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.
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Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID
Caption Contest
Agency: BBDO / New York + The er / New York
Client: The New Yorker Category: Social Media / Instagram
Crocodile Inside
Agency: BETC / Paris
Client: Lacoste Category: Television / Film / Online Video / Television - Single
Cultural Heirs "Voice of the Wall"
Agency: HEIMAT / Berlin + achtung! / Hamburg + Mokoh Music GmbH / Berlin + Visualtech GmbH / Berlin
Client: Die Kulturellen Erben e.V. Berlin Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction
MOVEMENT
Agency: NM type / Stockholm / Santiago de Compostela
Client: Design Indaba Category: Innovation
11.50 Rediscovering Discovery
Agency: Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design / Minneapolis
Client: Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design Category: Newspapers / Full Issue - Single
Brothers, Sisters, Strangers
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Portraiture / Series
Dot Translate.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + SERVICEPLAN KOREA / Seoul + Dot Incorporation / Seoul
Client: Dot Incorporation Category: Design for Good / Interactive
Mental Fatigues
Agency: TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York
Client: Canadian Mental Health Association Category: Craft / Illustration
GAME OF THRONES - SEASON 8 MAIN TITLE
Agency: Elastic / Santa Monica + HBO / New York
Client: HBO Category: Craft in Video / Title Design
"Conversations With A Killer" Main Title Sequence
Agency: Elastic / Santa Monica + Netflix / Los Angeles
Client: Netflix Category: Craft in Video / Title Design
Paul Smith's Cycling Scrapbook
Agency: Tenmilliontimes Design / Nanjing
Client: Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single
Minnesota Twins 2019 Campaign
Agency: Carmichael Lynch / Minneapolis
Client: Minnesota Twins Category: Poster / Series
Mori Building Brand movie DESIGNING TOKYO
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Creative X inc. / Tokyo
Client: Mori Building Co., Ltd. Category: Craft in Video / Special Effects - Single
Windows Into The Future
Agency: Cheil Germany / Schwalbach am Taunus + Unit9 / London
Client: Samsung Electronics Germany Category: Craft / Use of Technology
Air Co.
Agency: Air Co. / New York + Joe Doucet x Partners / New York
Client: Air Co. Category: Food / Beverage / Beverage - Single
Mori Building Brand movie DESIGNING TOKYO
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Creative X inc. / Tokyo
Client: Mori Building Co., Ltd. Category: Art Direction - Digital / Motion / Motion
Powerbeats Pro | Unleashed
Agency: Doomsday Entertainment / Los Angeles + Beats By Dre / Los Angeles + Zambezi / Los Angeles
Client: Beats By Dre Category: Innovation
Covering Climate Now
Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Design by Disruption / New York
Client: Columbia Journalism Review Category: Direct / Wildcard - Single
Calligraphic Embroideries
Agency: Olga Kovalenko / Moscow
Client: - Category: Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Single or Series
A Year in America
Agency: New York Magazine / New York
Client: New York Magazine Category: Photojournalism / Series
AND GOD CREATED WAR
Agency: Edition Lammerhuber / Baden
Client: NOËL QUIDU Category: Photojournalism / Series
The Small Escape
Agency: Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH / Hamburg + BMW AG / München
Client: BMW AG Category: Branded Content / Entertainment - Online Video / Short Form
A Holiday Reunion
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Park Pictures / Santa Monica + Exile / Los Angeles + Legacy Effects / Los Angeles
Client: Xfinity Category: Branded Content / Entertainment - Online Video / Short Form
Bounce
Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Craft in Video / Cinematography - Single
Bertha Benz: The Journey That Changed Everything
Agency: antoni garage / Berlin + Mercedes-Benz / Stuttgart + Anorak / Berlin
Client: Mercedes-Benz AG Category: Craft in Video / Cinematography - Single
The Art of Storytelling
Agency: Gallegos United / Los Angeles
Client: Comcast Category: Promotional / Collateral / Series
Printed by Parkinson's
Agency: MediaMonks / Amsterdam + INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe / Berlin
Client: Charité - University Hospital Berlin Category: Innovation / Single or Series
Made in Fukushima.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client: METER Group Category: Innovation / Single or Series
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
Bertha Benz: The Journey That Changed Everything
Agency: antoni garage / Berlin + Mercedes-Benz / Stuttgart + Anorak / Berlin
Client: Mercedes-Benz AG Category: Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Creativity for All
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Buck / Toronto + One Union / San Francisco
Client: Adobe Category: Animation / Single
"Velvet Buzzsaw" Main Title
Agency: Elastic / Santa Monica + Niel Kellerhouse / Los Angeles
Client: Netflix Category: Animation / Single
We don’t care
Agency: Marcel / Paris
Client: Médecins du Monde Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Muses
Agency: Christy Lee Rogers / Nashville
