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.

Award

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
WITH Agency: Michele Salati / Hong Kong + Córdova Canillas / Barcelona Client: Zurich University of the Arts Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Series
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
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
Made in Fukushima. Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich Client: METER Group Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Made in Fukushima. Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich Client: METER Group Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
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
11.50 Rediscovering Discovery Agency: Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design / Minneapolis Client: Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design Category: Newspapers / Full Issue - Single
Paul Smith's Cycling Scrapbook Agency: Tenmilliontimes Design / Nanjing Client: Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single
Ninety-Nine Percent Fearless (Laura Dern) Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread - 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 Cover - Single
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
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
Dragon’s Delusion - Book Cover & Jacket Design Agency: STUDIO-M / Hong Kong Client: Dragon’s Delusion Category: Books / Jacket - Series
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
Emergence Magazine Agency: Emergence Magazine / Inverness + Studio Airport / Utrecht, NL Client: Emergence Magazine Category: Digital Publications / Online Publication - Single or Series
Made in Fukushima. Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich Client: METER Group Category: Books / Jacket - Single
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
Breeze blows to the page, you read Agency: XXL Studio / Beijing Client: Hainan Publishing House Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Nature's co-citation network infographic Agency: Nature / New York + Barabási Lab / Boston Client: Nature Category: Magazines / Magazine Infographics - Single or Series
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 Client: Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing, Ltd. Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
LAAB MAGAZINE #4: This Was Your Life! Agency: Beehive Books / Philadelphia Client: Beehive Books Category: Newspapers / Full Issue - Single
Stimulate Annual Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo Client: Copywriters Club Nagoya Category: Books / Jacket - Series
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
The Appreciation of Poems in Tang and Song Dynasty Agency: T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing Client: The Commercial Press Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single
Made in Fukushima. Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich Client: METER Group Category: Innovation
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album Agency: RT / Moscow + Phygitalism / Moscow Client: RT Category: Innovation
Hell-P Agency: Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg Client: Warner Music Central Europe Category: Innovation
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
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
Emergence Magazine Agency: Emergence Magazine / Inverness, USA Client: Emergence Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Single
Separated-Separados Magazine Agency: Shira Inbar / New York City Client: Self-initiated Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Lo—TEK. Design by Radical Indigenism Agency: W—E studio, Piera Wolf + Claudine Eriksson / Zürich + New York + TASCHEN / Cologne + TASCHEN / Berlin Client: TASCHEN Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
The 1619 Project Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
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

2020 Publication Design Best of Discipline Cube

FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + The Mill / Chicago

Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence

The Gun Violence History Book

Design for Good / Publication Design

ADC_DFG20_004G

2020 Publication Design Gold Cube

Michele Salati / Hong Kong + Córdova Canillas / Barcelona

Zurich University of the Arts

WITH

Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Series

ADC_PUB20_017G

2020 Publication Design Gold Cube

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine Mag Labs

The New York Times for Kids

Newspapers / Full Issue - Series

ADC_PUB20_022G

2020 Publication Design Gold Cube

FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + The Mill / Chicago

Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence

The Gun Violence History Book

Design for Good / Publication Design

ADC_DFG20_004G

2020 Publication Design Gold Cube

SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich

METER Group

Made in Fukushima.

Design for Good / Publication Design

ADC_DFG20_037G

2020 Publication Design Gold Cube

SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich

METER Group

Made in Fukushima.

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB20_007G

2020 Publication Design Gold Cube

Beehive Books / Philadelphia + Headcase Design / Philadelphia

Beehive Books

Madness In Crowds

Books / Image-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB20_001G

2020 Publication Design Gold Cube

Minmin qu & qian jiang / Nanjing

JIANGSU ART MUSEUM

The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Memory

Books / Image-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB20_002G

2020 Publication Design Silver Cube

Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design / Minneapolis

Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design

11.50 Rediscovering Discovery

Newspapers / Full Issue - Single

ADC_PUB20_021S

2020 Publication Design Silver Cube

Tenmilliontimes Design / Nanjing

Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House

Paul Smith's Cycling Scrapbook

Books / Text-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB20_010S

2020 Publication Design Silver Cube

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

Ninety-Nine Percent Fearless (Laura Dern)

Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread - Single

ADC_PUB20_019S

2020 Publication Design Silver Cube

Algo / Torino + Illo / Torino

Bloomberg

Bloomberg — Charting Futures

Innovation

ADC_PUB20_013S

2020 Publication Design Silver Cube

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

The New York Issue

Magazines / Magazine Cover - Single

ADC_PUB20_014S

2020 Publication Design Silver Cube

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

The New York Issue

Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Single

ADC_PUB20_015S

2020 Publication Design Silver Cube

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

Great Performers

Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Single

ADC_PUB20_016S

2020 Publication Design Silver Cube

T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing

Shenzhen Graphic Design Association (SGDA)

