Finalists from India for the global ADC 98th Annual Awards.

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TBWA\ India Mumbai “Blink to Speak” Receives Three Finalists
In Global ADC 98th Annual Awards,

Ananya Khaitan, Black Swan Life Communications and WATConsult
are other finalists from India; 708 overall finalists from 34 countries.

NEW YORK, April 5, 2019 — TBWA\ India Mumbai landed three entries on the finalists list in the global ADC 98th Annual Awards. The announcement was made today by The One Club for Creativity, the world's foremost non-profit organization celebrating creative excellence in advertising and design.

Entries for the ADC 98th Annual Awards were up 11% over last year, received from 48 countries. There are 708 finalists representing 34 countries. To download the complete list of ADC 98th Annual Awards finalists by discipline, please download here.

All three finalists by TBWA\ India Mumbai are for “Blink to Speak” on behalf of NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute and Asha Ek Hope Foundation, two in Product Design and one in Publication Design.

Other finalists from India are Anaya Khaitan New Delhi “From Addict to Convict” for Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy in Publication Design, Black Swan Life Communications Mumbai “Tea Society” for Amar Tea in Photography and WATConsult Mumbai “#PowerlessQueen” for Project Nanhi Kali in Interactive.

Globally, work receiving the most finalists spots are “Price On Our Lives” for March for Our Lives by McCann New York and “Pride Jersey” for AIG by TBWA\Hakuhodo Tokyo with nine each, followed by Apple “Welcome Home” by TBWA\Media Arts Lab Los Angeles with eight.

The One Club for Creativity awards shows each have their distinct focus. The ADC Annual Awards juries maintains its historical concentration as the champion for craft, design and innovation, while The One Show judges focus on creativity of ideas and quality of execution.

Reflecting the fast-growing use and importance of augmented reality and virtual reality in creative marketing programs, The One Club this year announced Snapchat as a sponsor of a pair of ADC 98th Annual Awards submission categories covering those areas: Interactive-AR/VR and Experiential Design-Digital Experiences. In addition, The One Club this year created new ADC Annual Awards subcategories for Snapchat single and campaign entries for posts, ads or campaigns utilizing the platform’s individual qualities and strengths.

This year’s winners will be announced at the ADC 98th Annual Awards Ceremony on May 6, 2019, 6:30 pm-12:00 am at Metropolitan West, 639 West 46th St., New York.

The awards ceremony is part of The One Club for Creativity’s Creative Week, May 6-10, 2019 in New York (https://www.creativeweek.org). The preeminent festival showcasing the intersection of advertising, innovation and creative thinking, Creative Week also includes The One Show over two nights, the dynamic Young Ones Education Festival, inspiring sessions with some of the biggest names in the industry at the Creative Summit and the exclusive Executive Creative Summit, open to a limited number of top-level leaders (founders, CCOs, managing partners).

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