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

Putting a Price on the End of the World Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
Bodily Identity System Agency: Mother Design / New York + Bodily / New York Client: Bodily Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Pocky THE GIFT Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo Client: Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
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: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Environmental Dreamer Festival Agency: LiaoDesign / Shenzhen Client: oct harbour Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
DEMO - Design in Motion Festival Agency: Studio Dumbar (part of Dept) / Rotterdam + Exterion Media NL / Amsterdam Client: Studio Dumbar / Exterion Media Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Acting Identity Agency: TBWA\\Istanbul / istanbul Client: Theatre Hours Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Mori Building Brand movie DESIGNING TOKYO Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Creative X inc. / Tokyo Client: Mori Building Co., Ltd. Category: Craft in Video / Cinematography - Single
Green Dawn Agency: DDB, / Paris + Ubisoft / Paris + Studio 5 / Paris Client: Ubisoft Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Content Strategy
Never Standing Still Agency: Design Army / Washington Client: Hong Kong Ballet Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
The Road Warrior Agency: Airbnb Magazine / New York + Airbnb / San Francisco Client: Airbnb Category: Travel / Tourism / Series
Kyrgyzstan Unbounded Agency: Airbnb Magazine / New York + Airbnb / San Francisco Client: Airbnb Category: Travel / Tourism / Series
Welcome to Winona Photo Essay Agency: Squarespace / New York Client: Squarespace Category: Travel / Tourism / Series
Let's Summer Agency: AlmapBBDO / Sao Paulo + Alpargatas / Sao Paulo Client: Alpargatas Category: Art Direction - Press / Poster / Poster Advertising - Campaign
The Wall against Walls Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin + Rest of the World / Austin Client: Initiative Offene Gesellschaft e.V. + Falling Walls Foundation Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design
Nature's co-citation network infographic Agency: Nature / New York + Barabási Lab / Boston Client: Nature Category: Magazines / Magazine Infographics - Single or Series
German Cancer Aid "Spectrum" Agency: HEIMAT / Berlin + Intermate Media GmbH / Berlin + achtung! / Hamburg + Low Bros / Berlin Client: ADP e. V. / Deutsche Krebshilfe Category: Experiential Design / Installations - Single
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: Experiential Design / Installations - Single
The Wall against Walls Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin + Rest of the World / Austin Client: Initiative Offene Gesellschaft e.V. + Falling Walls Foundation Category: Experiential Design / Installations - Single
Think Inside The Box Agency: McCann / New York + Lockheed Martin / Bethesda Client: Lockheed Martin Category: Experiential Design / Installations - Single
The Realness of Billy Porter Agency: The Cut / New York Client: The Cut Category: Portraiture / Series
Wonderful Tools Agency: BUCK / Los Angeles + TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles Client: Apple Category: Art Direction - Digital / Motion / Motion
LSO - Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano Agency: Superunion / London Client: London Symphony Orchestra Category: Art Direction - Digital / Motion / Motion
The Frontier Within Agency: Droga5 / New York Client: Thorne Category: Digital Experiences / Responsive Environments
Tree House Agency: Aidlin Darling Design / San Francisco Client: Aidlin Darling Design Category: Spatial Design / Residential Building
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: Spatial Design / Installation Design
Symbiosis Agency: Intertrend Communications / Long Beach + Daikoku Design Institute / Tokyo and Los Angeles Client: The Art of Bloom Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design
2D BONSAI:Trees for the imagination Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + DENTSU WEST JAPAN INC. Branch / Takamatsu + DENTSU WEST JAPAN INC. Branch / Kanazawa Client: Takamatsu Chamber of Commerce and Industry Category: Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog / Press Promotional Kit
One Mindful Mind Agency: TBWAIndia / Mumbai Client: NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute Category: Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Single
HP Dragonfly: Lighter Than Air Agency: MediaMonks / Hilversum + MJZ UK / London Client: HP Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Special Effects
Think Inside The Box Agency: McCann / New York + Lockheed Martin / Bethesda Client: Lockheed Martin Category: Digital Experiences / Augmented / Mixed Reality
Hey Google, Ask Nike Agency: R/GA / Portland Client: Nike Category: Online / Mobile Websites / E-Commerce Site
Shot on iPhone 11 Pro - Snowbrawl Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Blush Creative / Los Angeles Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Back to School Essentials Agency: BBDO / New York + Smuggler / New York Client: Sandy Hook Promise Category: Craft in Video / Direction - Single
+ 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 / Bridges / Infrastructure
Tierra Whack "Unemployed" Agency: Artery Industries, Inc. / Los Angeles + Interscope Records / Los Angeles Client: Artery Industries, Inc. Category: Motion / Film / Music Video
Circular Agency: Paraic Mc Gloughlin / SLIGO Client: Páraic Mc Gloughlin Category: Motion / Film / Music Video
Microexercises Agency: New York Magazine / New York Client: New York Magazine Category: Innovation
Google Pixelbook Go Agency: Google Hardware Design / Mountain view Client: Google Inc Category: Consumer Electronics / Single or Series
#2KRatings Live Show Agency: Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners (BSSP) / Sausalito + NBA 2K / Novato Client: NBA 2K Category: Social Media / Twitter
Fact Avalanche Agency: Sid Lee / Montreal Client: Protect Our Winters Canada Category: Social Media / Twitter
Nike PLAYlist Agency: R/GA / Portland Client: Nike Category: Games / Web / Social Media
THE ART OF TATSURO KIUCHI Agency: Tatsuro Kiuchi / Tokyo + Genkosha / Tokyo Client: Genkosha Category: Book / Series
Anansi Boys Agency: The Folio Society / London + Francis Vallejo / Detroit Client: The Folio Society Category: Book / Series
THE TIGER IN MY YARD Agency: YUKE LI / New York Client: YUKE Category: Book / Series
Dragon’s Delusion - Book Cover & Jacket Design Agency: STUDIO-M / Hong Kong Client: Dragon’s Delusion Category: Books / Jacket - Series
The Offline Playlist Agency: 360i / New York + Tourism / New Orleans Client: New Orleans Tourism Category: Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment
"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
Traditional Lacquer Phone-case Agency: La Sonmai / Hanoi Client: La Sonmai Category: Traditional / Accessories

