ADC Awards
The ADC Annual Awards is the oldest continuously running industry award show in the world. Now in its 99th year, these Awards celebrate the very best in advertising, design, illustration, photography, packaging, motion and digital media, all with a focus on craftsmanship and innovation.
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Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID
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
"The Room" Editorial
Agency: Karen Weber / Brooklyn
Client: Schön! Magazine Category: Spatial Design / Set / Stage Design
The New Yorker Animated Series
Agency: Joe Donaldson / Sarasota
Client: The New Yorker Category: Motion / Film / Short Video - Series
Maurten Unofficial
Agency: Akestam Holst NoA / Stockholm
Client: Maurten Category: Direct / Wildcard - Single
Wonderful Tools
Agency: BUCK / Los Angeles + TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles
Client: Apple Category: Branded Content / Entertainment - Online Video / Short Form
The adidas Wendejacket „Breaking Walls“
Agency: Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + 2WEI Music GmbH / Hamburg + adidas / Herzogenaurach
Client: adidas Category: Design for Good / Interactive
Fact Avalanche
Agency: Sid Lee / Montreal
Client: Protect Our Winters Canada Category: Design for Good / Interactive
Instrument of Hope
Agency: Publicis North America / New York + SHINE/MSD / Parkland + Harbor / New York
Client: SHINE/MSD Category: Design for Good / Interactive
Amazon Prime Video Experience at SDCC
Agency: Amazon Prime Video / Santa Monica + Tool / Santa Monica
Client: Amazon Prime Video Category: Experiential Design / Live Event
#SayYesToEurope
Agency: Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg
Client: Deutsche Lufthansa AG Category: Experiential Design / Live Event
The Most Challenging Pingpong Table
Agency: TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc. / Tokyo
Client: Japan Para Table Tennis Association Category: Experiential Design / Live Event
Stress Inversion Transformer
Agency: Park Pictures LLC / New York
Client: Mercedes Category: Experiential Design / Live Event
Theaster Gates
Agency: Taylor Castle / Seattle + Tribune / Chicago
Client: Chicago Tribune Category: Portraiture / Single
De Niro and Pacino for New York Issue
Agency: Variety Magazine / Los Angeles + Robert Festino / Los Angeles
Client: Variety Magazine Category: Portraiture / Single
Audi: Tilted World
Agency: Philipp und Keuntje / Hamburg + FoxDevil Films / Hamburg + Tracks & Fields / Berlin + nhb / Hamburg
Client: AUDI AG Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Train
Agency: BBDO / New York + Furlined / Los Angeles
Client: BBDO New York Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
#LifeChangingPlaces - Ethiopia
Agency: Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg
Client: Deutsche Lufthansa AG Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
The smart Way
Agency: BBDO GmbH / Berlin + BWGTBLD GmbH / Berlin
Client: Mercedes-Benz AG / smart Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
MINI: THE INNER DRIVE
Agency: 360i / New York + MINI USA / Woodcliff Lake, NJ
Client: MINI USA Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Jif Bunker
Agency: Publicis North America / New York + Hungry Man / New York + Union Editorial / New York + The Mill / New York
Client: The J.M. Smucker Company Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
A Holiday Reunion
Agency: Park Pictures LLC / New York + Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco
Client: Xfinity Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Carol H. Williams and the Rejected Script
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCB Global / New York + Ad Age / New York
Client: Ad Age Category: Animation / Single
Padel World Tour 2019
Agency: Giant Ant / Vancouver + Smäll / Barcelona
Client: Estrella Damm Category: Animation / Single
Bauhaus Everywhere
Agency: Google Brand Studio / London + Animade / London + Jungle Studios / London
Client: Google Arts and Culture Category: Animation / Single
Shaw Contract - Smarter Impact
Agency: Studio Bliink / Brighton + Yukai Du / London
Client: Shaw Contract Category: Animation / Single
Every U Does Good Campaign
Agency: Anomaly / London + The Line / London
Client: Unilever Category: Animation / Single
Relaate Multi-genre Family
Agency: Alexander Slobzheninov / Prague, Czech Republic
Client: N/A Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series
Right Grotesk Type Family
Agency: Alexander Slobzheninov / Prague, Czech Republic + Pangram Pangram Foundry / Montreal, Canada
Client: N/A 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
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
COMA – A GettyImages Original Series
Agency: AlmapBBDO / Sao Paulo + Getty Images / Sao Paulo
Client: Getty Images Category: Branded Content / Entertainment - Episodic / Web Series
Urban Interactions
Agency: another design / Guangzhou
Client: 2019 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Identity for Avo Consulting
Agency: Bleed Design Studio / Oslo
Client: Avo Consulting Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
2019 UABB Brand Promotion Identity
Agency: another design / Guangzhou
