| Abbreviation | D&AD |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1962 |
| Legal status | Charity |
| Headquarters | Spitalfields, London |
Region served | UK and worldwide |
Key people | Tim Lindsay (Chairman) Dara Lynch (COO) Rebecca Wright (President) |
| Website | dandad.org |
Design and Art Direction (D&AD), formerly known as British Design and Art Direction, is a British educational organisation that was created in 1962 to promote excellence in design and advertising. Its main offices are in Spitalfields in London. It is most famous for its annual awards, the D&AD Pencils. The highest award given by D&AD, the Black Pencil, is not necessarily awarded every year.[1]