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.
Award
Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID

Why Can't Democrats turn the Page
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Magazine Cover - Single

Why Can't Democrats turn the Page
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Magazine Cover - Single


MacGuffin Magazine
Agency: MacGuffin / Amsterdam
Client: MacGuffin Category: Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Series


The California Sunday Magazine (February, August, October)
Agency: The California Sunday Magazine / San Francisco
Client: The California Sunday Magazine Category: Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Series


He's Gotta Have It
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Magazine Story / Spread - Single


New York Stories
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Single


UNCONTROLLED TYPES by Plotter Drawing
Agency: SHA inc. / Tokyo
Client: SHA inc. Category: Book Design / Limited Edition, Private Press or Special Format Book - Single


The Great American Eclipse of 2017
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Newspaper Front Page / Spread / Full Issue - Single


ARAMCO
Agency: Dammsavage Inc / Brooklyn NY
Client: Daylight Books Category: Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single


A Teenage Life
Agency: The California Sunday Magazine / San Francisco
Client: The California Sunday Magazine Category: Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Single


The Music Issue
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Single


AGI Seoul 2016
Agency: Ahn Graphics / Seoul
Client: Ahn Graphics Publisher Category: Book Design / Limited Edition, Private Press or Special Format Book - Single


Walking the Path to Eternal Fragrance
Agency: Hanqingtang Design NH7 / Nanjing
Client: Phoenix Science Press Category: Book Design / Limited Edition, Private Press or Special Format Book - Single


The Record of Suzhou’s Prosperity: A Collection of Works in Suzhou Taohuawu Wood Engraving New Year Paint
Agency: XXL Studio / Beijing + Artron Art Group / Beijing + People's Fine Arts Publishing House / Shanghai
Client: Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House Category: Book Design / Limited Edition, Private Press or Special Format Book - Single


Unsettled
Agency: Brad Bartlett Design / Los Angeles
Client: Nevada Museum of Art Category: Book Design / Book Jacket - Single


Henryk Tomaszewski
Agency: China Academy of Art / Hangzhou
Client: Power Station of Art Shanghai, Power Station of Design Shanghai Category: Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single


The Music Issue
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Magazine Cover - Single


Weapon Confusion Is a Weapon
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Magazine Cover - Single


Che Pi- Interview with Zuoxiaozuzhou
Agency: PAY2PLAY / Beijing
Client: Zuoxiaozuzhou Studio Category: Book Design / Text-Driven Book - Single


Bard of Suck
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Magazine Story / Spread - Single


The Pop Prodigy Returns
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Magazine Story / Spread - Single


COMMOTION ISSUE 5
Agency: Design Army / Washington DC
Client: MARYLAND INSTIUTUTE COLLEGE OF ART Category: Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Single


Tales from an Uncertain Future
Agency: WIRED / San Francisco
Client: WIRED Category: Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Single


American Photography 33
Agency: Amilus Inc / New York
Client: Amilus Inc. Category: Book Design / Limited Edition, Private Press or Special Format Book - Single


Penguin Frozen Storybook
Agency: TBWA\Shanghai / Shanghai
Client: Penguin Books Category: Book Design / Limited Edition, Private Press or Special Format Book - Single


The Art of the Erotic
Agency: Phaidon / New York / London
Client: Phaidon Category: Book Design / Book Jacket - Single


Manly Health and Training, by Walt Whitman
Agency: Regan Arts / New York
Client: Regan Arts Category: Book Design / Book Jacket - Single


Supima The Book
Agency: Stella Giovanni / New York
Client: Rizzoli Publications Category: Book Design / Book Jacket - Single


The New York Times for Kids: Killer Mosquitos!
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Newspaper Front Page / Spread / Full Issue - Single


Proud of Lithuania. A Fairy Tale by Sweet Root
Agency: Sweet Root / Vilnius + Boy Creative Studio / Vilnius + Dvi Tylos / Vilnius + Sarune Zurba Photography / Vilnius
Client: Sweet Root Category: Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single


School of Visual Arts Senior Library 2016
Agency: Hinterland / New York
Client: School of Visual Arts Category: Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single


Bread is Gold: Extraordinary Meals with Ordinary Ingredients
Agency: Phaidon / New York / London
Client: Phaidon Category: Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single


Vegan: The Cookbook
Agency: Phaidon / New York / London
Client: Phaidon Category: Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single


Supima The Book
Agency: Stella Giovanni / New York
Client: Rizzoli Publications Category: Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single


For the unforgettable memory woodcuts
Agency: T-Change Design Co.,Ltd / Nanjing
Client: Liuchunjie Art Studio Category: Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single


Owens, Lauara
Agency: Whitney Museum of American Art / New York
Client: Whitney Museum of American Art Category: Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single


She Said.
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Magazine Cover - Single


The Return of the Pop Prodigy
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Magazine Cover - Single


Award:
2018 Publication Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Why Can't Democrats turn the Page
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Cover - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18008G

Award:
2018 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Why Can't Democrats turn the Page
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Cover - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18008G

