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
Nosferatu
Agency: AlmapBBDO / São Paulo
Client: Getty Images Category: Online / Mobile / Websites - Single
History of the Internet
Agency: Yahoo Japan Corporation / Tokyo + BIRDMAN inc. / Tokyo + JH Kagaku / Tokyo + TEEMA / Tokyo
Client: Yahoo! JAPAN Category: Online / Mobile / Websites - Single
Love is Metaphysical Gravity
Agency: Raytheon / Waltham
Client: Raytheon Company Category: Photography / Landscape - Series
Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror
Agency: Google Brand Studio / San Francisco + Equal Justice Initiative / Montgomery
Client: Equal Justice Initiative Category: Design for Good / Interactive - Campaign
The Earworm Billboards
Agency: Cheil Worldwide Germany / Schwalbach am Taunus + Cheil Worldwide / Hong Kong
Client: 3M Hong Kong Category: Typography / Advertising - Series
Self-spelling KANJI
Agency: DENTSU INC. / TOKYO + J.C.SPARK / TOKYO
Client: The Shizuoka Shimbun and Shizuoka Broadcasting System Category: Typography / Advertising - Series
Sónar 2017
Agency: Albert Trulls / Barcelona
Client: Advanced Music Category: Typography / Personal / Unpublished Lettering - Series
Local Business Never Looked So Good
Agency: UncleGrey / Copenhagen + Canon / Copenhagen
Client: Canon Category: Innovation / Photography
Tokyo Pen Pixel
Agency: R/GA / Tokyo
Client: MUJI Category: Environmental Design / Window Display / Merchandising - Single
Through the day, through the night
Agency: Leonardo Santamaria Studio / Los Angeles
Client: Personal Work Category: Illustration / Personal / Unpublished Illustration - Single
Light!
Agency: Magoz / Barcelona
Client: magoz Category: Illustration / Personal / Unpublished Illustration - Single
Passion Projects Morocco
Agency: Apple / Cupertino
Client: Apple Category: Photography / Mobile - Series
The Lake Erie Monster
Agency: Shinola / Detroit
Client: Shinola Category: Packaging Design / Specialty Product / Wildcard - Single
KindNEST
Agency: Ultra Creative / Minneapolis
Client: Ultra Creative Category: Packaging Design / Specialty Product / Wildcard - 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
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
Unseen Stars
Agency: BBDO / New York + ObscuraDigital
Client: GE Category: Out of Home / Transit - Single
The Whole Earth Catalog
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Mori Inc. / Tokyo
Client: Mavericks Category: Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog & Press Promotional Kit - Single
COMMOTION ISSUE 5
Agency: Design Army / Washington DC
Client: MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART Category: Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog & Press Promotional Kit - Single
General Howe's Dog
Agency: BBDO / New York + biscuitfilmworks
Client: Mars Petcare / Pedigree Category: Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Barbers
Agency: Furlined / Los Angeles + Apple / Cupertino
Client: Apple Category: Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Ostrich
Agency: Leo Burnett / Chicago + MJZ / LA
Client: Samsung Category: Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Capture
Agency: McCann Worldgroup / Bangkok
Client: Verena International Co., Ltd. Category: Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Unseen Stars
Agency: BBDO / New York + ObscuraDigital
Client: GE Category: Innovation / Experiential Design
AquaSonic
Agency: Between Music / Aarhus + FuturePerfect Productions / New York
Client: Between Music Category: Innovation / Experiential Design
Siemens artSmellery
Agency: Heimat / Hamburg
Client: BSH Huishoudapparaten / Siemens Home Appliances Category: Innovation / Experiential Design
Samsung Galaxy S8: Times Square Takeover
Agency: R/GA / New York
Client: Samsung Category: Innovation / Experiential Design
DAZZLE
Agency: Ueberall International LLC / Los Angeles + E Ink Corporation / Billerica + International Airport / San Diego
Client: San Diego International Airport Arts Program Category: Innovation / Experiential Design
Invisible Car
Agency: Commonwealth//McCann / Detroit + The Mill / Los Angeles + Mill+ / Los Angeles
Client: Chevrolet Category: Digital Experiences / Augmented Reality - Single
Recovery Room
Agency: BBDO / New York + OPositive
Client: Mars Chocolate North America / Snickers Category: Craft in Writing / Broadcast for TV / Film / Video - Single
Tomorrow's News
Agency: BBDO / New York + Smuggler
Client: Sandy Hook Promise Category: Craft in Writing / Broadcast for TV / Film / Video - Single
I. M. Pei
Agency: New York Magazine / New York
Client: New York Magazine Category: Photography / Portraiture - Single
Brand Identity for an artisan soap manufacturer
Agency: ANTI / Bergen
Client: Fitjar Islands Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Corporate Identity for Digital - Series
Journey of the samovar
Agency: Muhammad Mustafa / Cairo
Client: Al Rewaq Publishing Category: Illustration / Book - Single
A Lite Too Bright
Agency: Harper Collins / New York + Victo Ngai Studio, Inc / Los Angeles
Client: Harper Collins Category: Illustration / Book - Single
Plava Laguna; Proudly Croatian
Agency: Superunion / London
Client: Superunion Category: Typography / Typefaces / Font Systems - Series
Proprietor Font Family
Agency: Yani & Guille / Buenos Aires + Sudtipos / Buenos Aires
Client: Self promoted. Category: Typography / Typefaces / Font Systems - Series
BVG x adidas – The Ticket-Shoe
Agency: Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg
Client: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) Category: Experiential Design / Live Event - Single
Fans of Love
Agency: R/GA / New York
Client: Ad Council Category: Experiential Design / Live Event - Single
SmArt Basel
Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + BNY Mellon / New York
