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.
Category
Award
Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID

Making Impossible Possible
Agency: Jones Knowles Ritchie / London
Client: Courtney Tulloch Category: Motion / Single or Series

The Hidden Essence
Agency: SHA inc. / TOKYO
Client: NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Category: Poster / Series


Ribaasu
Agency: Tien-Min Liao / New York
Client: Typeji Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series


Making Impossible Possible
Agency: Jones Knowles Ritchie / London
Client: Courtney Tulloch Category: Motion / Single or Series


Minnesota Twins 2019 Campaign
Agency: Carmichael Lynch / Minneapolis
Client: Minnesota Twins Category: Use of Typography / Series


Minnesota Twins 2019 Campaign
Agency: Carmichael Lynch / Minneapolis
Client: Minnesota Twins Category: Poster / Series


The Söhne Collection
Agency: Klim Type Foundry / Wellington
Client: Klim Type Foundry Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series


MOVEMENT
Agency: NM type / Stockholm / Santiago de Compostela
Client: Design Indaba Category: Innovation


The New York Issue: Cover
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Use of Typography / Single


Calligraphic Embroideries
Agency: Olga Kovalenko / Moscow
Client: - Category: Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Single or Series


SAMULNORI (Cloud, Rain, Thunder, Wind)
Agency: Byeongguk Ahn / Seoul + Hana Lee / Seoul
Client: VISUALSTORY Category: Poster / Series


Oslo Sans
Agency: Creuna Norway / Oslo
Client: City of Oslo Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series


Fonta
Agency: M-N Associates / Ho Chi Minh City
Client: Guta Cafe Vietnam Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series


"Watchmen" Main Titles & Episode Titles
Agency: Elastic / Santa Monica + HBO / Los Angeles
Client: HBO Category: Motion / Single or Series


The logo behind the logo
Agency: Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg
Client: Munich Philharmonics Category: Motion / Single or Series


Acting Identity
Agency: TBWA\\Istanbul / istanbul
Client: Theatre Hours Category: Use of Typography / Series


Relaate Multi-genre Family
Agency: Alexander Slobzheninov / Prague, Czech Republic
Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series


Right Grotesk Type Family
Agency: Alexander Slobzheninov / Prague, Czech Republic + Pangram Pangram Foundry / Montreal, Canada
Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series


Xia Sans Serif
Agency: YINGCHENG SHENG / SUZHOU
Client: Flame Design Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series


Romie Regular
Agency: Margot Lévêque / Paris + Lorenzo Fanton / NYC
Client: Margot Lévêque Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series


LaFarge
Agency: Typetanic Fonts / Chicago
Client: Typetanic Fonts Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series


Marble: Big Data For Every Child
Agency: Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York
Client: UNICEF Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series


Very Happy Meal Font.
Agency: Beacon Communications (Leo Burnett) / Tokyo + Onion Inc. / Tokyo + McDonald's Japan / Tokyo
Client: McDonald's Japan Category: Use of Typography / Single


#VictoryFont: A Typeface To Remember
Agency: RT / Moscow + Contrast Foundry / Moscow
Client: RT Category: Design for Good / Typography


Royal palmeira
Agency: Anna Rolskaia / Lisbo
Client: Royal palmeira Category: Lettering / Single or Series


Chinese Provincial Capital Typeface
Agency: Version Design Group / Shanghai
Client: shanghai version design group Category: Lettering / Single or Series


Typeform
Agency: BÜRO UFHO / Singapore
Client: Self Category: Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Single or Series


Create #ForTheThrone: Beric's Sword
Agency: 360i / New York + HBO / New York
Client: HBO Category: Environmental / Single or Series


Love is Fierce
Agency: Jason Naylor / Brooklyn
Client: PowWow! Worcester Category: Environmental / Single or Series


Bauhaus 100: Manifest of Practice in Taiwan
Agency: ken-tsai Lee Design Lab / Taipei City
Client: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Category: Environmental / Single or Series


Hotel Tango Packaging Typography
Agency: Young & Laramore / Indianapolis
Client: Hotel Tango Distillery Category: Package / Product / Series


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


Cities in Motion
Agency: Studio Dumbar (part of Dept) / Rotterdam
Client: Exterion Media Category: Motion / Single or Series


Minnesota Twins 2019 Campaign
Agency: Carmichael Lynch / Minneapolis
Client: Minnesota Twins Category: Motion / Single or Series


His Dark Materials "Personal Daemons"
Agency: 360i / New York + HBO / New York
Client: HBO Category: Wildcard / Single or Series


Award:
2020 Typography Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Jones Knowles Ritchie / London
Client:
Courtney Tulloch
Title:
Making Impossible Possible
Category:
Motion / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_001G

Award:
2020 Typography Gold Cube
Agency:
SHA inc. / TOKYO
Client:
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Title:
The Hidden Essence
Category:
Poster / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_008G

Award:
2020 Typography Gold Cube
Agency:
Tien-Min Liao / New York
Client:
Typeji
Title:
Ribaasu
Category:
Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_011G

Award:
2020 Typography Gold Cube
Agency:
Jones Knowles Ritchie / London
Client:
Courtney Tulloch
Title:
Making Impossible Possible
Category:
Motion / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_001G

Award:
2020 Typography Silver Cube
Agency:
Carmichael Lynch / Minneapolis
Client:
Minnesota Twins
Title:
Minnesota Twins 2019 Campaign
Category:
Use of Typography / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_016S

