Turner Duckworth & Miller Lite, Dentsu Inc. & East Japan Railway Co. honored for long-lasting relationships
D&AD has unveiled the Pencil winners for this year’s Collaborative category, which celebrates long-lasting relationships between clients and their design, advertising and/or production companies that have led to the creation of amazing work over time.
The 2020 Collaborative Pencil winners are:
Turner Duckworth & Miller Lite: Creative Agency Category
MillerCoors joined forces with Turner Duckworth in 2014. A partnership until the present day which has seen a vast 5% YOY decline halted, shift in consumer perception & creative success with 25+ awards. Bruce Duckworth, chief creative officer and CEO of Turner Duckworth, commented: “Thank you D&AD, it’s so rewarding for the team to win this award. They have tirelessly delivered creative excellence for the brand time after time. And also for our client too, who has backed us and believed in our work for the last six years.”
Dentsu Inc. & East Japan Railway Company: Design Agency Category
“Get Back, Tohoku.” is an ongoing, nine-year campaign developed for the East Japan Railway Company after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan’s Tohoku region. Launched in the wake of tragedy, it required close client-agency collaboration and a relationship of trust to make daring decisions in unprecedented circumstances. Presenting trains as heroic figures that unite people and communities, it has lifted the spirits of a suffering nation and contributed to the recovery of the railway and the entire Tohoku region.
Yoshihiro Yagi, creative director at Dentsu Inc., commented: “JR East assumes a large role in Japan’s social infrastructure and businesses that are relevant to local communities. The decade-long ‘Get Back, Tohoku’ is a campaign that well represents the company’s mission. It has continued a conversation with the local people and has continued to send messages to say that they are there for them. It has been a great honor for Dentsu to play a small part in this mission. Creativity is much needed to help local communities thrive and to help residents be proud of the communities they belong to. I hope the client and the agency can continue to work together, making use of technology, design, and most of all creativity, to keep the story alive.”
News of the Collaborative Pencil recipients follows D&AD’s announcements for winners across the following categories: Impact, Side Hustle, Next, Craft, Advertising, Culture and Design. Additional Pencil winner announcements are scheduled for September 8 and 10.
While hosting an in person ceremony in May as originally planned was not possible due to the coronavirus crisis, D&AD is announcing this year’s Pencil winners via its website and in a social campaign designed by Studio Dumbar.
Dara Lynch, COO at D&AD, commented: “Creative excellence thrives on bold thinking, trust and exchange, which we are excited to celebrate through this year’s two Collaborative Pencils. Where Turner Duckworth’s ongoing partnership with Miller Lite helped transform an iconic beer brand, Dentsu Inc.’s work with East Japan Railway Company highlights creative collaboration as a tool for uniting communities in the wake of a tragedy. As the creative industries undergo significant change, we can all learn from this year’s Collaborative Pencil winners about the importance of forging enduring relationships to help create a robust and united future.”
Since 1962, D&AD has stimulated, celebrated and enabled creative excellence and will continue to support the creative community through this period of unprecedented uncertainty. The 2020 Awards recognize creative excellence from the past year in the belief that great work is always worthwhile, often producing better outcomes for all.
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More