D&AD Awards 2022
D&AD Awards 2022 now is over!
D&AD Awards 2022: The D&AD Awards 2022, the most prestigious benchmark for creative excellence in design and advertising will be soon announced for entry, with eleven categories reimagined to highlight the best of the modern creative industries.
About Competition
The D&AD Awards 2022 will open for entries 17 November 2021 and like every year its mission is to recognize creative excellence in design and advertising around the world, in the belief that creativity can contribute to a better future for business and society. At the heart of this belief is the pursuit of a fairer, more diverse and more inclusive industry, adapted to the rapidly evolving needs of our changing world.
Each year, the D&AD Awards gather the world's best creative work 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.
The 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 social good, and much more. There is a special categories for rising stars who are making waves in the early days of their career and for side projects that are ready to start-up or scale-up.
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 creative excellence insights and trends in the D&AD Annual.
Evaluation Criteria
➜ An original and inspiring idea.
➜ Exceptionally well executed.
➜ Relevant to its context.
Results will be announced on May 2022.
Eligibility
This photography competition have been created for young creatives around the world aged between 18 and 23.
Prize
Shortlisted works will appear in the D&AD Annual, an honor of distinction and a platform for exposure to thousands of creative companies globally.
Winning works of D&AD Pencil will earn 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 creative excellence insights and trends in the D&AD Annual.