South Africa’s D&Ad Awards – all the winners & the work 2024
Since the announcement of the 62nd D&AD Awards late last week, our dedicated hamsters have been curating a showcase of the brilliant work behind the results. Here are the exceptionally talented South Africans who brought home the Pencils — now you know who to collaborate with next. Congratulations to these beauties for making us proud!
‘D&AD exists to stimulate, enable and award creative excellence in design and advertising. D&AD is an education charity that promotes and enables excellence in design and advertising. Each year, 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 300 global creative leaders, practitioners and innovators.’
Here’s a quick look at the different D&AD Pencil levels:
Shortlist: Work that demonstrates merit, worthy of recognition and in the top echelon of entries. It’s awarded in all categories in the first instance.
Wood Pencil: The best of the year in advertising, design, craft, culture and impact.
Graphite Pencil: For stand-out work that rises above the rest, worthy of consideration for a Yellow Pencil.
Yellow Pencil: The iconic D&AD Yellow Pencil, awarded only to outstanding work that achieves true creative excellence.
Black Pencil: The ultimate creative accolade, reserved for ground-breaking work. Only a handful of these are awarded each year, if any.
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AWARDED:
Graphite Pencil: Radio & Audio (Commercial Campaigns)
IDIDTHAT MEMBER CREDITS
Agency: TBWA\Hunt Lascaris
Production Facility: (No Member Credits)
Sound Designer: (No Member Credits)
AWARDED:
Graphite Pencil: Radio & Audio (Commercial Campaigns)
IDIDTHAT MEMBER CREDITS
Agency: TBWA Hunt Lascaris
Sound Company: Sterling Sound
Sound Engineer: Lorens Persson
AWARDED:
Wood Pencil: Experiential (Community Activations)
Wood Pencil: Experiential (Responsible Activations)
Shortlist: Creative Transformation (Engagement)
Shortlist: Direct (Products & Services)
IDIDTHAT MEMBER CREDITS
Advertising Agency: ENERGY BBDO
Production Company: Scholars Film
Director of Photography: Jared Hinde
Director: Colwyn Thomas
Producer: Melissa Thorne
Editors: Emily Bussac & Christiaan Scheepers
Colourist: Fran Verveckken
Production Manager: Nosipho Mkhize
Creative Consultant: Skip D’Amico
AWARDED:
Wood Pencil: Creative Transformation (Planet)
Shortlist: Experiential (Community Activations)
Shortlist: Creative Transformation (Brands)
Shortlist: Health & Wellbeing (Innovation)
Shortlist: Impact (Local Solution)
IDIDTHAT MEMBER CREDITS:
Agency: Ogilvy South Africa
Production Company: LittleBig
Film Producer: Elmaree Bohm
Film Director: Julian Evans
Sound Design Company: (No Member Credits)
AWARDED:
Wood Pencil: Radio & Audio (Entertainment)
Shortlist: Media (Radio & Audio)
Shortlist: Radio & Audio (Innovation)
IDIDTHAT MEMBER CREDITS
Agency: TBWA Hunt Lascaris
Music Composer: Audio Militia
Sound Designer: Nick Argyros, Criag Hawkins, Paul Norwood, Richard Staub, Gerrick Jones, David Law
Recording Studio: Audio Militia
AWARDED:
Wood Pencil: Casting (Performance)
IDIDTHAT MEMBER CREDITS
Agency: Joe Public
Animation Company: Chocolate Tribe
Animator: Jean du Plesis
Cinematography: Adam Bentel
Film Production Company: Romance Films
Film Director: Greg Gray
Producer: Helena Woodfine
Editing Company: Deliverance Post
Editor: Kobus Loots
Music Composer: Elben Schutte
Music Supervisor (Licensed): James Matthes
