Epica 2012: 14 awards for Swiss agencies
In addition to the two gold awards, Switzerland took home twelve more awards. Spillmann Felser Leo Burnett won eight additional Epicas in addition to its gold award. Wirz won two awards in addition to its gold. Havas Worldwide Zurich and Y&R Group each won one award.
A «belle surprise» has reached us from Paris. After *Werbewoche* had already on Friday was pleased to announce that Wirz won gold at the Epica Awards for Caran d’Ache Having already won in the Print Craft category, Wirz has now also won bronze in the Illustration category for the same idea, following the final tally of the votes. In addition, Wirz has won silver for Ikea Rothenburg.
Spillmann Felser Leo Burnett, which won gold for its «Poststempel” campaign in the Communication Services category, received five additional silver awards: two for Switzerland Tourism “Time»and one each for Switzerland Tourism«Weather Prophet»Migros Club Schools«600 courses», Victorinox «Fan Letters». Plus three Epica awards in bronze for Micasa «Shredder», Switzerland Tourism «Summer Vacation» and Tutti.ch «If you want to sell something». Havas Worldwide Zurich also won a silver award for «Invisible Instruments»for the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and for the Y&R Group with the Putin-related topic for Reporters Without Borders.
The global medal tally can be found in the following PDF documents: Gold Awards, Silver and Bronze.
Among the four category winners, the Grand Prix for Press went to Finland, for Outdoor to England, and for Interactive to the U.S. Denmark won the coveted Film Grand Prix with its «cool» film «The Bus.» (pan)
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More on the award—in which *Werbewoche* also had a say as a member of the jury in Paris—will be featured in the upcoming print issue.
