How Does Judging Work? A Short Film by D&AD

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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.

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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. The Indian Jurors include:

● Alok Nanda, Creative Director, Alok Nanda & Company Communications PvT Ltd, India
● Bobby Pawar, Chief Creative Officer, Publicis India, India
● Josy Paul, Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO India, India (Jury President)
● Rajiv Rao, National Creative Director, Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai, India
● Tista Sen, Senior Vice-President & National Creative Director, J. Walter Thompson, India


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.