71 Creatives from the Asia Pacific Will Join D&AD Awards 2023 Jury

D&AD today announces the judges for the 61st annual awards programme. This year, 71 professionals from across the Asia Pacific region have been selected to join the juries, dedicated to recognising and celebrating the world’s best creative work from the past year. 

Live judging will take place over four days from May 7th-10th at The Old Truman Brewery, London, in conjunction with a series of creative excellence insight panels, keynote talks, workshops, and an exhibition of the shortlisted work as part of the returning D&AD Festival. More details about D&AD Festival will be announced soon. 

The D&AD Awards Ceremony will be held as the culminating event of D&AD Festival at BFI Southbank in London across two nights on May 24th and 25th, with a day programme of keynote talks on May 25th. 

The juries for this year’s awards welcome participation from some of the Asia Pacific’s leading creative thinkers, including: Eugene Cheong, chief creative officer, DDB Asia; Kitty Lun, director, Creative Shop Greater China, Meta; John Mescall, global executive creative director, McCann Worldgroup; Natalie Lam, chief creative officer, APAC & MEA Publicis Groupe; Noopur Datye, type designer / co-founder, Ek Type; Ronald Ng, global CCO, MRM; Seiichi Saito, Panoramatiks Principal, Abstract Engine Co., Ltd.; and Tara Ford, group chief creative officer, The Monkeys. 

Donal Keenan, awards director at D&AD, commented “Delighted that the D&AD Awards Judging, Festival and Ceremony, are all back and in person for 2023… the real life connections and experiences had during judging and festival are in-valuable so looking forward to bringing the community together again. The debates, stimulation and provocations are what make it all so special at D&AD.” 

The list of confirmed jury presidents and judges from the Asia Pacific region can be viewed at the end of this press release. Full details of all judges by category are available on the D&AD website.