以“黄铅笔”为人所熟知的D&AD奖是设计与广告业享有国际声誉的创意奖。D&AD大奖设有30个不同的类别，几乎包括了从文案、艺术指导到建筑、平面设计、音乐录影和摄影等创意传达的各个方面。
   　每年，D&AD 都会在伦敦举行约有1800名嘉宾参加的盛大颁奖典礼，颁发“黄铅笔”(之前称为银奖)与“黑铅笔”(之前称为金奖)。而所有的获奖者以及其它代表该年度D&AD全球设计奖参赛作品中的最佳创作都会入选《D&AD年鉴》和Showreel。

　　2007D&AD全球大奖共收到来自58个国家的25000份参赛作品，714份作品入选《2007D&AD年鉴》，其中评出151份提名作品参加黄铅笔与黑铅笔奖的竞选，最终，2007年5月24日，在伦敦D&AD全球大奖颁奖典礼上，D&AD宣布了59支黄铅笔与2支黑铅笔奖的获得者。　　
   　《2007D&AD年鉴》将于2007年9月出版，该书将收录由292位评委组成的评审团选出的714份作品，展示该年度的最佳作品。
    　在此，我刊特别选出部分黑铅笔与黄铅笔获奖作品，以飨读者。

　　The D&AD Awards, familiarly known as the ellow Pencils? are the most internationally respected and prestigious creative awards for the design and advertising industry. The D&AD Awards span 30 different categories encompassing all aspects of creative communications from writing and art direction to architecture, graphic design, music videos and photography.

　　Each year Yellow Pencils (previously also known as Silver Awards) and Black Pencils (previously also known as Gold Awards) are presented at a gala ceremony in London before 1,800 guests. All the winners, plus a wider body of the year best work, are showcased in the D&AD Annual & Showreel.
　　D&AD Global Awards 2007 attracted 25,000 entries from 58 nations. 714 entries were selected for the D&AD Annual 2007, of which, 151 have been nominated for award. 59 Yellow Pencils  and 2 Black Pencils were announced at the D&AD Global Awards Ceremony & Dinner on May 24th. These winners can truly be said to represent the very best in design and advertising from around the world in 2007.

　　The D&AD Annual 2007 will be published in September 2007. Designed by Fabrica, the book will include the 714 pieces of work selected by a panel of 292 judges to represent the best work of the year. 
　　Here we selected some of the work which won black and yellow pencils to share with readers.