Sound Designer: Kyle Koekemoer
VFX Operator: Jean du Plesis
Production Facility: Deliverance Post, Chocolate Tribe
Recording Studio: Pressure Cooker
AWARDED:
Wood Pencil: Radio & Audio (Tactical)
Shortlist: Radio & Audio (Innovation)
IDIDTHAT MEMBER CREDITS
Advertising Agency: (No Member Credits)
Design Agency: (No Member Credits)
Production Company: (No Member Credits)
Animator: (No Member Credits)
Audio Creative Director: (No Member Credits)
Audio Engineer: (No Member Credits)
AWARDED:
Shortlist: Art Direction (Experiential)
IDIDTHAT MEMBER CREDITS
Agency: Ogilvy South Africa
Editor: (No Member Credits)
Production Studio: (No Member Credits)
Production Company: Run Jump Fly
AWARDED:
Shortlist: Production Design (Short Form)
Shortlist: Cinematography (Short Form)
IDIDTHAT MEMBER CREDITS
Agency: Accenture Song
Animation Company: The Refinery
Animator: Eddie Addinall
Cinematography: Rory O’Grady
Film Production Company: Patriot Films
Film Executive Producer: Zayd Halim
Film Director: Sam Coleman
Producer: Boris Vossgatter
Editing Company: Priest
Editor: Matthew Swanepoel
Music Composer: (No Member Credits)
Music Supervisor: (No Member Credits)
Sound Designer: (No Member Credits)
VFX Operator: Rory Mark, Eddie Addinall
Production Facility: The Refinery
Recording Studio: (No Member Credits)
AWARDED:
Shortlist: Digital & Social (Promotional Websites)
IDIDTHAT MEMBER CREDITS
Agency: (No Member Credits)
Illustrator: (No Member Credits)
Animation Company: Sinister Studio
Animator: Christian van der Walt
Programmer/Software Development: (No Member Credits)
Film Production Company: The Star Film Co
Film Director: Tebogo Malope
Editing Company: Left Post Production
Editor: Saki Bergh
Music Composer: Adam Howard
Sound Designer: Adam Howard, Paul Theodorou, Theo Potgieter
VFX Operator: Christian van der Walt
Recording Studio: Howard Audio
AWARDED:
Shortlist: Digital & Social (Use of Talent & Influencers)
IDIDTHAT MEMBER CREDITS
Advertising Agency: (No Member Credits)
Design Agency: (No Member Credits)
Production Company: (No Member Credits)
AWARDED:
Shortlist: Writing for Design (Graphic)
IDIDTHAT MEMBER CREDITS
Advertising Agency: (No Member Credits)
Design Agency: (No Member Credits)
Senior Copywriter: (No Member Credits)
Copywriter: (No Member Credits)
Writer: (No Member Credits)
AWARDED:
Shortlist: Experiential (B2B Activations)
Shortlist: Direct (Products & Services)
Shortlist: Direct (Social)
Shortlist: Media (Direct)
IDIDTHAT MEMBER CREDITS
Advertising Agency: (No Member Credits)
Design Agency: (No Member Credits)
Production Company: (No Member Credits)
AWARDED:
Shortlist: Radio & Audio (Commercial Campaigns)
IDIDTHAT MEMBER CREDITS
Advertising Agency: The Odd Number
Recording Studio: (No Member Credits)
Sound Engineer: (No Member Credits)
AWARDED:
Shortlist: Health & Wellbeing (Experiential)
Shortlist: Health & Wellbeing (Gaming & Virtual Worlds)
IDIDTHAT MEMBER CREDITS
Advertising Agency: (No Member Credits)
Design Agency: (No Member Credits)
Production Company: (No Member Credits)
AWARDED:
Shortlist: Entertainment (Use of MR)
IDIDTHAT MEMBER CREDITS
Advertising Agency: Grey Group South Africa
Design Agency: (No Member Credits)
Production Company: (No Member Credits)
AWARDED:
Shortlist: Future Impact (Design)
IDIDTHAT MEMBER CREDITS
Design Agency: (No Member Credits)
Production Company: (No Member Credits)
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