Gunn names Thailand Asia's top country

Thailand leapfrogged Argentina and Brazil to become this year's most successful country by ad awards outside Europe and North America, according to the just published Gunn Report 2005. Thailand, whose haul included the world's most awarded print campaign of the year, Creative Juice\G1's work for Tamiya Model Kits Shop, climbed two places to enter the top five, behind Germany, France, Great Britain and, in first place, the US. Thailand also claimed the most successful production house, Phenomena, and director, Thanonchai Sornsrivichai. Singapore, another regional creative stronghold, slipped three places this year from eighth to eleventh, though the creative standing of Japan and Australia improved, both rising to enter the top ten.