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
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID
Leave With A Story
Agency: 360i / New York
Client: New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation Category: Photography / Travel / Tourism - Series
Get Back, Tohoku.
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY Category: Photography / Travel / Tourism - Series
Tokyo Pen Pixel
Agency: R/GA / Tokyo
Client: MUJI Category: Environmental Design / Window Display / Merchandising - Single
COMMOTION
Agency: Design Army / Washington DC
Client: MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART Category: Typography / Editorial - Single
Che Pi- Interview with Zuoxiaozuzhou
Agency: PAY2PLAY / Beijing
Client: Zuoxiaozuzhou Studio Category: Book Design / Text-Driven Book - Single
History of the Internet
Agency: Yahoo Japan Corporation / Tokyo + BIRDMAN inc. / Tokyo + JH Kagaku / Tokyo + TEEMA / Tokyo
Client: Yahoo! JAPAN Category: Illustration / Digital - Single
What Was She Wearing? (The Reckoning: Women and Power in The Workplace)
Agency: Amber Vittoria / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Illustration / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Single
Paris Climate Agreement
Agency: Eiko Ojala / Tallinn + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Illustration / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Single
Krone (Crown) Beer
Agency: Creuna Norway / Oslo
Client: NorBrew Category: Packaging Design / Beverage - Single
HOMME PLISSÉ ISSEY MIYAKE CITY MEETS BODY
Agency: ASABA DESIGN / Tokyo + BOAT / Tokyo + grandpa / Tokyo
Client: ISSEY MIYAKE INC. Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
HOMME PLISSÉ ISSEY MIYAKE BOX PLEATS
Agency: ASABA DESIGN / Tokyo + BOAT / Tokyo + grandpa / Tokyo
Client: ISSEY MIYAKE INC. Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
FUSION (5 Posters)
Agency: China Academy of Art / Hangzhou
Client: Toppan Printing Co.,Ltd. / Tokyo Printing Museum Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
The Invisible Visible
Agency: Creative Power Unit / Tokyo
Client: Shiga Art School Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
"Wei" chair series generalize posters
Agency: Day Day Up Desgin Consultancy / Zhongshan,Guangdong
Client: Wei Furniture Co.Ltd Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
SLOW TRAIN, SLOW LIFE. “Get Back, Tohoku.”
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
One plus One.
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan / Tokyo
Client: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
New advertising platform 2017–2020
Agency: lg2 / Montreal
Client: Parc Olympique Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
RED BULL MUSIC FESTIVAL TOKYO 2017
Agency: Mori inc. / Tokyo + TYMOTE / Tokyo
Client: Red Bull Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
Whatever You
Agency: RAPP / London, United Kingdom + Packshot Factory / London, United Kingdom
Client: Heist Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
Season Opener 2018
Agency: beierarbeit / Bielefeld
Client: Bielefelder Philharmoniker Category: Typography / Advertising - Single
The Original Brushes of Edvard Munch
Agency: Abby Priest / Stockholm
Client: Adobe Category: Innovation / Advertising
RPM: Russ Per Minute
Agency: BBDO / New York + BBDO Studios / New York
Client: Columbia Records Category: Innovation / Advertising
Invisible Car
Agency: Commonwealth//McCann / Detroit + The Mill / Los Angeles + Mill+ / Los Angeles
Client: Chevrolet Category: Innovation / Advertising
SLOW TRAIN, SLOW LIFE. “Get Back, Tohoku.”
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY Category: Art Direction / Poster Advertising - Campaign
...And That's the Smell of Archer
Agency: FCB / Chicago
Client: Archer+Wolf, LLC Category: Art Direction / Poster Advertising - Campaign
Lite Originals
Agency: Juniper Park\TBWA Communications / Toronto
Client: Miller Lite Category: Art Direction / Poster Advertising - Campaign
A World With No Heroes
Agency: DDB / Paris + Make me pulse / Paris
Client: Ubisoft Category: Branded Content & Entertainment / Games - Single
Play the City | The Recording Academy | 60th GRAMMYs
Agency: Tool / Santa Monica + TBWA\Chiat\Day / Los Angeles + The Recording Academy / Los Angeles
Client: The Recording Academy Category: Innovation / Integrated
Be Internet Awesome
Agency: Google Brand Studio / San Francisco
Client: Google Category: Apps / Education / Reference - Single
The Struggle for Happiness
Agency: Magoz Blog / Barcelona
Client: Magoz Blog Category: Illustration / Motion - Single
Always Traveling
Agency: Magoz Blog / Barcelona
Client: Magoz Blog Category: Illustration / Motion - Single
Do You Have a Question? Ask!
