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

The Fake News Stand Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Design by Disruption / New York + Rebel & Rogue / New York Client: Columbia Journalism Review Category: Design for Good / Publication Design - Series
Planet or Plastic Agency: McCann / New York + National Geographic / New York Client: National Geographic Category: Design for Good / Publication Design - Single
Yu-ichi Inoue/ Shiko Munakata/Kazuo Yagi Agency: Minmin qu & qian jiang / Nanjing Client: The Commercial Press Category: Books / Text Driven - Series
The Fake News Stand Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Design by Disruption / New York + Rebel & Rogue / New York Client: Columbia Journalism Review Category: Design for Good / Publication Design - Series
Book Burnings: An Anthology Agency: Thijs Verbeek graphic design / Amsterdam Client: Yuri Veerman Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single
The New York Times For Kids: Halloween Cover Series Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Newspapers / Front Page - Series
Planet or Plastic Agency: McCann / New York + National Geographic / New York Client: National Geographic Category: Design for Good / Publication Design - Single
If You Were Me Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Newspapers / Full Issue - Single
Sagmeister & Walsh: Beauty Agency: Sagmeister & Walsh / New York Client: Sagmeister & Walsh Category: Books / Jacket - Single
LIVEBLOG Agency: Nicole Caputo Design / NYC Client: Tyrant Books Category: Books / Jacket - Single
Inhuman Nature Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Story / Spread - Single
Planet or Plastic Agency: National Geographic / Washington, D.C. Client: National Geographic Category: Magazines / Cover - Single
How Law Enforcement Failed to See the Threat of White Nationalism Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Cover - Single
TOOLS Agency: MARU / Tokyo Client: MARU Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
The Fake News Stand Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Design by Disruption / New York + Rebel & Rogue / New York Client: Columbia Journalism Review Category: Innovation / Publication Design
Time-Less in Motion. Agency: Armin Walcher / Pürgg Client: Armin Walcher Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Illuminated Editions Agency: Beehive Books / Philadelphia Client: Beehive Books Category: Books / Text Driven - Series
The Sick Bag Song Agency: Tenmilliontimes Design / Nanjing Client: Beijing United Publishing Co.,Ltd. Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single
Six hundred poems of Tang Dynasty selected by Jin Shengtan Agency: Bai Fengkun / Beijing Client: Mugui culture company Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single
The Indoek St. Augustine Issue Agency: ITAL/C / Los Angeles + Indoek / Los Angeles Client: Indoek Category: Magazines / Full Issue - Single
Variety: Leslie Moonves Agency: Robert Festino / Los Angeles + Variety / Los Angeles Client: Variety Magazine Category: Magazines / Cover - Single
Unknown Agency: To Change Design Co.,Ltd / Nanjing Client: Jianyu Graphics Lab Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
L’Heptaméron des Gourmets – The World’s Most Exclusive Cook Book Agency: Bedow / Stockholm Client: Nunchi Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Utah Jazz 2017-2018 Player Yearbook Agency: 7D8 / Salt Lake City Client: Utah Jazz Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
#1917LIVE: The Russian Revolution in Tweets Agency: RT / Moscow Client: RT Category: Innovation / Publication Design
Variety: Lady Gaga On the Edge Series Agency: Robert Festino / Los Angeles + Variety / Los Angeles Client: Variety Magazine Category: Magazines / Story / Spread - Series
AGI New Members 2007-2017 Agency: hesign / Berlin Client: AGI Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
THE TEMPLE OF SILENCE: Forgotten Works & Worlds of Herbert Crowley Agency: Beehive Books / Philadelphia + Headcase Design / Philadelphia Client: Beehive Books Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Tomorrow Is Too Late: A history of the 1980s Toronto hardcore punk scene Agency: Goods & Services Branding / Toronto + UXB Press / Toronto Client: Goods & Services Branding Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Simple Agency: Here Design / London Client: Ebury Publishing Category: Books / Jacket - Single
Making a Motherland Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Story / Spread - Single
Fonts for Freedom Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich Client: Reporter ohne Grenzen e.V. Category: Design for Good / Publication Design - Series
IN & OUT Agency: A Black Cover Design / Bei Jing Client: Power Station of Art (Shanghai) Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Series
A Profound Waste of Time Agency: A Profound Waste of Time ltd / London Client: A Profound Waste of Time LTD Category: Magazines / Full Issue - Single
A New Type of Imprint v. 13 Agency: ANTI / Norway Client: ANTI Category: Magazines / Full Issue - Single
Anxy No. 3: The Boundaries Issue Agency: Anxy Magazine / Berkeley Client: Anxy Magazine Category: Magazines / Full Issue - Single
Anxy No. 4: The Masculinity Issue Agency: Anxy Magazine / Berkeley Client: Anxy Magazine Category: Magazines / Full Issue - Single
The Music Issue Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Full Issue - Single
The Unseasonal — Prelude Issue Agency: LA K50 / Los Angeles Client: The Unseasonal Category: Magazines / Full Issue - Single
Anxy No. 3: The Boundaries Issue Agency: Anxy Magazine / Berkeley Client: Anxy Magazine Category: Magazines / Cover - Single
Thirty years ago, we could have saved the planet. Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Cover - Single
Is Google Too Powerful? Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Cover - Single
Mutual Observation and Learning Agency: T-Change Design Co.,Ltd / Nanjing Client: Nanjing Graphic Designer Alliance Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
The 9th National Book Design Art Exhibition Excellent Works Collection Agency: Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing Client: Nanjing Press Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Anne Brigman: A Visionary in Modern Photography Agency: Brad Bartlett / Los Angeles Client: Nevada Museum of Art Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Paula Gately Tillman: Fringe Agency: Ashton Design / Baltimore Client: Paula Gately Tillman Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
The Physics of “Chen Qi”-A Cultivated Controller and a Mad Experimenter Agency: Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing Client: People‘s Fine Arts Publishing House Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Old Trades of Jiangsu Agency: Phoenix Education Publishing, Ltd. / Nanjing +  Artron Art Printing Co., Ltd. / Shanghai Client: Phoenix Education Publishing,Ltd Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
11×16 XXL Studio Agency: XXL Studio / Beijing Client: Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
From Addict to Convict Agency: Ananya Khaitan / New Delhi Client: Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

