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ADOBE LUNCHTIME LECTURES
23/05/2008Adobe is inviting D&AD members to an exclusive series of lunchtime lectures in their central London office near Regent’s Park. The aim of these is to educate and inspire creatives in the advertising, publishing and broadcast industries with insights and ideas about new ways to deliver engaging experiences in any medium.
To register and to learn more go to www.adobe.co.uk/lunchandlearn
D&AD AWARDS: PRESIDENT'S AWARD
20/5/2008Sir John & Lady Frances Sorrell were presented with the President’s Award for their outstanding contribution to creativity at the D&AD Awards Ceremony last week.
D&AD President Simon Waterfall had this to say about the couple: “The Sorrells have taught my peer group & I so much and across so many disciplines – from the formation of branding agency, Newell & Sorrell, to their founding of two major sources of inspiration in design today – The London Design Festival and The Sorrell Foundation. The foundation in particular has benefited so many. Its joinedupdesignforschools programme has given the children, teachers and designers who take part the ability to understand each other and to collaborate at all levels of education. It has motivated and created work that will inspire a generation of designers & clients to come.”
He continued, “Through many ups and the downs the Sorrells have consistently shown resilience, tenacity and faith in the value and power of good design for all. I truly thank you both and can only offer you the world’s heaviest pencil as compensation for the incredible energy you have tirelessly given. If you ever want to blunt a diamond, rub it on a Sorrell.”
D&AD AWARDS - THE WINNERS
20/05/2008The results are in, and 6 Black Pencils were presented at the D&AD Awards Ceremony in last week. Fallon’s ‘Gorilla’ for Cadbury won in TV & Cinema Advertising, ‘The National Gallery Grand Tour’ by The Partners in Poster Advertising, ‘Get the Glass’ by Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, and Projector Inc, for ‘Uniqlock’ in Online Advertising. Apple won two Black Pencils for the iMac and the iPhone, making them the biggest single winner of Black Pencils in D&AD’s 45-year history with 6 won since 1999.
64 Yellow Pencils in total were awarded to other creative teams. Check out all the winning work at: www.dandad.org/awards08
FORMER PRESIDENT'S AWARD WINNER PAUL ARDEN DIES
03/04/2008We are saddened to hear of the passing of former D&AD President's Award winner, Paul Arden.
D&AD Chairman, Anthony Simmonds-Gooding:
"Paul Arden was one of the most exceptional creative directors I’ve known, with an individualism and passion for perfection that resulted in some of the best advertising of the 80s and 90s.
He was awarded numerous Yellow Pencils throughout his career, and a Black Pencil in 1991 while still at Saatchi & Saatchi. Graham Fink presented him with the President’s Award in 1996 for a contribution to creativity that really can be considered outstanding.
Paul’s passing will leave a hole in British advertising – his idiosyncrasies made him unforgettable and his generosity and encouragement to students and young creatives is an example to all."
View an example of his work, 'Relax' for British Rail, which won a Yellow Pencil in 1989.
D&AD AWARDS 2007 EXHIBITION IN JAPAN
06/03/2008The D&AD Awards 2007 Exhibition launched at the Advertising Museum Tokyo (ADMT) this week. Co-organized with the Yoshida Hideo Memorial Foundation, Creative Excellence in Advertising & Design is D&AD’s first full-scale exhibition in Japan. It will include work from some of the world’s most famous brands including Nike, Nintendo, and Dove. Admission to the exhibition is free and it will be open until 5 April 2008.
This programme would not have been possible without the generous support of our associate sponsor, Virgin Atlantic, our partners, the Yoshida Hideo Memorial Foundation and Asahi Shimbun, and the British Embassy in Tokyo. All events are being held in conjunction with UK-Japan 2008.
D&AD PRESIDENT'S LECTURES NOW ONLINE
25/02/2008All D&AD members can now view the last season of President's Lectures in the members area.
Non-D&AD members can view short excerpts of the lectures on the D&AD Vimeo Channel.
D&AD SHOP OFFLINE
11/02/200811.30am - we are currently having some problems with the online shop. We hope to have it up and running again very very soon. Our apologies for any inconvenience caused, but in the interim you can telephone your sales through to Emily on 020 7840 1124.
12.01pm - the shop is now back up - thank you for your patience.
EXECUTIVE MBA IN CREATIVE LEADERSHIP - LAST CHANCE TO APPLY.
Posted 15/01/2008
Start date: February 10th in Berlin
Ideal for the creative executives looking to take their career to the next level and endorsed by D&AD, this 18-month part-time creative business management program includes world-class sessions with top industry executives and leading academics in Berlin, Chicago (organized by Kellogg School of Management), New York, London and Tokyo (hosted by Dentsu). Applications due January 31st. For more information please visit www.berlin-school.com or contact Benjamin Lorch, email b.lorch@berlin-school.com
D&AD AT THE SINGAPORE DESIGN FESTIVAL 2007
27-29/11/2007With the support of DesignSingapore Council, D&AD will be delivering a series of inspirational talks at the Singapore Design Festival including:
How to get into the Industry
Imagine rising above your peers and finally being noticed. In these sessions, D&AD shows you how.
