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
Truck Art Childfinder
Agency: Impact BBDO / Dubai + BBDO Pakistan / Lahore + Samar Minallah Khan / Islamabad
Client: Berger Paints Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Series
FLIGHT OF THE CLOTILDA
Agency: Kadir Nelson / Los Angeles + National Geographic / Washington DC
Client: National Geographic Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
Lessons in Herstory
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + GS&P Social / San Francisco + GS&P Labs / San Francisco + ELevel / San Francisco
Client: Daughters of the Evolution Category: Digital / Series
Truck Art Childfinder
Agency: Impact BBDO / Dubai + BBDO Pakistan / Lahore + Samar Minallah Khan / Islamabad
Client: Berger Paints Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Us Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Agency: Edward Kinsella Illustration / Saint Louis + Waxwork Records / New Orleans
Client: Waxwork Records Category: Packaging / Series
Creativity for All
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Buck / Toronto + One Union / San Francisco
Client: Adobe Category: Animation / Single
"Velvet Buzzsaw" Main Title
Agency: Elastic / Santa Monica + Niel Kellerhouse / Los Angeles
Client: Netflix Category: Animation / Single
Staffless Libraries
Agency: Head Gear Animation / Toronto
Client: Toronto Public Library Workers Union Category: Animation / Series
The Art of Storytelling
Agency: Gallegos United / Los Angeles
Client: Comcast Category: Promotional / Collateral / Series
‘Human Scum’ and Trump’s Tortured English
Agency: Nicolas Ortega / New York + The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
Putting a Price on the End of the World
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
Flavor Drop
Agency: 360i / New York + Truly Hard Seltzer / Boston
Client: Truly Hard Seltzer Category: Packaging / Single
Bauhaus Everywhere
Agency: Google Brand Studio / London + Animade / London + Jungle Studios / London
Client: Google Arts and Culture Category: Animation / Series
Parade of six-armed Maṇi-Padme
Agency: Te Hu / San Francisco
Client: Self-Promotion Category: Personal / Unpublished / Single
THE ART OF TATSURO KIUCHI
Agency: Tatsuro Kiuchi / Tokyo + Genkosha / Tokyo
Client: Genkosha Category: Book / Series
Anansi Boys
Agency: The Folio Society / London + Francis Vallejo / Detroit
Client: The Folio Society Category: Book / Series
KAKUICHI YOKOCHO
Agency: IC4DESIGN / Hiroshima
Client: HIROSHIMA KAKUICHI YOKOCHO Category: Digital / Single
What Parents Can Do About Gendered Toys
Agency: Ran Zheng / Jersey City + NPR / Washington, D.C.
Client: NPR Category: Digital / Single
Yusra Swims
Agency: Creative Editions / Mankato + Sally Deng / Los Angeles
Client: Creative Editions Category: Book / Single
Plastic Legacy
Agency: Philipp und Keuntje / Berlin + Carioca Studio / Budapest
Client: Greenpeace Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Planet or Plastic?
Agency: Square Pixel / Rio de Janeiro + Saatchi & Saatchi / Dubai
Client: National Geographic Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Series
#VaccinesWork
Agency: RPA / Santa Monica
Client: Unicef Globle Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Series
LEONARDO DAVID
Agency: Airbnb Magazine / New York
Client: AIR B N B MAGAZINE Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
Letter From Rome
Agency: Airbnb Magazine / New York + Airbnb / San Francisco
Client: Airbnb Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
Bloomberg Markets covers
Agency: Bloomberg LP / New York + Bloomberg Markets / New York
Client: Bloomberg LP Category: Editorial / Front Page - Series
Cover Artworks for The New Yorker
Agency: Tom Gauld / London / UK + The New Yorker / New York / USA
Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Front Page - Series
Washington Post Spring Cleaning 11th Annual
Agency: Party of One Studio / Brooklyn + Washington Post / Washington DC
Client: Washington Post Category: Editorial / Front Page - Series
50 Years of Pride
Agency: Sunday Afternoon / New York + The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
Deconstructing Bong Joon-ho
Agency: Nicole Rifkin / Jersey City + The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
ART CONNOISSEURS
Agency: The er / New York
Client: THE NEW YORKER Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
Dreams Add Up
Agency: Harrison & Star / New York
Client: Dream Foundation Category: Digital / Series
Guess Which Book Is It?