2019 Publication Design Best of Discipline Cube

TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Design by Disruption / New York + Rebel & Rogue / New York

Columbia Journalism Review

The Fake News Stand

Design for Good / Publication Design - Series

ADC_PUB19001G

2019 Publication Design Designism Cube

McCann / New York + National Geographic / New York

National Geographic

Planet or Plastic

Design for Good / Publication Design - Single

ADC_PUB19002G

2019 Publication Design Gold Cube

Minmin qu & qian jiang / Nanjing

The Commercial Press

Yu-ichi Inoue/ Shiko Munakata/Kazuo Yagi

Books / Text Driven - Series

ADC_PUB19018G

2019 Publication Design Gold Cube

TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Design by Disruption / New York + Rebel & Rogue / New York

Columbia Journalism Review

The Fake News Stand

Design for Good / Publication Design - Series

ADC_PUB19001G

2019 Publication Design Gold Cube

Thijs Verbeek graphic design / Amsterdam

Yuri Veerman

Book Burnings: An Anthology

Books / Text-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB19015G

2019 Publication Design Gold Cube

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

The New York Times For Kids: Halloween Cover Series

Newspapers / Front Page - Series

ADC_PUB19026G

2019 Publication Design Gold Cube

McCann / New York + National Geographic / New York

National Geographic

Planet or Plastic

Design for Good / Publication Design - Single

ADC_PUB19002G

2019 Publication Design Gold Cube

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

If You Were Me

Newspapers / Full Issue - Single

ADC_PUB19027G

2019 Publication Design Silver Cube

Sagmeister & Walsh / New York

Sagmeister & Walsh

Sagmeister & Walsh: Beauty

Books / Jacket - Single

ADC_PUB19005S

2019 Publication Design Silver Cube

Nicole Caputo Design / NYC

Tyrant Books

LIVEBLOG

Books / Jacket - Single

ADC_PUB19006S

2019 Publication Design Silver Cube

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

Inhuman Nature

Magazines / Story / Spread - Single

ADC_PUB19023S

2019 Publication Design Silver Cube

National Geographic / Washington, D.C.

National Geographic

Planet or Plastic

Magazines / Cover - Single

ADC_PUB19020S

2019 Publication Design Silver Cube

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

How Law Enforcement Failed to See the Threat of White Nationalism

Magazines / Cover - Single

ADC_PUB19021S

2019 Publication Design Silver Cube

MARU / Tokyo

MARU

TOOLS

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB19011S

2019 Publication Design Silver Cube

TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Design by Disruption / New York + Rebel & Rogue / New York

Columbia Journalism Review

The Fake News Stand

Innovation / Publication Design

ADC_PUB19003S

2019 Publication Design Silver Cube

Armin Walcher / Pürgg

Armin Walcher

Time-Less in Motion.

Books / Image-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB19007S

2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube

Beehive Books / Philadelphia

Beehive Books

Illuminated Editions

Books / Text Driven - Series

ADC_PUB19019B

2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube

Tenmilliontimes Design / Nanjing

Beijing United Publishing Co.,Ltd.