2020 Illustration Bronze Cube

The New York Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

Putting a Price on the End of the World

Editorial / Front Page - Single

ADC_ILT20_017B

2020 Brand / Communication Design Bronze Cube

Mother Design / New York + Bodily / New York

Bodily

Bodily Identity System

Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated

ADC_BCD20_006B

2020 Brand / Communication Design Bronze Cube

DENTSU INC. / Tokyo

Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.

Pocky THE GIFT

Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated

ADC_BCD20_007B

2020 Brand / Communication Design Bronze Cube

DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + ADBRAIN Inc. / Tokyo + TYO MONSTER / Tokyo + Dentsu Live Inc. / Tokyo

Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA)

TOKYO MOTOR SHOW 2019

Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated

ADC_BCD20_008B

2020 Brand / Communication Design Bronze Cube

LiaoDesign / Shenzhen

oct harbour

Environmental Dreamer Festival

Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated

ADC_BCD20_009B

2020 Brand / Communication Design Bronze Cube

Studio Dumbar (part of Dept) / Rotterdam + Exterion Media NL / Amsterdam

Studio Dumbar / Exterion Media

DEMO - Design in Motion Festival

Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated

ADC_BCD20_010B

2020 Brand / Communication Design Bronze Cube

TBWA\\Istanbul / istanbul

Theatre Hours

Acting Identity

Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated

ADC_BCD20_011B

2020 Advertising Bronze Cube

Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Creative X inc. / Tokyo

Mori Building Co., Ltd.

