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D&AD: The Best Advertising & Design in the World

The best ad campaigns are celebrated at this annual award, hosted by D&AD in Manchester

What’s your take on advertising? Consumerist propaganda, perhaps, or just light entertainment? Industry body D&AD – who recently opened a Northern outpost here in Manchester – would argue that advertising is a serious creative endeavour, and their new exhibition at Urbis aims to show just how good design and advertising can be. D&AD host an annual award that champions the best ad campaigns on TV, online and in print.

 

These are no trifling awards: they attract well over 20,000 entries from all over the globe (from 58 nations at the last count) and include some of the world’s biggest brands. Now, thanks to D&AD’s partnership with Urbis, the only place in Britain that design-savvy punters can see the fruits of this year’s awards is in Manchester. Urbis curators have painstakingly trawled through the piles of copywriting, graphic design, music videos, photography, print, film and online ad campaigns sent in by the 2007 nominees - and put the best examples on display in Urbis’ recently revamped galleries.

D&AD: The Best Advertising & Design in the World. Urbis, Cathedral Gardens, M4 3BG (605 8200/www.urbis.org.uk). Until February 2008; Sun-Weds 10am-6pm, Thurs-Sat 10am-8pm; free.

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