D&AD was set up as an educational charity. What sets it apart connects the next generation of talent to the best awarded work currently available. It connects its awards to its education programme. This makes …
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Tom Evans is the founder of BleepBleeps, a connected hardware brand that makes life easier for parents. It makes “cute connected gadgets that enhance family life”. Evans was an agency creative until 2013 when he was …
Three black Pencils were award tonight at the D&AD 2018 awards presentation in the Old Truman Brewery. They are: Palau Pledge by Host /Havas for the Palau Legacy Project, in Branding. Palau Pledge requires visitors to Palau …
Tim Lindsay is in his element at this year's D&AD. Every morning, there are queues to get in. The talks and workshops are full. The big kids are all here. The judges are wandering ambassadors …
D&AD: “Creativity is simply the most valuable asset in business today.” [Mark Tutssel, executive chairman, Leo Burnett Worldwide]
April 26, 2018
In February this year, Mark Tutssel became the first creative to lead the agency since its founder, Leo Burnett. The global chief creative officer was appointed executive chairman. Creative excellence has never been more important at …
Susan Hoffman at D&AD: Redefining advertising, imbalance in agencies & the D&AD President’s Award
April 26, 2018
Each year, the D&AD president chooses one of his or her choose creative heroes for the President's Award. This year, D&AD president, Steve Vranakis, chose two heroes, Colleen DeCourcy and Susan Hoffman from Wieden + Kennedy. Hoffman …
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The Pale Blue Door, our magical, whimsical, wild!!! and utterly ridiculous (in the best!!! way possible) venue last night for the D&AD team dinner, is an idea by artist and set designer, Tony Hornecker. He …
At D&AD: “Creators should not just solve problems, they should make them. #MakeItHard” [1st Avenue Machine, Massive Music & Cut + Run]
April 26, 2018
Music production company, 1st Avenue Machine, and music agency, Massive Music, share a motto, #MakeItHard. Making it hard, they believe, is how you stimulate creativity. You make it chaotic, for example, because when you ditch the process …
D&AD: A bigger, bolder, broader, global festival. D&AD partners with Guardian Media Group
April 25, 2018
Guardian Media Group and D&AD have created a partnership to establish a new global festival. The bigger, even bolder, broader and now global festival will celebrate the power of creativity and explore how creativity shapes …
Andrew Missingham is the co-founder of b + a equals, “the fastest, most creative management consultancy in the world”. It’s output agnostic, he says, and that’s where he believes his business model has an edge …
“We’ve got some real problems on our hands. So what do we do about it?” Trevor Eld is the chief creative officer at music and music lifestyle magazine, Fader, and its creative agency, Cornerstone. He's an …
At D&AD: “The one thing for sure is that everything has to change.” [Kate Stanners, global chief creative officer, Saatch & Saatchi]
April 24, 2018
Kate Stanners is among the next generations of ad legends, no question. She's just not old enough to be there yet. She is, though, old enough to have been there when women weren't exactly welcome, …