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Check out all the talks from last edition's Festival. Leading industry figures took the stage to share their passion for innovation through creativity.
2024 lineup will be revealed soon!
The first ADCE's Trend Report curated by Patrizia Boglione
The EU founded project aims to cover the gap between what is taught in education and the skills needed in the creativity industry. Find out more!
The Creative Week 2024 was amazing and ADCE was there! Find out more about what happened and all the rankings announced during the event.
Julijus Rebič, Executive Creative Director from Grabarz & Partner, shares his experience at the ADCE's talent scouting event, from the point of view of an agency.
The Lithuanian Graphic Designer and former High Potentials participant, Morta Vileikytė, shares with ADCE her impressions and insight about her experience in last year's edition of the programme.
Registrations for Agency Exchange are officially open. This 2024’s campaign, "Let it grow," is signed by the Portuguese duo from Uzina, Beatriz Pinto (Art Director), and Carolina Cunha (Copywriter).
Two creative minds. Two agencies. Two different cultures. Six weeks. Many lessons learnt. Pauline Marie Korp from Helsinki-based hasan&partners and Emma Varotti from Milanese Caffeina share their most compelling thoughts and experiences on the Agency Exchange '22
Institute of Creative Advertising and Design (ICAD), has officially join forces with ADCE entering and expanding the European network
We are thrilled to announce the launch of The Green Futures Initiative in collaboration with Creatives for Climate and our esteemed club member, Clube da Criatividade da Portugal. The EU-funded project that mobilizes European graphic design for solutions in employment, resilience, innovation, and global competition.
An article written by Cece Wyldeck, Director of Creative Development at MassiveMusic
From hundreds of submissions from all over the world and across many different creative disciplines, a stellar jury spent months narrowing them down to a list of 29 incredible winners, from wich 7 are European. Get to know them!
These are the 7 selected Jury Presidents that helped set the highest benchmark of creative excellence in Europe this November.
We are thrilled to announce we have reached an agreement with The One Club for Creativity to merge and be able to grow and promote European creativity beyond the continent!
Get to know more about the award won by ACNE in the 2022 Awards... Created as a recognition for a work that promotes inclusion, gender equality, and fights against all forms of discrimination.
Together with D&AD, IAAC, University of Oulu and Kersnikova Institute, ADCE joins the European Union Erasmus+ Programme to address the creative skills gap between education and industry.
Moving from static design to responsive design. Meet Experios, the platform to make this move seamless.
This year's ADCE Awards and Festival are closer and the ADCE Board invites all members of the Art Directors Club of Europe who are interested in carrying out the campaign to submit their portfolio! What are you waiting for?
The One Club for Creativity teams up with ADCE by introducing for the first time in Europe, their exclusive programme Executive Creative Summit!
The 2022 Awards supported the Ukrainian creative community. Take a closer look at ¨Big Ideas Unite Europe¨, the selected concept that embodied last year's campaign.
Being the 22nd club to join, together, we will continue to achieve an even greater height in creativity, expanding ADCE's reach in the Netherlands.
On the occasion of Earth Day this Friday, we have a look at how the creative industries are reframing the approach to the climate emergency.
The Executive Creative Director, president of the Portuguese Creative Club, has been a member of the ADCE Board since 2019.
From our Grand Prix Winner “#wombstories” to “Mammanual” an illustrated manual for new mums.
They were given best-of-gold consideration in the design, interactive, print and brand experience categories, so we went a bit behind the scenes to learn more about them.
"We are part of the colorful European creative community, and ADCE is the brightest and most unifying representative of this society."
In this interview, Jose F. López-Aguilar and Salva Codinach, Co-Founders of the studio, unveil the images of their redesign, and tell us how it connects with the ethos of their practice.
Creative Directors Christian Korntheuer and Andy Wyeth from BBDO Germany talk us through their multi-awarded campaign “Eurythenes Plasticus”
Enjoy a brief summary of the key ideas and projects shared, and videos of all the speakers’ presentations to rewatch or watch anew.
A free one-day virtual and live event featuring 3 panels and 11 speakers to celebrate the power of creativity
Top level creatives from Austria, Finland, Italy, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Portugal, & Germany share their takes on awards judging.
Beauty, Sustainability and Inclusion, the focus points of the project, are also key aspects of ADCE’s new board direction.
The only European competition that recognizes creativity as the only official language.
As our Awards celebrate their 30th edition this year, we look back on their evolution and how we envision their future.
We are off until September for a well deserved break, but we didn’t want to go without sharing the books we are taking with us, and a couple of extra recommendations.
The new format of the programme allows you to access content at your own pace and take part in weekly digital live sessions, group work and Q&As with international mentors.
We catch up with Marina Colell and Sergi Sauras, two creatives that came to work together after their participation at ADCE High Potentials.