Award:
2020 Typography Silver Cube
Agency:
Carmichael Lynch / Minneapolis
Client:
Minnesota Twins
Title:
Minnesota Twins 2019 Campaign
Category:
Poster / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_009S

Award:
2020 Typography Silver Cube
Agency:
Klim Type Foundry / Wellington
Client:
Klim Type Foundry
Title:
The Söhne Collection
Category:
Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_012S

Award:
2020 Typography Silver Cube
Agency:
NM type / Stockholm / Santiago de Compostela
Client:
Design Indaba
Title:
MOVEMENT
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_002S

Award:
2020 Typography Silver Cube
Agency:
Hyeong Geun Song / New York
Client:
Self-initiated
Title:
Tangible Type
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_003S

Award:
2020 Typography Silver Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The New York Issue: Cover
Category:
Use of Typography / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_015S

Award:
2020 Typography Silver Cube
Agency:
Olga Kovalenko / Moscow
Client:
-
Title:
Calligraphic Embroideries
Category:
Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_007S

Award:
2020 Typography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Byeongguk Ahn / Seoul + Hana Lee / Seoul
Client:
VISUALSTORY
Title:
SAMULNORI (Cloud, Rain, Thunder, Wind)
Category:
Poster / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_010B

Award:
2020 Typography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Creuna Norway / Oslo
Client:
City of Oslo
Title:
Oslo Sans
Category:
Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_013B

Award:
2020 Typography Bronze Cube
Agency:
M-N Associates / Ho Chi Minh City
Client:
Guta Cafe Vietnam
Title:
Fonta
Category:
Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_014B

Award:
2020 Typography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Elastic / Santa Monica + HBO / Los Angeles
Client:
HBO
Title:
"Watchmen" Main Titles & Episode Titles
Category:
Motion / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_004B

Award:
2020 Typography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg
Client:
Munich Philharmonics
Title:
The logo behind the logo
Category:
Motion / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_005B

Award:
2020 Typography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Gaopeng / Xi'an
Client:
xiaoqinren
Title:
xi font bottle
Category:
Package / Product / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_006B

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
TBWA\\Istanbul / istanbul
Client:
Theatre Hours
Title:
Acting Identity
Category:
Use of Typography / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_036M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Alexander Slobzheninov / Prague, Czech Republic
Client:
N/A
Title:
Relaate Multi-genre Family
Category:
Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_029M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Alexander Slobzheninov / Prague, Czech Republic + Pangram Pangram Foundry / Montreal, Canada
Client:
N/A
Title:
Right Grotesk Type Family
Category:
Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_030M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
YINGCHENG SHENG / SUZHOU
Client:
Flame Design
Title:
Xia Sans Serif
Category:
Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_031M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Margot Lévêque / Paris + Lorenzo Fanton / NYC
Client:
Margot Lévêque
Title:
Romie Regular
Category:
Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_032M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Typetanic Fonts / Chicago
Client:
Typetanic Fonts
Title:
LaFarge
Category:
Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_033M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York
Client:
UNICEF
Title:
Marble: Big Data For Every Child
Category:
Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_034M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Leo Burnett / Chicago
Client:
RepresentUs
Title:
Ugly Gerry
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_021M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Beacon Communications (Leo Burnett) / Tokyo + Onion Inc. / Tokyo + McDonald's Japan / Tokyo
Client:
McDonald's Japan
Title:
Very Happy Meal Font.
Category:
Use of Typography / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_035M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Leo Burnett / Chicago
Client:
RepresentUs
Title:
Ugly Gerry
Category:
Design for Good / Typography
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_076M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
RT / Moscow + Contrast Foundry / Moscow
Client:
RT
Title:
#VictoryFont: A Typeface To Remember
Category:
Design for Good / Typography
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_077M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Anna Rolskaia / Lisbo
Client:
Royal palmeira
Title:
Royal palmeira
Category:
Lettering / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_022M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Version Design Group / Shanghai
Client:
shanghai version design group
Title:
Chinese Provincial Capital Typeface
Category:
Lettering / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_023M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
BÜRO UFHO / Singapore
Client:
Self
Title:
Typeform
Category:
Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_028M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
360i / New York + HBO / New York
Client:
HBO
Title:
Create #ForTheThrone: Beric's Sword
Category:
Environmental / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_018M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Jason Naylor / Brooklyn
Client:
PowWow! Worcester
Title:
Love is Fierce
Category:
Environmental / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_019M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
ken-tsai Lee Design Lab / Taipei City
Client:
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Title:
Bauhaus 100: Manifest of Practice in Taiwan
Category:
Environmental / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_020M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Young & Laramore / Indianapolis
Client:
Hotel Tango Distillery
Title:
Hotel Tango Packaging Typography
Category:
Package / Product / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_026M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Magpie Studio / London
Client:
Senser Spirits
Title:
Senser Spirits -Lift Your Mind and Mood
Category:
Package / Product / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_027M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
R/GA / New York
Client:
R/GA
Title:
Hellvetica
Category:
Digital / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_017M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Studio Dumbar (part of Dept) / Rotterdam
Client:
Exterion Media
Title:
Cities in Motion
Category:
Motion / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_024M

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Carmichael Lynch / Minneapolis
Client:
Minnesota Twins
Title:
Minnesota Twins 2019 Campaign
Category:
Motion / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_025M
