ADC Awards
The ADC Annual Awards is the oldest continuously running industry award show in the world. Now in its incredible 102nd year, these awards celebrate the very best in advertising, digital media, graphic and publication design, packaging and product design, motion, experiential and spatial design, photography, illustration and fashion design all with a focus on artistry and craftsmanship.
Year
#
ADC Awards
Rankings
2019
Client
Title
Category
Award
Points
2D BONSAI:Trees for the imagination
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo Client: Takamatsu Chamber of Commerce and Industry Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
Points: 8.0
German Cancer Aid "Spectrum"
Agency: HEIMAT / Berlin Client: ADP e. V. / Deutsche Krebshilfe Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design
Points: 6.0
German Cancer Aid "Spectrum"
Agency: HEIMAT / Berlin Client: ADP e. V. / Deutsche Krebshilfe Category: Environmental Design / Exhibition Design
Points: 6.0
German Cancer Aid "Spectrum"
Agency: HEIMAT / Berlin Client: ADP e. V. / Deutsche Krebshilfe Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design
Points: 6.0
German Cancer Aid "Spectrum"
Agency: HEIMAT / Berlin Client: ADP e. V. / Deutsche Krebshilfe Category: Craft / Use of Materials
Points: 6.0
HORNBACH "WERKSTÜCK Edition 002"
Agency: HEIMAT, / Berlin Client: HORNBACH Baumarkt AG Category: Interiors / Home / Office / Furniture - Single or Series
Points: 6.0
+ POOL Light and Dashboard
Agency: PLAYLAB, INC. / New York Client: Friends of + POOL Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design
Points: 6.0
+ POOL Light and Dashboard
Agency: PLAYLAB, INC. / New York Client: Friends of + POOL Category: Spatial Design / Urban Planning
Points: 6.0
LIFEBOAT - The Experiment
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich Client: Sea-Watch Category: Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt
Points: 6.0
Snickers fix the world
Agency: AMV BBDO / London Client: Snickers Category: Television / Film / Online Video / Online - Single
Points: 4.0
The Infinity Classroom
Agency: BBDO / Minneapolis Client: Theirworld Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design
Points: 4.0
The Infinity Classroom
Agency: BBDO / Minneapolis Client: Theirworld Category: Environmental Design / Exhibition Design
Points: 4.0
The Infinity Classroom
Agency: BBDO / Minneapolis Client: Theirworld Category: Experiential Design / Installations - Single
Points: 4.0
Hall of Heroes
Agency: BBDO / New York Client: St. Jude Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Extended Reality
Points: 4.0
Hall of Heroes
Agency: BBDO / New York Client: St. Jude Category: Digital Experiences / Virtual Reality
Points: 4.0
Wonderful Tools
Agency: BUCK / Los Angeles Client: Apple Category: Branded Content / Entertainment - Online Video / Short Form
Points: 4.0
Wonderful Tools
Agency: BUCK / Los Angeles Client: Apple Category: Craft in Video / Animation - Single
Points: 4.0
Wonderful Tools
Agency: BUCK / Los Angeles Client: Apple Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Animation
Points: 4.0
Facebook Company: Branded Photography
Agency: Creative X / San Francisco Client: Facebook Category: Social Media / Single
Points: 4.0
Facebook Company: Branded Photography
Agency: Creative X / San Francisco Client: Facebook Category: Social Media / Series
Points: 4.0
Facebook Company: People Empowered Series
Agency: Creative X / San Francisco Client: Facebook Category: Social Media / Series
Points: 4.0
Re-Tree
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Minato-Ku Client: Shiseido Company, Limited Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design
Points: 4.0
Diversity in Disaster Preparation
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo Client: Yahoo Japan Corporation Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Points: 4.0
TOKYO MOTOR SHOW 2019
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo Client: Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA) Category: Wildcard / Series
Points: 4.0
Diversity in Disaster Preparation
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo Client: Yahoo Japan Corporation Category: Wildcard / Series
Points: 4.0
Carol H. Williams and the Rejected Script
Agency: FCB / Chicago Client: Ad Age Category: Animation / Single
Points: 4.0
Accessibility Mat
Agency: GTB / São Paulo Client: Ford Motor Company Category: Design for Good / Product Design
Points: 4.0
"Democratic Art – An Ai Weiwei for everybody."