Mori Building Brand movie DESIGNING TOKYO

Craft in Video / Cinematography - Single

ADC_ADV20_026B

2020 Interactive Bronze Cube

DDB, / Paris + Ubisoft / Paris + Studio 5 / Paris

Ubisoft

Green Dawn

Craft in Online / Mobile / Content Strategy

ADC_INT20_007B

2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Bronze Cube

Design Army / Washington

Hong Kong Ballet

Never Standing Still

Craft in Motion / Film / Direction

ADC_MOT20_009B

2020 Photography Bronze Cube

Airbnb Magazine / New York + Airbnb / San Francisco

Airbnb

The Road Warrior

Travel / Tourism / Series

ADC_PHO20_031B

2020 Photography Bronze Cube

Airbnb Magazine / New York + Airbnb / San Francisco

Airbnb

Kyrgyzstan Unbounded

Travel / Tourism / Series

ADC_PHO20_032B

2020 Photography Bronze Cube

Squarespace / New York

Squarespace

Welcome to Winona Photo Essay

Travel / Tourism / Series

ADC_PHO20_033B

2020 Advertising Bronze Cube

AlmapBBDO / Sao Paulo + Alpargatas / Sao Paulo

Alpargatas

Let's Summer

Art Direction - Press / Poster / Poster Advertising - Campaign

ADC_ADV20_007B

2020 Experiential Design Bronze Cube

Scholz & Friends / Berlin + Rest of the World / Austin

Initiative Offene Gesellschaft e.V. + Falling Walls Foundation

The Wall against Walls

Design for Good / Experiential Design

ADC_DFG20_019B

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 Experiential Design Bronze Cube

HEIMAT / Berlin + Intermate Media GmbH / Berlin + achtung! / Hamburg + Low Bros / Berlin

ADP e. V. / Deutsche Krebshilfe

German Cancer Aid "Spectrum"

Experiential Design / Installations - Single

ADC_EXP20_008B

2020 Experiential Design Bronze Cube

No Fixed Address / Toronto + Canadian Centre for Child Protection / Winnipeg + Canadian Centre for Child Protection / Winnipeg

Canadian Centre for Child Protection

Lolli: The Exhibit Nobody Wants to Talk About

Experiential Design / Installations - Single

ADC_EXP20_009B

2020 Experiential Design Bronze Cube

Scholz & Friends / Berlin + Rest of the World / Austin

Initiative Offene Gesellschaft e.V. + Falling Walls Foundation

The Wall against Walls

Experiential Design / Installations - Single

ADC_EXP20_010B

2020 Experiential Design Bronze Cube

McCann / New York + Lockheed Martin / Bethesda

Lockheed Martin

Think Inside The Box

Experiential Design / Installations - Single

ADC_EXP20_011B

2020 Photography Bronze Cube

The Cut / New York

The Cut

The Realness of Billy Porter

Portraiture / Series

ADC_PHO20_025B

2020 Advertising Bronze Cube

BUCK / Los Angeles + TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles

Apple

Wonderful Tools

Art Direction - Digital / Motion / Motion

ADC_ADV20_003B

2020 Advertising Bronze Cube

Superunion / London

London Symphony Orchestra

LSO - Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

Art Direction - Digital / Motion / Motion

ADC_ADV20_004B

2020 Experiential Design Bronze Cube

Droga5 / New York

Thorne

The Frontier Within

Digital Experiences / Responsive Environments

ADC_EXP20_004B

2020 Spatial Design Bronze Cube

Aidlin Darling Design / San Francisco

Aidlin Darling Design

Tree House

Spatial Design / Residential Building

ADC_SPL20_007B

2020 Spatial Design Bronze Cube

No Fixed Address / Toronto + Canadian Centre for Child Protection / Winnipeg + Canadian Centre for Child Protection / Winnipeg

Canadian Centre for Child Protection

Lolli: The Exhibit Nobody Wants to Talk About

Spatial Design / Installation Design

ADC_SPL20_005B

2020 Spatial Design Bronze Cube

Intertrend Communications / Long Beach + Daikoku Design Institute / Tokyo and Los Angeles

The Art of Bloom

Symbiosis

Spatial Design / Installation Design

ADC_SPL20_006B

2020 Brand / Communication Design Bronze Cube

DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + DENTSU WEST JAPAN INC. Branch / Takamatsu + DENTSU WEST JAPAN INC. Branch / Kanazawa

