Period Paper, Vaseline’s Nigerian Prince, Others Win Big At First Night Of Loeries 2026 Awards In Cape Town

Joe Public’s “Period Paper” for Independent Media has won the Grand Prix in Tactical Use of Print on the opening night of the 2026 Loeries in Cape Town, while Unilever’s “Vaseline & the real Nigerian Prince” was among the Gold winners.

The awards ceremony which was held at the Cape Town City Hall yesterday covered honours for design, digital, out-of-home (OOH), print, social impact and student categories.

“Period Paper” also took a Craft Gold in Print Crafts for Art Direction and a Bronze in Social Impact Campaign.

“Vaseline & the real Nigerian Prince”, by Leo Singapore for Unilever, won Gold in Digital Use of Influencers and a Bronze in Social Impact Campaign. Publicis West Africa’s “Maggi Mami” for Nestlé took a Bronze in Digital Use of AI.

Other Gold winners included “Let It Fly” for Saudia Airlines, by Saatchi & Saatchi Middle East, in OOH Transit & Air and Service Design. It also won a Craft Gold for Art Direction and a Silver in Graphic Design. “The Philipstown WireCar Grand Prix” by Accenture Song South Africa for The Philipstown WireCar Foundation, won in Digital Experiences and Games & Gamification, plus a Craft Gold for Use of Technology.

Spotify’s “Raised…Hairs”, by Machine_, took Campaign Gold in Print Indoor Posters. Vaseline’s “Mntana Ka Gogo”, by VML SA, won Gold in OOH Outdoor Media. “The Deathmasutra” for Capital Legacy, by Halo, won Gold in Mixed-Media Campaign. Heineken Beverages’ “Bar de Change” by LePub Johannesburg won Gold in OOH Ambient. “Paid Sick Leave For Cows” for Too Good, by The Partnership PUBLICIS, took Gold in Social Impact Campaign and B2B Creativity.

“Breastmilk Money” for Herconomy by Serviceplan Germany won Gold in Digital Data Driven Campaign. In design, Dentsu Creative’s identity for CEER won Gold in Logos, and SHIFT’s identity for AmaZulu FC won Gold in Identity Programmes.

In the young talent categories, Sebastian Dupper of LePub Johannesburg won Gold for “Mid Art Director”. Student Golds went to The Animation School, the University of Johannesburg and Vega School at Emeris.

Loeries 2026 Night 1 winnersThursday 8 October 2026 | Cape Town City Hall 144 awards
Entry Agency	Main Category	Category	Prize	Brand	Title
Dentsu Creative	Design	Brand Identity & Collateral Design – Logos	Gold	CEER	The Cross-Cultural Identity
Grid Worldwide	Design	Brand Identity & Collateral Design – Identity Programmes	Bronze	The Marble Group	The Dictionarium
Utopia	Design	Brand Identity & Collateral Design – Identity Programmes	Bronze	Vega School	Vega School_Rebrand
SHIFT	Design	Brand Identity & Collateral Design – Identity Programmes	Gold	AmaZulu FC	AmaZulu FC Identity
Impact BBDO	Design	Graphic Design – Posters & Environmental Graphics	Bronze	UN Women	Walls of Male Weakness
Ogilvy	Design	Graphic Design – Posters & Environmental Graphics	Campaign Bronze	Western Cape Government	Car Wash
Saatchi & Saatchi Middle East	Design	Graphic Design – General Design	Silver	Saudia Airlines	Let It Fly
Sunshinegun SA Ltd	Design	Graphic Design – General Design	Bronze	Sunshinegun	Sunprints
Sunshinegun SA Ltd	Design	Graphic Design – General Design	Bronze	Matomani	Matomani Calendar
Publicis Middle East	Design	Graphic Design – Environmental Signage	Bronze	Louvre Abu Dhabi	This Way to Louvre Abu Dhabi
Fortune Promoseven LLC	Design	Graphic Design – Data & Information Visualisation	Bronze	SPOOR	The Birdwatcher
Horizon FCB	Design	Graphic Design – Data & Information Visualisation	Silver	Centrum	Vitamin SEE
Impact BBDO	Design	Publication Design	Silver	AnNahar Newspaper	The Untaught History Edition
Halo	Design	Publication Design	Bronze	Capital Legacy	The Deathmasutra: Twenty Awkward Positions of Death, for the Benefit of the Living.
Accenture Song South Africa	Design	Design – Digital Experiences	Gold	The Philipstown WireCar Foundation	The Philipstown WireCar Grand Prix
The Up & Up Group Proprietary Limited	Design	Design – Furniture Design	Bronze	Primus	The Bouti-Crate
Create Mozambique	Design	Design – Fabric Design	Silver	AB InBev	The Reversible Jerseys
Machine_	Design	Design – Industrial & Product Design	Silver	Drops of Life	Drops of Life
Dentsu Creative South Africa	Design	Design Mixed-Media Campaign	Bronze	The Lokal	Taste Has a Maker
SHIFT	Design	Design Mixed-Media Campaign	Bronze	AmaZulu FC	AmaZulu FC Relaunch
Halo	Design	Design Mixed-Media Campaign	Gold	Capital Legacy	The Deathmasutra: Twenty Awkward Positions of Death, for the Benefit of the Living.
Accenture Song South Africa	Design	Design Mixed-Media Campaign	Silver	The Philipstown WireCar Foundation	The Philipstown WireCar Grand Prix
Grid Worldwide	Design	Design Crafts – Writing for Design	Craft Certificate	The Marble Group	The Dictionarium
HKLM	Design	Design Crafts – Illustration	Craft Certificate	Hiddn	The Joy of Discovery
Dentsu Creative	Design	Design Crafts – Typography	Craft Certificate	CEER	The Cross-Cultural Identity
SHIFT	Design	Design Crafts – Typography	Craft Certificate	AmaZulu FC	AmaZulu FC Fan Font
Fortune Promoseven LLC	Digital	Digital – Web Browser-based Experience	Silver	SPOOR	The Birdwatcher
TBWA\ Hunt Lascaris	Digital	Digital – Web Browser-based Experience	Bronze	McDonald’s South Africa	Sing Loud Sing Proud
VML SA	Digital	Digital – Social Media Campaign	Silver	Vaseline	Mntana Ka Gogo