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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Award
Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID

Bounce
Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Best of Show


Notpla
Agency: Superunion / London + Notpla / London
Client: Notpla Category: Design for Good / Product Design

Bounce
Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Craft in Video / Direction - Single

The Tampon Book: a book against tax discrimination
Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client: The Female Company Category: Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog / Press Promotional Kit

CONTAINERS
Agency: Xiaotu Tang / London
Client: Personal project Category: Traditional / Accessories

Making Impossible Possible
Agency: Jones Knowles Ritchie / London
Client: Courtney Tulloch Category: Motion / Single or Series

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

Changing The Game
Agency: McCann / New York + Microsoft / Seattle
Client: Microsoft Category: Innovation

Truck Art Childfinder
Agency: Impact BBDO / Dubai + BBDO Pakistan / Lahore + Samar Minallah Khan / Islamabad
Client: Berger Paints Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Series

Most Dangerous Street
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCBX / Chicago
Client: Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Category: Experiential Design / Installations - Single

Bounce
Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Special Effects

The Tampon Book: a book against tax discrimination
Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client: The Female Company Category: Design for Good / Packaging Design

The Gun Violence History Book
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + The Mill / Chicago
Client: Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Category: Design for Good / Publication Design

The King Becomes Her
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Music / Entertainment / Single

Changing The Game
Agency: McCann / New York + Microsoft / Seattle
Client: Microsoft Category: Design for Good / Integrated Campaign


Dot Translate.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + SERVICEPLAN KOREA / Seoul + Dot Incorporation / Seoul
Client: Dot Incorporation Category: Innovation / Single or Series


Lessons in Herstory
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + GS&P Social / San Francisco + GS&P Labs / Santa Rosa + Elevel / San Francisco
Client: Daughters of the Evolution Category: Digital Experiences / Augmented / Mixed Reality


The Gun Violence History Book
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + The Mill / Chicago
Client: Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Category: Direct / Mail


The Tampon Book: a book against tax discrimination
Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client: The Female Company Category: Direct / Mail


FLIGHT OF THE CLOTILDA
Agency: Kadir Nelson / Los Angeles + National Geographic / Washington DC
Client: National Geographic Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single


Changing The Game
Agency: McCann / New York + Microsoft / Seattle
Client: Microsoft Category: Design for Good / Advertising - 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: Environmental Design / Exhibition Design


Madness In Crowds
Agency: Beehive Books / Philadelphia + Headcase Design / Philadelphia
Client: Beehive Books Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single


The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Memory
Agency: Minmin qu & qian jiang / Nanjing
Client: JIANGSU ART MUSEUM Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single


Notpla
Agency: Superunion / London + Notpla / London
Client: Notpla Category: Design for Good / Product Design


The Tampon Book: a book against tax discrimination
Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client: The Female Company Category: Direct / Wildcard - Single


Thom Yorke - Last I Heard
Agency: Art Camp / Brooklyn
Client: XL Records Category: Motion / Film / Music Video


Bounce
Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Branded Content / Entertainment - TV / Film / Single


Bounce
Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Craft in Video / Direction - Single


Changing The Game
Agency: McCann / New York + Microsoft / Seattle
Client: Microsoft Category: Design for Good / Integrated Campaign


PACKAGING MADE FROM BAGASSE
Agency: 33 and Branding / Beijing
Client: BIOHYALUX Category: Sustainable / Eco-friendly / Single


Back to School Essentials
Agency: BBDO / New York + Smuggler / New York
Client: Sandy Hook Promise Category: Television / Film / Online Video / Online - Single


The Tampon Book: a book against tax discrimination
Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client: The Female Company Category: Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog / Press Promotional Kit


One Mindful Mind
Agency: TBWAIndia / Mumbai
Client: NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute Category: Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog / Press Promotional Kit


Life Print
Agency: Africa / Sao Paulo
Client: Ampara ANIMAL Category: Sustainable / Eco-friendly Fashion


The Haunted
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Photojournalism / Series


The Tampon Book: a book against tax discrimination
Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client: The Female Company Category: Pharma / Health / Wellness


Bounce
Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Motion / Film / Short Video - Single


AirPods Pro
Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Apple / Cupertino
Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Spatial Design / Retail Design


Your 2019 Wrapped
Agency: Spotify In-House / New York
Client: Spotify Category: Online / Mobile Websites / Website


CONTAINERS
Agency: Xiaotu Tang / London
Client: Personal project Category: Traditional / Accessories