Takamatsu Chamber of Commerce and Industry

2D BONSAI:Trees for the imagination

Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog / Press Promotional Kit

ADC_BCD20_027B

2020 Brand / Communication Design Bronze Cube

TBWAIndia / Mumbai

NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute

One Mindful Mind

Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Single

ADC_DFG20_012B

2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Bronze Cube

MediaMonks / Hilversum + MJZ UK / London

HP

HP Dragonfly: Lighter Than Air

Craft in Motion / Film / Special Effects

ADC_MOT20_018B

2020 Experiential Design Bronze Cube

McCann / New York + Lockheed Martin / Bethesda

Lockheed Martin

Think Inside The Box

Digital Experiences / Augmented / Mixed Reality

ADC_EXP20_003B

2020 Interactive Bronze Cube

R/GA / Portland

Nike

Hey Google, Ask Nike

Online / Mobile Websites / E-Commerce Site

ADC_INT20_032B

2020 Advertising Bronze Cube

TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Blush Creative / Los Angeles

Apple, Inc.

Shot on iPhone 11 Pro - Snowbrawl

Craft in Video / Direction - Single

ADC_ADV20_029B

2020 Advertising Bronze Cube

BBDO / New York + Smuggler / New York

Sandy Hook Promise

Back to School Essentials

Craft in Video / Direction - Single

ADC_ADV20_030B

2020 Spatial Design Bronze Cube

PLAYLAB, INC. / New York + Family / New York + Floating Point Studio / New York + Reaktor / New York

Friends of + POOL

+ POOL Light and Dashboard

Spatial Design / Bridges / Infrastructure

ADC_SPL20_001B

2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Bronze Cube

Artery Industries, Inc. / Los Angeles + Interscope Records / Los Angeles

Artery Industries, Inc.

Tierra Whack "Unemployed"

Motion / Film / Music Video

ADC_MOT20_025B

2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Bronze Cube

Paraic Mc Gloughlin / SLIGO

Páraic Mc Gloughlin

Circular

Motion / Film / Music Video

ADC_MOT20_026B

2020 Photography Bronze Cube

New York Magazine / New York

New York Magazine

Microexercises

Innovation

ADC_PHO20_010B

2020 Product Design Bronze Cube

Google Hardware Design / Mountain view

Google Inc

Google Pixelbook Go

Consumer Electronics / Single or Series

ADC_PRD20_001B

2020 Interactive Bronze Cube

Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners (BSSP) / Sausalito + NBA 2K / Novato

NBA 2K

#2KRatings Live Show

Social Media / Twitter

ADC_INT20_037B

2020 Interactive Bronze Cube

Sid Lee / Montreal

Protect Our Winters Canada

Fact Avalanche

Social Media / Twitter

ADC_INT20_038B

2020 Interactive Bronze Cube

R/GA / Portland

Nike

Nike PLAYlist

Games / Web / Social Media

ADC_INT20_022B

2020 Illustration Bronze Cube

Tatsuro Kiuchi / Tokyo + Genkosha / Tokyo

Genkosha

THE ART OF TATSURO KIUCHI

Book / Series

ADC_ILT20_010B

2020 Illustration Bronze Cube

The Folio Society / London + Francis Vallejo / Detroit

The Folio Society

Anansi Boys

Book / Series

ADC_ILT20_011B

2020 Illustration Bronze Cube

YUKE LI / New York

YUKE

THE TIGER IN MY YARD

Book / Series

ADC_ILT20_012B

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 Advertising Bronze Cube

360i / New York + Tourism / New Orleans

New Orleans Tourism

The Offline Playlist

Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment

ADC_ADV20_046B

2020 Typography Bronze Cube

Elastic / Santa Monica + HBO / Los Angeles

HBO

"Watchmen" Main Titles & Episode Titles

Motion / Single or Series

ADC_TYP20_004B

2020 Typography Bronze Cube

Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg

Munich Philharmonics

The logo behind the logo

Motion / Single or Series

ADC_TYP20_005B

2020 Fashion Design Bronze Cube

La Sonmai / Hanoi

La Sonmai

Traditional Lacquer Phone-case

Traditional / Accessories

ADC_FSN20_005B

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