Typographic Design in China

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB20_008S

2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube

STUDIO-M / Hong Kong

Dragon’s Delusion

Dragon’s Delusion - Book Cover & Jacket Design

Books / Jacket - Series

ADC_PUB20_006B

2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine Labs

The New York Times For Kids: The Fear Issue Covers

Newspapers / Front Page - Series

ADC_PUB20_020B

2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube

Baillat Studio / Montreal + Anteism / Montreal

Dax Dasilva

Age of Union

Books / Text-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB20_011B

2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube

Emergence Magazine / Inverness + Studio Airport / Utrecht, NL

Emergence Magazine

Emergence Magazine

Digital Publications / Online Publication - Single or Series

ADC_PUB20_012B

2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube

SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich

METER Group

Made in Fukushima.

Books / Jacket - Single

ADC_PUB20_005B

2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine Labs

The New York Times Magazine Labs Special Sections

Newspapers / Full Issue - Series

ADC_PUB20_023B

2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube

XXL Studio / Beijing

Hainan Publishing House

Breeze blows to the page, you read

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB20_009B

2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube

Nature / New York + Barabási Lab / Boston

Nature

Nature's co-citation network infographic

Magazines / Magazine Infographics - Single or Series

ADC_PUB20_018B

2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube

T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing

Day Day Up Design Consultant

Observing and Mirroring - Dwelling Philosophy

Books / Image-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB20_003B

2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube

Day Day Up Design Consultancy

Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing, Ltd.

Hunhun's Notes

Books / Image-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB20_004B

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

Beehive Books / Philadelphia

Beehive Books

LAAB MAGAZINE #4: This Was Your Life!

Newspapers / Full Issue - Single

ADC_PUB20_051M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo

Copywriters Club Nagoya

Stimulate Annual

Books / Jacket - Series

ADC_PUB20_032M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

Laura Coombs / New York

10x10 Photobooks

How We See: Photobooks by Women

Books / Text-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB20_041M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

Mak Kai Hang / Hong Kong

Joint Publishing (HK)

LOLOSOSO – 60 years of anothermountainman

Books / Text-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB20_042M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing

The Commercial Press

The Appreciation of Poems in Tang and Song Dynasty

Books / Text-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB20_043M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich

METER Group

Made in Fukushima.

Innovation

ADC_PUB20_045M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

RT / Moscow + Phygitalism / Moscow

RT

#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album

Innovation

ADC_PUB20_046M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg

Warner Music Central Europe

Hell-P

Innovation

ADC_PUB20_047M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

Bedow / Stockholm

Björkholmen Gallery

Daniel Jensen – Current Events

Books / Jacket - Single

ADC_PUB20_028M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

Nicole Caputo Design / NYC + Catapult / New York

Catapult

Humiliation

Books / Jacket - Single

ADC_PUB20_029M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

Strick&Williams / Brooklyn + Catapult / NYC + Nicole Caputo / NYC

Catapult

Sea Monsters

Books / Jacket - Single

ADC_PUB20_030M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

For Office Use Only / new york

Public Art Fund

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors

Books / Jacket - Single

ADC_PUB20_031M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

Madonna at 60

Magazines / Magazine Cover - Single

ADC_PUB20_048M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

Undiscovered Rembrandt

Magazines / Magazine Cover - Single

ADC_PUB20_049M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

Emergence Magazine / Inverness, USA

Emergence Magazine

Emergence Magazine

Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Single

ADC_PUB20_050M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

Shira Inbar / New York City

Self-initiated

Separated-Separados Magazine

Design for Good / Publication Design

ADC_DFG20_069M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

W—E studio, Piera Wolf + Claudine Eriksson / Zürich + New York + TASCHEN / Cologne + TASCHEN / Berlin

TASCHEN

Lo—TEK. Design by Radical Indigenism

Design for Good / Publication Design

ADC_DFG20_070M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

The 1619 Project

Design for Good / Publication Design

ADC_DFG20_071M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing

Designer books

GDC19

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB20_033M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

Itemzero / Espinho + douro / Maia

Maiadouro

The Book Block, Industrial Bookbinding Techniques

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB20_034M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing

Nanjing Museum Administration

To be Continued: Nanjing in 99 Objects

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB20_035M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

Edition Nord / Minamiuonuma-shi

OLTA

Transmission Pang Pang Document Book

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB20_036M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing

Phoenix Science Press

Jia Hui

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB20_037M

2020 Publication Design Merit Honor

RT / Moscow + Phygitalism / Moscow

RT

#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album

Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single

ADC_PUB20_038M

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