D&AD, the global non-profit championing excellence in design and commercial creativity, has appointed David Patton as Chief Executive Officer, who will take up the role later this month. With senior leadership experience spanning marketing, advertising and production, Patton brings a proven track record aligned with D&AD’s mission to celebrate, stimulate and enable creative excellence wherever […]
Bolstered by new leadership and a wealth of insights, the creative excellence and education non-profit addresses the industry-wide shifts redefining creativity D&AD, the global non-profit driving creative excellence, education, and impact, is excited to announce the release of its Annual & Trend Report 2025, marked by the appointment of internationally-acclaimed design leader Lisa Smith as […]
Leading international experts in the commercial creative industries selected to judge global creativity awards Today D&AD reveals the D&AD Awards 2025 jury. The 63rd annual D&AD Awards will be held at the County Hall and Southbank Centre on the London Southbank. From May 18 to 22, 2025, there will be four days of live judging. The […]
D&AD, the globally renowned non-profit which represents the pinnacle of creative excellence, has released its highly sought after Annual available for free as part of its ongoing commitment to nurturing creativity across different communities. The organisation is sharing full access to the D&AD Annual – a summary of the insights, strategies and campaigns that powered […]
D&AD, the globally renowned non-profit which represents the pinnacle of creative excellence, proudly announces the appointment of Kwame Taylor-Hayford as its new President for the 2024/2025 term, succeeding Jack Renwick. This appointment represents a pivotal moment in the organization’s expanding influence in the United States as Kwame is the first D&AD President based in New […]
FCB London has launched a free new tool to help newcomers to the industry understand the complex and technical language used in everyday work. AdVocab, created in partnership with D&AD’s New Talent programmes Shift and New Blood, is an encyclopedic tool listing hundreds of words and phrases often heard in the industry to break down the language […]
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Richard Brim, Chief Creative Officer at adam&eveDDB, is announced as Deputy President D&AD today celebrates the inauguration of Rebecca Wright, Dean of Academic Programmes at Central Saint Martins/UAL, as the organisation’s President for 21/22, succeeding Pentagram Partner Naresh Ramchandani. The D&AD President is elected annually from the Board of Trustees to champion the organisation’s mission […]
D&AD announce the appointment of Laura Havlin as the organisation’s new Head of Content. Stepping up from her previous role as freelance content strategy consultant and Editor in Chief of D&AD’s first digital Annual, Laura will now join the non-profit creative association in a full time position, dedicated to optimising and growing D&AD’s digital content […]
• Research reveals that only 23% of the UK public believe advertising should encourage people to consume, shop and fly like before lockdown. • 77% think it’s the creative industry’s responsibility to encourage people to behave more sustainably, as we have during lockdown.
Companies from across the UK’s creative industry have come together to launch The Great Reset, an initiative that hopes to maintain and promote the positive behaviours and environmental shifts created during lockdown. Global emissions have decreased by 7% thanks to lockdown, which the UN states is the same annual reduction required to keep global warming to […]