Client: Christy Lee Rogers Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
NISSAN QASHQAI SOUND ODYSSEY
Agency: TBWAG1 / Boulogne Billancourt + G2H / Paris + Moonwalk film / Paris + TBWAElse / Boulogne Billancourt
Client: NISSAN EUROPE Category: Craft in Video / Sound Design - Single
The Epidemic
Agency: BBDO / New York + Sanctuary / Los Angeles
Client: Monica Lewinsky Category: Video / Interactive Video
MORI BUILDING URBAN LAB
Agency: SIX INC. / Tokyo + MORI BUILDING COMPANY, LIMITED / Tokyo + Bascule Inc. / Tokyo
Client: MORI BUILDING COMPANY, LIMITED Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design
Festival of Remembrance - WW1 and Descendants
Agency: Kate Dawkins Studio / London
Client: Royal British Legion / BBC Studios Events Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design
LIFEBOAT - The Experiment
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + PLAN.NET GERMANY / Munich + MEDIAPLUS GERMANY / Munich + achtung! / Hamburg
Client: Sea-Watch Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design
The Most Searched
Agency: Google Brand Studio / San Francisco
Client: Google Category: Online / Mobile Websites / Campaign Site
The Truth Is Local
Agency: The New York Times / New York + Local Projects / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Experiential Design / Installations - Series
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
Scott Split Plus: The World's Fastest Helmet
Agency: Huge / Brooklyn + Scott Sports / Switzerland
Client: Scott Sports Category: Durable Goods / Transportation
Next 100
Agency: 72andSunny / Los Angeles + National Football League / New York + Prettybird / Culver City
Client: National Football League Category: Motion / Film / Narrative
Award:
2020 Interactive Silver Cube
Agency:
BBDO / New York + The er / New York
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
Caption Contest
Category:
Social Media / Instagram
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_033S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
BETC / Paris
Client:
Lacoste
Title:
Crocodile Inside
Category:
Television / Film / Online Video / Television - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_062S
Award:
2020 Interactive Silver Cube
Agency:
HEIMAT / Berlin + achtung! / Hamburg + Mokoh Music GmbH / Berlin + Visualtech GmbH / Berlin
Client:
Die Kulturellen Erben e.V. Berlin
Title:
Cultural Heirs "Voice of the Wall"
Category:
Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_003S
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 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 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
New York Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
Lizzo
Category:
Portraiture / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_023S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Brothers, Sisters, Strangers
Category:
Portraiture / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_024S
Award:
2020 Interactive Silver Cube
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + SERVICEPLAN KOREA / Seoul + Dot Incorporation / Seoul
Client:
Dot Incorporation
Title:
Dot Translate.
Category:
Design for Good / Interactive
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_027S
Award:
2020 Fashion Design Silver Cube
Agency:
TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York
Client:
Canadian Mental Health Association
Title:
Mental Fatigues
Category:
Craft / Illustration
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN20_006S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
New York Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
Lizzo
Category:
Fashion / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_004S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
Elastic / Santa Monica + HBO / New York
Client:
HBO
Title:
GAME OF THRONES - SEASON 8 MAIN TITLE
Category:
Craft in Video / Title Design
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_034S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
Elastic / Santa Monica + Netflix / Los Angeles
Client:
Netflix
Title:
"Conversations With A Killer" Main Title Sequence
Category:
Craft in Video / Title Design
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_035S
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 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 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Creative X inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Mori Building Co., Ltd.
Title:
Mori Building Brand movie DESIGNING TOKYO
Category:
Craft in Video / Special Effects - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_033S
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Cheil Germany / Schwalbach am Taunus + Unit9 / London
Client:
Samsung Electronics Germany
Title:
Windows Into The Future
Category:
Craft / Use of Technology
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_009S
Award:
2020 Packaging Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Air Co. / New York + Joe Doucet x Partners / New York
Client:
Air Co.
Title:
Air Co.
Category:
Food / Beverage / Beverage - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG20_001S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Creative X inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Mori Building Co., Ltd.
