Yassin Konstantinidis initially trained as an architect at UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture and studied theatre at Central Saint Martins.
His films for WWF, made with real ice, fire, and smoke, and thermal cameras, have become a case study in animation where the process is inseparable from the message. Recent work includes the stop-motion opener for the 2026 Winter Olympics on BBC, which drew the broadcaster’s largest-ever audience for the Games.
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Yassin Konstantinidis | Signature Keynote
Outrageous Effort: AI has made the old signals of value free, and therefore worthless as a signal. Yannis argues that visible, unfakeable human effort is becoming the last real marker of value, and shows what that means for anyone who communicates products, services, and ideas.
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Yassin Konstantinidis | Speaking Topics
Creativity and AI
– The Age of Outrageous Effort: Why visible human effort is the last real signal of value
– The Role of Humans in an AI World: Where to invest effort when machines can do the rest
– What Audiences Need: The growing relevance of care signals
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Climate and Communication
– Making the Invisible Visible: Communicating the climate crisis to fatigued audiences
– Purpose Without Preaching: Cause-driven work that people actually feel
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Yassin Konstantinidis | Clients and Past Events
– European Design Conference: Keynote Outrageous Effort
– Typocircle with BBC Creative’s Jess Oudot: Keynote Trails Will Blaze
– BBC Winter Olympics – The Future of Adverting: Panel
– Shots Out of the Box: Keynote How the F*k Did He Do That?
– Cannes Lions Festival: Keynote Animation as a University Language For Change
– The Future of Adverting: Panel
Adam&Eve DDB, BBDO, Coca Cola, Danone, Fallon, Google, Mars, Nestle, Ribena, and Virgin.
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Yassin Konstantinidis | Awards and Accolades
– 2x Yellow Pencils D&AD
– 2x Grand Prix Ciclope
– 2x Grand Prix Clios
– Best of Non-Profit ADC
– 4x Gold OneShow
– 10x Gold ADC
– 5x Gold CLIOS
– 2x AICP
– 2x Gold British Arrows
– 13x Creative Circle Awards
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