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
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- Advertising
- Animation
- AR / VR
- Art Direction - Digital / Motion
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- Beauty / Cosmetics / Personal Care
- Best of Show
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- Branded Content & Entertainment - Episodic
- Branded Content & Entertainment - Games
- Branded Content & Entertainment - Online
- Branded Content & Entertainment - TV / Film
- Branding
- Children
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- Consumer Electronics
- Craft
- Craft in Motion / Film
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- Craft in Video
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- Data Visualization
- Design for Good
- Digital
- Digital Experiences
- Direct
- Drone / Aerial
- Durable Goods
- Editorial
- Entertainment / Recreation
- Environmental
- Environmental Design
- Experiential Design
- Fashion
- Fashion / Apparel / Accessories
- Fine Art / Conceptual
- Food / Beverage
- Games
- Innovation
- Integrated - Branding
- Integrated - Digital
- Interior Design
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- Motion / Film
- Mural
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- Out of Home
- Package / Product
- Packaging
- Personal / Unpublished
- Pet Products
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- Photojournalism
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- Poster
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- Press
- Product / Commercial
- Promotional
- Promotional / Collateral
- Promotional Materials
- Science / Medical
- Social Media
- Spatial
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- Specialty Product / Wildcard
- Sports / Recreation
- Sustainable / Eco-friendly
- Television / Film / Online Video
- Traditional
- Travel / Tourism
- Typefaces / Font Systems
- Use of Typography
- UX / UI
- Video
- Wildcard
- Wildlife / Nature
Award
Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID

NSynth Super
Agency: Google Creative Lab / London
Client: Google Category: Wildcard / Single or Series


The Sun and the Snake
Agency: BBDO / New York + MTC
Client: Foot Locker Category: Branded Content & Entertainment - Episodic / Web Series


On Democracy: A compendium for a more perfect union
Agency: SYPartners / New York
Category: Newspapers / Full Issue - Single


Secrets and Genes Special Section
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Newspapers / Full Issue - Single


Trolli Sour Brite Sneaks and Stock X
Agency: Periscope / Minneapolis
Client: Ferrara Candy Company Category: Integrated - Digital / Campaign


Shitty Paper - Made from hate
Agency: Philipp und Keuntje / Hamburg + Goldeimer / Hamburg
Client: Goldeimer gemeinnützige GmbH Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design - Single


Stop Traffick
Agency: BBDO / Atlanta
Client: Street Grace Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design - Single


Beauty through the eyes of Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh
Agency: Thomas Hedger / London + It's Nice That / London
Client: It's Nice That Category: Editorial / Spread - Series


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


Play for All Pods
Agency: i.d.e.a. / San Diego + JVG / Madrid + MPC / Los Angeles
Client: Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino Category: Digital / Series


International Women's Day - Regrets
Agency: WeTransfer / Amsterdam
Client: WeTransfer Category: Digital / Series


Google Pixel Slate & Pixel Slate Keyboard
Agency: Google LLC / Mountain view
Client: Google LLC Category: Consumer Electronics / Single or Series


Real Posters
Agency: R/GA / New York
Client: Samsung Category: Environmental Design / Window Display / Merchandising - Series


Fresh Prints - Tomatoes
Agency: McCann / Spain + Craft WW / Spain + Havas Media / Barcelona
Client: Aldi Category: Press / Newspaper - Single


MIST Hot Spring Hotel
Agency: artless Inc. / Tokyo
Client: Central China Hotel Management Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated


Dieline
Agency: Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York
Client: Dieline Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated


Dunkin'
Agency: Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York
Client: Dunkin' Brands Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated


BOMA - Born of Music Addiction
Agency: Papanapa / Sao Paulo
Client: Entourage Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated


Myro Brand Launch
Agency: Deerfield / Brooklyn, New York
Client: Myro Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated


Nike By You Brand Identity System
Agency: Gretel / New York + Nike / Beaverton, OR
Client: Nike Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated


Visual identity based on historical optometrist eye charts
Agency: ANTI / Norway
Client: Optiker-K Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated


PUMA Hoops Branding System / Identity
Agency: Nowadays / New York
Client: Puma Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated


Squarespace Brand Redesign
Agency: Squarespace / New York + DIA / New York
Client: Squarespace Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated


Brand Identity - Window into the World
Agency: Leo Burnett / Chicago
Client: The Field Museum Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated


WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award
Agency: Happy F&B / Gothenburg
Client: WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated


Ace & Tate Copenhagen
Agency: Spacon & X / Copenhagen
Client: Ace & Tate Category: Spatial Design / Retail Design


The Google Hardware Store
Agency: Google / San Francisco + SET / New York City + Deep Local / Los Angeles
Client: Google Category: Spatial Design / Retail Design


