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
Behind the Record
Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day / Los Angeles + Canja Audio Culture + Union Editorial + The Youth
Client: The Recording Academy Category: Innovation
Jägermeister "Meisterstücke"
Agency: la red GmbH / Berlin
Client: Mast-Jägermeister Deutschland GmbH Category: Innovation
Truly Orginals
Agency: Boston Beer Company + 360i / New York
Client: Truly Category: Promotional / Collateral / Single
Half Fans
Agency: Leo Burnett Colombia / Bogota + ABinBev Colombia / Bogota + The Coach / Habla el balón / Dattis / Draftline / Lowe / Bogotá + Leo Burnett Colombia / Bogotá
Client: ABinBev Aguila Beer Category: Design for Good / Advertising - Single
ABCs of Survival
Agency: The Bloc / New York
Client: National Black Child Development Institute Category: Art Direction - Direct / Single
Shadow Wall
Agency: Jason Bruges Studio / London
Client: Quintain Ltd Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design
MOUSE LIGHT FUN
Agency: +ing / Taipei
Client: Department of Information and Tourism, Taipei City Government Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design
IMARS CINEMA
Agency: Tencent / Shenzhen + Linkfilms / Shanghai
Client: Tencent/Tencent Youth Science Festival Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design
Michelob ULTRA Courtside
Agency: FCB / New York
Client: Michelob ULTRA, Microsoft, NBA Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design
Build the Vote
Agency: Sid Lee / Montréal
Client: Rock the Vote Category: Branded Content / Entertainment - Games / Games
Lektorat
Agency: Florian Fecher + TypeTogether / Prague
Client: TypeTogether Category: Typefaces / Font Systems
The Roxy Hotel in a Blizzard
Agency: Eric Van Nynatten
Client: Eric Van Nynatten Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Single
Kiddi World
Agency: VMLY&R Mexico / Mexico City + Sanofi / Mexico City + MediaMonks
Client: Sanofi / Pharmaton Kiddi Category: Innovation
Planet Word: The First Voice-Activated Museum
Agency: Local Projects / New York City
Client: Planet Word Museum of Language Arts Category: Innovation
Found in Translation
Agency: Studio TheGreenEyl / New York + Google Creative Lab / New York + Dominique
Client: Google Category: Environmental Design / Exhibition Design
The Met Unframed
Agency: Verizon Creative Marketing / New York + Verizon / New York + Unit9 / New York
Client: Verizon/The Metropolitan Museum of Art Category: Innovation / Single or Series
Browser History
Agency: Squarespace + One Thousand Birds + Bliss
Client: Squarespace Category: Interactive / Online / Mobile Websites
Seven Hundred Views of Koi Fish
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Creative X / Tokyo
Client: Shikoku Shimbun Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
Ink Expression - Spring and Autumn period
Agency: Yingtao + Wenhan
Client: China National Arts Fund Archaeology Program Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
IMARS CINEMA
Agency: Tencent / Shenzhen + Linkfilms / Shanghai
Client: Tencent/Tencent Youth Science Festival Category: Experiential Design / Installations
Calm Wash
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco
Client: BMW of North America Category: Social Media / Series
Robinhood Brand Identity
Agency: COLLINS + Robinhood
Client: Robinhood Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Digital
Xbox Series X: Us Dreamers
Agency: 215 McCann / San Francisco + Microsoft Xbox / Redmond + MPC / Los Angeles + Walker / Los Angeles
Client: Microsoft Xbox Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Use of Music / Sound
Flat Matthew
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco
Client: Doritos Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Use of Music / Sound
HORNBACH "It seems impossible. Until you do it."
