A weekly roundup of the most important news from the advertising awards world.
The One Show
The One Show introduces the Cultural Driver Award for its 2017 edition.
The Cultural Driver Award celebrates influential ideas and executions that have had a noticeable impact on pop culture, often transcending the traditional categories in advertising and design.
Judges in this category are not looking for ideas that simply mirror what’s cool in culture, today. They are looking for work that is the pace car for the future of culture.
will.i.am, “Fonzworth Bentley” and Air Jordan designer, Tinker Hatfield will judge the new Cultural Driver Award alongside advertising icon Dan Wieden, director Jake Scott and a number of other high profile names.
ANDY Awards
Pursuing their “Save The Ideas” ad campaign, the ANDY Awards have releases a second online film to promote their 2017 competition.
Watch in the film below, Colleen DeCourcy (Global CCO of Wieden+Kennedy) shamelessly killing focus group members for the sake of saving ideas.
You know what to do: enter your ideas before January 25th to the ANDY Awards 2017 or you’re next !
Mobius Awards
The Mobius Awards have released their 2017 Best of Show nominees.
22 entries are on the Best of Show Nominees shortlist, including multiple nominations for Here Design, JDO Brand & Design, BETC and SapientNitro.
See the nominees here.
Shorty Awards
Shorty Awards have opened the 2017 vote for the Shorty Audience Honor.
As a novelty this year, in addition to voting for your favorite’s influencers online, you can also vote for your favorite brands, organizations and agencies to win a Shorty Audience Honor.
Voting for the Shorty Audience Honor takes place here.
And also
- Call for entries for the Music+Sound Awards 2017 http://masawards.com/
- Entries deadline for the AME Awards 2017 is on January 23rd http://www.ameawards.com/
- Entries deadline for The One Show 2017 is on January 27th http://oneshow.org/
- Entries deadline for the Webby Awards 2017 is on January 27th http://webbyawards.com/
- Entries deadline for the IAC Awards 2017 is on January 29th http://www.iacaward.org/iac/
Story of the week: Cannes Lions
The Cannes Lions have opened their 2017 call for entries.
Agencies and brands are expected to compete for the same 24 categories as last year. The Lion is the ultimate benchmark of creative excellence. Cannes Lions juries set the standard for integrity, quality and neutrality, so that only the very best work wins.
Oddly enough, the most prestigious advertising awards competition still refers to one of its main categories as the Cyber category. It’s 2017, who still uses this term. Every other awards organisations call this category Interactive, Digital or Online.
Anyway, “Through the Dark” for Google Play Music by R/GA Sydney will be a strong candidate for the trophy, as the incredible immersive experience just won both the FWA of the Year 2016 & the FWA People’s Choice Award.
Quote of the week
People are angry at the economic elite. So the economic elite have gathered in the Swiss Alps to discuss this.
- Carlos Tejada on Twitter