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

Paul Smith's Cycling Scrapbook Agency: Tenmilliontimes Design / Nanjing Client: Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single
The New York Issue Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover - Single
SEVEN MOTHERS Agency: m ss ng p eces / Los Angeles + Popp Rok / Toronto Client: Pyer Moss Category: Television / Film / Online Video / Television / Online Low Budget - Single
The New York Issue: Cover Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Use of Typography / Single
Scott Split Plus: The World's Fastest Helmet Agency: Huge / Brooklyn + Scott Sports / Switzerland Client: Scott Sports Category: Sports / Leisure / Single or Series
Oreo "Game of Thrones" Agency: Elastic / Santa Monica + 360i / New York Client: HBO & OREO Category: Craft in Video / Animation - Single
OREO x Game of Thrones Agency: 360i / New York + Mondelez / East Hanover + HBO / New York Client: Mondelez (OREO) Category: Craft in Video / Animation - Single
Beat Machine Agency: BBDO / New York + Stink / New York Client: Bacardi Category: Video / Online Video
What's Love? Agency: RPA / Santa Monica Client: Los Angeles LGBT Center Category: Design for Good / Motion / Film Craft
Creature Agency: Park Pictures LLC / New York Client: Surfers Against Sewage Category: Design for Good / Motion / Film Craft
Next 100 Agency: 72andSunny / Los Angeles + National Football League / New York + Prettybird / Culver City Client: National Football League Category: Motion / Film / Narrative
Minnesota Twins 2019 Campaign Agency: Carmichael Lynch / Minneapolis Client: Minnesota Twins Category: Poster / Series
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
Most Dangerous Street Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCBX / Chicago Client: Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Category: Design for Good / Spatial Design
Forge Ahead Agency: SenseTeam / Shenzhen Client: SHENZHEN FASHION WEEK Category: Branding / Logo
We don’t care Agency: Marcel / Paris Client: Médecins du Monde Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
CN100 - A Moving Celebration Agency: Sid Lee / Montreal Client: CN Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Bauhaus 100: Manifest of Practice in Taiwan Agency: ken-tsai Lee design lab / Taipei City Client: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
MOVEMENT Agency: NM type / Stockholm / Santiago de Compostela Client: Design Indaba Category: Innovation
Tangible Type Agency: Hyeong Geun Song / New York Client: Self-initiated Category: Innovation
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
‘Human Scum’ and Trump’s Tortured English Agency: Nicolas Ortega / New York + The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
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
The Most Searched Agency: Google Brand Studio / San Francisco Client: Google Category: Online / Mobile Websites / Campaign Site
Shot on iPhone Series A Agency: Apple / Cupertino Client: Apple Category: Mobile / Series
Shot on iPhone Series B Agency: Apple / Cupertino Client: Apple Category: Mobile / Series
Lessons in Herstory Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + GS&P Social / San Francisco + GS&P Labs / San Francisco + Elevel / San Francisco Client: Daughters of the Evolution Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design
Most Dangerous Street Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCBX / Chicago Client: Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design
The Impactful Reminder Agency: Sid Lee / Montreal Client: Vision Zero Project and the City of Montreal Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design
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
AI:01 Intelligens Agency: Fourkind / Helsinki Client: Mackmyra Category: Innovation
Bounce Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
All The Moods Agency: Spotify In-House / New York Client: Spotify Category: Animation / Series
Staffless Libraries Agency: Head Gear Animation / Toronto Client: Toronto Public Library Workers Union Category: Animation / Series
The Art of Storytelling Agency: Gallegos United / Los Angeles Client: Comcast Category: Promotional / Collateral / Series
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
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
Muses Agency: Christy Lee Rogers / Nashville Client: Christy Lee Rogers Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
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
Bounce Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Television / Film / Online Video / Online - Single
The Small Escape Agency: Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH / Hamburg + BMW AG / München Client: BMW AG Category: Television / Film / Online Video / Online - Single
The Epidemic Agency: BBDO / New York + Sanctuary / Los Angeles Client: Monica Lewinsky Category: Television / Film / Online Video / Online - Single
Let The Song Play Agency: Spotify In-House / New York Client: Spotify Category: Television / Film / Online Video / Online - Single
83 Futures Agency: The Martin Agency / Richmond + Donate Life America / Richmond + Musictoday / Crozet, VA Client: Donate Life America Category: Design for Good / Fashion Design
#UnravelHate Agency: Zulu Alpha Kilo / Toronto + Peace Collective / Toronto Client: Peace Collective Category: Design for Good / Fashion Design
Crocodile Inside Agency: BETC / Paris Client: Lacoste Category: Craft in Video / Direction - Single

