D&AD Festival 2019

D&AD Festival is a three-day creative spectacular celebrating the world's best in creativity, hosted at The Old Truman Brewery, London on 21, 22 and 23 May next year.

The festival runs alongside our world renowned awards programme, there will be three-days of keynotes, fireside chats, workshops and masterclasses from the world of advertising, art, design, fashion, film, and much more.

D&AD x Guardian Media Group

D&AD announces a revision to the timings of its partnership with Guardian Media Group, announced at this year's D&AD Festival. In order to put clear water between GMG's long-standing involvement with Cannes Lions and its new partnership with D&AD, GMG and D&AD’s new collaboration will start in June 2019. An inaugural event is planned for September 2019, while the new festival of creativity will take place in April 2020. The 2019 D&AD Festival will go ahead as usual. We look forward to creating a great event next year, and thereafter in partnership with GMG.

Let's talk. If you would like to be involved in next year's event please contact our Festival Director Bindi or Festival Head of Content Luke:

Bindi Houghton
D&AD Festival Director
bindi.houghton@dandad.org

Luke Wilcox
D&AD Festival Head of Content
luke.wilcox@dandad.org

Top Talks

What People Thought of the D&AD Festival

2018 Speakers

Blade Runner 2049: Building a New World:

David Sheldon-Hicks
Impossible Foods - Sasha Markova:

Creating a new Paradigm
Leila Fataar:

A Cultural State of Mind
Trevor Eld:

Cultural Bankruptcy in the Attention Economy
Joy Howard:

Mad Men, Mad Scientists
Adam Smith:

Eliza Williams from Creative Review will interview Film Director Adam Smith
Designing for Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs:

With Rachael Steven & Erica Dorn
Past, Meet Future:

D&AD Awards Winners 2018
Party at Village Underground:

The closing party is a chance to celebrate with this years D&AD Award Winners fresh off the stage
Guardian Masterclass:

How to Create a Successful Podcast
The Copy Book Session:

This Festival sees the launch of a new edition of The Copy Book
#MakeItHard:

1stAvenueMachine with Cut + Run and Massive Music
Pixels of Fury:

Design Competition and Party
D&AD Festival Shop:

In collaboration with Material
The Talent Business:

How to not, not get a job as a creative
Bo Hellberg:

Prototyping Your Creative Ideas
Daniel Fox-Evans:

Being you in the industry
Tom Evans:

The 1 hour Creative MBA
Eat, Drink, Connect:

Explore the food and drink at this years Festival
Creative Mentor Network:

Don’t just talk about diversity and inclusion. Do something.
Happy Finish:

95 Story High VR Slide
The Talent Business:

“Under Pressure” - Developing resilience for aspiring creative leaders
Creating Tools for Creatives:

Machine Learning Workshop
Arif Haq:

What makes a good idea? And four and a half other irritating questions
Creative Debuts:

Introducing the ‘Buy Art From Living Artists’ Concept Wall
Kite Eyewear:

Kite Night: See Differently - Fringe
RARE:

Let's take a second to not talk about diversity
Portfolio Surgeries with Wix:

Get your portfolio reviewed by industry’s leading creative professionals
Pitch & Sync:

10 Octave Piano Installation + Vinyl Pop UP
Patrick Collister:

Oh shi*! I’m in charge!
Leila Fataar:

A Cultural State of Mind
LABS:

Co-working Lounge
D&AD Clubhouse:

Take a break from the festival action
Pitch Futures @ D&AD Festival:

School children explore creative careers
magCulture:

Offering a unique insight into the independent magazine scene
Shaping Language:

Bruno Maag - Dalton Maag
Guardian Masterclass:

The Essentials of Infographic Storytelling
Eliza Williams:

Eliza Williams from Creative Review will interview Film Director Adam Smith
Straight 8:

Film Workshops - Fringe Event
These Are Not The Droids You Are Looking For:

How To Be More Persuasive
Nick Eagleton & Katherina Tudball:

