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
Guess Which Book Is It?
Agency: The Nine / Shanghai
Client: Yan Ji You Bookstores Category: Digital / 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 Inc. / Tokyo + Headlight / Tokyo
Client: Sony Interactive Entertainment Category: Promotional / Collateral / Single
SHARAN
Agency: IC4DESIGN / Hiroshima + Hakuhodo Product's Inc. / Tokyo
Client: VOLKSWAGEN Group Japan Category: Book / Series
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
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
Gutenberg Press
Agency: DDB GROUP GERMANY / Berlin
Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Series
No Way In
Agency: TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York + Rick Hansen Foundation / Richmond/Canada
Client: Rick Hansen Foundation Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Chemistry Masters
Agency: aaa + niiiiice / Madrid
Client: Salesians School Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Diversity in Disaster Preparation
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Digital Inc. / Tokyo + TYO Inc. / Tokyo + AID-DCC Inc. / Tokyo
Client: Yahoo Japan Corporation Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Create #ForTheThrone
Agency: 360i / New York + HBO / New York
Client: HBO Category: Wildcard / 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
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
Harvey Weinstein Convicted
Agency: Brian Stauffer Illustration + Animation / Novato + The New York Times Magazine / NYC
Client: The New York Times Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
One Small Step
Agency: Estudio Javier Jaen / Barcelona
Client: The New York Times Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
Athleisure Time
Agency: Igor Bastidas Studio / Brooklyn + The er / New York
Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
Student Debt
Agency: Till Lauer / Lucerne + The New Yorker / New York City
Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
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:
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:
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 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:
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:
DDB GROUP GERMANY / Berlin
Client:
Reporters Without Borders
Title:
Gutenberg Press
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_053M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York + Rick Hansen Foundation / Richmond/Canada
Client:
Rick Hansen Foundation
Title:
No Way In
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_054M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
aaa + niiiiice / Madrid
Client:
Salesians School
Title:
Chemistry Masters
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_055M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Digital Inc. / Tokyo + TYO Inc. / Tokyo + AID-DCC Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Yahoo Japan Corporation
Title:
Diversity in Disaster Preparation
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_056M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
360i / New York + HBO / New York
Client:
HBO
Title:
Create #ForTheThrone
Category:
Wildcard / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_066M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
The Nine / Shanghai
Client:
Nanfu Battery
Title:
The Powerful Human Battery
Category:
Packaging / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_059M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
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 Honor
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 Honor
Agency:
Oscar Bastidas / Brooklyn
Client:
Wynwood Brewing
Title:
Wynwood Fox
Category:
Packaging / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_062M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
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 Honor
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 Honor
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 Honor
Agency:
Dan Bejar Illustration / Brooklyn + Imagination / Washington DC
Client:
Engineering Inc. Magazine
Title:
Control
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_049M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Leonardo Santamaria / Los Angeles + O, The Oprah Magazine / New York City
Client:
O, The Oprah Magazine
Title:
My Sister, Myself
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_050M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Brian Stauffer Illustration + Animation / Novato + The New York Times Magazine / NYC
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Harvey Weinstein Convicted
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_051M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Estudio Javier Jaen / Barcelona
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
One Small Step
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_052M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Igor Bastidas Studio / Brooklyn + The er / New York
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
Athleisure Time
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_053M