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D&AD Festival 2025

Meet the speakers

Arif Haq

Director of Brand Learning

TwentyFirstCenturyBrand

D&AD Course Leader

Bobai Balat

CEO, TIMA Agency

TIMA Agency

Creator Content Jury 2025

Frederico Gelli

Chief Executive Officer

Tátil Design

Brand Identity Refresh Jury 2025 President

Gail Bichler

Creative Director

The New York Times

Magazine & Newspaper Design Jury 2025 President

Pelle Sjoenell

Worldwide Chief Creative Officer

Droga5

Film Jury 2025 President

Pum Lefebure

Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer

Design Army

Graphic Design Jury 2025 President

Ana Balarin

Chief Creative Officer

Wieden + Kennedy

Film Jury 2025

Insights

Featured highlights

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Matt Murphy, 72andSunny’s Global CCO, shares a practical daily routine to inspire creativity

If you do this regularly, creativity won’t just survive - it’ll evolve and flourish, and you will too

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The Glue Society’s Jonathan Kneebone explores creativity in films Goldfinger and Once Upon a Time in the West

Jonathan Kneebone on one of the earliest Black Pencils in D&AD’s history

Dead or Alive -- Teemu

“We’re living through one of the most thrilling creative shifts since the dawn of digital” – Brand Identity Refresh Jury President Teemu Suviala

Landor’s Global Chief Creative Officer on why he thinks creativity is just getting started and what you can do to spark yours

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Snap’s Resh Sidhu on how the creative frontier has shifted

If you only search for creativity in familiar places, you might miss it – so where should you be looking for it now?

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“They’ll be bored of the slop soon enough” – Writing for Design Jury President Holly Kielty

Writer and creative strategist Holly Kielty explains why we should view creativity as an instinctive behaviour rather than just a result

D&AD Meets a former Shifter running her own illustration business

Jael Umerah-Makelemi on creating art that represents, inspires and uplifts the Black community

Why mastering tone of voice can maximise your earned media

Vicki Maguire, the Chief Creative Officer of Havas London, says how you speak to your audience matters more than ever in a world where earned media reigns

A Senior Creative at Hypebeast tells us how she got her job

From jewellery making to music, this senior creative tells us why having projects outside of your day job is essential for creative roles

The founder of Hey studio on design that inspires her

D&AD’s Graphic Design Jury President tells us why creating something new has become challenging in a fast-paced world

How the Music Videos industry can open the door for new talent

SMUGGLER’s Managing Director tells us why the music video industry should stand tall amidst uncertainty and give fresh voices a chance

COLLINS’ Head of Strategy on how she developed her career

Watch Taamrat Amaize in conversation with D&AD President Rebecca Wright as they discuss learning and demystify strategy

Putting an end to greenwashing in packaging design

Judges from the Branding and Packaging Design juries discuss work that inspired them