Agency: The Nine / Shanghai
Client: Yan Ji You Bookstores Category: Digital / Series
“SHISEIDO KARAKUSA”
Agency: Shiseido Company, Limited / Tokyo + DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Hakuten Corporation / Tokyo, Japan
Client: Shiseido Company, Limited Category: Innovation
Carol H. Williams and the Rejected Script
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCB Global / New York + Ad Age / New York
Client: Ad Age Category: Animation / Single
Padel World Tour 2019
Agency: Giant Ant / Vancouver + Smäll / Barcelona
Client: Estrella Damm Category: Animation / Single
Bauhaus Everywhere
Agency: Google Brand Studio / London + Animade / London + Jungle Studios / London
Client: Google Arts and Culture Category: Animation / Single
Shaw Contract - Smarter Impact
Agency: Studio Bliink / Brighton + Yukai Du / London
Client: Shaw Contract Category: Animation / Single
Every U Does Good Campaign
Agency: Anomaly / London + The Line / London
Client: Unilever Category: Animation / Single
Gucci Tiger
Agency: Marc Burckhardt / Austin + Gucci / Milan
Client: Gucci Category: Promotional / Collateral / Single
Neo Japan To The World
Agency: SIX INC. / Tokyo + Hakuhodo Inc. / Tokyo + Headlight / Tokyo
Client: Sony Interactive Entertainment Category: Promotional / Collateral / Single
TOKYO MOTOR SHOW 2019
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + ADBRAIN Inc. / Tokyo + TYO MONSTER / Tokyo + Dentsu Live Inc. / Tokyo
Client: Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA) Category: Wildcard / Series
Award:
2020 Illustration Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Impact BBDO / Dubai + BBDO Pakistan / Lahore + Samar Minallah Khan / Islamabad
Client:
Berger Paints
Title:
Truck Art Childfinder
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_001G
Award:
2020 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Kadir Nelson / Los Angeles + National Geographic / Washington DC
Client:
National Geographic
Title:
FLIGHT OF THE CLOTILDA
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_016G
Award:
2020 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + GS&P Social / San Francisco + GS&P Labs / San Francisco + ELevel / San Francisco
Client:
Daughters of the Evolution
Title:
Lessons in Herstory
Category:
Digital / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_015G
Award:
2020 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Spotify In-House / New York
Client:
Spotify
Title:
All The Moods
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_001G
Award:
2020 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Casa Rex / São Paulo
Client:
Pulo do Gato
Title:
Muito Esquisito
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_008G
Award:
2020 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Impact BBDO / Dubai + BBDO Pakistan / Lahore + Samar Minallah Khan / Islamabad
Client:
Berger Paints
Title:
Truck Art Childfinder
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_001G
Award:
2020 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Edward Kinsella Illustration / Saint Louis + Waxwork Records / New Orleans
Client:
Waxwork Records
Title:
Us Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Category:
Packaging / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_022G
Award:
2020 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Buck / Toronto + One Union / San Francisco
Client:
Adobe
Title:
Creativity for All
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_002S
Award:
2020 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Elastic / Santa Monica + Niel Kellerhouse / Los Angeles
Client:
Netflix
Title:
"Velvet Buzzsaw" Main Title
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_003S
Award:
2020 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Spotify In-House / New York
Client:
Spotify
Title:
All The Moods
Category:
Animation / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_004S
Award:
2020 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Head Gear Animation / Toronto
Client:
Toronto Public Library Workers Union
Title:
Staffless Libraries
Category:
Animation / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_005S
Award:
2020 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Yidong Cai / Shanghai
Client:
Yidong cai
Title:
C-MOJI
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_024S
Award:
2020 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Eugenia Mello / Brooklyn
Client:
Victionary
Title:
Moving
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_009S
Award:
2020 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Gallegos United / Los Angeles
Client:
Comcast
Title:
The Art of Storytelling
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_025S
Award:
2020 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Nicolas Ortega / New York + The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
‘Human Scum’ and Trump’s Tortured English
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_018S
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Putting a Price on the End of the World
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_017B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
360i / New York + Truly Hard Seltzer / Boston
Client:
Truly Hard Seltzer
Title:
Flavor Drop
Category:
Packaging / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_021B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Google Brand Studio / London + Animade / London + Jungle Studios / London
Client:
Google Arts and Culture
Title:
Bauhaus Everywhere
Category:
Animation / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_006B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Te Hu / San Francisco
Client:
Self-Promotion
Title:
Parade of six-armed Maṇi-Padme
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_023B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Tatsuro Kiuchi / Tokyo + Genkosha / Tokyo
Client:
Genkosha
Title:
THE ART OF TATSURO KIUCHI
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_010B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
The Folio Society / London + Francis Vallejo / Detroit
Client:
The Folio Society
Title:
Anansi Boys
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_011B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
YUKE LI / New York
Client:
YUKE
Title:
THE TIGER IN MY YARD
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_012B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
IC4DESIGN / Hiroshima
Client:
HIROSHIMA KAKUICHI YOKOCHO
Title:
KAKUICHI YOKOCHO
Category:
Digital / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_013B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Ran Zheng / Jersey City + NPR / Washington, D.C.