Award:
2018 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
MacGuffin / Amsterdam
Client:
MacGuffin
Title:
MacGuffin Magazine
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18014G

Award:
2018 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
The California Sunday Magazine / San Francisco
Client:
The California Sunday Magazine
Title:
The California Sunday Magazine (February, August, October)
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18015G

Award:
2018 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
He's Gotta Have It
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Story / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18016S

Award:
2018 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
New York Stories
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18011S

Award:
2018 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
SHA inc. / Tokyo
Client:
SHA inc.
Title:
UNCONTROLLED TYPES by Plotter Drawing
Category:
Book Design / Limited Edition, Private Press or Special Format Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18004S

Award:
2018 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Great American Eclipse of 2017
Category:
Editorial / Newspaper Front Page / Spread / Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18017S

Award:
2018 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Dammsavage Inc / Brooklyn NY
Client:
Daylight Books
Title:
ARAMCO
Category:
Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18002S

Award:
2018 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
The California Sunday Magazine / San Francisco
Client:
The California Sunday Magazine
Title:
A Teenage Life
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18012B

Award:
2018 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Music Issue
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18013B

Award:
2018 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Ahn Graphics / Seoul
Client:
Ahn Graphics Publisher
Title:
AGI Seoul 2016
Category:
Book Design / Limited Edition, Private Press or Special Format Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18005B

Award:
2018 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Hanqingtang Design NH7 / Nanjing
Client:
Phoenix Science Press
Title:
Walking the Path to Eternal Fragrance
Category:
Book Design / Limited Edition, Private Press or Special Format Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18006B

Award:
2018 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
XXL Studio / Beijing + Artron Art Group / Beijing + People's Fine Arts Publishing House / Shanghai
Client:
Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House
Title:
The Record of Suzhou’s Prosperity: A Collection of Works in Suzhou Taohuawu Wood Engraving New Year Paint
Category:
Book Design / Limited Edition, Private Press or Special Format Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18007B

Award:
2018 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Brad Bartlett Design / Los Angeles
Client:
Nevada Museum of Art
Title:
Unsettled
Category:
Book Design / Book Jacket - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18001B

Award:
2018 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
China Academy of Art / Hangzhou
Client:
Power Station of Art Shanghai, Power Station of Design Shanghai
Title:
Henryk Tomaszewski
Category:
Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18003B

Award:
2018 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Music Issue
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Cover - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18009B

Award:
2018 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Weapon Confusion Is a Weapon
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Cover - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18010B

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 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Bard of Suck
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Story / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18035M

Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Pop Prodigy Returns
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Story / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18036M

Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Design Army / Washington DC
Client:
MARYLAND INSTIUTUTE COLLEGE OF ART
Title:
COMMOTION ISSUE 5
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18033M

Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
WIRED / San Francisco
Client:
WIRED
Title:
Tales from an Uncertain Future
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18034M

Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Amilus Inc / New York
Client:
Amilus Inc.
Title:
American Photography 33
Category:
Book Design / Limited Edition, Private Press or Special Format Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18028M

Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
TBWA\Shanghai / Shanghai
Client:
Penguin Books
Title:
Penguin Frozen Storybook
Category:
Book Design / Limited Edition, Private Press or Special Format Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18029M

Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Phaidon / New York / London
Client:
Phaidon
Title:
The Art of the Erotic
Category:
Book Design / Book Jacket - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18018M

Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Regan Arts / New York
Client:
Regan Arts
Title:
Manly Health and Training, by Walt Whitman
Category:
Book Design / Book Jacket - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18019M

Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Stella Giovanni / New York
Client:
Rizzoli Publications
Title:
Supima The Book
Category:
Book Design / Book Jacket - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18020M

Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The New York Times for Kids: Killer Mosquitos!
Category:
Editorial / Newspaper Front Page / Spread / Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18037M

Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Sweet Root / Vilnius + Boy Creative Studio / Vilnius + Dvi Tylos / Vilnius + Sarune Zurba Photography / Vilnius
Client:
Sweet Root
Title:
Proud of Lithuania. A Fairy Tale by Sweet Root
Category:
Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18021M

Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Hinterland / New York
Client:
School of Visual Arts
Title:
School of Visual Arts Senior Library 2016
Category:
Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18022M

Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Phaidon / New York / London
Client:
Phaidon
Title:
Bread is Gold: Extraordinary Meals with Ordinary Ingredients
Category:
Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18023M

Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Phaidon / New York / London
Client:
Phaidon
Title:
Vegan: The Cookbook
Category:
Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18024M

Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Stella Giovanni / New York
Client:
Rizzoli Publications
Title:
Supima The Book
Category:
Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18025M

Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
T-Change Design Co.,Ltd / Nanjing
Client:
Liuchunjie Art Studio
Title:
For the unforgettable memory woodcuts
Category:
Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18026M

Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Whitney Museum of American Art / New York
Client:
Whitney Museum of American Art
Title:
Owens, Lauara
Category:
Book Design / Image-Driven Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18027M

Award:
2018 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
She Said.
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Cover - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18031M