Old and New Collide: Reinventing Shakespeare's Globe
Sky Creative:

COME AND KNOCK US OUT
Acrylicize:

The Constant Need for Approval
L.A. Ronayne:

Digital Storytelling: Core Habit Crash Course
The Nzinga Story Lab:

The future is here, but did you miss it?
Ollie Olanipekun:

The Great Power Shift
Creative Collaborations:

Behind every groundbreaking creative idea is a brave client
Meet the Makers:

D&AD Festival + Agency tours
Michael Albers:

The Digital Renaissance: A Design-led Approach
Craig Oldham:

Oh Sh*t… What Now?: Honest Advice for New Graphic Designers
Nadya Powell & John Owen:

D&AD Leadership Accelerator
Creative Use of Technology:

Understand what fresh opportunities tech has coming up
Design Insights:

Ever wondered what a design super group would look like?
Will Awdry:

Copywriting: Sorry is the hardest word
Andrew Missingham:

Life beyond art-working another f**king toothpaste ad
The VOWSS:

SheSays and The Voice of a Woman present a film festival featuring work made by women over the last year
The Mill:

Mimetics - gesturally responsive robotic installation
Nucco Brain:

Discussing Content Production - Fringe Event
Nick Eagleton:

Ideas, Ideas, Ideas
Shake:

The Easy, Friendly, Drinky Networking - Fringe Event
Type Tasting:

Pop-up Typography Lab
ChromaYoga:

Ganzsound Meditation - Fringe Event
Global Trends Insights:

Highlighting inspirational worldwide communications
Jelly x Boxpark:

#TurnUp - Fringe Event
Aesop:

Breakfast & Skin Consultation - Fringe Event
Joel Flory:

The Creative Industry's Missing Link
Mother:

Not For Sale - Fringe Event
Zone:

CX SELLS - Fringe Event
The Acrylicize Party:

An evening of drinks and short talks by the Acrylicize team - Fringe Event
Psycle Shoreditch:

Spin Class - Fringe Event
Creativity & PR:

How do you keep coming up with innovative, PR-first creative ideas?
The art and soul of Karma Cola:

How to make money without loosing your soul - Fringe Event
Pitch & Sync. x BLOK London:

An immersive hour of music and fitness - Fringe Event
Wieden+Kennedy:

Exquisite breakfast - Fringe Event
Jade Tomlin:

Business Acumen for Creatives
Naresh Ramchandani:

The Creative Industry and Sustainability Panel
MPC:

"Tosser VR"
Robert Montgomery:

Over-Emotional Billboards
FITCH x Mastered:

How Gen z will force us to transform education and the creative industries
Animating for Change:

From Brazil to the World
Happy Finish:

A New Dimension: Creative and Commercial Possibilities of 2.5D Imagery
Yoga & Mindfulness:

The Museum of Happiness
Chloe Gottlieb:

Why Dimensional Diversity Drives Innovation
Julia Blomquist:

How to be Human
James Burke:

Beyond Convention
Federico Gaggio:

Ideas that do, ideas that don’t – how to tell purpose from bullshit
Jeff Goodby:

How Vandalism Will Save Advertising
Thomas Kolster:

Everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes – what can you do about it?
Ted Harry Mellström:

How to be Human
Marsha Meredith:

The Company You Keep
Crafting Winning Work:

This session celebrates the winners setting an envy-inducing standard
Debbie Millman:

Why Design Matters
Caroline Pay:

Do Not Watch This Talk!
Ben Priest:

The Importance of Getting Things Utterly Wrong
Designing the Tangible:

What makes design for the physical world really stand out?
Pablo Rochat:

Low-fi High-fun
Ciro Sarmiento:

Tales from the Mail Room
Me & EU:

Post Brexit Post Card Exhibition
Dave Trott:

How to do what you’re not allowed to do
Creativity & Media:

How we can harness the power of media
Zen: Heaps + Stacks:

Minature zen garden making workshops

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