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

The New York Issue

Magazines / Magazine Cover - Single

ADC_PUB20_014S

2020 Advertising Silver Cube

m ss ng p eces / Los Angeles + Popp Rok / Toronto

Pyer Moss

SEVEN MOTHERS

Television / Film / Online Video / Television / Online Low Budget - Single

ADC_ADV20_061S

2020 Typography Silver Cube

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

The New York Issue: Cover

Use of Typography / Single

ADC_TYP20_015S

2020 Product Design Silver Cube

Huge / Brooklyn + Scott Sports / Switzerland

Scott Sports

Scott Split Plus: The World's Fastest Helmet

Sports / Leisure / Single or Series

ADC_PRD20_005S

2020 Advertising Silver Cube

Elastic / Santa Monica + 360i / New York

HBO & OREO

Oreo "Game of Thrones"

Craft in Video / Animation - Single

ADC_ADV20_020S

2020 Advertising Silver Cube

360i / New York + Mondelez / East Hanover + HBO / New York

Mondelez (OREO)

OREO x Game of Thrones

Craft in Video / Animation - Single

ADC_ADV20_021S

2020 Interactive Silver Cube

BBDO / New York + Stink / New York

Bacardi

Beat Machine

Video / Online Video

ADC_INT20_047S

2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Silver Cube

RPA / Santa Monica

Los Angeles LGBT Center

What's Love?

Design for Good / Motion / Film Craft

ADC_DFG20_030S

2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Silver Cube

Park Pictures LLC / New York

Surfers Against Sewage

Creature

Design for Good / Motion / Film Craft

ADC_DFG20_031S

2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Silver Cube

72andSunny / Los Angeles + National Football League / New York + Prettybird / Culver City

National Football League

Next 100

Motion / Film / Narrative

ADC_MOT20_027S

2020 Typography Silver Cube

Carmichael Lynch / Minneapolis

Minnesota Twins

Minnesota Twins 2019 Campaign

Poster / Series

ADC_TYP20_009S

2020 Advertising Silver Cube

TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles

Apple, Inc.

Bounce

Craft in Video / Cinematography - Single

ADC_ADV20_024S

2020 Advertising Silver Cube

antoni garage / Berlin + Mercedes-Benz / Stuttgart + Anorak / Berlin

Mercedes-Benz AG

Bertha Benz: The Journey That Changed Everything

Craft in Video / Cinematography - Single

ADC_ADV20_025S

2020 Spatial Design Silver Cube

FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCBX / Chicago

Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence

Most Dangerous Street

Design for Good / Spatial Design

ADC_DFG20_038S

2020 Brand / Communication Design Silver Cube

SenseTeam / Shenzhen

SHENZHEN FASHION WEEK

Forge Ahead

Branding / Logo

ADC_BCD20_014S

2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Silver Cube

Marcel / Paris

Médecins du Monde

We don’t care

Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography

ADC_MOT20_007S

2020 Brand / Communication Design Silver Cube

Sid Lee / Montreal

CN

CN100 - A Moving Celebration

Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated

ADC_BCD20_004S

2020 Brand / Communication Design Silver Cube

ken-tsai Lee design lab / Taipei City

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Bauhaus 100: Manifest of Practice in Taiwan

Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated

ADC_BCD20_005S

2020 Typography Silver Cube

NM type / Stockholm / Santiago de Compostela

Design Indaba

MOVEMENT

Innovation

ADC_TYP20_002S

2020 Typography Silver Cube

Hyeong Geun Song / New York

Self-initiated

Tangible Type

Innovation

ADC_TYP20_003S

2020 Advertising Silver Cube

TBWAG1 / Boulogne Billancourt + G2H / Paris + Moonwalk film / Paris + TBWAElse / Boulogne Billancourt

NISSAN EUROPE

NISSAN QASHQAI SOUND ODYSSEY

Craft in Video / Sound Design - Single

ADC_ADV20_032S

2020 Illustration Silver Cube

Nicolas Ortega / New York + The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times

‘Human Scum’ and Trump’s Tortured English

Editorial / Spread - Single

ADC_ILT20_018S

2020 Advertising Silver Cube

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

Mori Building Co., Ltd.

