ADC Awards
The ADC Annual Awards is the oldest continuously running industry award show in the world. Now in its 99th year, these Awards celebrate the very best in advertising, design, illustration, photography, packaging, motion and digital media, all with a focus on craftsmanship and innovation.
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Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID
The Gun Violence History Book
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + The Mill / Chicago
Client: Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
The New York Times for Kids
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Mag Labs Category: Newspapers / Full Issue - Series
WITH
Agency: Michele Salati / Hong Kong + Córdova Canillas / Barcelona
Client: Zurich University of the Arts Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Series
Madness In Crowds
Agency: Beehive Books / Philadelphia + Headcase Design / Philadelphia
Client: Beehive Books Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Memory
Agency: Minmin qu & qian jiang / Nanjing
Client: JIANGSU ART MUSEUM Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Made in Fukushima.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client: METER Group Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Made in Fukushima.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client: METER Group Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Ninety-Nine Percent Fearless (Laura Dern)
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread - Single
The New York Issue
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover - Single
Typographic Design in China
Agency: T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing
Client: Shenzhen Graphic Design Association (SGDA) Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Bloomberg — Charting Futures
Agency: Algo / Torino + Illo / Torino
Client: Bloomberg Category: Innovation
The New York Issue
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Single
Great Performers
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Single
Paul Smith's Cycling Scrapbook
Agency: Tenmilliontimes Design / Nanjing
Client: Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single
11.50 Rediscovering Discovery
Agency: Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design / Minneapolis
Client: Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design Category: Newspapers / Full Issue - Single
Nature's co-citation network infographic
Agency: Nature / New York + Barabási Lab / Boston
Client: Nature Category: Magazines / Magazine Infographics - Single or Series
The New York Times Magazine Labs Special Sections
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Labs Category: Newspapers / Full Issue - Series
Made in Fukushima.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client: METER Group Category: Books / Jacket - Single
Observing and Mirroring - Dwelling Philosophy
Agency: T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing
Client: Day Day Up Design Consultant Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Hunhun's Notes
Agency: Day Day Up Design Consultancy / Zhongshan
Client: Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing, Ltd. Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Breeze blows to the page, you read
Agency: XXL Studio / Beijing
Client: Hainan Publishing House Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
The New York Times For Kids: The Fear Issue Covers
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Labs Category: Newspapers / Front Page - Series
Age of Union
Agency: Baillat Studio / Montreal + Anteism / Montreal
Client: Dax Dasilva Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single
Dragon’s Delusion - Book Cover & Jacket Design
Agency: STUDIO-M / Hong Kong
Client: Dragon’s Delusion Category: Books / Jacket - Series
Emergence Magazine
Agency: Emergence Magazine / Inverness + Studio Airport / Utrecht, NL
Client: Emergence Magazine Category: Digital Publications / Online Publication - Single or Series
Daniel Jensen – Current Events
Agency: Bedow / Stockholm
Client: Björkholmen Gallery Category: Books / Jacket - Single
Humiliation
Agency: Nicole Caputo Design / NYC + Catapult / New York
Client: Catapult Category: Books / Jacket - Single
Sea Monsters
Agency: Strick&Williams / Brooklyn + Catapult / NYC + Nicole Caputo / NYC
Client: Catapult Category: Books / Jacket - Single
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Agency: For Office Use Only / new york
Client: Public Art Fund Category: Books / Jacket - Single
Liu XiaoDong QuanFangWei
Agency: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts / ShenYang + lulu zhao / ShenYang
Client: Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Vitamin T: Threads & Textiles in Contemporary Art
Agency: Phaidon / New York
Client: Phaidon Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Fabien Baron: Works 1983-2019
Agency: Phaidon / New York
Client: Phaidon Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Agency: RT / Moscow + Phygitalism / Moscow
Client: RT Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Madonna at 60
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover - Single
Undiscovered Rembrandt
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover - Single
GDC19
Agency: Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client: Designer books Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
The Book Block, Industrial Bookbinding Techniques
Agency: Itemzero / Espinho + douro / Maia
Client: Maiadouro Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
To be Continued: Nanjing in 99 Objects
Agency: T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing
Client: Nanjing Museum Administration Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Transmission Pang Pang Document Book
Agency: Edition Nord / Minamiuonuma-shi
Client: OLTA Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Jia Hui
Agency: Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client: Phoenix Science Press Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Agency: RT / Moscow + Phygitalism / Moscow
Client: RT Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Sophy Holland Super Humans
Agency: YummyColours / New York City + Sophy Holland / New York City
Client: Sophy Holland Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Iconography of the Ten Bamboo Studio
Agency: Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client: Ten Bamboo Studio Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Agency: RT / Moscow + Phygitalism / Moscow
Client: RT Category: Innovation
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Agency: RT / Moscow + Phygitalism / Moscow
Client: RT Category: Digital Publications / Media - Single or Series
Emergence Magazine
Agency: Emergence Magazine / Inverness, USA
Client: Emergence Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Single
How We See: Photobooks by Women
Agency: Laura Coombs / New York
Client: 10x10 Photobooks Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single
LOLOSOSO – 60 years of anothermountainman
Agency: Mak Kai Hang / Hong Kong
Client: Joint Publishing (HK) Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + The Mill / Chicago
Client:
Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
Title:
The Gun Violence History Book
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_004G
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine Mag Labs
Title:
The New York Times for Kids
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_022G
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Michele Salati / Hong Kong + Córdova Canillas / Barcelona
Client:
Zurich University of the Arts
Title:
WITH
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_017G
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Beehive Books / Philadelphia + Headcase Design / Philadelphia
Client:
Beehive Books
Title:
Madness In Crowds
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_001G
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Minmin qu & qian jiang / Nanjing
Client:
JIANGSU ART MUSEUM
Title:
The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Memory
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_002G
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client:
METER Group
Title:
Made in Fukushima.