D&AD's Education and Professional Development Director, Laura Woodroffe and British Creative Director of Design Bridge Singapore, Jason Glassick, will be inspiring you and giving you the inside track on how to get your work noticed in this competitive industry. You will see examples of international award-winning work from the D&AD Student Awards and hear insights into the industry trends.
Date: 29 November 2007
Time: 10am-11.30am and 12.30-2pm
Venue: LASALLE College of the Arts
1 McNally Street
S(187940)
Lecture Theatre F202
Admission: Free
Open to all students on creative courses.
Spaces are limited so please register by emailing your name, college, course and which session you would like to attend to events@dandad.co.uk
Partner of the Singapore Design Festival
In association with DesignSingapore Council
DMI Conference: D&AD and The Digital Landscape
Simon Waterfall, President D&AD; Creative Director, POKE
Date: 28 November
Time: 1.30-2.30pm
Venue: The Grand Hyatt
This is a closed event
Simon Waterfall will share his insights into the ever-changing digital world and its impact on creativity. The most inspirational and D&AD award winning digital campaigns will be featured, along with Waterfall’s vision of the future of creativity within the digital space. D&AD is an awards body and educational charity whose mission is to inspire and nurture creative standards worldwide, as D&AD's president, Waterfall's agenda is to bring D&AD to a wider audience via the digital platform. At international digital agency Poke, Waterfall challenges everything that they learn, practice, and preach in order to define and make the web better.
Partner of the Singapore Design Festival
In association with DesignSingapore Council
D&AD EXHIBITION AT URBIS
22/10/2007D&AD: The best advertising and design in the world
Urbis, Manchester
October 22 2007 – February 2008
Today sees the launch of our exhibition at Urbis, Manchester, showcasing the best of the nominated work from The D&AD Awards 2007.
The exhibition will not only have a strong visual impact, but will also highlight the important role design and advertising can play in raising awareness of societal issues such as health, children’s welfare and war.
Visit Urbis website
Visit D&AD North
View the 2007 Awards winners
D&AD ANNUAL 2007 AND THE FLAG PROJECT
04/09/2007Published every year for 45 years and designed by a different creative team each time, the Annual has an important place in studios, agencies, colleges and universities alike. This year it has been designed by Fabrica, the Benetton research centre on communication, based in Treviso, Italy.
Fabrica began thinking about the Annual by highlighting a part of the D&AD ethos that is very close to their hearts; the belief that a great idea that is well executed has the ability to transcend cultural and geographical boundaries. With this at its core the Flag Project was born. The D&AD flag was sent to an international selection of 500 leading creatives who were asked to use it in the freest and most original way they could: ‘You can burn it, stab it, wrap it, fold it, tear it, drape it over a coffin, use it as a cape, as a banner, as a kite, as a water filter, as a declaration for peace, as a pirate flag, to aid your rescue from a desert island, as a patch in a quilt, as a trophy, as a tool to strangle your mistress, as a towel to protect your decency...’
The result is a collection of images about creativity and about personal and cultural differences rather than sameness. Selections feature in the 2007 Annual and are being exhibited in both London and Manchester (see below for details).
View the gallery
Thank you to all who participated and we hope you enjoy them.
The Flag Project exhibition:
4-8 September 2007
Getty Images Gallery
46 Eastcastle Street
London
W1W 8DX
4 September – 25 October
Urbis
Cathedral Gardens
Manchester
M4 3BG
FREE EVENT - CREATIVITY WORKS BREAKFAST
21 SEPTEMBER 2007
posted 23/08/2007
“When the creative team at Ogilvy & Mather Toronto first came up with the idea of creating a series of viral films for Dove, no one could have estimated just how big an impact they would have…”
Come to the D&AD Creativity Works Breakfast on 21 September to hear the story of ‘Evolution’ from Janet Kestin, Creative Director at Ogilvy & Mather Toronto and Sharon MacLeod, Brand Building Director at Unilever Canada.
Held in association with the London Design Festival, this breakfast explores how the marketing and creative minds behind a D&AD Yellow Pencil winning project worked together. This is your chance to interrogate the team behind one of the best pieces of creative work in the world. Spaces are limited.
D&AD builds understanding of the important contribution of creativity, ideas and innovation to business performance through Creativity Works.
D&AD is grateful to the RCA for the kind donation of the space to hold this event.
D&AD Creativity Works Breakfast
21 September
8.30am -10am
Venue: Upper Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU
BOOK YOUR FREE PLACE NOW
D&AD @ ADVERTISING WEEK, NEW YORK
20/08/2007D&AD will be hosting two events during New York's Advertising Week.
