D&AD highlight Japanese talent
D&ADheld a very interesting discussion panel in Tokyo recently which may prove interesting to Perth’s advertising and design community. ‘CreativeFaces’ is something new from the UK’s premier Awards body. It’s their way of highlightingup and coming talent in different regions producing great creativework. The first outing was in Japan, while launching the D&ADexhibition at ADMT.
With Akira Odagiri of Ogilvy & MatherJapan as Chairman of the panel, D&AD invited 2 top creatives fromJapan and 2 from the UK to take part. Each judge championed a creativeteam or person they admire. Each member of the panel brings adifferent area of creative expertise to the selection.
The exercise gave a great insight into some of the emerging talent in Japan. Here’s what the panel highlighted:
– Akira Odagiri selected Oshiuri
– Garrick Hamm, D&AD President and Creative Director at Williams Murray Hamm selected GT Inc.
– Joe Ferry, Head of Design at Virgin Atlantic selected Hironao Tsuboi Design
– Koichiro Tanaka, Creative Director at Projector, Inc selected W0W.
– Soeda Takayuki, Founder of Soeda Design Factory selected Home Inc
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Cheers for the shot in the arm, guys. So nice to start the day with some amazing work instead of a bunch of whinging dickheads. More more!