ADC Awards
The ADC Annual Awards, part of The One Club for Creativity, is the oldest continuously running industry award show in the world. Now heading into its incredible 100th 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


Us Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Agency: Edward Kinsella Illustration / Saint Louis + Waxwork Records / New Orleans
Client: Waxwork Records Category: Packaging / 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


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


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


Flavor Drop
Agency: 360i / New York + Truly Hard Seltzer / Boston
Client: Truly Hard Seltzer Category: Packaging / Single


Parade of six-armed Maṇi-Padme
Agency: Te Hu / San Francisco
Client: Self-Promotion Category: Personal / Unpublished / Single


Bauhaus Everywhere
Agency: Google Brand Studio / London + Animade / London + Jungle Studios / London
Client: Google Arts and Culture Category: Animation / Series


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


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


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


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


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


“SHISEIDO KARAKUSA”
Agency: Shiseido Company, Limited / Tokyo + DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Hakuten Corporation / Tokyo, Japan
Client: Shiseido Company, Limited Category: Innovation


Giannina
Agency: Aiste Stancikaite / Berlin + Self Promotion / Berlin
Client: Self Promotion Category: Personal / Unpublished / Single


Red Hot
Agency: Nick Levesque / San Francisco
Client: Nick Levesque Category: Personal / Unpublished / Single


Tasty Truths
Agency: Gallegos United / Los Angeles
Client: California Milk Processor Board (CMPB) Category: Animation / Series


Gucci Tiger
Agency: Marc Burckhardt / Austin + Gucci / Milan
Client: Gucci Category: Promotional / Collateral / Single


Neo Japan To The World
Agency: SIX INC. / Tokyo + Hakuhodo / Tokyo + Headlight / Tokyo
Client: Sony Interactive Entertainment Category: Promotional / Collateral / Single


The Powerful Human Battery
Agency: The Nine / Shanghai
Client: Nanfu Battery Category: Packaging / Series


Senser Spirits -Lift Your Mind and Mood
Agency: Magpie Studio / London
Client: Senser Spirits Category: Packaging / Series


The Vilcek Prize for Excellence
Agency: Sagmeister & Walsh / New York + Vilcek Foundation / New York
Client: The Vilcek Foundation Category: Packaging / Series


The Art of Storytelling
Agency: Gallegos United / Los Angeles
Client: Comcast Category: Mural / Graffiti / Street Art / Single


Representation Matters Mural
Agency: Camila Rosa / Sao Paulo + Society6 / Los Angeles + The Other Art Fair / London
Client: Society6 / The Other Art Fair Category: Mural / Graffiti / Street Art / Single


SHARAN
Agency: IC4DESIGN / Hiroshima + Hakuhodo Product's Inc. / Tokyo
Client: VOLKSWAGEN Group Japan Category: Book / Series


The Brass Instruments Band
Agency: The Nine / Shanghai
Client: Hengzheng Dental Category: Promotional / Collateral / Series


UNIQLO Sustainability
Agency: Tatsuro Kiuchi / Tokyo + Uniqlo / Tokyo
Client: UNIQLO Category: Promotional / Collateral / Series


Create #ForTheThrone
Agency: 360i / New York + HBO / New York
Client: HBO Category: Wildcard / Single


Enchanted Lands
Agency: Airbnb Magazine / New York + Airbnb / San Francisco
Client: Airbnb Magazine Category: Editorial / Spread - Single


What The U.S. Gets Wrong About China
Agency: Nicolas Ortega / New York + Barron's / New York
Client: Barron's Category: Editorial / Spread - Single


Beating the Bounds: The Case for Ethical Borders
Agency: Leonardo Santamaria / Los Angeles + Believer Magazine / Las Vegas
Client: Believer Magazine Category: Editorial / Spread - Single


Control
Agency: Dan Bejar Illustration / Brooklyn + Imagination / Washington DC
Client: Engineering Inc. Magazine Category: Editorial / Spread - Single


My Sister, Myself
Agency: Leonardo Santamaria / Los Angeles + O, The Oprah Magazine / New York City
Client: O, The Oprah Magazine Category: Editorial / Spread - Single


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 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:
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 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:
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 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:
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 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:
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:
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:
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:
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 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:
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:
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 Merit Award
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 Award
Agency:
Aiste Stancikaite / Berlin + Self Promotion / Berlin
Client:
Self Promotion
Title:
Giannina
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_063M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Nick Levesque / San Francisco
Client:
Nick Levesque
Title:
Red Hot
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_064M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Gallegos United / Los Angeles
Client:
California Milk Processor Board (CMPB)
Title:
Tasty Truths
Category:
Animation / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_032M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Marc Burckhardt / Austin + Gucci / Milan
Client:
Gucci
Title:
Gucci Tiger
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_071M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
SIX INC. / Tokyo + Hakuhodo / 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 Award
Agency:
The Nine / Shanghai
Client:
Nanfu Battery
Title:
The Powerful Human Battery
Category:
Packaging / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_059M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Magpie Studio / London
Client:
Senser Spirits
Title:
Senser Spirits -Lift Your Mind and Mood
Category:
Packaging / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_060M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Sagmeister & Walsh / New York + Vilcek Foundation / New York
Client:
The Vilcek Foundation
Title:
The Vilcek Prize for Excellence
Category:
Packaging / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_061M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Oscar Bastidas / Brooklyn
Client:
Wynwood Brewing
Title:
Wynwood Fox
Category:
Packaging / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_062M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Gallegos United / Los Angeles
Client:
Comcast
Title:
The Art of Storytelling
Category:
Mural / Graffiti / Street Art / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_057M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Camila Rosa / Sao Paulo + Society6 / Los Angeles + The Other Art Fair / London
Client:
Society6 / The Other Art Fair
Title:
Representation Matters Mural
Category:
Mural / Graffiti / Street Art / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_058M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
IC4DESIGN / Hiroshima + Hakuhodo Product's Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
VOLKSWAGEN Group Japan
Title:
SHARAN
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_034M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
The Nine / Shanghai
Client:
Hengzheng Dental
Title:
The Brass Instruments Band
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_073M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Tatsuro Kiuchi / Tokyo + Uniqlo / Tokyo
Client:
UNIQLO
Title:
UNIQLO Sustainability
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_074M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
360i / New York + HBO / New York
Client:
HBO
Title:
Create #ForTheThrone
Category:
Wildcard / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_066M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Airbnb Magazine / New York + Airbnb / San Francisco
Client:
Airbnb Magazine
Title:
Enchanted Lands
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_046M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Nicolas Ortega / New York + Barron's / New York
Client:
Barron's
Title:
What The U.S. Gets Wrong About China
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_047M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Leonardo Santamaria / Los Angeles + Believer Magazine / Las Vegas
Client:
Believer Magazine
Title:
Beating the Bounds: The Case for Ethical Borders
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_048M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Dan Bejar Illustration / Brooklyn + Imagination / Washington DC
Client:
Engineering Inc. Magazine
Title:
Control
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_049M