ISSEY MIYAKE S/S 2018 Window Installation
Agency: we+ / TOKYO
Client: ISSEY MIYAKE Category: Spatial Design / Retail Design


Night Sight
Agency: 72andSunny / Los Angeles + Google / Mountain View + Google Hardware Creative / Mountain View
Client: Google Category: Mobile / Series


Draw to Art
Agency: Google Creative Lab / London
Client: Google Arts and Culture Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Use of Technology - Single


Who?
Agency: Ponce / Buenos Aires + Agosto / Barcelona + FOX Networks Group Latin America / Buenos Aires
Client: FOX Networks group Latin America Category: Branded Content & Entertainment - Online / Long Form


Seetroen
Agency: BETC / Paris
Client: Citroen Category: Durable Goods / Small Appliances - Single or Series


Boys In The Street #PRIDE
Agency: Louisa Bertman / Cambridge
Client: Genero | Greg Holden Category: Animation / Single


Kindness
Agency: Giant Ant / Vancouver + Random Acts of Kindness Foundation / Denver
Client: Random Acts of Kindness Foundation Category: Animation / Single


Stop Bullying, Speak Up
Agency: Giant Ant / Vancouver + Cartoon Network / Atlanta
Client: Cartoon Network Category: Design for Good / Motion / Film Craft - Series


Universal Love
Agency: McCann / New York
Client: MGM Resorts International Category: Innovation / Brand / Communication Design


Unboxing the Truth
Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Design by Disruption / New York
Client: Thomson Reuters Corporation Category: Innovation / Brand / Communication Design


Oscillation
Agency: The Urban Conga inc. / Tampa
Client: Art Prize Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design


Award:
2019 Product Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Google Creative Lab / London
Client:
Google
Title:
NSynth Super
Category:
Wildcard / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PRD19024M

Award:
2019 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
BBDO / New York + MTC
Client:
Foot Locker
Title:
The Sun and the Snake
Category:
Branded Content & Entertainment - Episodic / Web Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV19102M

Award:
2019 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Söderhavet / Stockholm
Client:
59 Degrees
Title:
Soil Biology
Category:
Package / Product / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP19012M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
SYPartners / New York
Client:
N/A
Title:
On Democracy: A compendium for a more perfect union
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19060M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Secrets and Genes Special Section
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19061M

Award:
2019 Integrated Merit Honor
Agency:
Periscope / Minneapolis
Client:
Ferrara Candy Company
Title:
Trolli Sour Brite Sneaks and Stock X
Category:
Integrated - Digital / Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ITG19019M

Award:
2019 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Philipp und Keuntje / Hamburg + Goldeimer / Hamburg
Client:
Goldeimer gemeinnützige GmbH
Title:
Shitty Paper - Made from hate
Category:
Design for Good / Experiential Design - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP19014M

Award:
2019 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
BBDO / Atlanta
Client:
Street Grace
Title:
Stop Traffick
Category:
Design for Good / Experiential Design - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP19015M

Award:
2019 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Thomas Hedger / London + It's Nice That / London
Client:
It's Nice That
Title:
Beauty through the eyes of Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT19041M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
T-Change Design Co.,Ltd / Nanjing
Client:
Nanjing Graphic Designer Alliance
Title:
Mutual Observation and Learning
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19039M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client:
Nanjing Press
Title:
The 9th National Book Design Art Exhibition Excellent Works Collection
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19040M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Brad Bartlett / Los Angeles
Client:
Nevada Museum of Art
Title:
Anne Brigman: A Visionary in Modern Photography
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19041M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Ashton Design / Baltimore
Client:
Paula Gately Tillman
Title:
Paula Gately Tillman: Fringe
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19042M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client:
People‘s Fine Arts Publishing House
Title:
The Physics of “Chen Qi”-A Cultivated Controller and a Mad Experimenter
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19043M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Phoenix Education Publishing, Ltd. / Nanjing + Artron Art Printing Co., Ltd. / Shanghai
Client:
Phoenix Education Publishing,Ltd
Title:
Old Trades of Jiangsu
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19044M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
XXL Studio / Beijing
Client:
Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House
Title:
11×16 XXL Studio
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19045M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Ananya Khaitan / New Delhi
Client:
Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
Title:
From Addict to Convict
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19046M

Award:
2019 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
i.d.e.a. / San Diego + JVG / Madrid + MPC / Los Angeles
Client:
Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino
Title:
Play for All Pods
Category:
Digital / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT19035M

Award:
2019 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
WeTransfer / Amsterdam
Client:
WeTransfer
Title:
International Women's Day - Regrets
Category:
Digital / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT19036M

