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.
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Agency of the Year is awarded to the Agency that garners the most points overall for winning entries (Pencils, Merits, Special Awards), allocated per the points chart.
Points are only awarded to agencies credited as Primary/Secondary. If several agencies are listed under Primary/Secondary, the points are DIVIDED among them.
For 2021, the rankings were determined based on the point values listed on this chart:
Gold Cube
Silver Cube
Bronze Cube
Merit
Fusion Cube
Designism Cube
Best of Discipline
Best of Show
15
7
3
1
30
30
30
45
MULTIPLE AWARDS WITHIN A DISCIPLINE
If the same piece of work won multiple awards within a Discipline, the points for the one (1) highest award* in that discipline were counted.
*For work that received a Best of Discipline honor, the points for both the Gold win and Best of Discipline win were counted within that Discipline.
AWARDS IN MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES
If the same piece of work won awards across multiple Disciplines, the points for the highest award per discipline were counted.
Rank
Agency Rankings
Points
#
DDB Group Germany / Berlin
450
#
The New York Times Magazine
436.50
#
BBDO Group Germany GmbH
255
#
The Bloc / New York
240
#
McCann / New York
186
#
Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York
165
#
BBDO / New York
147
#
Bruketa&Zinic&Grey / Zagreb
135
#
DADADA Studio / Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
135
#
Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco
135
#
Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo
111
#
DDB / Paris
108
#
David / Miami
93
#
INGO / Stockholm
93
#
Publicis
93
#
Wieden+Kennedy / Portland
90
#
FCB / New York
75
#
360i / New York
72
#
The New York Times for Kids / New York
69
#
ATELIER BRÜCKNER GmbH / Stuttgart
67.50
#
BIG Bjarke Ingels Group / Copenhagen
67.50
#
CENTER / Brooklyn
67.50
#
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
58.50
#
COLLINS / New York
54
#
CRK / Switzerland
54
#
72andSunny / Los Angeles
51
#
FCB / Chicago
51
#
Aidlin Darling Design / San Francisco
48
#
Area 23, An FCB Health Network Company / New York
48
#
COLLINS / San Francisco
48
#
HEIMAT / Berlin
48
#
Nanjing Han Qing Tang Design CO., LTD. / Nanjing
48
#
Ailun Jiang + Yatang Hsu
45
#
Current Global / Chicago
45
#
dentsumcgarrybowen / New York
45
#
Droga5 / New York
45
#
ESTABLISHED / New York
45
#
FCB&FiRe / Madrid
45
#
FCBX / Chicago
45
#
hesign / Berlin
45
#
Kin / New York
45
#
LUO Studio / Beijing
45
#
Paprika / Montreal
45
#
lg2 / Québec
42
#
R/GA / New York
42
#
indego design / Macau
33
#
MullenLowe SSP3 / Bogotá
33
#
Sid Lee / Montreal
33
#
Hyperinteractive / Hamburg
30
#
Moby Digg / Munich
30
