Eduardo del Fraile Studio
 
Spain 
PR
Jo Carr
Managing Partner
Hope&Glory
 
 
UK
Press Advertising
Melvin Mangada
CCO & Managing Partner
TBWA Santiago Mangada Puno
 
 
Philippines 
Product Design
 
Benjamin Hubert
Director and Founder
LAYER
 
UK
 
Radio & Audio
Fadi Yaish
ECD
ImpactBBDO
 
UAE 
Spatial Design
Michael Keller
Vice President &
Executive Creative Director
KMS Blackspace
 
 
Germany 
 
Writing for Advertising
Chaka Sobhani
CCO
Leo Burnett
 
 
UK 
 
Writing for Design
Fiona Thompson
Writer
Wordspring
 
UK 
 

Main image photography by Patrice de Villiers, D&AD Black Pencil winner.

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