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

Google Nest Wifi
Agency: Google Hardware Design / Mountain view
Client: Google Inc Category: Consumer Electronics / Single or Series


Mental Fatigues
Agency: TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York + Canadian Mental Health Association / Toronto
Client: Canadian Mental Health Association Category: Craft / Patterns / Textiles


Gucci Cheetahorse Dress
Agency: Marc Burckhardt / Austin + Gucci / Milan
Client: Gucci Category: Craft / Patterns / Textiles


LANGUAGE SANCTUARY
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Creative X Inc. / Tokyo
Client: Okinawa Times Category: Art Direction - Press / Poster / Press / Print Advertising - Campaign


The Force of Love
Agency: ADK TAIWAN / Taipei
Client: 7-ELEVEN Taiwan Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design


German Cancer Aid "Spectrum"
Agency: HEIMAT, / Berlin + Intermate Media GmbH / Berlin + achtung! / Hamburg + Low Bros / Berlin
Client: ADP e. V. / Deutsche Krebshilfe Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design


+ POOL Light and Dashboard
Agency: PLAYLAB, INC. / New York + Family / New York + Floating Point Studio / New York + Reaktor / New York
Client: Friends of + POOL Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design


Independents on 5th: Shoppable Holiday Windows
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Standard Transmission / Brooklyn + Picture Farm / Brooklyn + Gattie and Lopez / New York
Client: PayPal Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design


Beauty Innovation
Agency: SHISEIDO CO.,LTD, / Ginza,Chuo-ku,Tokyo + we+ / Tokyo
Client: SHISEIDO Co.,Ltd. Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design


Re-Tree
Agency: Shiseido Company, Limited / Chuo-ku + DENTSU INC. / Minato-Ku + Hakuten Corporation / Chuo-ku
Client: Shiseido Company, Limited Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design


TETRA
Agency: Volvox Labs / Brooklyn + Gensler / New York City
Client: Xandr Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design


BLOOM
Agency: Nobody / Mexico City/San Francisco
Client: Harper's Bazaar Mexico 2020 Category: Fashion / Series


TOKYO MOTOR SHOW 2019
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + ADBRAIN Inc. / Tokyo + TYO MONSTER / Tokyo + Dentsu Live Inc. / Tokyo
Client: Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA) Category: Wildcard / Series


Planet or Plastic?
Agency: Pixel Square / Rio de Janeiro + Saatchi & Saatchi / Dubai
Client: national geographic Category: Wildcard / Series


Royal Mail: Curious Customs stamps
Agency: NB Studio / London + Royal Mail LTD / London
Client: Royal Mail LTD Category: Wildcard / 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: Wildcard / Series


SIGNS
Agency: MRM//McCANN / Frankfurt
Client: German Youth Association of People with Hearing Loss Category: UX / UI / User Experience Design


Google Store
Agency: BASIC® / Bay Area + Google / Mountain View
Client: Google Category: UX / UI / User Experience Design


ECHOs
Agency: DDB, / Paris + makemepulse / Paris + Studio Press Play On Tape / London + Ubisoft / Paris
Client: Ubisoft Category: UX / UI / User Experience Design


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


Wonderful Tools
Agency: BUCK / Los Angeles + TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles
Client: Apple Category: Craft in Video / Animation - Single


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


Mind the Gap
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + MEDIAPLUS GERMANY / Munich
Client: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) Category: Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt


Think Inside The Box
Agency: McCann / New York + Lockheed Martin / Bethesda
Client: Lockheed Martin Category: Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt


LIFEBOAT - The Experiment
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + PLAN.NET GERMANY / Munich + MEDIAPLUS GERMANY / Munich + achtung! / Hamburg
Client: Sea-Watch Category: Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt


German Cancer Aid "Spectrum"
Agency: HEIMAT, / Berlin + Intermate Media GmbH / Berlin + achtung! / Hamburg + Low Bros / Berlin
Client: ADP e. V. / Deutsche Krebshilfe Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design


Lolli: The Exhibit Nobody Wants to Talk About
Agency: No Fixed Address / Toronto + Canadian Centre for Child Protection / Winnipeg + Canadian Centre for Child Protection / Winnipeg
Client: Canadian Centre for Child Protection Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design


#NoKidsInCages
Agency: Badger & Winters / New York
Client: RAICES Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design


SickKids Airbnb
Agency: No Fixed Address / Toronto + SickKids Foundation / Toronto
Client: SickKids Foundation Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design


The Infinity Classroom
Agency: BBDO / Minneapolis + BBDO / New York
Client: Theirworld Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design


History Blocks
Agency: Africa / Sao Paulo
Client: Unesco Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design


