DDB's election in the new category as Eurobest Network of the Year was the result of award-worthy efforts from eight different countries and included work from both DDB and the network's digital operations, Tribal DDB, which, along with the Philips team, captured the Grand Prix in Interactive Film for Philips 21:9 Carousel spot. Other accolades included Gold print and Gold outdoor for the IKEA Beast Campaign by DDB Germany Dusseldorf, as well as Gold print for the Harvey Nichols Winter Sale campaign by DDB London.
The Eurobest wins capped two weeks of other top awards for DDB agencies. On November 27, DDB &Co Istanbul, against 1,652 other entrants, became the first Turkish agency to win a Grand Prix d'Or Epica. On that same day, DDB Canada, recently named agency of the year by Strategy, was awarded "Best of the Best" at the Canadian Marketing Association Awards gala for its integrated campaign for the 2009 Subaru Forrester. The campaign also received the most awards (eight) of any entry at the CMAs.
Meanwhile, across the globe: in South Africa, TNS Surveys undertook a survey of agencies to arrive at The Annual's Agencies' Agency of the Year and elected DDB South Africa; and DDB Singapore was named Advertising Agency of the Year at The Singapore Advertising Hall of Fame Awards, where the agency's campaign for pfingo, "Geeks not Freaks," was awarded Online Campaign of the Year. Additionally, DDB Colombia was the Most Awarded Agency in creativity at Premios Nova; DDB Brazil was Agency of the Year at Colunistas Sao Paulo Awards where it also took home three Grand Prix (press, poster and interactive).
These awards follow DDB Group New Zealand being named Agency of the Year by the National Business Review, Tribal DDB Amsterdam's recognition as "Digital Agency of 2009" by the U.S.-based The Internationalist magazine and DDB Guatemala's selection as Best Agency of Central America and the Caribbean at El Ojo de Iberoamerica as well as a Platinum Award at the Creativity Annual Awards for State Farm "Being There" and Best of Show at the IMCA Showcase Awards for State Farm "Young Driver" both by DDB Chicago.
"Clearly our agencies are shooting for and reaching the top in terms of highly creative and effective work across disciplines and geographies," Bob Scarpelli, chairman and Chief Creative Officer of DDB Worldwide said.
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