Pius Walker gets the Egon
The 32nd Advertiser of the Year has been chosen: The readers of Werbewoche voted Pius Walker as their favorite. He was honored on Wednesday evening at the Egon Awards in Zurich's Kaufleuten.
The 32nd Advertiser of the Year has been chosen: The readers of Werbewoche voted Pius Walker as their favorite. He was honored on Wednesday evening at the Egon Awards in Zurich's Kaufleuten. Last year's runner-up reaped numerous national and international awards with his Walker advertising agency last year, especially for his work for Fleurop and for Amnesty. At Cannes, he won two Gold Lions and one Silver Lion, as well as a D&AD Silver Pencil, three OneShow Silver Pencils, Gold and Silver at Eurobest and two Cup Awards. And the Gunn Report, which lists the best creative agencies from around the world, lists Pius Walker's small advertising agency in 39th place.
On the increasing success of his agency, Walker says in an interview with Werbewoche: "Success secures us the funds we need to continue on our way and to be independent. And along the way, it pays for some nice things now and then, like our new espresso machine, which we're all very proud of." Walker is convinced that, in the end, a successful campaign is always based on a simple basic idea.
The vote for Advertiser of the Year was quite clear: Almost 40 percent of all votes went to Pius Walker. Pedro Simko from the Saatchi & Saatchi Simko advertising agency came in second with 14 percent of the votes, while Valentina Herrmann, in third place with just under 12 percent of the votes received, is finally a woman on the podium once again.
Read more about the Advertiser of the Year in the current Werbewoche No. 2 or at
Pius Walker is Advertiser of the Year 2008
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On the increasing success of his agency, Walker says in an interview with Werbewoche: "Success secures us the funds we need to continue on our way and to be independent. And along the way, it pays for some nice things now and then, like our new espresso machine, which we're all very proud of." Walker is convinced that, in the end, a successful campaign is always based on a simple basic idea.
The vote for Advertiser of the Year was quite clear: Almost 40 percent of all votes went to Pius Walker. Pedro Simko from the Saatchi & Saatchi Simko advertising agency came in second with 14 percent of the votes, while Valentina Herrmann, in third place with just under 12 percent of the votes received, is finally a woman on the podium once again.
Read more about the Advertiser of the Year in the current Werbewoche No. 2 or at
Pius Walker is Advertiser of the Year 2008
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