The 62nd D&AD Awards ceremony, due to take place on Wednesday (5/22) in London, has unveiled the final shortlist from all 43 Awards categories across the following disciplines: Design, Advertising, Craft, Engagement and Experience, Health, Luxury, Entertainment and Impact.
Jo Jackson, CEO, D&AD commented, “Whether they go on to win a Pencil or not the Shortlist represents the best creative work of the industry today. We’ve had entries from over 78 countries, judged by jury members from over 60 countries (54% female). It’s important to us that all work is judged on its own merit and the judges are enabled to understand the cultural context of each piece of work. The team at D&AD work extremely hard to ensure the best representation possible within each Jury, so that all work has the best chance of being considered to win a Pencil.”
All 1,420 shortlisted entries are showcased on the D&AD website.
The awards are judged by 300+ of the world’s leading creatives from over 60 countries (54% female), recognizing work that will inspire both seasoned and emerging talent. Awards entries enable D&AD as a charity to fund educational programs such as D&AD Shift, a free, industry-led night school for self-taught creatives from under-represented backgrounds, currently running in London, New York, Berlin, São Paulo and Sydney with more locations to be announced.
New categories such as Luxury, Pharma, Sustained Impact, Health and Wellbeing reflect the evolving landscape of the creative industries, acknowledging the increasing importance of these sectors in marketing and design. It allows the international awards to stay current and inclusive, recognising excellence in these specialized areas and providing a platform for innovative work that addresses unique challenges.
The top countries by number of shortlisted entries are:
- United States: 530
- United Kingdom: 368
- France: 151
- Canada: 93
- Japan: 80
- Germany: 67
- China: 63
- Brazil: 62
- Australia: 61
- Spain: 54
The total number of entries shortlisted in each category are:
- Animation (31)
- Art Direction (33)
- Book Design (20)
- Branding (68)
- Casting (31)
- Cinematography (16)
- Commerce (35)
- Creative Transformation (27)
- Digital & Social (84)
- Digital Design (26)
- Direct (79)
- Direction (20)
- Editing (16)
- Entertainment (45)
- Experiential (47)
- Film (56)
- Future Impact (15)
- Gaming & Virtual Worlds (19)
- Graphic Design (109)
- Health & Wellbeing (44)
- Illustration (33)
- Impact (48)
- Integrated (23)
- Luxury (11)
- Magazine & Newspaper Design (27)
- Media (45)
- Music Videos (42)
- Packaging Design (41)
- Pharma (15)
- Photography (16)
- PR (52)
- Press & Outdoor (28)
- Product Design (20)
- Production Design (14)
- Radio & Audio (29)
- Sound Design & Use of Music (25)
- Spatial Design (15)
- Sustained Impact (3)
- Type Design & Lettering (22)
- Typography (21)
- Visual Effects (25)
- Writing for Advertising (20)
- Writing for Design (24)
ABC will air 6 additional “Monday Night Football” games starting this week with Bills-Jets
ABC will simulcast six more ESPN "Monday Night Football" games, including Monday's AFC East matchup between the Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets.
The addition of the six games means ABC will air 17 this season — 14 simulcasts with ESPN (including two playoff games) and three games exclusively on ABC.
The decision to simulcast more games was a joint decision between the NFL and Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC and ESPN.
The other added games are Baltimore at Tampa Bay (Oct. 21), Tampa Bay at Kansas City (Nov. 4), Houston at Dallas (Nov. 18), Baltimore at Los Angeles Chargers (Nov. 25) and New Orleans at Green Bay (Dec. 23).
The only two Mondays the rest of the regular season where ABC will not have a game are Nov. 11 and Dec. 2.
ABC had games all 18 weeks last season due to an agreement with the NFL since there was no new original fall programming due to the Hollywood writers and actors strikes. With more games on network television, "Monday Night Football" averaged 17.36 million viewers across ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, a 29% increase over 2022.
It was the best audience numbers for the league's seminal prime-time package since 2000. The Super Bowl 57 rematch between Philadelphia and Kansas City averaged 29.03 million.
Coming into the season, ABC had eight scheduled simulcasts, including two Saturday Week 18 games and two playoff games, and three exclusive MNF games when there were doubleheaders.
It also continues Disney's move toward putting more sports programming back on ABC. Super Bowl 61 from Los Angeles in 2027 will be on the network and the College Football Playoff championship game will also move to ABC the same year.
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