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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Award
Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID

Book Burnings: An Anthology
Agency: Thijs Verbeek graphic design / Amsterdam
Client: Yuri Veerman Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single


Yu-ichi Inoue/ Shiko Munakata/Kazuo Yagi
Agency: Minmin qu & qian jiang / Nanjing
Client: The Commercial Press Category: Books / Text Driven - Series


TOOLS
Agency: MARU / Tokyo
Client: MARU Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single


Sagmeister & Walsh: Beauty
Agency: Sagmeister & Walsh / New York
Client: Sagmeister & Walsh Category: Books / Jacket - Single


Time-Less in Motion.
Agency: Armin Walcher / Pürgg
Client: Armin Walcher Category: Books / Image-Driven - 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


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


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


Illuminated Editions
Agency: Beehive Books / Philadelphia
Client: Beehive Books Category: Books / Text Driven - 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


IN & OUT
Agency: A Black Cover Design / Bei Jing
Client: Power Station of Art (Shanghai) Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Series


Memorabilia
Agency: Lithuanian Artists’ Association / Vilnius + Kopa / Kaunas
Client: Lithuanian Artists' Association Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single


Past/Forward: The LA Phil at 100
Agency: Content Object / Los Angeles + Philharmonic Association / Los Angeles
Client: Los Angeles Philharmonic Association Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single


The Field Revisited
Agency: Stuart Geddes / Collingwood + National Gallery of Victoria / Melbourne + Matter of Sorts / Melbourne
Client: National Gallery of Victoria Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single


Japan: The Cookbook
Agency: Phaidon / New York / London
Client: Phaidon Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single


A Very Serious Cookbook: Contra Wildair
Agency: Phaidon / New York / London
Client: Phaidon Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single


Live a serious life:Notes Calendar
Agency: Bai Fengkun / Beijing
Client: Sanjie art company Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single


Night Falls on the Berlin of the Roaring Twenties
Agency: Robert Nippoldt / Muenster
Client: Taschen Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single


Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again
Agency: Whitney Museum of American Art / New York
Client: Whitney Museum of American Art Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single


Award:
2019 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Thijs Verbeek graphic design / Amsterdam
Client:
Yuri Veerman
Title:
Book Burnings: An Anthology
Category:
Books / Text-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19015G

Award:
2019 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Minmin qu & qian jiang / Nanjing
Client:
The Commercial Press
Title:
Yu-ichi Inoue/ Shiko Munakata/Kazuo Yagi
Category:
Books / Text Driven - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19018G

Award:
2019 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
MARU / Tokyo
Client:
MARU
Title:
TOOLS
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19011S

Award:
2019 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Sagmeister & Walsh / New York
Client:
Sagmeister & Walsh
Title:
Sagmeister & Walsh: Beauty
Category:
Books / Jacket - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19005S

Award:
2019 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Nicole Caputo Design / NYC
Client:
Tyrant Books
Title:
LIVEBLOG
Category:
Books / Jacket - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19006S

Award:
2019 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Armin Walcher / Pürgg
Client:
Armin Walcher
Title:
Time-Less in Motion.
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19007S

Award:
2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
To Change Design Co.,Ltd / Nanjing
Client:
Jianyu Graphics Lab
Title:
Unknown
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19012B

Award:
2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Bedow / Stockholm
Client:
Nunchi
Title:
L’Heptaméron des Gourmets – The World’s Most Exclusive Cook Book
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19013B

Award:
2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
7D8 / Salt Lake City
Client:
Utah Jazz
Title:
Utah Jazz 2017-2018 Player Yearbook
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19014B

Award:
2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Tenmilliontimes Design / Nanjing
Client:
Beijing United Publishing Co.,Ltd.
Title:
The Sick Bag Song
Category:
Books / Text-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19016B

Award:
2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Bai Fengkun / Beijing
Client:
Mugui culture company
Title:
Six hundred poems of Tang Dynasty selected by Jin Shengtan
Category:
Books / Text-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19017B

Award:
2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
hesign / Berlin
Client:
AGI
Title:
AGI New Members 2007-2017
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19008B

Award:
2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Beehive Books / Philadelphia + Headcase Design / Philadelphia
Client:
Beehive Books
Title:
THE TEMPLE OF SILENCE: Forgotten Works & Worlds of Herbert Crowley
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19009B

Award:
2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Goods & Services Branding / Toronto + UXB Press / Toronto
Client:
Goods & Services Branding
Title:
Tomorrow Is Too Late: A history of the 1980s Toronto hardcore punk scene
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19010B

Award:
2019 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Beehive Books / Philadelphia
Client:
Beehive Books
Title:
Illuminated Editions
Category:
Books / Text Driven - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19019B

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 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Here Design / London
Client:
Ebury Publishing
Title:
Simple
Category:
Books / Jacket - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19030M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
A Black Cover Design / Bei Jing
Client:
Power Station of Art (Shanghai)
Title:
IN & OUT
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19047M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Lithuanian Artists’ Association / Vilnius + Kopa / Kaunas
Client:
Lithuanian Artists' Association
Title:
Memorabilia
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19031M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Content Object / Los Angeles + Philharmonic Association / Los Angeles
Client:
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Title:
Past/Forward: The LA Phil at 100
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19032M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Stuart Geddes / Collingwood + National Gallery of Victoria / Melbourne + Matter of Sorts / Melbourne
Client:
National Gallery of Victoria
Title:
The Field Revisited
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19033M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Phaidon / New York / London
Client:
Phaidon
Title:
Japan: The Cookbook
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19034M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Phaidon / New York / London
Client:
Phaidon
Title:
A Very Serious Cookbook: Contra Wildair
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19035M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Bai Fengkun / Beijing
Client:
Sanjie art company
Title:
Live a serious life:Notes Calendar
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19036M

Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Robert Nippoldt / Muenster
Client:
Taschen
Title:
Night Falls on the Berlin of the Roaring Twenties
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19037M