Mori Building Brand movie DESIGNING TOKYO

Craft in Video / Special Effects - Single

ADC_ADV20_033S

2020 Interactive Silver Cube

Google Brand Studio / San Francisco

Google

The Most Searched

Online / Mobile Websites / Campaign Site

ADC_INT20_030S

2020 Photography Silver Cube

Apple / Cupertino

Apple

Shot on iPhone Series A

Mobile / Series

ADC_PHO20_011S

2020 Photography Silver Cube

Apple / Cupertino

Apple

Shot on iPhone Series B

Mobile / Series

ADC_PHO20_012S

2020 Experiential Design Silver Cube

Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + GS&P Social / San Francisco + GS&P Labs / San Francisco + Elevel / San Francisco

Daughters of the Evolution

Lessons in Herstory

Design for Good / Experiential Design

ADC_DFG20_016S

2020 Experiential Design Silver Cube

FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCBX / Chicago

Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence

Most Dangerous Street

Design for Good / Experiential Design

ADC_DFG20_017S

2020 Experiential Design Silver Cube

Sid Lee / Montreal

Vision Zero Project and the City of Montreal

The Impactful Reminder

Design for Good / Experiential Design

ADC_DFG20_018S

2020 Experiential Design Silver Cube

The New York Times / New York + Local Projects / New York

The New York Times

The Truth Is Local

Experiential Design / Installations - Series

ADC_EXP20_012S

2020 Product Design Silver Cube

Fourkind / Helsinki

Mackmyra

AI:01 Intelligens

Innovation

ADC_PRD20_003S

2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Silver Cube

TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles

Apple, Inc.

Bounce

Craft in Motion / Film / Direction

ADC_MOT20_008S

2020 Illustration Silver Cube

Spotify In-House / New York

Spotify

All The Moods

Animation / Series

ADC_ILT20_004S

2020 Illustration Silver Cube

Head Gear Animation / Toronto

Toronto Public Library Workers Union

Staffless Libraries

Animation / Series

ADC_ILT20_005S

2020 Illustration Silver Cube

Gallegos United / Los Angeles

Comcast

The Art of Storytelling

Promotional / Collateral / Series

ADC_ILT20_025S

2020 Spatial Design Silver Cube

SIX INC. / Tokyo + MORI BUILDING COMPANY, LIMITED / Tokyo + Bascule Inc. / Tokyo

MORI BUILDING COMPANY, LIMITED

MORI BUILDING URBAN LAB

Spatial Design / Installation Design

ADC_SPL20_002S

2020 Spatial Design Silver Cube

Kate Dawkins Studio / London

Royal British Legion / BBC Studios Events

Festival of Remembrance - WW1 and Descendants

Spatial Design / Installation Design

ADC_SPL20_003S

2020 Spatial Design Silver Cube

SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + PLAN.NET GERMANY / Munich + MEDIAPLUS GERMANY / Munich + achtung! / Hamburg

Sea-Watch

LIFEBOAT - The Experiment

Spatial Design / Installation Design

ADC_SPL20_004S

2020 Interactive Silver Cube

HEIMAT / Berlin + achtung! / Hamburg + Mokoh Music GmbH / Berlin + Visualtech GmbH / Berlin

Die Kulturellen Erben e.V. Berlin

Cultural Heirs "Voice of the Wall"

Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction

ADC_INT20_003S

2020 Photography Silver Cube

Christy Lee Rogers / Nashville

Christy Lee Rogers

Muses

Fine Art / Conceptual / Series

ADC_PHO20_008S

2020 Advertising Silver Cube

Elastic / Santa Monica + HBO / New York

HBO

GAME OF THRONES - SEASON 8 MAIN TITLE

Craft in Video / Title Design

ADC_ADV20_034S

2020 Advertising Silver Cube

Elastic / Santa Monica + Netflix / Los Angeles

Netflix

"Conversations With A Killer" Main Title Sequence

Craft in Video / Title Design

ADC_ADV20_035S

2020 Advertising Silver Cube

TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles

Apple, Inc.

Bounce

Television / Film / Online Video / Online - Single

ADC_ADV20_057S

2020 Advertising Silver Cube

Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH / Hamburg + BMW AG / München

BMW AG

The Small Escape

Television / Film / Online Video / Online - Single

ADC_ADV20_058S

2020 Advertising Silver Cube

BBDO / New York + Sanctuary / Los Angeles

Monica Lewinsky

The Epidemic

Television / Film / Online Video / Online - Single

ADC_ADV20_059S

2020 Advertising Silver Cube

Spotify In-House / New York

Spotify

Let The Song Play

Television / Film / Online Video / Online - Single

ADC_ADV20_060S

2020 Fashion Design Silver Cube

The Martin Agency / Richmond + Donate Life America / Richmond + Musictoday / Crozet, VA

Donate Life America

83 Futures

Design for Good / Fashion Design

ADC_DFG20_020S

2020 Fashion Design Silver Cube

Zulu Alpha Kilo / Toronto + Peace Collective / Toronto

Peace Collective

#UnravelHate

Design for Good / Fashion Design

ADC_DFG20_021S

2020 Advertising Silver Cube

BETC / Paris

Lacoste

Crocodile Inside

Craft in Video / Direction - Single

ADC_ADV20_027S

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