Bon Iver Viisualiizer
Agency: Spotify In-House / New York
Client: Spotify Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Use of Technology


ECHOs
Agency: DDB, / Paris + makemepulse / Paris + Studio Press Play On Tape / London + Ubisoft / Paris
Client: Ubisoft Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Use of Technology


NISSAN QASHQAI SOUND ODYSSEY
Agency: TBWA\G1 / Boulogne Billancourt + G2H / Paris + Moonwalk film / Paris + TBWA\Else / Boulogne Billancourt
Client: NISSAN EUROPE Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Sound Design


A brand refresh for the world’s most popular OS.
Agency: Huge / Brooklyn + Google / New York
Client: Android Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Digital


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


AirPods Pro
Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Apple / Cupertino
Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Environmental Design / Window Display / Merchandising


Independents on 5th: Shoppable Holiday Windows
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Standard Transmission / Brooklyn + Picture Farm / Brooklyn + Gattie and Lopez / New York
Client: PayPal Category: Environmental Design / Window Display / Merchandising


Windows Into The Future
Agency: Cheil Germany / Schwalbach am Taunus
Client: Samsung Electronics Germany Category: Environmental Design / Window Display / Merchandising


The Most Searched
Agency: Google Brand Studio / San Francisco
Client: Google Category: Posters / Billboard - Series


Award:
2020 Product Design Merit Award
Agency:
Google Hardware Design / Mountain view
Client:
Google Inc
Title:
Google Nest Wifi
Category:
Consumer Electronics / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PRD20_009M

Award:
2020 Fashion Design Merit Award
Agency:
Africa / Sao Paulo
Client:
Ampara ANIMAL
Title:
Life Print
Category:
Craft / Patterns / Textiles
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN20_007M

Award:
2020 Fashion Design Merit Award
Agency:
TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York + Canadian Mental Health Association / Toronto
Client:
Canadian Mental Health Association
Title:
Mental Fatigues
Category:
Craft / Patterns / Textiles
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN20_008M

Award:
2020 Fashion Design Merit Award
Agency:
Marc Burckhardt / Austin + Gucci / Milan
Client:
Gucci
Title:
Gucci Cheetahorse Dress
Category:
Craft / Patterns / Textiles
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN20_009M

Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Award
Agency:
Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Creative X Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Okinawa Times
Title:
LANGUAGE SANCTUARY
Category:
Art Direction - Press / Poster / Press / Print Advertising - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_073M

Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Award
Agency:
ADK TAIWAN / Taipei
Client:
7-ELEVEN Taiwan
Title:
The Force of Love
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_021M

Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Award
Agency:
HEIMAT, / Berlin + Intermate Media GmbH / Berlin + achtung! / Hamburg + Low Bros / Berlin
Client:
ADP e. V. / Deutsche Krebshilfe
Title:
German Cancer Aid "Spectrum"
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_022M

Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Award
Agency:
PLAYLAB, INC. / New York + Family / New York + Floating Point Studio / New York + Reaktor / New York
Client:
Friends of + POOL
Title:
+ POOL Light and Dashboard
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_023M

Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Award
Agency:
Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Standard Transmission / Brooklyn + Picture Farm / Brooklyn + Gattie and Lopez / New York
Client:
PayPal
Title:
Independents on 5th: Shoppable Holiday Windows
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_024M

Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Award
Agency:
SHISEIDO CO.,LTD, / Ginza,Chuo-ku,Tokyo + we+ / Tokyo
Client:
SHISEIDO Co.,Ltd.
Title:
Beauty Innovation
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_025M

Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Award
Agency:
Shiseido Company, Limited / Chuo-ku + DENTSU INC. / Minato-Ku + Hakuten Corporation / Chuo-ku
Client:
Shiseido Company, Limited
Title:
Re-Tree
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_026M

Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Award
Agency:
Volvox Labs / Brooklyn + Gensler / New York City
Client:
Xandr
Title:
TETRA
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_027M

Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
Nobody / Mexico City/San Francisco
Client:
Harper's Bazaar Mexico 2020
Title:
BLOOM
Category:
Fashion / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_036M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + ADBRAIN Inc. / Tokyo + TYO MONSTER / Tokyo + Dentsu Live Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA)
Title:
TOKYO MOTOR SHOW 2019
Category:
Wildcard / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_067M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Pixel Square / Rio de Janeiro + Saatchi & Saatchi / Dubai
Client:
national geographic
Title:
Planet or Plastic?
Category:
Wildcard / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_068M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
NB Studio / London + Royal Mail LTD / London
Client:
Royal Mail LTD
Title:
Royal Mail: Curious Customs stamps
Category:
Wildcard / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_069M

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
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:
Wildcard / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_070M

