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D&AD Awards 2022
D&AD Awards are the most prestigious benchmark for creative excellence in design and advertising. Entry for 2022 has now closed. This year's winners will be announced on 25 & 26 May in the live streamed D&AD Awards Ceremony here on the D&AD website.
About
D&AD is an education charity that promotes excellence in design and advertising. Each year, the D&AD Awards gather the world's best creative work from across the commercial design, advertising, production and craft disciplines to be judged by more than 400 global creative leaders, practitioners and innovators.
Our categories span the full spectrum of disciplines from graphic design to product design, book design, and magazine and newspaper design; art direction to writing, editing, illustration, photography, typography and animation; creative coding to UX, e-commerce and gaming; PR and media to Impact, and much more. We also have special categories for creative side projects that are ready to start-up or scale-up.
As a not-for-profit, D&AD invests all surpluses from the Awards into education programmes that help new talent prosper and pave the way into the creative industries for more diverse talent. The winning work forms valuable learning resources for students and emerging talent around the world who are looking to make their first steps into a creative career.
Why enter D&AD Awards?
D&AD Awards exists to identify the world’s best creative work of the year, to elevate it above its context onto the global stage to inspire the international creative community to learn, grow, and set new benchmarks for creative excellence.
If your work is shortlisted by the judges, it will appear in the D&AD Annual, an honour of distinction and a platform for exposure to over 75,000 creative people globally.
Winning a D&AD Pencil will earn your work exposure to millions of people in the creative industries around the world through international press coverage, exhibitions, promotion on the D&AD website, social platforms and newsletters, and the opportunity to be featured in articles and films on the topic of creative excellence within the D&AD Annual.
Entering your work actively supports D&AD’s mission as an education charity by funding learning programmes that bridge the gap between education and industry.
We will also plant a tree in recognition of your award, in partnership with D&AD Future Impact winner theOtherDada. You can find out more about The & Forest here.
Don’t take our word for it. Find out more about the benefits of winning directly from your peers below.
Have a question about your entry?
Most questions can be answered by checking our dedicated FAQs page.
If you still need to speak to someone, you can call the Awards team on +44 (0) 207 840 1111. Lines are open from 9.30 - 5.30pm GMT.
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2022 Categories
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Animation
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Art Direction
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Book Design
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Branding
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Casting
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Cinematography
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Collaborative
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Creative Transformation
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Digital
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Digital Design
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Direct
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Direction
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E-Commerce
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Editing
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Entertainment
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Experiential
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Film
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Future Impact
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Gaming
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Graphic Design
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Illustration
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Impact
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Integrated
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Magazine & Newspaper Design
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Media
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Music Videos
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Packaging Design
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Photography
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PR
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Press & Outdoor
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Product Design
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Production Design
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Radio & Audio
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Side Hustle
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Sound Design & Use of Music
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Spatial Design
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Type Design
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Typography
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Visual Effects
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Writing for Advertising
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Writing for Design
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2022 Judges
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Animation
Jury President
Fabiano Broki, Creative Director, Lobo
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Art Direction
Jury President
Valerie Madon, Chief Creative Officer, Asia, VMLY&R
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Book Design
Jury President
Pascal Brun, Co-Founder & Designer, Haller Brun
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Branding
Jury President
Shaun Loftman, Executive Creative Director (CEEMEA), Landor & Fitch
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Casting
Jury President
Carine Youb, Casting Director, Carine Youb Casting
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Cinematography
Jury President
Motheo Moeng, Cinematographer, Exposure crew
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Collaborative
Jury President
Rebecca Wright, D&AD President & Dean of Academic Programmes, Central Saint Martins
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Creative Transformation
Jury President
Johan Pihl, Executive Creative Director, FARM Stockholm
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Digital
Jury President
Tara Ford, Chief Creative Officer, The Monkeys
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Digital Design
Jury President
Eiko Kawano, Director of Product Design, Loblaw Digital
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Direct
Jury President
Xolisa Dyeshana, Chief Creative Officer, Joe Public Johannesburg
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Direction
Jury President
Bryan Buckley, Founder, Hungry Man Productions
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E-Commerce
Jury President
Resh Sidhu, Global Director Arcadia Creative Studio, Snap Inc.