Client: BNY Mellon Category: Promotional / Digital Communications - Series
Tokyo Pen Pixel
Agency: R/GA / Tokyo
Client: MUJI Category: Out of Home / Point of Purchase - Single
West
Agency: Cody Cobb / Seattle
Client: Cody Cobb Category: Photography / Personal / Unpublished Photography - Series
Dancing on Air
Agency: Jorg Badura / New York + Bandaloop Vertical Dance Company / Oakland + Visual Motion Productions / New York + Harpers Bazaar USA / New York
Client: Harpers Bazaar USA Category: Photography / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Single
HBO - It’s What Connects Us
Agency: Mekanism / New York + HBO Productions / New York + The Mill / New York + Heard City / New York
Client: HBO Category: Craft in Video / Sound Design - Campaign
Award:
2018 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
AlmapBBDO / São Paulo
Client:
Getty Images
Title:
Nosferatu
Category:
Online / Mobile / Websites - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_INT18062M
Award:
2018 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
Yahoo Japan Corporation / Tokyo + BIRDMAN inc. / Tokyo + JH Kagaku / Tokyo + TEEMA / Tokyo
Client:
Yahoo! JAPAN
Title:
History of the Internet
Category:
Online / Mobile / Websites - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_INT18063M
Award:
2018 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Raytheon / Waltham
Client:
Raytheon Company
Title:
Love is Metaphysical Gravity
Category:
Photography / Landscape - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO18016M
Award:
2018 Design for Good Merit Honor
Agency:
Google Brand Studio / San Francisco + Equal Justice Initiative / Montgomery
Client:
Equal Justice Initiative
Title:
Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror
Category:
Design for Good / Interactive - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG18023M
Award:
2018 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Cheil Worldwide Germany / Schwalbach am Taunus + Cheil Worldwide / Hong Kong
Client:
3M Hong Kong
Title:
The Earworm Billboards
Category:
Typography / Advertising - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP18010M
Award:
2018 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / TOKYO + J.C.SPARK / TOKYO
Client:
The Shizuoka Shimbun and Shizuoka Broadcasting System
Title:
Self-spelling KANJI
Category:
Typography / Advertising - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP18011M
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 Innovation Merit Honor
Agency:
UncleGrey / Copenhagen + Canon / Copenhagen
Client:
Canon
Title:
Local Business Never Looked So Good
Category:
Innovation / Photography
Annual ID:
ADC_INV18020M
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 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Leonardo Santamaria Studio / Los Angeles
Client:
Personal Work
Title:
Through the day, through the night
Category:
Illustration / Personal / Unpublished Illustration - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18039M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Magoz / Barcelona
Client:
magoz
Title:
Light!
Category:
Illustration / Personal / Unpublished Illustration - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18040M
Award:
2018 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Passion Projects Morocco
Category:
Photography / Mobile - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO18019M
Award:
2018 Packaging Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Shinola / Detroit
Client:
Shinola
Title:
The Lake Erie Monster
Category:
Packaging Design / Specialty Product / Wildcard - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG18013M
Award:
2018 Packaging Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Ultra Creative / Minneapolis
Client:
Ultra Creative
Title:
KindNEST
Category:
Packaging Design / Specialty Product / Wildcard - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG18014M
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:
The New York Times for Kids: Killer Mosquitos!
Category:
Editorial / Newspaper Front Page / Spread / Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB18037M
Award:
2018 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
BBDO / New York + ObscuraDigital
Client:
GE
Title:
Unseen Stars
Category:
Out of Home / Transit - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV18088M
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Mori Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Mavericks
Title:
The Whole Earth Catalog
Category:
Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog & Press Promotional Kit - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD18044M
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Design Army / Washington DC
Client:
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART
Title:
COMMOTION ISSUE 5
Category:
Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog & Press Promotional Kit - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD18045M
Award:
2018 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
BBDO / New York + biscuitfilmworks
Client:
Mars Petcare / Pedigree
Title:
General Howe's Dog
Category:
Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV18071M
Award:
2018 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Furlined / Los Angeles + Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Barbers
Category:
Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV18072M
Award:
2018 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Leo Burnett / Chicago + MJZ / LA
Client:
Samsung
Title:
Ostrich
Category:
Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV18073M
Award:
2018 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
McCann Worldgroup / Bangkok
Client:
Verena International Co., Ltd.