D&AD: How to get into the industry
Leading creatives will pair up with D&AD to inspire and give the inside track on how to get your work noticed in this competitive industry. Attendees will see examples of international award-winning work from the D&AD Student Awards and hear insights into industry trends with an emphasis on integrated and digital.
Wednesday 26 September
10.00am – 12.00pm
Tribeca Cinemas
54 Varick Street
NY 10013
Register for this event
D&AD and the Digital Landscape
D&AD President and Creative Director of leading international digital agency, POKE, Simon Waterfall will share his insights into the ever-changing digital world and its impact on creativity.
The most inspirational and award-winning digital campaigns will feature, along with Simon's vision of the future of creativity within the digital space.
Thursday 27 September
10.00am – 12.00pm
Tribeca Cinemas
54 Varick Street
NY 10013
Register for this event
D&AD PRESIDENT'S LECTURES AUTUMN 2007
20/08/2007We're proud to announce a new season of President's Lectures. Kicking off with Tony Davidson (Wieden + Kennedy and outgoing D&AD President), the season also features designer Irma Boom, illustrator Paul Davis, Ivan Chermayeff (Chermayeff & Geismar) and Paul Lavoie of TAXI.
Tickets can now be purchased online (as well as by phone or booking form), so what are you waiting for?
See the President's Lecture programme
Buy online now
D&AD STUDENT AWARDS: THE WINNERS
posted 16/07/2007Congratulations to Scott Evans, this year's Student of the Year, and everyone who took home a commendation, second or first prize from the D&AD Global Student Awards ceremony!
Download the winners (pdf)
View the winning moving image work
D&AD STUDENT AWARDS: NOMINATIONS & IN BOOK ENTRIES ANNOUNCED
6/06/2007After a hugely exciting Congress Week 2, we're gearing up for Week 3 which culminates in the D&AD Student Awards Ceremony and Dinner on June 28th.
This year we received over 3600 entries from 41 countries, of which there are over 200 entries in book and over 120 nominations for an award.
Download the nominated and in book entries (pdf).
GWEN YIP AT CONGRESS WEEK 2
22/05/2007In her own inimitable style, Gwen Yip is documenting Congress 2. Catch up with her adventures on the D&AD Blog.
D&AD AT ADOBE LIVE
posted 10/04/2007As part of D&AD and Adobe's joint commitment to facilitate creativity within the industry. D&AD will be hosting an annual review of the creative year at Adobe Live.
Top D&AD judges will present examples of winning work and discuss the trends revealed by this years D&AD Awards. The free session will run from 3 - 4pm on Tuesday 5 June.
D&AD GLOBAL AWARDS 2007 - NOMINATIONS
16/04/2007The wait is over. After a week of gruelling, meticulous judging, the 25,000 pieces of work originally entered have been whittled down to 715 entries for the 2007 D&AD Annual, with 151 Nominations for Yellow Pencils.
The nominated work will be showcased at www.dandad.org/awards2007/ from April 30.
The winners will be announced at the D&AD Global Awards 2007 Ceremony and Dinner. Be the first to find out who won what by booking your place there now!
Download the Nominations and In-Book entries (pdf)
D&AD Congress Week 1
28/03/2007Congress Week 1 is well under way, with judging over half completed and the Branding and Environmental Issues Forum just hours away.
We've invited art director, illustrator and blogger Gwen Yip to keep a visual diary of the week. You can see her impressions of Congress on the D&AD blog.
Reaching out with Royal Mail
20/03/2007Rachel Wood explains how the partnership between D&AD and Royal Mail works for both sides.
Read more
CREATIVITY WORKS 6
13/03/2007We are pleased to offer the first installment of Creativity Works 6
D&AD's Creativity Works Programme examines the business-creative relationships behind some of the most successful projects around.
This year, we analyse the renaissance of the Guardian newspaper and the inauguration of the Churchill Museum. These two very different briefs both scooped D&AD Pencils in their fields.
Barry Trengove - An Obituary
31/01/2007We were saddened to learn recently of the passing of Barry Trengove, one of D&AD's founding members. His partner has been unable to notify many of Barry's friends and colleagues as the address book on his computer was inadvertently erased.
Click here to read a tribute by Keith Milligan, who worked with Barry for several years.
New President's Lecture Season
29/01/2007Spring's D&AD President's Lectures are now booking - and tickets are selling fast!
The season kicks off in Manchester with ex-D&AD President and design standard bearer Dick Powell. Prodigal son Vince Frost returns from Sydney in March, followed by the Branding and Environmental Issues Forum featuring a hard-hitting line-up of panelists. Dutch design icon Wim Crouwel visits in May, when we also stage retrospectives from Pentagram and Wieden + Kennedy. The season draws to a close with New York's doyen of new media and online video, Hillman Curtis.
Find out more
D&AD Workout 2007 Schedule
13/12/2006An updated schedule for 2007 Workout sessions has just been released. D&AD Workout is a programme to assist creative practitioners in their continuous professional development. Find out more