Poulehouse
Agency: Wizz / QUAD GROUP / Clichy + Brand Station / Paris + NKI / Paris
Client: Poulehouse Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Animation


Us Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Agency: Edward Kinsella Illustration / Saint Louis + Waxwork Records / New Orleans
Client: Waxwork Records Category: Packaging / Series


Bertha Benz: The Journey That Changed Everything
Agency: antoni garage / Berlin + Mercedes-Benz / Stuttgart + Anorak / Berlin
Client: Mercedes-Benz AG Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography


Swipe Night
Agency: 72andSunny / Los Angeles + Tinder / Los Angeles + M ss ng P eces / Los Angeles
Client: Tinder Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Content Strategy


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: Digital / Series


The Epidemic
Agency: BBDO / New York + Sanctuary / Los Angeles
Client: Monica Lewinsky Category: Design for Good / Interactive


Making Impossible Possible
Agency: Jones Knowles Ritchie / London
Client: Courtney Tulloch Category: Motion / Single or Series


Award:
2020 Best of Show Best of Show Black Cube
Agency:
TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client:
Apple, Inc.
Title:
Bounce
Category:
Best of Show
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_001G

Award:
2020 Product Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Superunion / London + Notpla / London
Client:
Notpla
Title:
Notpla
Category:
Design for Good / Product Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_003G

Award:
2020 Advertising Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client:
Apple, Inc.
Title:
Bounce
Category:
Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_001G

Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client:
The Female Company
Title:
The Tampon Book: a book against tax discrimination
Category:
Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog / Press Promotional Kit
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_001G

Award:
2020 Fashion Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Xiaotu Tang / London
Client:
Personal project
Title:
CONTAINERS
Category:
Traditional / Accessories
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN20_001G

Award:
2020 Typography Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Jones Knowles Ritchie / London
Client:
Courtney Tulloch
Title:
Making Impossible Possible
Category:
Motion / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_001G

Award:
2020 Spatial Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
BBDO / Minneapolis + BBDO / New York
Client:
Theirworld
Title:
The Infinity Classroom
Category:
Design for Good / Spatial Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_005G

Award:
2020 Interactive Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
FCB/SIX / Toronto
Client:
Black & Abroad
Title:
Go Back To Africa
Category:
Social Media / Twitter
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_001G

Award:
2020 Integrated Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
McCann / New York + Microsoft / Seattle
Client:
Microsoft
Title:
Changing The Game
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_ITG20_001G

Award:
2020 Illustration Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Impact BBDO / Dubai + BBDO Pakistan / Lahore + Samar Minallah Khan / Islamabad
Client:
Berger Paints
Title:
Truck Art Childfinder
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_001G

Award:
2020 Experiential Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCBX / Chicago
Client:
Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
Title:
Most Dangerous Street
Category:
Experiential Design / Installations - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_001G

Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client:
Apple, Inc.
Title:
Bounce
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Special Effects
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_001G

Award:
2020 Packaging Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client:
The Female Company
Title:
The Tampon Book: a book against tax discrimination
Category:
Design for Good / Packaging Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_002G

Award:
2020 Publication Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + The Mill / Chicago
Client:
Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
Title:
The Gun Violence History Book
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_004G

Award:
2020 Photography Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The King Becomes Her
Category:
Music / Entertainment / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_001G

Award:
2020 Integrated Designism Cube
Agency:
McCann / New York + Microsoft / Seattle
Client:
Microsoft
Title:
Changing The Game
Category:
Design for Good / Integrated Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_025G

Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + SERVICEPLAN KOREA / Seoul + Dot Incorporation / Seoul
Client:
Dot Incorporation
Title:
Dot Translate.
Category:
Innovation / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_016G

Award:
2020 Experiential Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + GS&P Social / San Francisco + GS&P Labs / Santa Rosa + Elevel / San Francisco
Client:
Daughters of the Evolution
Title:
Lessons in Herstory
Category:
Digital Experiences / Augmented / Mixed Reality
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_002G

Award:
2020 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + The Mill / Chicago
Client:
Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
Title:
The Gun Violence History Book
Category:
Direct / Mail
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_042G

Award:
2020 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client:
The Female Company
Title:
The Tampon Book: a book against tax discrimination
Category:
Direct / Mail
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_043G

Award:
2020 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Kadir Nelson / Los Angeles + National Geographic / Washington DC
Client:
National Geographic
Title:
FLIGHT OF THE CLOTILDA
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_016G