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_007G
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client:
METER Group
Title:
Made in Fukushima.
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_037G
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Ninety-Nine Percent Fearless (Laura Dern)
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_019S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The New York Issue
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_014S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing
Client:
Shenzhen Graphic Design Association (SGDA)
Title:
Typographic Design in China
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_008S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Algo / Torino + Illo / Torino
Client:
Bloomberg
Title:
Bloomberg — Charting Futures
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_013S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The New York Issue
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_015S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Great Performers
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_016S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Tenmilliontimes Design / Nanjing
Client:
Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House
Title:
Paul Smith's Cycling Scrapbook
Category:
Books / Text-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_010S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design / Minneapolis
Client:
Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design
Title:
11.50 Rediscovering Discovery
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_021S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Nature / New York + Barabási Lab / Boston
Client:
Nature
Title:
Nature's co-citation network infographic
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Infographics - Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_018B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine Labs
Title:
The New York Times Magazine Labs Special Sections
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_023B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client:
METER Group
Title:
Made in Fukushima.
Category:
Books / Jacket - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_005B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing
Client:
Day Day Up Design Consultant
Title:
Observing and Mirroring - Dwelling Philosophy
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_003B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Day Day Up Design Consultancy / Zhongshan
Client:
Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing, Ltd.
Title:
Hunhun's Notes
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_004B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
XXL Studio / Beijing
Client:
Hainan Publishing House
Title:
Breeze blows to the page, you read
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_009B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine Labs
Title:
The New York Times For Kids: The Fear Issue Covers
Category:
Newspapers / Front Page - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_020B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Baillat Studio / Montreal + Anteism / Montreal
Client:
Dax Dasilva
Title:
Age of Union
Category:
Books / Text-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_011B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
STUDIO-M / Hong Kong
Client:
Dragon’s Delusion
Title:
Dragon’s Delusion - Book Cover & Jacket Design
Category:
Books / Jacket - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_006B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Emergence Magazine / Inverness + Studio Airport / Utrecht, NL
Client:
Emergence Magazine
Title:
Emergence Magazine
Category:
Digital Publications / Online Publication - Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_012B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Bedow / Stockholm
Client:
Björkholmen Gallery
Title:
Daniel Jensen – Current Events
Category:
Books / Jacket - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_028M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Nicole Caputo Design / NYC + Catapult / New York
Client:
Catapult
Title:
Humiliation
Category:
Books / Jacket - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_029M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Strick&Williams / Brooklyn + Catapult / NYC + Nicole Caputo / NYC
Client:
Catapult
Title:
Sea Monsters
Category:
Books / Jacket - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_030M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
For Office Use Only / new york
Client:
Public Art Fund
Title:
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Category:
Books / Jacket - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_031M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts / ShenYang + lulu zhao / ShenYang
Client:
Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
Title:
Liu XiaoDong QuanFangWei
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_024M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Phaidon / New York
Client:
Phaidon
Title:
Vitamin T: Threads & Textiles in Contemporary Art
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_025M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Phaidon / New York
Client:
Phaidon
Title:
Fabien Baron: Works 1983-2019
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_026M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
RT / Moscow + Phygitalism / Moscow
Client:
RT
Title:
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_027M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Madonna at 60
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_048M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Undiscovered Rembrandt
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_049M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client:
Designer books
Title:
GDC19
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_033M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Itemzero / Espinho + douro / Maia
Client:
Maiadouro
Title:
The Book Block, Industrial Bookbinding Techniques
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_034M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing
Client:
Nanjing Museum Administration
Title:
To be Continued: Nanjing in 99 Objects
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_035M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Edition Nord / Minamiuonuma-shi
Client:
OLTA
Title:
Transmission Pang Pang Document Book
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_036M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client:
Phoenix Science Press
Title:
Jia Hui
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_037M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
RT / Moscow + Phygitalism / Moscow
Client:
RT
Title:
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_038M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
YummyColours / New York City + Sophy Holland / New York City
Client:
Sophy Holland
Title:
Sophy Holland Super Humans
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_039M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client:
Ten Bamboo Studio
Title:
Iconography of the Ten Bamboo Studio
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_040M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client:
METER Group
Title:
Made in Fukushima.
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_045M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
RT / Moscow + Phygitalism / Moscow
Client:
RT
Title:
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_046M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg
Client:
Warner Music Central Europe
Title:
Hell-P
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_047M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
RT / Moscow + Phygitalism / Moscow
Client:
RT
Title:
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Category:
Digital Publications / Media - Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_044M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Emergence Magazine / Inverness, USA
Client:
Emergence Magazine
Title:
Emergence Magazine
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_050M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Laura Coombs / New York
Client:
10x10 Photobooks
Title:
How We See: Photobooks by Women
Category:
Books / Text-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_041M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Mak Kai Hang / Hong Kong
Client:
Joint Publishing (HK)
Title:
LOLOSOSO – 60 years of anothermountainman
Category:
Books / Text-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_042M
