D&AD and TASCHEN launch D&AD09

March 2 2010, 1:03 pm | BY Kim Shaw | No Comments

D&AD09: Creative excellence in design and advertising will launch this month. This book is the result of D&AD and TASCHEN’s partnership to make The Annual available to anyone. Designed by Jeremy Leslie, the book is available in two versions; English, German, and French as well English, Italian, and Portuguese.

The D&AD awards panel judges over 20,000 pieces of work from design studios, advertising agencies, branding consultancies, film production and photographic agencies, digital media pioneers, and other creative firms from all over the globe. Winners receive the D&AD Yellow Pencil – or in the case of exceptional and outstanding work, the rare Black Pencil Award.

The TASCHEN D&AD Annual is an absolute must-have reference work foranyone interested in creativity, communication, design, oradvertising. It will be available to purchase from March.

For further information and to pre-order copies, visit: http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/design/all/06756/facts.dad_annual.htm