Enter the D&AD Awards

The D&AD Awards are open for entry. You should enter.

There's a really good category finder thing which helps you work out where to enter your stuff.

  And look, it's only £95 to enter Graphic Design. I know there's a massive recession on but if you done some work you think is good enough to win, work your proud of, work you think is the best in its category, you should enter. I've seen you all wandering round in Diesel jeans. They cost more than £95.

I'm really pleased to be judging again this year. I really enjoying judging. I sitting on the Typography panel with a pretty amazing bunch of judges.

  Yep, David Carson will be judging too. Should be great fun. Looking forward to that.

Michael Bierut is this years Graphics Foreman which is great news. It will be nice to see him again. And it helpfully leads me straight into my next post...

Comments

[davidthedesigner]

But I don't have a pair of Diesel jeans and I don't play the guitar - does that mean I'm not really a designer after all?

[minxlj]

Ooh, very nicely done on the category finder UI. Can they enter themselves for an award? ;)

Also...hobnobbing with the great Bierut?? You lucky so and so! Enjoy!

[Anonymous designer]

Ben, with all respect, you say we should enter, but can you give us some reasons why?

[Simon]

You may have wandered into the uncanny valley of sarcasm.

[Neil Martin]

I'd like to back up "Anonymous Designer"'s request. Why should anyone enter the awards and spend £95 investment?

I think this is also true of the student awards. While the fees are much cheaper, there is still the question of why a student should spend their money entering.

Can you provide some justification?

[Adam]

Can you ask Mr.Bierut to do a design programme over here which is actually good? He'd be great.

[beeker]

That photo makes it look like you've got earrings on.

[Adam Wilson]

Wow, David Carson this year!