At the awards ceremony, which took place Thursday evening London time, the organisation handed out two Black Pencils, its highest accolade. The Japan-based winner was ‘mt expo 2015’, a display for a brand of masking tape, by iyamadesign for Kamoi Kakoshi, which won in the Spatial Design category. The other Black Pencil winner was ‘The World Addressed’, by what3words of the UK in the 'Creativity for Good' category.
Y&R New Zealand was crowned 'Most Awarded Advertising Agency of 2016', thanks to six Yellow Pencils, plus one Graphite and one Wood, for its work with Burger King on the ‘McWhopper’ campaign.
Three agencies won White Pencils: In addition to ‘Clever Buoy’ (by M&C Saatchi for Optus), the winners were ‘Security Moms’ (Ogilvy Brasil for Sport Clube do Recife, Brazil) and ‘Fairphone 2’ (seymourpowell for Fairphone, UK).
Overall 747 Pencils were bestowed:
- Black - 2
- White - 3
- Yellow - 61
- Graphite - 149
- Wood - 532
The table below shows the Black, Yellow and White winners from Asia-Pacific countries. For more information, visit the D&AD website. Earlier, we listed all the APAC Pencil winners for this year (the organisation does not specify the type of pencil won until the ceremony, so this was essentially a shortlist).
| Pencil Level | Title | Agency | Client | Jury Name | Category name | Country |
| Black Pencil | mt expo 2015 | iyamadesign inc. | Kamoi Kakoshi | Spatial & Experiential Design | Trade Show & Exposition Design | Japan |
| White Pencil | Clever Buoy | M&C Saatchi | Optus | Creativity for Good (White Pencil) | Service Innovations | Australia |
| Yellow Pencil | Cards Against Domestic Violence | The Joy Agency Pty Ltd | Domestic Violence NSW | Writing for Design | Writing for Printed Materials & Graphic Communications | Australia |
| Yellow Pencil | Act of Love | HAKUHODO Kettle inc | Sagami Rubber Industries | Branding | Digital Brand Expression | Japan |
| Yellow Pencil | Shell We Move? | HAKUHODO Kettle / HAKUHODO | Recruit Sumai Company | Branding | Brand Experience & Environments | Japan |
| Yellow Pencil | WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015 | DENTSU INC. | TV TOKYO Corporation | Crafts for Design | Photography for Design | Japan |
| Yellow Pencil | APPLE+ Learning to Design, Designing to Learn | Ken Miki & Associates | Ginza Graphic Gallery | Spatial & Experiential Design | Exhibition Design | Japan |
| Yellow Pencil | Unforgotten Soldiers | DDB Group New Zealand | Sky TV | Branding | Brand Experience & Environments | New Zealand |
| Yellow Pencil | McWhopper | Y&R New Zealand & Resn | Burger King Corporation | Digital Marketing | Integrated Digital Campaigns | New Zealand |
| Yellow Pencil | Brewtroleum | Colenso BBDO | DB Breweries | Direct | Direct Product & Service | New Zealand |
| Yellow Pencil | McWhopper | Y&R New Zealand and DAVID The Agency Miami | Burger King Corporation | Direct | Direct Integrated Campaigns | New Zealand |
| Yellow Pencil | McWhopper | Y&R New Zealand & DAVID The Agency Miami | Burger King Corporation | Integrated & Innovative Media | Earned Media - Large Business (over 500 employees) | New Zealand |
| Yellow Pencil | McWhopper | Y&R New Zealand and DAVID The Agency Miami | Burger King Corporation | Media | Use of Integrated Media | New Zealand |
| Yellow Pencil | Clever Kash | Saatchi & Saatchi | ASB Bank | Mobile Marketing | Innovative Use of Mobile Technology | New Zealand |
| Yellow Pencil | Brewtroleum | Colenso BBDO | DB Breweries | Outdoor Advertising | Ambient | New Zealand |
| Yellow Pencil | McWhopper | Y&R New Zealand | Burger King Corporation | PR | Best Integrated Campaign | New Zealand |
| Yellow Pencil | Paradise Hill | FCB New Zealand | It?s Not OK | PR | Creative Use of Media | New Zealand |
| Yellow Pencil | McWhopper | Y&R New Zealand | Burger King Corporation | Press Advertising | Press Advertising | New Zealand |
| Yellow Pencil | The Shape Of Imagination | Ogilvy & Mather Singapore | LEGO | Branding | Brand Experience & Environments | Singapore |
| Yellow Pencil | Rubbish Famzine - The Incomplete Herbarium and Other Garden CIty Exploits | Kinetic Singapore | holycrap.sg | Magazine & Newspaper Design | Independent Magazines | Singapore |
| Yellow Pencil | The World's First Soap Bus Ticket | Leo Burnett Solutions Inc | Asiri Group of Hospitals | Media | Use of Direct Media | Sri Lanka |
In addition, Hong Kong photographer Tam Hoi Ying won The Next Photographer Award, Presented in partnership with Getty Images, the award aims to find the best new photographers and promote them back to the creative industry.
Koji Iyama of iyamadesign
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