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Welcome to the AADC special edition podcast party! As the Adelaide Advertising and Design Club celebrates its 50th year, members old and new reflect on how Australia's longest, continually running advertising club has impacted the people, the work and the industry at large. Why does it exist? What can it do for you? And who rode into an awards night on a camel? Big thanks to those who made themselves available for a chat and in doing so have played a small role in preserving the history of this great club.

As Season 1 comes to a close, we reflect briefly but warmly on our brilliant and diverse guests to date, before offering up a mind-watering menu of tasty events soon to be served by the Adelaide Advertising and Design Club. 

Director of 12 film clips for Aussie hip hop legends the Hilltop Hoods, Richard’s passion for film and creativity burns brighter than ever. Two-time recipient of the AADC’s coveted Master’s Chair, his name is also etched on the Club’s annual President’s Award for his outstanding contribution to the industry. As down-to-earth as he is inspirational, Richard is a strong believer that when you create work that moves you, the rest will follow.

Imagine if there was a way of tripling your brain’s creative output overnight. Triple the ideas! Triple the focus! Triple the fun! Sadly, there isn’t. But in this quick Clickipedia special, we take a guestless journey into the astonishingly complex human brain. How does it work? Why are we so easily distracted? And how can we keep our mind healthy and productive? An absolute must-listen for anyone with half a brain or more. 

Born in Germany, travelling Australia, and finally settling in Adelaide, Maike and her husband opened their own branding and motion design studio, Stickbird. Here, Maike discusses her mindful approach to branding, shares tips for successfully running a business with the person you love, deciphers an old German nursery rhyme, and talks bird watching, solitude, and not getting eaten by crocodiles. 
 
 

Listen in as comic book creator and Art Director, Joel Van Der Knaap traces his obsession with comic culture back to the 70s where GI Joe triggered a lifelong love of illustrated storytelling. His hard work and self belief finally paid off with his comic series securing a distribution deal across America and around the globe. In his spare time Joel follows the NBA, explores his own deep, quiet faith, and tries not to poison his cats. 

From voice acting in animated games, ads, and movies, to singing back-ups with Michael Buble, Tamara's shape-shifting vocal abilities are her creative super power. In this brief history of Tamara, she shares her hilarious experiences on stages and in sound booths, discusses the looming threat of AI, and chats about her own award-winning comedy podcast, The Beautiful Nightmare.  

Also known as Timothy David, Tim is an Australian writer/director who's won every advertising award worth winning for his mammoth social change campaigns, Evolution (Dove), and Farmed and Dangerous (Chipotle Mexican Grill). Recently returned to Australia to direct his first feature film, 'Kangaroo Island', Tim talks to Click about work and life in Toronto and New York City, his friend Deepak Chopra, the power of self belief, and the dangers of getting out of the bath.

His Papa Harold dabbled in the commercial arts. His dad was creative director at one of the most dangerous agencies on the planet. And now, having run his own freewheelin’ outfit for 8 years, Matt Minear discusses our shrinking attention spans, his love of the misfits who make up the advertising industry, and why he’ll never own a corgi.

Lured by the historic palaces and eclectic marketplaces of London, Ella Wood left agency life in Adelaide and now calls TMW UK home. In this episode, Ella talks about her nerdy pathway into advertising, why the old boy’s club had to die, and adjusting to agency life in London.