Client:
NPR
Title:
What Parents Can Do About Gendered Toys
Category:
Digital / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_014B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Creative Editions / Mankato + Sally Deng / Los Angeles
Client:
Creative Editions
Title:
Yusra Swims
Category:
Book / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_007B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Philipp und Keuntje / Berlin + Carioca Studio / Budapest
Client:
Greenpeace
Title:
Plastic Legacy
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_022B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Square Pixel / Rio de Janeiro + Saatchi & Saatchi / Dubai
Client:
National Geographic
Title:
Planet or Plastic?
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_023B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
RPA / Santa Monica
Client:
Unicef Globle
Title:
#VaccinesWork
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_024B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Airbnb Magazine / New York
Client:
AIR B N B MAGAZINE
Title:
LEONARDO DAVID
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_019B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Airbnb Magazine / New York + Airbnb / San Francisco
Client:
Airbnb
Title:
Letter From Rome
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_020B
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Bloomberg LP / New York + Bloomberg Markets / New York
Client:
Bloomberg LP
Title:
Bloomberg Markets covers
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_043M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Tom Gauld / London / UK + The New Yorker / New York / USA
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
Cover Artworks for The New Yorker
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_044M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Party of One Studio / Brooklyn + Washington Post / Washington DC
Client:
Washington Post
Title:
Washington Post Spring Cleaning 11th Annual
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_045M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Sunday Afternoon / New York + The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
50 Years of Pride
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_040M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Nicole Rifkin / Jersey City + The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Deconstructing Bong Joon-ho
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_041M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
The er / New York
Client:
THE NEW YORKER
Title:
ART CONNOISSEURS
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_042M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Harrison & Star / New York
Client:
Dream Foundation
Title:
Dreams Add Up
Category:
Digital / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_036M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Geometry Ogilvy Japan / Tokyo
Client:
JFOODO
Title:
88 Reasons
Category:
Digital / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_037M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
YU ZHANG / Shanghai
Client:
Personal
Title:
Feelings
Category:
Digital / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_038M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
The Nine / Shanghai
Client:
Yan Ji You Bookstores
Title:
Guess Which Book Is It?
Category:
Digital / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_039M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Shiseido Company, Limited / Tokyo + DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Hakuten Corporation / Tokyo, Japan
Client:
Shiseido Company, Limited
Title:
“SHISEIDO KARAKUSA”
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_056M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCB Global / New York + Ad Age / New York
Client:
Ad Age
Title:
Carol H. Williams and the Rejected Script
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_026M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
TBWA / Shanghai
Client:
adidas China
Title:
adidas Z.N.E.
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_027M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Giant Ant / Vancouver + Smäll / Barcelona
Client:
Estrella Damm
Title:
Padel World Tour 2019
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_028M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Google Brand Studio / London + Animade / London + Jungle Studios / London
Client:
Google Arts and Culture
Title:
Bauhaus Everywhere
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_029M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Studio Bliink / Brighton + Yukai Du / London
Client:
Shaw Contract
Title:
Shaw Contract - Smarter Impact
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_030M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Anomaly / London + The Line / London
Client:
Unilever
Title:
Every U Does Good Campaign
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_031M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Marc Burckhardt / Austin + Gucci / Milan
Client:
Gucci
Title:
Gucci Tiger
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_071M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
SIX INC. / Tokyo + Hakuhodo Inc. / Tokyo + Headlight / Tokyo
Client:
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Title:
Neo Japan To The World
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_072M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + ADBRAIN Inc. / Tokyo + TYO MONSTER / Tokyo + Dentsu Live Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA)
Title:
TOKYO MOTOR SHOW 2019
Category:
Wildcard / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_067M
