D&AD Festival

Name: D&AD Festival 2023 · London
Start: 2023-05-09
End: 2023-05-10
Location: London

The D&AD Festival is a creative industries festival in London built around the D&AD Awards, with talks, insight sessions and learning labs.

Visual DesignTypographyBrand & IdentityGraphic Design

View event website

Latest edition

May 2026

Location

London, United Kingdom

Format

In person

Cadence

Annual

Organiser

D&AD

About D&AD Festival

The D&AD Festival brings the global creative community together for a programme of keynote lectures, jury-led insight sessions, hands-on learning labs and networking.

It is wrapped around the D&AD Awards, so alongside the talks attendees see the year's winning work explained and celebrated, including the Yellow and Black Pencils.

It is organised by D&AD, a charity that promotes excellence in design and advertising, and offers a view of the ideas and craft shaping the industry.

Editions

2026
19–20 May
London
22 speakers
2025
21–22 May
London
16 speakers
2024
21–22 May
London
18 speakers
2023
9–10 May
London
24 speakers
Speakers in 2023Speakers at D&AD Festival 2023
9–10 MayLondon
Alessandro Manfredi
Astrid Stavro
Chloe Templeman
Daniel Fisher
Beautifully Simple Craft in the Campaign for Real Beauty
David Lee
Des Tapaki
Design & Creative Transformation Panel
Grace Francis
Kagonya Awori
Design & Creative Transformation Panel
Kwame Taylor-Hayford
Lindsey Slaby
Lorenzo Fruzza
Long Live the Chief Design Officer: Putting the Design Jewel Back in the Agency Crown
Michael Lee
Neville Brody
Noopur Datye
Rania Robinson
Rebecca Clarke Tear
Regine Gilbert
Design & Creative Transformation Panel
Ricardo Bezerra
Shun Ishikawa
Design & Creative Transformation Panel
Sonoo Singh
Stephanie Hulbert Thomas
TikTok's Easy. Stop Overthinking It.
Thomas Kolster
Vicki Maguire
Long Live the Chief Design Officer: Putting the Design Jewel Back in the Agency Crown
Wayne Deakin
Design & Creative Transformation Panel
2022
London
Lineup unknown

Speakers in 2023Speakers at D&AD Festival 2023

9–10 MayLondon

Alessandro Manfredi
Astrid Stavro
Chloe Templeman
Daniel Fisher
Beautifully Simple Craft in the Campaign for Real Beauty
David Lee
Des Tapaki
Design & Creative Transformation Panel

Grace Francis
Kagonya Awori
Design & Creative Transformation Panel
Kwame Taylor-Hayford
Lindsey Slaby
Lorenzo Fruzza
Long Live the Chief Design Officer: Putting the Design Jewel Back in the Agency Crown
Michael Lee
Neville Brody
Noopur Datye
Rania Robinson
Rebecca Clarke Tear
Regine Gilbert
Design & Creative Transformation Panel
Ricardo Bezerra
Shun Ishikawa
Design & Creative Transformation Panel
Sonoo Singh
Stephanie Hulbert Thomas
TikTok's Easy. Stop Overthinking It.
Thomas Kolster
Vicki Maguire
Long Live the Chief Design Officer: Putting the Design Jewel Back in the Agency Crown
Wayne Deakin
Design & Creative Transformation Panel