Agency: HEIMAT / Berlin Client: HORNBACH Baumarkt AG Category: Integrated / Traditional
Points: 4.0
"Democratic Art – An Ai Weiwei for everybody."
Agency: HEIMAT / Berlin Client: HORNBACH Baumarkt AG Category: Innovation / Single or Series
Points: 4.0
SHARAN
Agency: IC4DESIGN / Hiroshima Client: VOLKSWAGEN Group Japan Category: Book / Series
Points: 4.0
Human Clock
Agency: Leo Burnett / Toronto Client: McDonald's Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
Points: 4.0
Project #ShowUs
Agency: Razorfish / New York Client: Dove Category: Design for Good / Integrated Campaign
Points: 4.0
#VictoryFont: A Typeface To Remember
Agency: RT / Moscow Client: RT Category: Design for Good / Typography
Points: 4.0
The Wall against Walls
Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin Client: Initiative Offene Gesellschaft e.V. + Falling Walls Foundation Category: Innovation / Direct
Points: 4.0
The Wall against Walls
Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin Client: Initiative Offene Gesellschaft e.V. + Falling Walls Foundation Category: Design for Good / Integrated Campaign
Points: 4.0
Mind the Gap
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich Client: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) Category: Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt
Points: 4.0
Neo Japan To The World
Agency: SIX INC. / Tokyo Client: Sony Interactive Entertainment Category: Promotional / Collateral / Single
Points: 4.0
Sea Monsters
Agency: Strick&Williams / Brooklyn Client: Catapult Category: Books / Jacket - Single
Points: 4.0
The Left Hand
Agency: TBWA / Beijing Client: Save the Children Category: Motion / Film / Documentary
Points: 4.0
The Gathering
Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York Client: Brooklyn Film Festival Category: Craft in Writing / TV / Film / Video - Single
Points: 4.0
Dome To Home
Agency: Tencent / Shenzhen Client: Mogao Cave Category: Promotional Apparel
Points: 4.0
Spot The Bottle
Agency: thjnk AG / Hamburg Client: Brauerei C. & A. VELTINS GmbH & Co. KG Category: Social Media / Facebook
Points: 4.0
The Bell: A Taco Bell Hotel and Resort
Agency: United Entertainment Group / New York Client: Taco Bell Category: Environmental Design / Retail / Restaurant
Points: 4.0
TETRA
Agency: Volvox Labs / Brooklyn Client: Xandr Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design
Points: 4.0
OFFBLAK
Agency: & SMITH / London Client: OFFBLAK Category: Food / Beverage / Beverage - Series
Points: 2.0
Zooba Branding &Walsh
Agency: &Walsh / New York Client: Zooba Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Points: 2.0
His Dark Materials "Personal Daemons"
Agency: 360i / New York Client: HBO Category: Direct / Mail
Points: 2.0
Create #ForTheThrone
Agency: 360i / New York Client: HBO Category: Promotional Materials / Dimensional - Single
Points: 2.0
MINI: THE INNER DRIVE
Agency: 360i / New York Client: MINI USA Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Points: 2.0
Client:
Takamatsu Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Title:
2D BONSAI:Trees for the imagination
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Points:
8.0
Client:
ADP e. V. / Deutsche Krebshilfe
Title:
German Cancer Aid "Spectrum"
Category:
Design for Good / Experiential Design
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Points:
6.0
Client:
ADP e. V. / Deutsche Krebshilfe
Title:
German Cancer Aid "Spectrum"
Category:
Environmental Design / Exhibition Design
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Points:
6.0
Client:
ADP e. V. / Deutsche Krebshilfe
Title:
German Cancer Aid "Spectrum"
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Points:
6.0
Client:
ADP e. V. / Deutsche Krebshilfe
Title:
German Cancer Aid "Spectrum"
Category:
Craft / Use of Materials
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Points:
6.0
Client:
HORNBACH Baumarkt AG
Title:
HORNBACH "WERKSTÜCK Edition 002"
Category:
Interiors / Home / Office / Furniture - Single or Series
Award:
2020 Product Design Merit Honor
Points:
6.0
Client:
Friends of + POOL
Title:
+ POOL Light and Dashboard
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Points:
6.0
Client:
Friends of + POOL
Title:
+ POOL Light and Dashboard
Category:
Spatial Design / Urban Planning
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Points:
6.0
Client:
Sea-Watch
Title:
LIFEBOAT - The Experiment
Category:
Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Points:
6.0
Client:
Snickers
Title:
Snickers fix the world
Category:
Television / Film / Online Video / Online - Single
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Theirworld
Title:
The Infinity Classroom
Category:
Design for Good / Experiential Design
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Theirworld
Title:
The Infinity Classroom
Category:
Environmental Design / Exhibition Design
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Theirworld
Title:
The Infinity Classroom
Category:
Experiential Design / Installations - Single
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
