Akcelo Sydney’s Justin Borromei and Brandon Piggott named winners of ADFEST Young Lotus

Akcelo, Sydney creative team Brandon Piggott (above right) and Justin Borromei (above left) have been crowned the winners of this year’s Young Lotus Workshop, with their work ‘Skin Island’. Their trophy was presented to them tonight during the Lotus Awards Presentation – the final day of ADFEST 2024.

The ADFEST 2024 Young Lotus Workshop has been completed by 36 young creatives, representing 18 cities, including Bangkok, Colombo, Dhaka, Ho Chi Minh, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo and for the first time ever, Almaty and Riyadh.

ADFEST 2024’s four other Young Lotus finalists:

• Hong Kong: Nicholas Wong & Yin Yeung (Ogilvy Hong Kong)
• Kathmandu: Prasanna Shrestha (Outreach Nepal Pvt Ltd) & Saishma Ghimire (King’s College)
• Singapore: Dawn Lee & Enkainia Lee (BARTLE BOGLE HEGARTY)
• Tokyo: Kanon Takahashi (HAKUHODO Inc) & Takuya Miyazaki (TBWA TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc.)

THE YOUNG LOTUS POPULAR VOTE

All the four finalist teams, including the team from Sydney also had the opportunity to win The Popular Vote, which is tallied from delegate votes after the end of the session, ‘Ogilvy Presents Young Lotus Workshop 2024: Ogilvy X Dear Advertising, You Used to Be Funny.” where all the finalists presented their work.

The Young Lotus Popular Vote was won by Kanon Takahashi from Hakuhodo Inc. and Takuya Miyazaki from TBWA HAKUHODO Inc., Tokyo for their work entitled ‘The Light Message’.

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