Student Awards entrants on show like never before

Student Awards entrants on show like never before

D&AD student and professional Awards judging will coincide for the first time. Over 400 creatives from almost 30 countries will gather at Olympia in West London for one week in April (20-24). They will establish just who in the world is worthy of a D&AD Pencil – the benchmark of creative excellence for professionals and students in advertising and design.

Almost 150 of the judges will focus on the student work – last year over 3600 entries were received. As each session finishes, nominated work will go on display for everyone attending judging to view.

“In times like this, graduates need to be more visible than ever,’ said Greg Quinton, D&AD Education Chairman and Creative Director at The Partners. “At D&AD, we are doing all we can to make sure the best young talent is right under the noses of creative directors who are operating in one of the most competitive markets I’ve seen in years.”

This year also marks the launch of the Student Annual Online, which will allow featured students to link to their portfolios. Previously a hardcopy book was only available to D&AD members, the online version will be available to anyone who wants to see what the Creative Directors of the future are doing now. Students can still download briefs from dandad.org/studentawards09 – 10,000 students have registered so far. Work can be entered from now until 20 March, 2009.

For over 30 years, the D&AD Student Awards have existed to promote the best emerging design and advertising talent. Nominations will be announced at the end of May and the results will be announced online and at the Student Awards Ceremony on 2 July.

D&AD Student Awards 2009 Sponsors:
BBC
Blyk
The Brand Union
The co-operative
Create Not Hate
Crisis
Design Council
eBay
Faber & Faber
Formica
Fortnum & Mason
French Connection
Grazia
Homebase
Hewlett-Packard
Hamleys
KPMG
Lloyds TSB
Matthew Hilton
PhotoVoice
PJ Smoothies
Prudential
Science Museum
TAXI
XL Recordings
YouTube

ENDS

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