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
2020
Client
Title
Category
Award
Points
The Gun Violence History Book
Agency: FCB / Chicago Client: Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Points: 50.0
Bloomberg — Charting Futures
Agency: Algo / Torino Client: Bloomberg Category: Innovation
Points: 30.0
WITH
Agency: Córdova Canillas / Barcelona Client: Zurich University of the Arts Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Series
Points: 25.0
The Gun Violence History Book
Agency: FCB / Chicago Client: Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Points: 25.0
Madness In Crowds
Agency: Headcase Design / Philadelphia Client: Beehive Books Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Points: 25.0
The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Memory
Agency: Minmin qu & qian jiang / Nanjing Client: JIANGSU ART MUSEUM Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Points: 25.0
Made in Fukushima.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich Client: METER Group Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Points: 25.0
Made in Fukushima.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich Client: METER Group Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Points: 25.0
Typographic Design in China
Agency: T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing Client: Shenzhen Graphic Design Association (SGDA) Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Points: 15.0
Age of Union
Agency: Baillat Studio / Montreal Client: Dax Dasilva Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single
Points: 10.0
Nature's co-citation network infographic
Agency: Barabási Lab / Boston Client: Nature Category: Magazines / Magazine Infographics - Single or Series
Points: 10.0
Hunhun's Notes
Agency: Day Day Up Design Consultancy / Zhongshan Client: Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing, Ltd. Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Points: 10.0
Made in Fukushima.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich Client: METER Group Category: Books / Jacket - Single
Points: 10.0
Emergence Magazine
Agency: Studio Airport / Utrecht, NL Client: Emergence Magazine Category: Digital Publications / Online Publication - Single or Series
Points: 10.0
Dragon’s Delusion - Book Cover & Jacket Design
Agency: STUDIO-M / Hong Kong Client: Dragon’s Delusion Category: Books / Jacket - Series
Points: 10.0
Observing and Mirroring - Dwelling Philosophy
Agency: T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing Client: Day Day Up Design Consultant Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Points: 10.0
Breeze blows to the page, you read
Agency: XXL Studio / Beijing Client: Hainan Publishing House Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Points: 10.0
Sea Monsters
Agency: Strick&Williams / Brooklyn Client: Catapult Category: Books / Jacket - Single
Points: 4.0
Daniel Jensen – Current Events
Agency: Bedow / Stockholm Client: Björkholmen Gallery Category: Books / Jacket - Single
Points: 2.0
Stimulate Annual
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo Client: Copywriters Club Nagoya Category: Books / Jacket - Series
Points: 2.0
Transmission Pang Pang Document Book
Agency: Edition Nord / Minamiuonuma-shi Client: OLTA Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Points: 2.0
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Agency: For Office Use Only / new york Client: Public Art Fund Category: Books / Jacket - Single
Points: 2.0
Iconography of the Ten Bamboo Studio
Agency: Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing Client: Ten Bamboo Studio Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Points: 2.0
Jia Hui
Agency: Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing Client: Phoenix Science Press Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Points: 2.0
GDC19
Agency: Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing Client: Designer books Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Points: 2.0
The Book Block, Industrial Bookbinding Techniques
Agency: Itemzero / Espinho Client: Maiadouro Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Points: 2.0
Hell-P
Agency: Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg Client: Warner Music Central Europe Category: Innovation
Points: 2.0
How We See: Photobooks by Women
Agency: Laura Coombs / New York Client: 10x10 Photobooks Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single
Points: 2.0
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Agency: RT / Moscow Client: RT Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Points: 2.0
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Agency: RT / Moscow Client: RT Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Points: 2.0
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Agency: RT / Moscow Client: RT Category: Digital Publications / Media - Single or Series
Points: 2.0
Made in Fukushima.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich Client: METER Group Category: Innovation
Points: 2.0
To be Continued: Nanjing in 99 Objects
Agency: T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing Client: Nanjing Museum Administration Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Points: 2.0
The Appreciation of Poems in Tang and Song Dynasty
Agency: T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing Client: The Commercial Press Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single
Points: 2.0
Lo—TEK. Design by Radical Indigenism
Agency: W—E studio, Piera Wolf + Claudine Eriksson / Zürich + New York Client: TASCHEN Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Points: 2.0
Sophy Holland Super Humans
Agency: YummyColours / New York City Client: Sophy Holland Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Points: 2.0
Client:
Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
Title:
The Gun Violence History Book
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Award:
2020 Publication Design Best of Discipline Cube
Points:
50.0
Client:
Bloomberg
Title:
Bloomberg — Charting Futures
Category:
Innovation
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Points:
30.0
Client:
Zurich University of the Arts
Title:
WITH
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Series
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Points:
25.0
Client:
Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
Title:
The Gun Violence History Book
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Points:
25.0
Client:
Beehive Books
Title:
Madness In Crowds
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Points:
25.0
Client:
JIANGSU ART MUSEUM
Title:
The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Memory
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Points:
25.0
Client:
METER Group
Title:
Made in Fukushima.
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Points:
25.0
Client:
METER Group
Title:
Made in Fukushima.
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Points:
25.0
Client:
Shenzhen Graphic Design Association (SGDA)
Title:
Typographic Design in China
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Points:
15.0
Client:
Dax Dasilva
Title:
Age of Union
Category:
Books / Text-Driven - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Points:
10.0
Client:
Nature
Title:
Nature's co-citation network infographic
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Infographics - Single or Series
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Points:
10.0
Client:
Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing, Ltd.
Title:
Hunhun's Notes
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Points:
10.0
Client:
METER Group
Title:
Made in Fukushima.
Category:
Books / Jacket - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Points:
10.0
Client:
Emergence Magazine
Title:
Emergence Magazine
Category:
Digital Publications / Online Publication - Single or Series
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Points:
10.0
Client:
Dragon’s Delusion
Title:
Dragon’s Delusion - Book Cover & Jacket Design
Category:
Books / Jacket - Series
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Points:
10.0
Client:
Day Day Up Design Consultant
Title:
Observing and Mirroring - Dwelling Philosophy
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Points:
10.0
Client:
Hainan Publishing House
Title:
Breeze blows to the page, you read
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Points:
10.0
Client:
Catapult
Title:
Sea Monsters
Category:
Books / Jacket - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
4.0
Client:
Björkholmen Gallery
Title:
Daniel Jensen – Current Events
Category:
Books / Jacket - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
Copywriters Club Nagoya
Title:
Stimulate Annual
Category:
Books / Jacket - Series
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
OLTA
Title:
Transmission Pang Pang Document Book
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
Public Art Fund
Title:
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Category:
Books / Jacket - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
Ten Bamboo Studio
Title:
Iconography of the Ten Bamboo Studio
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
Phoenix Science Press
Title:
Jia Hui
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
Designer books
Title:
GDC19
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
Maiadouro
Title:
The Book Block, Industrial Bookbinding Techniques
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
Warner Music Central Europe
Title:
Hell-P
Category:
Innovation
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
10x10 Photobooks
Title:
How We See: Photobooks by Women
Category:
Books / Text-Driven - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
RT
Title:
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
RT
Title:
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
RT
Title:
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Category:
Digital Publications / Media - Single or Series
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
RT
Title:
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Category:
Innovation
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
METER Group
Title:
Made in Fukushima.
Category:
Innovation
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
Nanjing Museum Administration
Title:
To be Continued: Nanjing in 99 Objects
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
The Commercial Press
Title:
The Appreciation of Poems in Tang and Song Dynasty
Category:
Books / Text-Driven - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
TASCHEN
Title:
Lo—TEK. Design by Radical Indigenism
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0