2021 OBIE Award Finalists Announced

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

The 2021 OBIE Awards virtual show will be held on Monday, May 24th to kick off the annual OAAA/Geopath Out of Home Media Conference being hosted May 24 – 26, 2021.

This will mark the 79th anniversary of the awards program from the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA), the national trade association for the entire OOH and DOOH media ecosystem.

Last year, they secured some of the biggest names in creativity, branding, art, and design to judge submissions. Tiffany Rolfe, Global Chief Creative Officer of R/GA, signed on as jury chief to guide an esteemed panel through the judging process.

Tiffany Rolfe said “At a time when we’ve all been more indoors than ever, we’re all more appreciative of our shared spaces—the city streets, the signs and messages we all walk past each day. It will fascinating to see how the medium came to life during this time and how it will inspire us to continue to interpret it as we re-enter the world with new eyes.”

Other celebrated innovators and design pioneers on the jury include:-

  • Shepard Fairey, Artist
  • Susan Hoffman, Chairman, Wieden+Kennedy
  • Kevin Grady, Executive Vice President, Head of Design, FCB Chicago
  • Jonathan Mildenhall, Co-Founder and Chair, TwentyFirstCenturyBrand
  • Jim Wilson, U.S. Chief Executive Officer, Talon Outdoor
  • Leslie Wingo, President and CEO, Sanders/Wingo

Here are the 137 finalists in contention…

BRAND

AGENCY/SUBMITTER

#ClimateChangeofMind Adams Outdoor Advertising + ECP
#StayTheFFhome Freeform
Absolut Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH)
Adam & Eve OUTFRONT Studios
Alex Trebek Tribute Clear Channel Outdoor California
Alex Trebek Tribute Lamar Advertising Agency
America’s Tire DT Advertising
AMERICANTBREATHE Extra Credit Projects
Animaniacs Whisk
ARCY ARCY
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Stone Ward
ArtPop Street Gallery ArtPop Street Gallery
Bark Park Philly OUTFRONT Studios
Beach Park Out of Home Creative
Biden for President SWAE / Herd Productions, LLC
Black Artists & Designers Guild Colossal Media
Black Heart Campaign OUTFRONT Studios
Blender’s Eyewear OUTFRONT Studios
Bookkeeping Illuminations OUTFRONT Studios
Brex Brex (in-house)
Bumble Milkmoney, Inc.
Bumble App Bumble App
Chadwick Boseman Tribute Clear Channel Outdoor
Chattanooga Bakery – MoonPie Tombras
Cheetos Goodby Silverstein & Partners
Coda Coda (in-house)
Corona Hard Seltzer Delta Media
Count On Me NC LGA
Dave’s Killer Bread NPRP Media
Dean’s Home Services Media Bridge Advertising
Digestive Health Specialists of the Southeast Durden Outdoor
Do The Right Thing Overall Murals
EarthDay.org Extra Credit Projects
Eaze Born & Bred Creative Agency
Eddie Van Halen Tribute OUTFRONT Studios
Ending Human Trafficking OUTFRONT Studios
Extra Credit Project Extra Credit Projects
GEICO GEICO
Gold’s Gym Lamar Advertising Company
Goldfish® Crackers Zulu Alpha Kilo
Google Google Brand Studio
Gordon McKernan Lamar Advertising Company
Guiding Light Extra Credit Projects
Iron City Beer Top Hat
Iron Mule Restaurant and Bar Adams Outdoor Advertising
Ironhead Roofing OUTFRONT Studios
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Jackson Hole Mountain Resort
Jaybird Jaybird
JLO Beauty OUTFRONT Studios
Kansas City Royals Walz Tetrick Advertising
Kansas City Zoo OUTFRONT Media
Kia Sorento David & Goliath
King of Pops OUTFRONT Studios
KISA Public Radio OUTFRONT Studios
Knox Pest Control OUTFRONT Studios
Kobe Bryant Tribute Extra Credit Projects
Kobe Bryant Tribute Lamar Advertising Company
Kobe Bryant Tribute OUTFRONT Studios
Krasno Krasno & Onwudinjo Clear Channel Outdoor
LA Angels OUTFRONT Studios
Lake Area Dentistry Lamar Advertising Agency
Learn to Grow OUTFRONT Studios
LEGO Masters Mediahub as Media AOR
Lexus Overall Murals & Moxi Events
Little Richard Tribute Lamar Advertising Company
Maker’s Mark fluent360
Marathon Gas Station Burkhart Advertising
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital Extra Credit Projects
McDonald’s TBWA
Michigan State University Extra Credit Projects
MINI Electric Pereira O’Dell
Montefiore-Einstein Alto NY
MPR News The New Normal
Mr. Rooter Plumbing McKee Wallwork and Company
MSU College of Human Medicine Extra Credit Projects
Naadam Naadam, Colossal Media
NASCAR Zion & Zion
NASCAR Championship Race 2020 Zion & Zion
Nature’s Sunshine LRXD
NE Sculpture Co CCO Midwest Creative Hub
Netflix BLT. 3D Out of Home Production, Midnight Oil Agency
Netflix Rhubarb Agency, Midnight Oil Agency
New Mexico United Clear Channel Outdoor
Nova Kombucha OUTFRONT Studios
OAK WiFi Edelman Creative Group
Orange County Animal Services OUTFRONT Studios
Oura Mischief @ No Fixed Address
OUTFRONT Media OUTFRONT Media
OUTPOUR The Buntin Group
Panera Bread Anomaly
Peatos Broadbeam Media
Penguin City Beer Penguin City Brewing Company
Phil’s Oyster Bar Xdesign, Inc.
Pivot Bio PROVEN® AKC Marketing
Preventive Pest Control Clear Channel Outdoor
Promise Neighborhoods of the Lehigh Valley Adams Outdoor Advertising
Reddit, Inc. R/GA California
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tribute Extra Credit Projects
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Tribute OUTFRONT Studios
Salvation Army The Richards Group & The Salvation Army Metropolitan Division
Samsung Galaxy Eleven, LLC
Saved by the Bell Kinetic
Sentry Surveillance OUTFRONT Studios
Seven-Word Lessons WorkInProgress
Share Love OUTFRONT Media
Snap OMG, Midnight Oil Agency
Spice Sensuality OUTFRONT Studios
Sprite Wieden+Kennedy New York
Stella Artois Pereira O’Dell
Talsma Furniture OUTFRONT Studios
TD Bank Havas Media
The Ad Council R/GA
The Air Zoo Adams Outdoor Advertising
The Flooring Center Lamar Advertising Company
The World Out of Home Organization (WOO) Talon Group’s Grand Visual
Tiff’s Treats The Shop
Travel Texas Proof Advertising
Twitter Twitter
U-Pull R-Parts Hooker & Company
U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind 20th Anniversary DASH TWO
Vita Coco Coconut Water Interesting Development
Volvo Colossal Media
Walt’s Hitching Post Walt’s Hitching Post
Warner Brothers Warner Brothers, Midnight Oil Agency
Wild Florida OUTFRONT Studios
WIRES OUTFRONT Studios
World Out of Home Organization (WOO) New Commercial

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