Award:
2020 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
McCann / New York + Microsoft / Seattle
Client:
Microsoft
Title:
Changing The Game
Category:
Design for Good / Advertising - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_006G

Award:
2020 Experiential Design Gold Cube
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:
Environmental Design / Exhibition Design
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_005G

Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Beehive Books / Philadelphia + Headcase Design / Philadelphia
Client:
Beehive Books
Title:
Madness In Crowds
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_001G

Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Minmin qu & qian jiang / Nanjing
Client:
JIANGSU ART MUSEUM
Title:
The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Memory
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_002G

Award:
2020 Product Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Superunion / London + Notpla / London
Client:
Notpla
Title:
Notpla
Category:
Design for Good / Product Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_003G

Award:
2020 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client:
The Female Company
Title:
The Tampon Book: a book against tax discrimination
Category:
Direct / Wildcard - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_044G

Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
Art Camp / Brooklyn
Client:
XL Records
Title:
Thom Yorke - Last I Heard
Category:
Motion / Film / Music Video
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_022G

Award:
2020 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client:
Apple, Inc.
Title:
Bounce
Category:
Branded Content / Entertainment - TV / Film / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_017G

Award:
2020 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client:
Apple, Inc.
Title:
Bounce
Category:
Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_001G

Award:
2020 Integrated Gold Cube
Agency:
McCann / New York + Microsoft / Seattle
Client:
Microsoft
Title:
Changing The Game
Category:
Design for Good / Integrated Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_025G

Award:
2020 Packaging Design Gold Cube
Agency:
33 and Branding / Beijing
Client:
BIOHYALUX
Title:
PACKAGING MADE FROM BAGASSE
Category:
Sustainable / Eco-friendly / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG20_011G

Award:
2020 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
BBDO / New York + Smuggler / New York
Client:
Sandy Hook Promise
Title:
Back to School Essentials
Category:
Television / Film / Online Video / Online - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_056G

Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client:
The Female Company
Title:
The Tampon Book: a book against tax discrimination
Category:
Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog / Press Promotional Kit
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_001G

Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
TBWAIndia / Mumbai
Client:
NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute
Title:
One Mindful Mind
Category:
Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog / Press Promotional Kit
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_026G

Award:
2020 Fashion Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Africa / Sao Paulo
Client:
Ampara ANIMAL
Title:
Life Print
Category:
Sustainable / Eco-friendly Fashion
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN20_002G

Award:
2020 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Haunted
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_017G

Award:
2020 Packaging Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client:
The Female Company
Title:
The Tampon Book: a book against tax discrimination
Category:
Pharma / Health / Wellness
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG20_009G

Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client:
Apple, Inc.
Title:
Bounce
Category:
Motion / Film / Short Video - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_030G

Award:
2020 Spatial Design Gold Cube
Agency:
TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple, Inc.
Title:
AirPods Pro
Category:
Spatial Design / Retail Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_008G

Award:
2020 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
Spotify In-House / New York
Client:
Spotify
Title:
Your 2019 Wrapped
Category:
Online / Mobile Websites / Website
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_026G

Award:
2020 Fashion Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Xiaotu Tang / London
Client:
Personal project
Title:
CONTAINERS
Category:
Traditional / Accessories
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN20_001G

Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
Wizz / QUAD GROUP / Clichy + Brand Station / Paris + NKI / Paris
Client:
Poulehouse
Title:
Poulehouse
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Animation
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_002G

Award:
2020 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Edward Kinsella Illustration / Saint Louis + Waxwork Records / New Orleans
Client:
Waxwork Records
Title:
Us Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Category:
Packaging / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_022G

Award:
2020 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Spotify In-House / New York
Client:
Spotify
Title:
All The Moods
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_001G

Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Gold 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 Motion / Film / Cinematography
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_006G

Award:
2020 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
72andSunny / Los Angeles + Tinder / Los Angeles + M ss ng P eces / Los Angeles
Client:
Tinder
Title:
Swipe Night
Category:
Craft in Online / Mobile / Content Strategy
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_006G

Award:
2020 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + GS&P Social / San Francisco + GS&P Labs / San Francisco + ELevel / San Francisco
Client:
Daughters of the Evolution
Title:
Lessons in Herstory
Category:
Digital / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_015G

Award:
2020 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
BBDO / New York + Sanctuary / Los Angeles
Client:
Monica Lewinsky
Title:
The Epidemic
Category:
Design for Good / Interactive
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_026G
