DPS Changemakers at D&AD New Blood Festival

D&AD New Blood Festival

Change Makers

“Being involved with this year's D&AD Newblood show was such an incredible experience. I really enjoyed collaborating with other students to Art Direct and build our stand. I loved utilising bespoke typefaces designed by myself and other students to create our title "Change Makers". We decided to push ourselves by repurposing different materials for our letters to promote the change in design we are advocating.” Charlotte Dunn

A Perpetual calendar for life  Beatrice Maikstenaite
A feminist font responding to lack of representation  Marion Bisserier
A robust mycelium/mushroon substrate for design Peter Roden & Marion Bisserier
A feminist eco-surfing identity and publication Carolina Fernandes
A cookbook designed and printed with vegetable inks Rahel Zoller
A co-created embroidery exploring grief and displacement Ruth Stone
A Northern Doc-film start-up promoting local identity  Matty Ashcroft
A branded zine which challenges street harassment  Ines Mota
A sharing product, less water, less consumption: Menos  Patrick Beglin
A worm narrative & soil secrets to inspire composting  Megan Garfitt Christensen
A city way-finding system to regain civic pride Daniela Hernandez Rosales
A Black British Portrait with West African roots  Aminata Cham
A humble soup and poetry community  Zoe E. Mcintosh  
EcoSomatic Movement Prompt cards: Nature as choreographer Fyona Seguin
A non-profit organisation preserving ancient Bajau heritage Wenbin Sun
Mining the Anthropocene material reuse for regenerative futures Laura Avedissian
Ceramics which share intergenerational knowledge Eliska Varilova

Over the two days of the festival, leading industry professionals shared their advice and experiences through a series of portfolio reviews, and talks aimed at helping emerging creatives navigate the constantly shifting industry as they launch their careers. This included a conversation with D&AD Shift Alumni Tyler Pierreseon and Sheila Nortley, Netflix Producer, on entering the world of production, a live podcast from Get Sh*t Done with Creative Director Rebecca Rowntree and Group Creative Director at Dentsu Creative Sue Higgs, a lesson on bouncing back from rejection from F*ck Being Humble’s Stefanie Sword-Williams, plus a live panel discussion on how to enhance the creative tools we already have through AI led by: D&AD President, Jack Renwick; Chris Moody, ECD at Landor; Tasnim Bhuiyan, ACD at Adobe; Landy Slattery, Creative Director at Channel 4; and Jeff Bowerman, ECD at DEPT.

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