Award:
2019 Product Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Google LLC / Mountain view
Client:
Google LLC
Title:
Google Pixel Slate & Pixel Slate Keyboard
Category:
Consumer Electronics / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PRD19021M

Award:
2019 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
R/GA / New York
Client:
Samsung
Title:
Real Posters
Category:
Environmental Design / Window Display / Merchandising - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP19024M

Award:
2019 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
McCann / Spain + Craft WW / Spain + Havas Media / Barcelona
Client:
Aldi
Title:
Fresh Prints - Tomatoes
Category:
Press / Newspaper - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV19132M

Award:
2019 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
artless Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Central China Hotel Management
Title:
MIST Hot Spring Hotel
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD19030M

Award:
2019 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York
Client:
Dieline
Title:
Dieline
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD19031M

Award:
2019 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York
Client:
Dunkin' Brands
Title:
Dunkin'
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD19032M

Award:
2019 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Papanapa / Sao Paulo
Client:
Entourage
Title:
BOMA - Born of Music Addiction
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD19033M

Award:
2019 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Deerfield / Brooklyn, New York
Client:
Myro
Title:
Myro Brand Launch
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD19034M

Award:
2019 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Gretel / New York + Nike / Beaverton, OR
Client:
Nike
Title:
Nike By You Brand Identity System
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD19035M

Award:
2019 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
ANTI / Norway
Client:
Optiker-K
Title:
Visual identity based on historical optometrist eye charts
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD19036M

Award:
2019 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Nowadays / New York
Client:
Puma
Title:
PUMA Hoops Branding System / Identity
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD19037M

Award:
2019 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Squarespace / New York + DIA / New York
Client:
Squarespace
Title:
Squarespace Brand Redesign
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD19038M

Award:
2019 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Leo Burnett / Chicago
Client:
The Field Museum
Title:
Brand Identity - Window into the World
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD19039M

Award:
2019 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Happy F&B / Gothenburg
Client:
WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award
Title:
WIN WIN Gothenburg Sustainability Award
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD19040M

Award:
2019 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Spacon & X / Copenhagen
Client:
Ace & Tate
Title:
Ace & Tate Copenhagen
Category:
Spatial Design / Retail Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL19024M

Award:
2019 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Google / San Francisco + SET / New York City + Deep Local / Los Angeles
Client:
Google
Title:
The Google Hardware Store
Category:
Spatial Design / Retail Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL19025M

Award:
2019 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Agency:
we+ / TOKYO
Client:
ISSEY MIYAKE
Title:
ISSEY MIYAKE S/S 2018 Window Installation
Category:
Spatial Design / Retail Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL19026M

Award:
2019 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Movement
Category:
Mobile / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO19036M

Award:
2019 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Light Play
Category:
Mobile / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO19037M

Award:
2019 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
72andSunny / Los Angeles + Google / Mountain View + Google Hardware Creative / Mountain View
Client:
Google
Title:
Night Sight
Category:
Mobile / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO19038M

Award:
2019 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
Google Creative Lab / London
Client:
Google Arts and Culture
Title:
Draw to Art
Category:
Craft in Online / Mobile / Use of Technology - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_INT19051M

Award:
2019 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Ponce / Buenos Aires + Agosto / Barcelona + FOX Networks Group Latin America / Buenos Aires
Client:
FOX Networks group Latin America
Title:
Who?
Category:
Branded Content & Entertainment - Online / Long Form
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV19100M

Award:
2019 Product Design Merit Honor
Agency:
BETC / Paris
Client:
Citroen
Title:
Seetroen
Category:
Durable Goods / Small Appliances - Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PRD19022M

Award:
2019 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Hue&Cry / Richmond
Client:
Chevy
Title:
Call Me Out
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT19022M

Award:
2019 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Louisa Bertman / Cambridge
Client:
Genero | Greg Holden
Title:
Boys In The Street #PRIDE
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT19023M

Award:
2019 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Giant Ant / Vancouver + Random Acts of Kindness Foundation / Denver
Client:
Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
Title:
Kindness
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT19024M

Award:
2019 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
VICE News / Brooklyn
Client:
VICE News / HBO
Title:
Sharing the Rails
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT19025M

Award:
2019 Motion / Film Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
Giant Ant / Vancouver + Cartoon Network / Atlanta
Client:
Cartoon Network
Title:
Stop Bullying, Speak Up
Category:
Design for Good / Motion / Film Craft - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT19037M

Award:
2019 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
McCann / New York
Client:
MGM Resorts International
Title:
Universal Love
Category:
Innovation / Brand / Communication Design
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD19023M

Award:
2019 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Design by Disruption / New York
Client:
Thomson Reuters Corporation
Title:
Unboxing the Truth
Category:
Innovation / Brand / Communication Design
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD19024M