Award:
2020 Interactive Merit Award
Agency:
MRM//McCANN / Frankfurt
Client:
German Youth Association of People with Hearing Loss
Title:
SIGNS
Category:
UX / UI / User Experience Design
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_076M

Award:
2020 Interactive Merit Award
Agency:
BASIC® / Bay Area + Google / Mountain View
Client:
Google
Title:
Google Store
Category:
UX / UI / User Experience Design
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_077M

Award:
2020 Interactive Merit Award
Agency:
DDB, / Paris + makemepulse / Paris + Studio Press Play On Tape / London + Ubisoft / Paris
Client:
Ubisoft
Title:
ECHOs
Category:
UX / UI / User Experience Design
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_078M

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

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
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 Award
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 Award
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 Award
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

Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Till Lauer / Lucerne + The New Yorker / New York City
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
Student Debt
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_054M

Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Award
Agency:
BUCK / Los Angeles + TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles
Client:
Apple
Title:
Wonderful Tools
Category:
Craft in Video / Animation - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_077M

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

Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Award
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + MEDIAPLUS GERMANY / Munich
Client:
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)
Title:
Mind the Gap
Category:
Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_033M

Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Award
Agency:
McCann / New York + Lockheed Martin / Bethesda
Client:
Lockheed Martin
Title:
Think Inside The Box
Category:
Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_034M

Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Award
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + PLAN.NET GERMANY / Munich + MEDIAPLUS GERMANY / Munich + achtung! / Hamburg
Client:
Sea-Watch
Title:
LIFEBOAT - The Experiment
Category:
Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_035M

Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Award
Agency:
HEIMAT, / Berlin + Intermate Media GmbH / Berlin + achtung! / Hamburg + Low Bros / Berlin
Client:
ADP e. V. / Deutsche Krebshilfe
Title:
German Cancer Aid "Spectrum"
Category:
Design for Good / Experiential Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_045M

Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Award
Agency:
No Fixed Address / Toronto + Canadian Centre for Child Protection / Winnipeg + Canadian Centre for Child Protection / Winnipeg
Client:
Canadian Centre for Child Protection
Title:
Lolli: The Exhibit Nobody Wants to Talk About
Category:
Design for Good / Experiential Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_046M

Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Award
Agency:
Badger & Winters / New York
Client:
RAICES
Title:
#NoKidsInCages
Category:
Design for Good / Experiential Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_047M

Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Award
Agency:
No Fixed Address / Toronto + SickKids Foundation / Toronto
Client:
SickKids Foundation
Title:
SickKids Airbnb
Category:
Design for Good / Experiential Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_048M

Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Award
Agency:
BBDO / Minneapolis + BBDO / New York
Client:
Theirworld
Title:
The Infinity Classroom
Category:
Design for Good / Experiential Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_049M

Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Award
Agency:
Africa / Sao Paulo
Client:
Unesco
Title:
History Blocks
Category:
Design for Good / Experiential Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_050M

Award:
2020 Interactive Merit Award
Agency:
Spotify In-House / New York
Client:
Spotify
Title:
Bon Iver Viisualiizer
Category:
Craft in Online / Mobile / Use of Technology
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_055M

Award:
2020 Interactive Merit Award
Agency:
DDB, / Paris + makemepulse / Paris + Studio Press Play On Tape / London + Ubisoft / Paris
Client:
Ubisoft
Title:
ECHOs
Category:
Craft in Online / Mobile / Use of Technology
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_056M

Award:
2020 Interactive Merit Award
Agency:
TBWA\G1 / Boulogne Billancourt + G2H / Paris + Moonwalk film / Paris + TBWA\Else / Boulogne Billancourt
Client:
NISSAN EUROPE
Title:
NISSAN QASHQAI SOUND ODYSSEY
Category:
Craft in Online / Mobile / Sound Design
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_054M

Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Huge / Brooklyn + Google / New York
Client:
Android
Title:
A brand refresh for the world’s most popular OS.
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Digital
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_028M

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

Award:
2020 Typography Merit Award
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 Experiential Design Merit Award
Agency:
TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple, Inc.
Title:
AirPods Pro
Category:
Environmental Design / Window Display / Merchandising
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_030M

Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Award
Agency:
Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Standard Transmission / Brooklyn + Picture Farm / Brooklyn + Gattie and Lopez / New York
Client:
PayPal
Title:
Independents on 5th: Shoppable Holiday Windows
Category:
Environmental Design / Window Display / Merchandising
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_031M

Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Award
Agency:
Cheil Germany / Schwalbach am Taunus
Client:
Samsung Electronics Germany
Title:
Windows Into The Future
Category:
Environmental Design / Window Display / Merchandising
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_032M
