The Gunn Report 2012 released: Australia ranked #3 country in the world, its best ever ranking; Clemenger BBDO Melbourne/Sydney ranked #1 Aussie agency; Colenso BBDO #1 NZ agency; The Glue Society ranked #2 director in the world

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Piark1-thumb-400x267-72564.jpgThe Gunn Report 2012 has just been released, which shows that Australia is ranked #3 country in the world, its best ever ranking – behind the USA and UK – up from #6 place in 2011.

DDB Sydney’s ‘Nightmare Spots’ campaign for Volkswagen Park Assist was ranked #5 in Most Awarded Print Ads & Campaigns in The World for 2012.

Screen shot 2011-02-15 at 11.58.03 AM-thumb-400x216-42892.jpgIn the most awarded ‘All Gunns Blazing’ category Clemenger BBDO Proximity, Melbourne ranked #2 for National Australia Bank’s ‘Break Up’ campaign.

Clemenger BBDO Sydney and Melbourne are jointly ranked as the top Australian agency, with Colenso BBDO Auckland ranked as the number 1 NZ agency (with Clemenger BBDO Wellington at number three).

Sydney + New York based The Glue Society was ranked #2 in the ‘Most Awarded Director in The World in 2012’ category, behind Matthijs van Heijningen.

Wieden + Kennedy (Portland, New York) was the most awarded agency in the world last year, moving up from 2nd place in 2011, followed by Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, Buenos Aires which received its highest ever ranking.

Rankings for the ‘Most Awarded agency Network in The World’ 1 to 4 are the same for the fourth year in a row. DDB closed the gap on BBDO who won for the 7th year consecutive year. In the 14 years of The Gunn Report, DDB has won in the Networks table twice, Leo Burnett and TBWA once each. And BBDO all the other 10 times.

Says Prasoon Joshi, guest editor for 2012 and president of McCann South Asia in his intro: “It’s both an interesting as well as challenging time for our Industry as it gets redefined. To create work that rises above the challenge of this changing world, media and mind space around us is no mean feat.”

He also contributed his own personal commentary on The Report and chapters on the most awarded work in the Film, Print, Digital and All Gunns Blazing tables as well as being involved in making the final selections for The Showreel of The Year.

 

Says Donald Gunn, founder: “2012 has got to go down as one of the strongest years in TGR ever. There is so much awesome work clustered at the top end of our four tables for the Ads, not just for sheer magic in execution but also thanks to brilliant, daring and differentiating strategies.  In Film alone “The Bear”, “Three Little Pigs”, Chipotle “Back To The Start” and “Dads In Briefs” would all have been worthy Cannes Grand Prix winners in a normal year.”

The tables in full, along with commentaries and all the winning work (as well as the 100 commercials appearing on the Showreel of The Year) are available to view at The Gunn Report online here.

 

The book of The Gunn Report and Showreel of The Year 2012 will be available in early March and will include the results of The Gunn Report for Media 2012.  It can be pre-ordered online now.

Highlights from the report include:

bear.jpgThe Most Awarded Commercials in The World in 2012

1. Canal+ • The Bear (BETC, Paris) triumphs in the Film table and also takes the prize as the most awarded commercial in the 14 year history of The Gunn Report.

2.  BGH Silent Air • Dads In Briefs campaign (Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, Buenos Aires)

3.  Doritos Dips • Dip Desperado (AMV BBDO, London)

4.  Chipotle • Back To The Start (Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles)

5.  John Lewis • The Long Wait (Adam&EveDDB, London)

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The Most Awarded Print Ads & Campaigns in The World in 2012

1. Samsonite Suitcases • Heaven And Hell (JWT Shanghai) became the first ever ad to top the table 2 years in a row.  It is now the most awarded Print ad in the 14 year history of The Gunn Report

2. Pictionary • Quick Draw Wins campaign (Ogilvy Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur)

3=  Coca-Cola • #Cokehands (Ogilvy & Mather, Shanghai)

3=  Ministry of Defence Colombia • Rivers of Light (Lowe-SSP3, Bogota)

5=  The Sunday Times Rich List • Rich List 2012 (CHI & Partners, London)

5=  Volkswagen Park Assist • Nightmare Spots campaign (DDB, Sydney)

Museum of Me.jpgThe Most Awarded Digital in The World in 2012

1. Intel • The Museum of Me (Projector, Tokyo) created absorption without end for the self absorbed to top the table.  The second time Projector has topped the table (also for Uniqlo in 2008).