Title:
Mori Building Brand movie DESIGNING TOKYO
Category:
Art Direction - Digital / Motion / Motion
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_002S
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Silver Cube
Agency:
Doomsday Entertainment / Los Angeles + Beats By Dre / Los Angeles + Zambezi / Los Angeles
Client:
Beats By Dre
Title:
Powerbeats Pro | Unleashed
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_037S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Design by Disruption / New York
Client:
Columbia Journalism Review
Title:
Covering Climate Now
Category:
Direct / Wildcard - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_045S
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 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
New York Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
A Year in America
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_018S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
Edition Lammerhuber / Baden
Client:
NOËL QUIDU
Title:
AND GOD CREATED WAR
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_019S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH / Hamburg + BMW AG / München
Client:
BMW AG
Title:
The Small Escape
Category:
Branded Content / Entertainment - Online Video / Short Form
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_012S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Park Pictures / Santa Monica + Exile / Los Angeles + Legacy Effects / Los Angeles
Client:
Xfinity
Title:
A Holiday Reunion
Category:
Branded Content / Entertainment - Online Video / Short Form
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_013S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client:
Apple, Inc.
Title:
Bounce
Category:
Craft in Video / Cinematography - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_024S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
antoni garage / Berlin + Mercedes-Benz / Stuttgart + Anorak / Berlin
Client:
Mercedes-Benz AG
Title:
Bertha Benz: The Journey That Changed Everything
Category:
Craft in Video / Cinematography - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_025S
Award:
2020 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Gallegos United / Los Angeles
Client:
Comcast
Title:
The Art of Storytelling
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_025S
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
MediaMonks / Amsterdam + INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe / Berlin
Client:
Charité - University Hospital Berlin
Title:
Printed by Parkinson's
Category:
Innovation / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_017S
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client:
METER Group
Title:
Made in Fukushima.
Category:
Innovation / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_018S
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 Product Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Fourkind / Helsinki
Client:
Mackmyra
Title:
AI:01 Intelligens
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_PRD20_003S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
BETC / Paris
Client:
Lacoste
Title:
Crocodile Inside
Category:
Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_027S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
antoni garage / Berlin + Mercedes-Benz / Stuttgart + Anorak / Berlin
Client:
Mercedes-Benz AG
Title:
Bertha Benz: The Journey That Changed Everything
Category:
Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_028S
Award:
2020 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Buck / Toronto + One Union / San Francisco
Client:
Adobe
Title:
Creativity for All
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_002S
Award:
2020 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Elastic / Santa Monica + Niel Kellerhouse / Los Angeles
Client:
Netflix
Title:
"Velvet Buzzsaw" Main Title
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_003S
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Silver Cube
Agency:
Marcel / Paris
Client:
Médecins du Monde
Title:
We don’t care
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_007S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
Christy Lee Rogers / Nashville
Client:
Christy Lee Rogers
Title:
Muses
Category:
Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_008S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
TBWAG1 / Boulogne Billancourt + G2H / Paris + Moonwalk film / Paris + TBWAElse / Boulogne Billancourt
Client:
NISSAN EUROPE
Title:
NISSAN QASHQAI SOUND ODYSSEY
Category:
Craft in Video / Sound Design - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_032S
Award:
2020 Interactive Silver Cube
Agency:
BBDO / New York + Sanctuary / Los Angeles
Client:
Monica Lewinsky
Title:
The Epidemic
Category:
Video / Interactive Video
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_045S
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Silver Cube
Agency:
SIX INC. / Tokyo + MORI BUILDING COMPANY, LIMITED / Tokyo + Bascule Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
MORI BUILDING COMPANY, LIMITED
Title:
MORI BUILDING URBAN LAB
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_002S
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Kate Dawkins Studio / London
Client:
Royal British Legion / BBC Studios Events
Title:
Festival of Remembrance - WW1 and Descendants
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_003S
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Silver Cube
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + PLAN.NET GERMANY / Munich + MEDIAPLUS GERMANY / Munich + achtung! / Hamburg
Client:
Sea-Watch
Title:
LIFEBOAT - The Experiment
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_004S
Award:
2020 Interactive Silver Cube
Agency:
Google Brand Studio / San Francisco
Client:
Google
Title:
The Most Searched
Category:
Online / Mobile Websites / Campaign Site
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_030S
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times / New York + Local Projects / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
The Truth Is Local
Category:
Experiential Design / Installations - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_012S
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 Product Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Huge / Brooklyn + Scott Sports / Switzerland
Client:
Scott Sports
Title:
Scott Split Plus: The World's Fastest Helmet
Category:
Durable Goods / Transportation
Annual ID:
ADC_PRD20_002S
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Silver Cube
Agency:
72andSunny / Los Angeles + National Football League / New York + Prettybird / Culver City
Client:
National Football League
Title:
Next 100
Category:
Motion / Film / Narrative
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_027S