Title:
Capture
Category:
Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV18074M
Award:
2018 Innovation Merit Honor
Agency:
BBDO / New York + ObscuraDigital
Client:
GE
Title:
Unseen Stars
Category:
Innovation / Experiential Design
Annual ID:
ADC_INV18012M
Award:
2018 Innovation Merit Honor
Agency:
Between Music / Aarhus + FuturePerfect Productions / New York
Client:
Between Music
Title:
AquaSonic
Category:
Innovation / Experiential Design
Annual ID:
ADC_INV18013M
Award:
2018 Innovation Merit Honor
Agency:
Heimat / Hamburg
Client:
BSH Huishoudapparaten / Siemens Home Appliances
Title:
Siemens artSmellery
Category:
Innovation / Experiential Design
Annual ID:
ADC_INV18014M
Award:
2018 Innovation Merit Honor
Agency:
R/GA / New York
Client:
Samsung
Title:
Samsung Galaxy S8: Times Square Takeover
Category:
Innovation / Experiential Design
Annual ID:
ADC_INV18015M
Award:
2018 Innovation Merit Honor
Agency:
Ueberall International LLC / Los Angeles + E Ink Corporation / Billerica + International Airport / San Diego
Client:
San Diego International Airport Arts Program
Title:
DAZZLE
Category:
Innovation / Experiential Design
Annual ID:
ADC_INV18016M
Award:
2018 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Commonwealth//McCann / Detroit + The Mill / Los Angeles + Mill+ / Los Angeles
Client:
Chevrolet
Title:
Invisible Car
Category:
Digital Experiences / Augmented Reality - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP18015M
Award:
2018 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
BBDO / New York + OPositive
Client:
Mars Chocolate North America / Snickers
Title:
Recovery Room
Category:
Craft in Writing / Broadcast for TV / Film / Video - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV18077M
Award:
2018 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
BBDO / New York + Smuggler
Client:
Sandy Hook Promise
Title:
Tomorrow's News
Category:
Craft in Writing / Broadcast for TV / Film / Video - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV18078M
Award:
2018 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
New York Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
I. M. Pei
Category:
Photography / Portraiture - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO18020M
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
ANTI / Bergen
Client:
Fitjar Islands
Title:
Brand Identity for an artisan soap manufacturer
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Corporate Identity for Digital - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD18028M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Muhammad Mustafa / Cairo
Client:
Al Rewaq Publishing
Title:
Journey of the samovar
Category:
Illustration / Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18016M
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Harper Collins / New York + Victo Ngai Studio, Inc / Los Angeles
Client:
Harper Collins
Title:
A Lite Too Bright
Category:
Illustration / Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILL18017M
Award:
2018 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Superunion / London
Client:
Superunion
Title:
Plava Laguna; Proudly Croatian
Category:
Typography / Typefaces / Font Systems - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP18020M
Award:
2018 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Yani & Guille / Buenos Aires + Sudtipos / Buenos Aires
Client:
Self promoted.
Title:
Proprietor Font Family
Category:
Typography / Typefaces / Font Systems - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP18021M
Award:
2018 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg
Client:
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)
Title:
BVG x adidas – The Ticket-Shoe
Category:
Experiential Design / Live Event - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP18029M
Award:
2018 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
R/GA / New York
Client:
Ad Council
Title:
Fans of Love
Category:
Experiential Design / Live Event - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP18030M
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + BNY Mellon / New York
Client:
BNY Mellon
Title:
SmArt Basel
Category:
Promotional / Digital Communications - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD18043M
Award:
2018 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
R/GA / Tokyo
Client:
MUJI
Title:
Tokyo Pen Pixel
Category:
Out of Home / Point of Purchase - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV18082M
Award:
2018 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Cody Cobb / Seattle
Client:
Cody Cobb
Title:
West
Category:
Photography / Personal / Unpublished Photography - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO18034M
Award:
2018 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Jorg Badura / New York + Bandaloop Vertical Dance Company / Oakland + Visual Motion Productions / New York + Harpers Bazaar USA / New York
Client:
Harpers Bazaar USA
Title:
Dancing on Air
Category:
Photography / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO18017M
Award:
2018 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Mekanism / New York + HBO Productions / New York + The Mill / New York + Heard City / New York
Client:
HBO
Title:
HBO - It’s What Connects Us
Category:
Craft in Video / Sound Design - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV18076M