Client: Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB) organizing committee Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
An Identity that Unites Oslo
Agency: Creuna Norway / Oslo
Client: City of Oslo Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Founder Type Design Competition 2020
Agency: Du Xiao / Beijing
Client: Foundertype Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Fremtind – Shaping the future of insurance
Agency: Scandinavian Design Group / Oslo
Client: Fremtind Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Hrímnir Identity
Agency: Bold Scandinavia / Oslo
Client: Hrímnir Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
The Design Vanguard
Agency: Sid Lee / Montreal
Client: ideo.org Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Matstreif – Norway's largest food festival
Agency: Scandinavian Design Group / Oslo
Client: Matstreif Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Notpla
Agency: Superunion / London + Notpla / London
Client: Notpla Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
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 Spatial Design Merit Award
Agency:
Karen Weber / Brooklyn
Client:
Schön! Magazine
Title:
"The Room" Editorial
Category:
Spatial Design / Set / Stage Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_034M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
The Feed
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_042M
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Award
Agency:
Joe Donaldson / Sarasota
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
The New Yorker Animated Series
Category:
Motion / Film / Short Video - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_066M
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Award
Agency:
Akestam Holst NoA / Stockholm
Client:
Maurten
Title:
Maurten Unofficial
Category:
Direct / Wildcard - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_092M
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Award
Agency:
BUCK / Los Angeles + TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles
Client:
Apple
Title:
Wonderful Tools
Category:
Branded Content / Entertainment - Online Video / Short Form
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_074M
Award:
2020 Interactive Merit Award
Agency:
Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + 2WEI Music GmbH / Hamburg + adidas / Herzogenaurach
Client:
adidas
Title:
The adidas Wendejacket „Breaking Walls“
Category:
Design for Good / Interactive
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_059M
Award:
2020 Interactive Merit Award
Agency:
Sid Lee / Montreal
Client:
Protect Our Winters Canada
Title:
Fact Avalanche
Category:
Design for Good / Interactive
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_060M
Award:
2020 Interactive Merit Award
Agency:
Publicis North America / New York + SHINE/MSD / Parkland + Harbor / New York
Client:
SHINE/MSD
Title:
Instrument of Hope
Category:
Design for Good / Interactive
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_061M
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Award
Agency:
Amazon Prime Video / Santa Monica + Tool / Santa Monica
Client:
Amazon Prime Video
Title:
Amazon Prime Video Experience at SDCC
Category:
Experiential Design / Live Event
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_043M
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Award
Agency:
Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg
Client:
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Title:
#SayYesToEurope
Category:
Experiential Design / Live Event
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_044M
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Award
Agency:
TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Japan Para Table Tennis Association
Title:
The Most Challenging Pingpong Table
Category:
Experiential Design / Live Event
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_045M
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Award
Agency:
Park Pictures LLC / New York
Client:
Mercedes
Title:
Stress Inversion Transformer
Category:
Experiential Design / Live Event
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_046M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
Taylor Castle / Seattle + Tribune / Chicago
Client:
Chicago Tribune
Title:
Theaster Gates
Category:
Portraiture / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_049M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Award
Agency:
Variety Magazine / Los Angeles + Robert Festino / Los Angeles
Client:
Variety Magazine
Title:
De Niro and Pacino for New York Issue
Category:
Portraiture / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_050M
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Award
Agency:
Philipp und Keuntje / Hamburg + FoxDevil Films / Hamburg + Tracks & Fields / Berlin + nhb / Hamburg
Client:
AUDI AG
Title:
Audi: Tilted World
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_043M
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Award
Agency:
BBDO / New York + Furlined / Los Angeles
Client:
BBDO New York
Title:
Train
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_044M
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Award
Agency:
Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg
Client:
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Title:
#LifeChangingPlaces - Ethiopia
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_045M
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Award
Agency:
BBDO GmbH / Berlin + BWGTBLD GmbH / Berlin
Client:
Mercedes-Benz AG / smart
Title:
The smart Way
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_046M
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Award
Agency:
360i / New York + MINI USA / Woodcliff Lake, NJ
Client:
MINI USA
Title:
MINI: THE INNER DRIVE
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_047M
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Award
Agency:
Publicis North America / New York + Hungry Man / New York + Union Editorial / New York + The Mill / New York
Client:
The J.M. Smucker Company
Title:
Jif Bunker
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_048M
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Award
Agency:
Park Pictures LLC / New York + Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco
Client:
Xfinity
Title:
A Holiday Reunion
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_049M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCB Global / New York + Ad Age / New York
Client:
Ad Age
Title:
Carol H. Williams and the Rejected Script
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_026M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
TBWA / Shanghai
Client:
adidas China
Title:
adidas Z.N.E.
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_027M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Giant Ant / Vancouver + Smäll / Barcelona
Client:
Estrella Damm
Title:
Padel World Tour 2019
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_028M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Google Brand Studio / London + Animade / London + Jungle Studios / London
Client:
Google Arts and Culture
Title:
Bauhaus Everywhere
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_029M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Studio Bliink / Brighton + Yukai Du / London
Client:
Shaw Contract
Title:
Shaw Contract - Smarter Impact
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_030M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Anomaly / London + The Line / London
Client:
Unilever
Title:
Every U Does Good Campaign
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_031M
Award:
2020 Typography Merit Award
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 Award
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 Award
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 Award
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 Award
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 Award
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 Award
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 Award
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 Advertising Merit Award
Agency:
AlmapBBDO / Sao Paulo + Getty Images / Sao Paulo
Client:
Getty Images
Title:
COMA – A GettyImages Original Series
Category:
Branded Content / Entertainment - Episodic / Web Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_076M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Award
Agency:
another design / Guangzhou
Client:
2019 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture
Title:
Urban Interactions
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_029M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Bleed Design Studio / Oslo
Client:
Avo Consulting
Title:
Identity for Avo Consulting
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_030M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Award
Agency:
another design / Guangzhou
Client:
Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB) organizing committee
Title:
2019 UABB Brand Promotion Identity
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_031M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Creuna Norway / Oslo
Client:
City of Oslo
Title:
An Identity that Unites Oslo
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_032M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Du Xiao / Beijing
Client:
Foundertype
Title:
Founder Type Design Competition 2020
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_033M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Scandinavian Design Group / Oslo
Client:
Fremtind
Title:
Fremtind – Shaping the future of insurance
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_034M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Bold Scandinavia / Oslo
Client:
Hrímnir
Title:
Hrímnir Identity
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_035M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Sid Lee / Montreal
Client:
ideo.org
Title:
The Design Vanguard
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_036M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Scandinavian Design Group / Oslo
Client:
Matstreif
Title:
Matstreif – Norway's largest food festival
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_037M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Superunion / London + Notpla / London
Client:
Notpla
Title:
Notpla
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_038M
