Last Thursday, when the entry count for the Brand New Awards was at 529, we had sort of given up hope that we were going to improve on last year's tally of 598 and that we might even not break the total of the first BNAs of 547. But our deadline-loving industry came through on the very last day for submissions with 185 entries in 24 hours, accounting for almost 26% of all 714 total entries. So I did a quick little chart (shown below or after the jump) of how many entries came in on the three deadline days — Feb.1 (for early-bird), March 1 (for first deadline), and March 15 (for final) — how many came in on the day before the deadline, and how many on the days in between. This, of course, reveals nothing new. Designers love leaving things to the last minute where any project or task, no matter how boring, can be as thrilling and clock-ticking-down-exciting as an episode of 24.
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