2= Google Chrome • OkGo – All Is Not Lost (Hakuhodo, Tokyo)

2= Philips • Obsessed With Sound (Tribal DDB, Amsterdam)

2= US State Department • Slavery Footprint (Muh-Tay-Zik/Hof-fer (San Francisco)

5= American Express • Small Business Gets An Official Day (CP+B, Boulder/Digitas, NY)

5= Chipotle • Back To The Start (Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles)

5= CNN • The CNN Ecosphere (Heimat, Berlin)

5= Skittles • Touch The Rainbow (BBDO, Toronto)

Amex Small Business.jpgThe Most Awarded All Gunns Blazing in The World in 2012

1. The winner in this table, Amex’s “Small Business Gets An Official Day” (from Boulder, Colorado), obliged the US Senate to vote in a new and permanent Official Day in the national’s calendar.

2.  National Australia Bank • Break Up (Clemenger BBDO Proximity, Melbourne)

3= Engagement Citoyen • The Return of Dictator Ben Ali (Memac Ogilvy Label, Tunis)

3= Mercedes-Benz F-Cell • The Invisible Drive (Jung von Matt, Hamburg)

5.  Troy Public Library • Book Burning Party (Leo Burnett, Detroit)

The Most Awarded Countries in The World in 2012

1. USA

2.  UK

3.  Australia

4.  Japan

5= Argentina

5= Brazil

The USA wins again. Australia has its best ever ranking in 3rd place. A total of 58 countries scored at least one point. Tunisia makes it in for the first time, taking the number of countries ever to appear in the Top 25 up to 40.

The Most Awarded Advertisers in The World in 2012

1. Volkswagen

2. Google

3. Nike

4. Coca-Cola

5. Mercedes-Benz

Top three were the same as last year but in a different order. Volkswagen go back to the top for the 11th time in 14 years.  Both Coca-Cola and Mercedes-Benz had their highest ever ranking.

The Most Awarded Production Companies in The World in 2012

1, MJZ – back at the top for the 7t
h time.

2.  Soixan7e Quin5e (Paris)

3.  Rattling Stick (London, Los Angeles)

4= Nexus (London)

4= Primo (Buenos Aires)

4= Propaganda (Tunis)

The Most Awarded Director in The World in 2012

1. Matthijs van Heijningen

2.  The Glue Society (Australia, UK)

3.  Nico&Martin (Argentina)

4= Johnny Kelly (UK)

4= Tom Kuntz (USA)

Director of “The Bear”, Matthijs van Heijningen is the clear winner in the Director’s table.

The Most Awarded Agency in The World in 2012

1. Wieden+Kennedy (Portland, New York)

2.  Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi (Buenos Aires) – its highest ever ranking

3.  BBH (London) (highest ever ranking)

4.  AlmapBBDO (Sao Paulo)

5= Adam&EveDDB (London)

5= Dentsu (Tokyo / Fukuoka)

Wieden+Kennedy (Portland, New York) move up from 2nd last year to 1st in 2012. 3 of the top 5 have previously been no 1.

The Most Awarded Agency in Digital in The World in 2012

1. Hakuhodo (Tokyo) First time winner from Japan

2= AlmapBBDO (Sao Paulo)

2= R/GA (New York)

4= DDB / Tribal DDB (Amstelveen)

4= Party Inc (Tokyo)

The Most Awarded Agency Network in The World in 2012

1. BBDO

2.  DDB

3.  Ogilvy

4.  Leo Burnett

5.  Y&R (highest ever ranking)

Rankings 1 to 4 are the same for the fourth year in a row.  DDB closed the gap on BBDO who won for the 7th year consecutive year. In the 14 years of The Gunn Report, DDB has won in the Networks table twice, Leo Burnett and TBWA once each.  And BBDO all the other 10 times.