05.12.25
From London with love:
Nippon’s quiet ritual found its place on The Drum stage.
This year, our Nippon project received three major recognitions at The Drum Design Awards 2025:
🥇 Gold – Packaging (3D)
🥉 Bronze – Brand Strategy
🏆 Design Grand Prix Finalist (one of only four)
Nippon is a world we shaped over the past year — built on tradition, ritual, and modern stillness. These awards reflect how that vision resonated internationally.
The Drum Awards, organized by The Drum Magazine, reach 11.5 million industry professionals worldwide. Being recognized by a jury chaired by Paula Scher — one of modern design’s most influential figures — makes this moment even more meaningful.
Sharing the stage with Mother, Design Bridge and Partners, PepsiCo Design Team, Lippincott, Accenture Song, and other global leaders was an honor.
This was our second year at The Drum. After last year’s finalist recognition with MAD, we returned stronger with Nippon.
This achievement belongs to our entire Ba’ndo team. Above all, we dedicate it to our dear colleague Bahar, whom we lost two months ago. We love you, Bahar. ❤️
Thank you to Aysu Seckin for trusting us — and to The Drum family and all jury members.
We continue with renewed inspiration to create more, imagine more, and reach further.