Agency: SEAT / Barcelona + C14 / Barcelona
Client: SEAT Category: Illustration / Motion - Single
Uber and Waymo
Agency: VICE News / Brooklyn
Client: VICE News Category: Illustration / Motion - Single
"Despacito" Luis Fonsi + Daddy Yankee
Agency: Elastic People / Miami
Client: Universal Music Latin Entertainment Category: Motion / Film / Music Video - Single
Now or Never
Agency: FP7/CAI / cairo + Good People Content / cairo + Good People Films / cairo
Client: Orange Category: Motion / Film / Music Video - Single
OBSESSION FOR SMOOTHNESS
Agency: SIXINC / TOKYO + SPA-HAKUHODO CO., LTD / TOKYO
Client: DOUBLE A Category: Motion / Film / Music Video - Single
Sónar 2017
Agency: Albert Trulls / Barcelona
Client: Advanced Music Category: Typography / Personal / Unpublished Lettering - Series
Silverado Then and Now Film
Agency: Commonwealth//McCann / Detroit
Client: Chevrolet Category: Craft in Video / Editing - Single
In Real Life
Agency: BBDO / New York + BBDO Studios / New York
Client: Monica Lewinsky Category: Online / Mobile / Online Video - Single
The Talk
Agency: BBDO / New York + TheCornerShop
Client: P&G Category: Online / Mobile / Online Video - Single
Following
Agency: DDB / Chicago
Client: State Farm Category: Online / Mobile / Online Video - Single
Crash Test
Agency: DDB / Paris + Stink Digital / Paris + Studio5 / Paris
Client: Sécurité Routière Category: Online / Mobile / Online Video - Single
I'm With The Banned
Agency: Spotify In-House / New York
Client: Spotify Category: Online / Mobile / Online Video - Single
Watching and Lamenting the Death of the New York City Diner
Agency: New York Magazine / New York
Client: New York Magazine Category: Photography / Food - Single
HeroSmiths
Agency: Energy BBDO / Chicago
Client: Bayer Aspirin Category: Integrated / Integrated - Campaign
Teddy Gun
Agency: FCB / Chicago
Client: Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Category: Integrated / Integrated - Campaign
Share a Coke 1,000 Name Celebration
Agency: Fitzco//McCann / Atlanta + Casanova//McCann / New York
Client: Coca-Cola Category: Integrated / Integrated - Campaign
See What's Next
Agency: McCann / New York
Client: Microsoft Category: Integrated / Integrated - Campaign
Responsibly the beer
Agency: McCann Worldgroup Italy / Milan + MRM//McCann / Milan + Craft / London + Think Cattleya / Milan
Client: Ubrew Category: Integrated / Integrated - Campaign
2017 Wrapped
Agency: Spotify In-House / New York
Client: Spotify Category: Integrated / Integrated - Campaign
Award:
2018 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
360i / New York
Client:
New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation
Title:
Leave With A Story
Category:
Photography / Travel / Tourism - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO18031M
Award:
2018 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client:
EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
Title:
Get Back, Tohoku.
Category:
Photography / Travel / Tourism - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO18032M
Award:
2018 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
R/GA / Tokyo
Client:
MUJI
Title:
Tokyo Pen Pixel
Category:
Environmental Design / Window Display / Merchandising - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP18022M
Award:
2018 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Design Army / Washington DC
Client:
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART
Title:
COMMOTION
Category:
Typography / Editorial - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP18012M
Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
PAY2PLAY / Beijing
Client:
Zuoxiaozuzhou Studio
Title:
Che Pi- Interview with Zuoxiaozuzhou
Category:
Book Design / Text-Driven Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18030M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Yahoo Japan Corporation / Tokyo + BIRDMAN inc. / Tokyo + JH Kagaku / Tokyo + TEEMA / Tokyo
Client:
Yahoo! JAPAN
Title:
History of the Internet
Category:
Illustration / Digital - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18019M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Amber Vittoria / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
What Was She Wearing? (The Reckoning: Women and Power in The Workplace)
Category:
Illustration / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18021M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Eiko Ojala / Tallinn + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Paris Climate Agreement
Category:
Illustration / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18022M
Award:
2018 Packaging Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Creuna Norway / Oslo
Client:
NorBrew
Title:
Krone (Crown) Beer
Category:
Packaging Design / Beverage - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG18009M
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
ASABA DESIGN / Tokyo + BOAT / Tokyo + grandpa / Tokyo
Client:
ISSEY MIYAKE INC.
