D&AD Awards winners announced

D&AD’s famous Pencils stand proud in the centre of the stage.

This year’s winner of the Next Photographer Award, Hong Kong-Chinese photographer Tam Hoi Ying.

This year’s winner of the Next Director Award, British animation director Daisy Jacobs.

Members of the seymourpowell pick up their White Pencil for ‘Fairphone 2’ for Fairphone

what3words claimed a Black Pencil for their pioneering method of communicating precise locations around the world. Here Giles Rhys jones picks up the award. what3words were also named Most Awarded Design Agency.

iyamadesign won a Black Pencil for their spatial design of the mt expo 2015 in Japan, on behalf of masking tape brand Kamoi Kakoshi. Here Koji Iyama picks up up their award.

Y&R New Zealand was crowned the Most Awarded Advertising Agency of 2016, winning 6 Yellow Pencils, 1 Graphite Pencil and 1 Wood Pencil for its work with the Burger King Corporation on the ‘McWhopper’ campaign. The agency won 10 pencils in total.

Steve Henry, co-founder of Decoded and one of the founders and creative partners of the world-renowned advertising agency HHC, picking up this year’s Presidents Award. Here he is with this year’s D&AD President, Andy Sandoz.

Bruce Duckworth, next year’s D&AD President.

This year’s Awards Ceremony took place at Battersea Evolution, London.

The foyer.

Tim Lindsay, D&AD CEO, opens this year’s Ceremony.

Andy Sandoz, this year’s D&AD President, joined Tim on stage to announce the results.

Tim Lindsay.

Tim Lindsay and Steve Henry.

Andy Sandoz and Steve Henry.