St. Jude
Title:
Hall of Heroes
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Extended Reality
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
St. Jude
Title:
Hall of Heroes
Category:
Digital Experiences / Virtual Reality
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Apple
Title:
Wonderful Tools
Category:
Branded Content / Entertainment - Online Video / Short Form
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Apple
Title:
Wonderful Tools
Category:
Craft in Video / Animation - Single
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Apple
Title:
Wonderful Tools
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Animation
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Facebook
Title:
Facebook Company: Branded Photography
Category:
Social Media / Single
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Facebook
Title:
Facebook Company: Branded Photography
Category:
Social Media / Series
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Facebook
Title:
Facebook Company: People Empowered Series
Category:
Social Media / Series
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Shiseido Company, Limited
Title:
Re-Tree
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Yahoo Japan Corporation
Title:
Diversity in Disaster Preparation
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA)
Title:
TOKYO MOTOR SHOW 2019
Category:
Wildcard / Series
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Yahoo Japan Corporation
Title:
Diversity in Disaster Preparation
Category:
Wildcard / Series
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Ad Age
Title:
Carol H. Williams and the Rejected Script
Category:
Animation / Single
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Ford Motor Company
Title:
Accessibility Mat
Category:
Design for Good / Product Design
Award:
2020 Product Design Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
HORNBACH Baumarkt AG
Title:
"Democratic Art – An Ai Weiwei for everybody."
Category:
Integrated / Traditional
Award:
2020 Integrated Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
HORNBACH Baumarkt AG
Title:
"Democratic Art – An Ai Weiwei for everybody."
Category:
Innovation / Single or Series
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
VOLKSWAGEN Group Japan
Title:
SHARAN
Category:
Book / Series
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
McDonald's
Title:
Human Clock
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Dove
Title:
Project #ShowUs
Category:
Design for Good / Integrated Campaign
Award:
2020 Integrated Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
RT
Title:
#VictoryFont: A Typeface To Remember
Category:
Design for Good / Typography
Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Initiative Offene Gesellschaft e.V. + Falling Walls Foundation
Title:
The Wall against Walls
Category:
Innovation / Direct
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Initiative Offene Gesellschaft e.V. + Falling Walls Foundation
Title:
The Wall against Walls
Category:
Design for Good / Integrated Campaign
Award:
2020 Integrated Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)
Title:
Mind the Gap
Category:
Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Title:
Neo Japan To The World
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Single
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Catapult
Title:
Sea Monsters
Category:
Books / Jacket - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Save the Children
Title:
The Left Hand
Category:
Motion / Film / Documentary
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Brooklyn Film Festival
Title:
The Gathering
Category:
Craft in Writing / TV / Film / Video - Single
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Mogao Cave
Title:
Dome To Home
Category:
Promotional Apparel
Award:
2020 Fashion Design Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Brauerei C. & A. VELTINS GmbH & Co. KG
Title:
Spot The Bottle
Category:
Social Media / Facebook
Award:
2020 Interactive Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Taco Bell
Title:
The Bell: A Taco Bell Hotel and Resort
Category:
Environmental Design / Retail / Restaurant
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Xandr
Title:
TETRA
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
OFFBLAK
Title:
OFFBLAK
Category:
Food / Beverage / Beverage - Series
Award:
2020 Packaging Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
Zooba
Title:
Zooba Branding &Walsh
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
HBO
Title:
His Dark Materials "Personal Daemons"
Category:
Direct / Mail
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
HBO
Title:
Create #ForTheThrone
Category:
Promotional Materials / Dimensional - Single
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
HBO
Title:
Create #ForTheThrone
Category:
Wildcard / Single
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
MINI USA
Title:
MINI: THE INNER DRIVE
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
