D&AD Festival 2025
On 21–22 May 2025, we return to London’s Southbank Centre, for a 2-day Festival focused on what's driving creative excellence today.
About D&AD Festival 2025
D&AD Festival returns to London for 2025 at London’s Southbank Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hall building 21–22 May.
80+ international speakers, across two days and two stages, live and interactive masterclasses, award-winning work insight sessions led by global creative leaders, plus an exhibition of the 2025 D&AD Awards shortlisted work.
The Festival exists to stimulate, enable and celebrate the creative excellence influencing us today and to push the industry forward to be better tomorrow.
Keynote speakers will explore challenges facing the creative industry today such as embracing emerging technology and achieving long-term sustainable impact for businesses. Live Jury insight sessions will discuss themes in the winning work from the 300+ global creative leaders who will be present in London to judge the D&AD Awards.
The two-day event will culminate with the D&AD Awards Ceremony on 22 May, awarding the very best in global creativity.
D&AD Festival 2024 highlights
- Mixed Gender Creative Teams Have Competitive Advantage of 12%
- Ganni’s Chief Brand Officer on ‘Decarbonising the Supply Chain from Inside Out’
- ‘Gut Feeling Over Data’: How Dentsu Made the ‘My Japan Railway’ Campaign
- Successful Collaboration with AI Embraces Curiosity and Play
- How Illustrator Malika Favre Landed Her Dream Gig at The New Yorker
- How The National Lottery Got Its Gay Love Story TV Spot Over The Line
Watchback all highlights here.
D&AD Awards 2025
The award that makes creative careers. The ultimate standard of excellence.
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