Design

Apple TV’s Design Grand Prix Was Gloriously Human-Made

As a journalist who still marks up media plans by hand, I keep returning to one point — TBWAMedia Arts Lab’s glass sculpture identity beat the CGI default and won Design Grand Prix.

For context, see Wikipedia: Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

I am less interested in keynote poetry than in the levers a brand can actually toggle before Friday’s budget meeting.

  1. Document process early
  2. Test recognition, not just aesthetics
  3. Reserve budget for real materials
Signal Detail
Project Why it mattered
Apple TV Rebrand Design Grand Prix
WWDC iOS 27 Everyday UI expectations
Entry volume Fewer entries, higher prestige

Source: Cannes Lions. Numbers and product claims above come from that reporting; interpretation is mine.