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Editing
Jury President
Paul Notice, Executive Producer, The Notice Blog
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Entertainment
Jury President
Trevor Robinson OBE, Executive Creative Director, Quiet Storm
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Experiential
Jury President
Diego Machado, Global Chief Creative Officer, AKQA
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Film
Jury President
Bruno Bertelli, Global Chief Creative Officer, Publicis
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Future Impact
Jury President
Thomas Kolster, Founder, Goodvertising
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Gaming
Jury President
Tiffany Rolfe, Global Chief Creative Officer, R/GA
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Graphic Design
Jury President
Benny Tak-shing, Au, Design Director, Amazing Angle Design
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Illustration
Jury President
Martina Paukova, Illustrator, Martina Paukova Studio
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Impact
Jury President
Thomas Kolster, Founder, Goodvertising
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Integrated
Jury President
Döerte Spengler-Ahrens, Managing Creative Director & Partner, Jung Von Matt Hamburg
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Magazine & Newspaper Design
Jury President
Bunny Kinney, Creative Director, Nowness, Dazed Media
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Media
Jury President
Virginia Hyland, CEO, Havas Media Australia
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Music Videos
Jury President
Jules de Chateleux, Co-Founder, DIVISION
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Packaging Design
Jury President
Susanna Nygren Barrett, Creative Director, The Studio
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Photography
Jury President
Veradis Vinyaratn, CCO, TBWA\Thailand
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PR
Jury President
Valerie Pinto, CEO, Weber Shandwick India
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Press & Outdoor
Jury President
Rahul Mathew, Chief Creative Officer, DDB Mundra Group
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Product Design
Jury President
Masayo Ave, Founder & CEO, MasayoAve creation | SXD.Lab, Berlin
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Production Design
Jury President
Rita El Hachem, Executive Producer, Stoked
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Radio & Audio
Jury President
Merlee Cruz-Jayme, CCO & Chairmom, Dentsu International APAC & Jayme Syfu
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Side Hustle
Jury President
Rohit Raj, Co-Founder & Creative Chief, Glitch
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Sound Design & Use of Music
Jury President
Abigail Sie, Sound Supervisor & Sound Designer, Song Zu Australia
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Spatial Design
Jury President
Kaz Yoneda, Founding Principal, Bureau 0-1
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Type Design
Jury President
Nadine Chahine, CEO, I Love Typography Ltd
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Typography
Jury President
Arata Maruyama, Design Director, &Form LLC
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Visual Effects
Jury President
Mahmoud Ghali, Co-founder & Visual Effects Supervisor, Monkeys Visual Effects & Animation
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Writing for Advertising
Jury President
Nancy Crimi-Lamanna, Cheif Creative Officer, FCB Canada
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Writing for Design
Jury President
Francesca Tenenbaum, Head of Words, Here Design
Key Dates 2022
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17 November 2021 — D&AD Awards 2022 Launch
D&AD Awards 2022 Launch
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Meet the Jury Presidents, discover the categories, and download the entry kit
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12 January 2022 — Super Early Bird Deadline
Super Early Bird Deadline
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Enter by 23:59 GMT to save 40%
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16 February 2022 — Early Bird Deadline
Early Bird Deadline
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Enter by 23:59 GMT to save 20%
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16 March 2022 — Deadline
Deadline
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Enter by 23:59 GMT
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6 April 2022 — Online Judging Begins
Online Judging Begins
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Our esteemed judges see the work and vote for their Shortlist
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5 May 2022 — Live Judging Begins
Live Judging Begins
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Judges will meet to confirm the Shortlist and award the Pencils
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12 May 2022 — Shortlist Announcement
Shortlist Announcement
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Owing to the phenomenal number and quality of entries to this year’s Awards, we are still processing the results and all Shortlisted work will now be revealed on 17 May
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17 May 2022 — Shortlist Announcement
Shortlist Announcement
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All Advertising, Culture and Impact Categories and Design Categories including: Branding, Creative Transformation, Digital Design, Graphic Design, Product Design, Spatial Design
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25 & 26 May 2022 — D&AD Awards Ceremonies
D&AD Awards Ceremonies
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Pencils revealed across two ceremonies; further details to be announced
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Get in touch
Alex Knapp
Donal Keenan
Awards Director
donal.keenan@dandad.org
donal.keenan@dandad.org
Katherine Chen
Kotoko Koya
Pablo Brandao
Will Koper
D&AD Awards Team
D&AD Press Office
Press Enquiries
dandad@tdcpr.com
dandad@tdcpr.com
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