Title:
HOMME PLISSÉ ISSEY MIYAKE CITY MEETS BODY
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD18049M
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
ASABA DESIGN / Tokyo + BOAT / Tokyo + grandpa / Tokyo
Client:
ISSEY MIYAKE INC.
Title:
HOMME PLISSÉ ISSEY MIYAKE BOX PLEATS
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD18050M
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
China Academy of Art / Hangzhou
Client:
Toppan Printing Co.,Ltd. / Tokyo Printing Museum
Title:
FUSION (5 Posters)
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD18051M
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Creative Power Unit / Tokyo
Client:
Shiga Art School
Title:
The Invisible Visible
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD18052M
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Day Day Up Desgin Consultancy / Zhongshan,Guangdong
Client:
Wei Furniture Co.Ltd
Title:
"Wei" chair series generalize posters
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD18053M
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client:
EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
Title:
SLOW TRAIN, SLOW LIFE. “Get Back, Tohoku.”
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD18054M
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan / Tokyo
Client:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Title:
One plus One.
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD18055M
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
lg2 / Montreal
Client:
Parc Olympique
Title:
New advertising platform 2017–2020
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD18056M
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Mori inc. / Tokyo + TYMOTE / Tokyo
Client:
Red Bull
Title:
RED BULL MUSIC FESTIVAL TOKYO 2017
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD18057M
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
RAPP / London, United Kingdom + Packshot Factory / London, United Kingdom
Client:
Heist
Title:
Whatever You
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD18058M
Award:
2018 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
beierarbeit / Bielefeld
Client:
Bielefelder Philharmoniker
Title:
Season Opener 2018
Category:
Typography / Advertising - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP18009M
Award:
2018 Innovation Merit Honor
Agency:
Abby Priest / Stockholm
Client:
Adobe
Title:
The Original Brushes of Edvard Munch
Category:
Innovation / Advertising
Annual ID:
ADC_INV18009M
Award:
2018 Innovation Merit Honor
Agency:
BBDO / New York + BBDO Studios / New York
Client:
Columbia Records
Title:
RPM: Russ Per Minute
Category:
Innovation / Advertising
Annual ID:
ADC_INV18010M
Award:
2018 Innovation Merit Honor
Agency:
Commonwealth//McCann / Detroit + The Mill / Los Angeles + Mill+ / Los Angeles
Client:
Chevrolet
Title:
Invisible Car
Category:
Innovation / Advertising
Annual ID:
ADC_INV18011M
Award:
2018 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client:
EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
Title:
SLOW TRAIN, SLOW LIFE. “Get Back, Tohoku.”
Category:
Art Direction / Poster Advertising - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV18061M
Award:
2018 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
FCB / Chicago
Client:
Archer+Wolf, LLC
Title:
...And That's the Smell of Archer
Category:
Art Direction / Poster Advertising - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV18062M
Award:
2018 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Juniper Park\TBWA Communications / Toronto
Client:
Miller Lite
Title:
Lite Originals
Category:
Art Direction / Poster Advertising - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV18063M
Award:
2018 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
DDB / Paris + Make me pulse / Paris
Client:
Ubisoft
Title:
A World With No Heroes
Category:
Branded Content & Entertainment / Games - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV18067M
Award:
2018 Innovation Merit Honor
Agency:
Tool / Santa Monica + TBWA\Chiat\Day / Los Angeles + The Recording Academy / Los Angeles
Client:
The Recording Academy
Title:
Play the City | The Recording Academy | 60th GRAMMYs
Category:
Innovation / Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_INV18017M
Award:
2018 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
Google Brand Studio / San Francisco
Client:
Google
Title:
Be Internet Awesome
Category:
Apps / Education / Reference - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_INT18037M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Magoz Blog / Barcelona
Client:
Magoz Blog
Title:
The Struggle for Happiness
Category:
Illustration / Motion - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18025M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Magoz Blog / Barcelona
Client:
Magoz Blog
Title:
Always Traveling
Category:
Illustration / Motion - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18026M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
SEAT / Barcelona + C14 / Barcelona
Client:
SEAT
Title:
Do You Have a Question? Ask!
