The winners of the 2014 London International Awards were announced today and topping the field was adam&eve DDB, London, which earned not only Agency of the Year distinction but also two Grand LIAs–one for John Lewis’ “Bear&Hare” in TV/Cinema/Online Film, and the other for Harvey Nichols’ “Sorry I Spent It On Myself” in the Integration category.
Also scoring impressively at the LIA competition was BBDO which took the Network of the Year mantle for the third time in four years, having also picked up the award in 2011 and 2012.
Rounding out the headline agency winners was Serviceplan Munich which was designated as the Independent Agency of the Year.
MJZ was named Production Company of the Year while MPC earned the Postproduction Company of the Year honor and Eardrum Australia copped top billing as Radio & Audio Company of the Year.
There were a total of six Grand LIAs bestowed this year. In addition to the two won by adam&eve DDB, the other Grand honors were bestowed upon: Dentsu Inc. for “Sound of Honda/Ayrton Senna 1989” for Internavi in the Digital category; OgilvyOne London for its British Airways “Magic of Flying” Billboard entry; Marcel Paris in the Non-Traditional category for its “Inglorious Fruits and Vegetables” campaign for Intermarche; and Creative Artists Agency in TV/Cinema/Online Film–Music & Sound for Chipotle Mexican Grill’s “Scarecrow.” The latter featured as its soundtrack a haunting version of the song “Pure Imagination” recorded by Fiona Apple. Duotone audio group in NY handled music supervision on “Scarecrow.”
The top performing nation at this year’s LIAs was the U.K., which edged the U,S. in second place with Germany finishing third. Australia in fourth and Canada in fifth rounded out top five.
A full breakdown of the winners of the 2014 LIAs can be found here.