D&AD (Design and Art Director) has revealed the winners of the Pencil Awards 2021, the organisation’s annual awards programme that celebrates emerging creative talent and creates opportunities to work on established industry briefs.
The announcement came at the close of this year’s New Blood Festival, which took place over the past week (5th-8th July).
This year’s festival was held for the second time in digital format and offered aspiring creatives a range of opportunities from talks and insights that provided inspiration and practical tools, to promoting the year’s top talent with graduate showcases and portfolio exhibitions.
186 Pencils were awarded to outstanding work, including 3 Black Pencils, the most prestigious creative award, and 6 White Pencils to outstanding work that uses the power of creativity to do good. D&AD (Design and Art Director) also awarded 28 yellow Pencils, 45 Graphite Pencils and 104 Wooden Pencils in recognition of exceptional creative responses.
If you don’t want to miss any details about the award winners, here is a direct link to their website.