Category:
Illustration / Motion - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18027M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
VICE News / Brooklyn
Client:
VICE News
Title:
Uber and Waymo
Category:
Illustration / Motion - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18028M
Award:
2018 Motion / Film Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
Elastic People / Miami
Client:
Universal Music Latin Entertainment
Title:
"Despacito" Luis Fonsi + Daddy Yankee
Category:
Motion / Film / Music Video - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT18022M
Award:
2018 Motion / Film Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
FP7/CAI / cairo + Good People Content / cairo + Good People Films / cairo
Client:
Orange
Title:
Now or Never
Category:
Motion / Film / Music Video - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT18023M
Award:
2018 Motion / Film Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
SIXINC / TOKYO + SPA-HAKUHODO CO., LTD / TOKYO
Client:
DOUBLE A
Title:
OBSESSION FOR SMOOTHNESS
Category:
Motion / Film / Music Video - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT18024M
Award:
2018 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Albert Trulls / Barcelona
Client:
Advanced Music
Title:
Sónar 2017
Category:
Typography / Personal / Unpublished Lettering - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP18022M
Award:
2018 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Commonwealth//McCann / Detroit
Client:
Chevrolet
Title:
Silverado Then and Now Film
Category:
Craft in Video / Editing - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV18075M
Award:
2018 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
BBDO / New York + BBDO Studios / New York
Client:
Monica Lewinsky
Title:
In Real Life
Category:
Online / Mobile / Online Video - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_INT18054M
Award:
2018 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
BBDO / New York + TheCornerShop
Client:
P&G
Title:
The Talk
Category:
Online / Mobile / Online Video - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_INT18055M
Award:
2018 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
DDB / Chicago
Client:
State Farm
Title:
Following
Category:
Online / Mobile / Online Video - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_INT18056M
Award:
2018 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
DDB / Paris + Stink Digital / Paris + Studio5 / Paris
Client:
Sécurité Routière
Title:
Crash Test
Category:
Online / Mobile / Online Video - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_INT18057M
Award:
2018 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
Spotify In-House / New York
Client:
Spotify
Title:
I'm With The Banned
Category:
Online / Mobile / Online Video - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_INT18058M
Award:
2018 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
New York Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
Watching and Lamenting the Death of the New York City Diner
Category:
Photography / Food - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO18015M
Award:
2018 Integrated Merit Honor
Agency:
Energy BBDO / Chicago
Client:
Bayer Aspirin
Title:
HeroSmiths
Category:
Integrated / Integrated - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ITG18008M
Award:
2018 Integrated Merit Honor
Agency:
FCB / Chicago
Client:
Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
Title:
Teddy Gun
Category:
Integrated / Integrated - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ITG18009M
Award:
2018 Integrated Merit Honor
Agency:
Fitzco//McCann / Atlanta + Casanova//McCann / New York
Client:
Coca-Cola
Title:
Share a Coke 1,000 Name Celebration
Category:
Integrated / Integrated - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ITG18010M
Award:
2018 Integrated Merit Honor
Agency:
McCann / New York
Client:
Microsoft
Title:
See What's Next
Category:
Integrated / Integrated - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ITG18011M
Award:
2018 Integrated Merit Honor
Agency:
McCann Worldgroup Italy / Milan + MRM//McCann / Milan + Craft / London + Think Cattleya / Milan
Client:
Ubrew
Title:
Responsibly the beer
Category:
Integrated / Integrated - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ITG18012M
Award:
2018 Integrated Merit Honor
Agency:
Spotify In-House / New York
Client:
Spotify
Title:
2017 Wrapped
Category:
Integrated / Integrated - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ITG18013M