The Sick Bag Song

Books / Text-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB19016B

2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube

Bai Fengkun / Beijing

Mugui culture company

Six hundred poems of Tang Dynasty selected by Jin Shengtan

Books / Text-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB19017B

2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube

ITAL/C / Los Angeles + Indoek / Los Angeles

Indoek

The Indoek St. Augustine Issue

Magazines / Full Issue - Single

ADC_PUB19025B

2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube

Robert Festino / Los Angeles + Variety / Los Angeles

Variety Magazine

Variety: Leslie Moonves

Magazines / Cover - Single

ADC_PUB19022B

2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube

To Change Design Co.,Ltd / Nanjing

Jianyu Graphics Lab

Unknown

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB19012B

2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube

Bedow / Stockholm

Nunchi

L’Heptaméron des Gourmets – The World’s Most Exclusive Cook Book

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB19013B

2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube

7D8 / Salt Lake City

Utah Jazz

Utah Jazz 2017-2018 Player Yearbook

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB19014B

2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube

RT / Moscow

RT

#1917LIVE: The Russian Revolution in Tweets

Innovation / Publication Design

ADC_PUB19004B

2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube

Robert Festino / Los Angeles + Variety / Los Angeles

Variety Magazine

Variety: Lady Gaga On the Edge Series

Magazines / Story / Spread - Series

ADC_PUB19024B

2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube

hesign / Berlin

AGI

AGI New Members 2007-2017

Books / Image-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB19008B

2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube

Beehive Books / Philadelphia + Headcase Design / Philadelphia

Beehive Books

THE TEMPLE OF SILENCE: Forgotten Works & Worlds of Herbert Crowley

Books / Image-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB19009B

2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube

Goods & Services Branding / Toronto + UXB Press / Toronto

Goods & Services Branding

Tomorrow Is Too Late: A history of the 1980s Toronto hardcore punk scene

Books / Image-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB19010B

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

Here Design / London

Ebury Publishing

Simple

Books / Jacket - Single

ADC_PUB19030M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

Making a Motherland

Magazines / Story / Spread - Single

ADC_PUB19052M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich

Reporter ohne Grenzen e.V.

Fonts for Freedom

Design for Good / Publication Design - Series

ADC_PUB19029M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

A Black Cover Design / Bei Jing

Power Station of Art (Shanghai)

IN & OUT

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Series

ADC_PUB19047M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

A Profound Waste of Time ltd / London

A Profound Waste of Time LTD

A Profound Waste of Time

Magazines / Full Issue - Single

ADC_PUB19053M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

ANTI / Norway

ANTI

A New Type of Imprint v. 13

Magazines / Full Issue - Single

ADC_PUB19054M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

Anxy Magazine / Berkeley

Anxy Magazine

Anxy No. 3: The Boundaries Issue

Magazines / Full Issue - Single

ADC_PUB19055M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

Anxy Magazine / Berkeley

Anxy Magazine

Anxy No. 4: The Masculinity Issue

Magazines / Full Issue - Single

ADC_PUB19056M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

The Music Issue

Magazines / Full Issue - Single

ADC_PUB19057M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

LA K50 / Los Angeles

The Unseasonal

The Unseasonal — Prelude Issue

Magazines / Full Issue - Single

ADC_PUB19058M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

Anxy Magazine / Berkeley

Anxy Magazine

Anxy No. 3: The Boundaries Issue

Magazines / Cover - Single

ADC_PUB19048M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

Thirty years ago, we could have saved the planet.

Magazines / Cover - Single

ADC_PUB19049M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

Is Google Too Powerful?

Magazines / Cover - Single

ADC_PUB19050M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

T-Change Design Co.,Ltd / Nanjing

Nanjing Graphic Designer Alliance

Mutual Observation and Learning

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB19039M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing

Nanjing Press

The 9th National Book Design Art Exhibition Excellent Works Collection

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB19040M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

Brad Bartlett / Los Angeles

Nevada Museum of Art

Anne Brigman: A Visionary in Modern Photography

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB19041M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

Ashton Design / Baltimore

Paula Gately Tillman

Paula Gately Tillman: Fringe

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB19042M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing

People‘s Fine Arts Publishing House

The Physics of “Chen Qi”-A Cultivated Controller and a Mad Experimenter

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB19043M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

Phoenix Education Publishing, Ltd. / Nanjing +  Artron Art Printing Co., Ltd. / Shanghai

Phoenix Education Publishing,Ltd

Old Trades of Jiangsu

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB19044M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

XXL Studio / Beijing

Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House

11×16 XXL Studio

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB19045M

2019 Publication Design Merit Honor

Ananya Khaitan / New Delhi

Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy

From Addict to Convict

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB19046M

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