Young creatives from ADCE member clubs are coming strong. Don’t miss the ideas they came up with on this edition of our Creative Express.
Alex has found multiple ways to create, curate and collaborate to push for ideas that can make a real difference, in business and beyond.
“We are moving from “I” to “We” and the programme will be in digital format so that more people can benefit from the content and the experience”.
“Change is bottom-up and top-down and diversity and inclusion is about bringing in different perspectives” say Viva la Vulva Creative Directors Toby Allen and Jim Hilson.
In Memoriam. For working to elevate the standards of European creativity through the ADCE.
Missed our 7th European Creativity Festival? No problem! Get a bit-sized recap of the programme here...
In this article, Festival's curator Steve Vranakis, explains the need of this year's festival theme.
To those committed to honour excellence beyond prejudice, cultural borders and national differences.
The Spanish creative reflects on the sector's present and future.
Nuno Dores, from Clube Criativos Portugal, shares some tips on adaptation for this crisis from his home in Shanghai.
Dian Warsosumarto, ECD at VIRTUE Austria, on diversity and consciousness.
Ami Hasan, ADCE President, interviews the best creative minds who share their views about creativity today, the impact of technology and the role of creative clubs.
The 6th ADCE Festival focused on how creativity can help address the planetary and social emergency we are currently living.
7 prestigious European creatives selected to chair the juries of the 28th edition of the ADCE Awards
A unique opportunity to reshape the way you think, see you next 8 & 9 November at Disseny Hub Barcelona
In this article, Festival's curator Fernanda Romano explains the need of this year's festival theme.
This year, the participants will travel to Riga, Latvia, to tackle a real-world business challenge.
The ADCE and “L'Afrique c'est Chic” brought some of their top-notch creatives to the first ever “Africa-Europe Creatives Connect” event.
Danny Boyle’s commemoration of Armistice Day is awarded for its evocative message, its scale and its way of engaging both the local and the international community.
The document highlights the trends, challenges and opportunities that creative organisations need to face in order to thrive in a radical new context.
We are proud to announce the winners of the scholarships offered for Hyper Island and D&AD courses.
The second edition of our Creative Incubator aims to workshop creativity and design methods to solve real-world problems that go beyond communication campaigns.
Learn about the new trends in the world of advertising and design and meet the award-winning pieces of the last ADCE Awards.
ADCE, ADG-FAD and c de c will host on 7th February an Awards ceremony to honour the Spanish winners at the last edition of ADCE Awards.
ADCE and Clube Criativos de Portugal (CCP) held a special Awards ceremony on 12 December to honor all the Portuguese winners from the ADCE Awards 2018
We have compiled the key learnings from every single session of the programme.
A judge is going to be kidnapped. Digital wishes will be granted. A non-existent colleague has left. Yes, it’s the entries for the 2018 ADCE Greatness Challenge, and they’re as radical as ever.
The 5th European Creativity Festival came to an end with the awaited announcement of the most important recognition of the ADCE Awards.
At the ADCE Festival Pip will draw on a wealth of research, analytics and data from over 350,000 creators, to will uncover ten ways creativity can thrive in an age of automation.
Ahead of their workshop at the ADCE Festival, Maximilian Heitsch gives us a short history and introduction to the design philosophy of this ground-breaking studio.
At the 5th ADCE European Creativity Festival, you can join Wildbytes for a behind-the-scenes creative tech workshop.
At ADCE Festival, Rey Andrade will draw on these experiences for his talk, ‘Creativity Needs Diversity’
Conn Bertish is a cancer survivor, founder and CEO of Cancer Dojo, a mobile app that gamifies the world’s most feared disease.
In this article, Festival's curator Kris Hoet turns the focus on creative transformation and how it is leading to new ways of coming up with great ideas.
This year’s Festival lineup is shaping up with some of the most innovative minds contributing their ideas on the transformation of the creative process.
6 prestigious European creatives selected to chair the juries of the ‘Champions League’ of creativity.
With 30 participants from 15 European countries, the third module of the Creative Incubator is officially fully booked.
Participants in this exclusive educational program will be briefed on the ADCE European Creativity Festival
It's no secret that creatives fall in love with awards so easily. They provide some laughs and fun times, but what happens when the lights turn off?
An inspiring afternoon with Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Advertising & PR students
The Rising Stars programme offers exclusive scholarships to members of the 22 local clubs represented by the ADCE
Applications are open for the second module of the Creative Incubator.
A comprehensive representation of the best of European design and advertising.
Workshops will take place in Rome (March), Barcelona (May) and Berlin (September)
An opportunity to present winning creative teams with their trophies and awards, and showcase their success in front of the local industry.
The ADCE Nights celebrate all the local winners from the ADCE Awards.
What links a paving-tile typeface, a buddy honeymoon and a stock image library?
Here we’ve picked out some of the top reasons to attend the ADCE Festival