Agency: HEIMAT, Berlin / Berlin + Untold Studios / London + MJZ London / London + LOFT Studios GmbH / Berlin
Client: HORNBACH Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Use of Music / Sound
Black South Rising
Agency: VICE News / New York City
Client: VICE News Category: Brand / Communication Design / Branding
ABCs of Survival
Agency: The Bloc / New York
Client: National Black Child Development Institute Category: Book / Series
The Painted Screen: Past and Future
Agency: Phoenix Publishing House / Nanjing, Jiangsu, China + Shanghai Artron Art printing Co. LTD / Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Client: Phoenix Publishing House Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Sensemaking 2020
Agency: Google / Mountain View, CA + WAX Studios / New York, New York
Client: Google (Self-Promotional) Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Awaaz / Essential Interference
Agency: Ananya
Client: Sukanya Baskar Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
DARK
Agency: MediaMonks + Granny + Henrik & Sofia + Netflix
Client: Netflix Category: UX / UI / User Experience Design
Your 2020 Wrapped
Agency: Spotify In-House
Client: Spotify Category: UX / UI / User Experience Design
Rolleiflex Numbers
Agency: Noel Pretorius + Studio Kleiner / Stockholm
Client: Studio Kleiner Category: Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Passion Project
Lessons of Auschwitz: VR tribute by students
Agency: RT Creative Lab / Moscow + Phygitalism / Moscow
Client: RT Category: Extended Reality / AR / VR
As One: The Vince Lombardi Comeback
Agency: 72andSunny / Los Angeles
Client: National Football League Category: Innovation / Television / Film / Online Video
Choosing a happy apartment to get lost.
Agency: Dentsu West Japan / Kobe + Three & Co. / Osaka
Client: WadaKohsan Category: Advertising
Diagnosing Epilepsy Type
Agency: The Bloc / New York
Client: Greenwich Biosciences / Epidiolex Category: Use of Typography / Series
Relearn How to be Human
Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Brooklyn Film Festival / New York
Client: Brooklyn Film Festival Category: Use of Typography / Series
"Pieces" Solo Photography Exhibition
Agency: Dawang Sun + Hui Pan
Client: May Art Foundation Category: Use of Typography / Series
Family Diary
Agency: BBDO Group Germany GmbH + AlmapBBDO / Sao Paulo + ANORAK Film GmbH
Client: WhatsApp Inc. / WhatsApp Category: Craft in Video / Editing
Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
BUCK
Client:
HBO
Title:
Between the World and Me
Category:
Motion / Film / Movie Trailer
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_052M
Award:
2021 Fashion Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Li Mo
Client:
Li Mo
Title:
Explore
Category:
Personal / Passion Projects
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN21_010M
Award:
2021 Fashion Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Xueqi He
Client:
self-promotion
Title:
Fight or flight
Category:
Personal / Passion Projects
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN21_011M
Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
TBWA\Chiat\Day / Los Angeles + Canja Audio Culture + Union Editorial + The Youth
Client:
The Recording Academy
Title:
Behind the Record
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_070M
Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
la red GmbH / Berlin
Client:
Mast-Jägermeister Deutschland GmbH
Title:
Jägermeister "Meisterstücke"
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_071M
Award:
2021 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Boston Beer Company + 360i / New York
Client:
Truly
Title:
Truly Orginals
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_068M
Award:
2021 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Leo Burnett Colombia / Bogota + ABinBev Colombia / Bogota + The Coach / Habla el balón / Dattis / Draftline / Lowe / Bogotá + Leo Burnett Colombia / Bogotá
Client:
ABinBev Aguila Beer
Title:
Half Fans
Category:
Design for Good / Advertising - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_031M
Award:
2021 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
The Bloc / New York
Client:
National Black Child Development Institute
Title:
ABCs of Survival
Category:
Art Direction - Direct / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_064M
Award:
2021 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Jason Bruges Studio / London
Client:
Quintain Ltd
Title:
Shadow Wall
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL21_016M
Award:
2021 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Agency:
+ing / Taipei
Client:
Department of Information and Tourism, Taipei City Government
Title:
MOUSE LIGHT FUN
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL21_017M
Award:
2021 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Tencent / Shenzhen + Linkfilms / Shanghai
Client:
Tencent/Tencent Youth Science Festival
Title:
IMARS CINEMA
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL21_018M
Award:
2021 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Agency:
FCB / New York
Client:
Michelob ULTRA, Microsoft, NBA
Title:
Michelob ULTRA Courtside
Category:
Spatial Design / Installation Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL21_019M
Award:
2021 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Sid Lee / Montréal
Client:
Rock the Vote
Title:
Build the Vote
Category:
Branded Content / Entertainment - Games / Games
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_066M
Award:
2021 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Florian Fecher + TypeTogether / Prague
Client:
TypeTogether
Title:
Lektorat
Category:
Typefaces / Font Systems
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP21_021M
Award:
2021 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Jörg Hemker
Client:
Fontwerk
Title:
Ika Typeface
Category:
Typefaces / Font Systems
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP21_022M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Eric Van Nynatten
Client:
Eric Van Nynatten
Title:
The Roxy Hotel in a Blizzard
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_031M
Award:
2021 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Aggressive / Ridgewood
Client:
Amazon Prime
Title:
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP21_022M
Award:
2021 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
VMLY&R Mexico / Mexico City + Sanofi / Mexico City + MediaMonks
Client:
Sanofi / Pharmaton Kiddi
Title:
Kiddi World
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP21_023M
Award:
2021 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Local Projects / New York City
Client:
Planet Word Museum of Language Arts
Title:
Planet Word: The First Voice-Activated Museum
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP21_024M
Award:
2021 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Studio TheGreenEyl / New York + Google Creative Lab / New York + Dominique
Client:
Google
Title:
Found in Translation
Category:
Environmental Design / Exhibition Design
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP21_014M
Award:
2021 In-House Merit Honor
Agency:
Verizon Creative Marketing / New York + Verizon / New York + Unit9 / New York
Client:
Verizon/The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title:
The Met Unframed
Category:
Innovation / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_INH21_030M
Award:
2021 In-House Merit Honor
Agency:
Squarespace + One Thousand Birds + Bliss
Client:
Squarespace
Title:
Browser History
Category:
Interactive / Online / Mobile Websites
Annual ID:
ADC_INH21_033M
Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Creative X / Tokyo
Client:
Shikoku Shimbun
Title:
Seven Hundred Views of Koi Fish
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_072M
Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Yingtao + Wenhan
Client:
China National Arts Fund Archaeology Program
Title:
Ink Expression - Spring and Autumn period
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_073M
Award:
2021 Fashion Design Merit Honor
Agency:
STUDEO INC.
Client:
Tanners
Title:
Leather-made Jewelry
Category:
Traditional / Accessories
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN21_012M
Award:
2021 In-House Merit Honor
Agency:
Tencent / Shenzhen + Linkfilms / Shanghai
Client:
Tencent/Tencent Youth Science Festival
Title:
IMARS CINEMA
Category:
Experiential Design / Installations
Annual ID:
ADC_INH21_028M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Shot on iPhone Silhouettes
Category:
Social Media / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_044M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Shot on iPhone Look Twice
Category:
Social Media / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_045M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco
Client:
BMW of North America
Title:
Calm Wash
Category:
Social Media / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_046M
Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
COLLINS + Robinhood
Client:
Robinhood
Title:
Robinhood Brand Identity
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Digital
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_039M
Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
215 McCann / San Francisco + Microsoft Xbox / Redmond + MPC / Los Angeles + Walker / Los Angeles
Client:
Microsoft Xbox
Title:
Xbox Series X: Us Dreamers
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Use of Music / Sound
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_047M
Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco
Client:
Doritos
Title:
Flat Matthew
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Use of Music / Sound
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_048M
Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
HEIMAT, Berlin / Berlin + Untold Studios / London + MJZ London / London + LOFT Studios GmbH / Berlin
Client:
HORNBACH
Title:
HORNBACH "It seems impossible. Until you do it."
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Use of Music / Sound
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_049M
Award:
2021 In-House Merit Honor
Agency:
Spotify In-House
Client:
Spotify
Title:
Duos
Category:
Motion / Film Craft / Direction
Annual ID:
ADC_INH21_036M
Award:
2021 In-House Merit Honor
Agency:
VICE News / New York City
Client:
VICE News
Title:
Black South Rising
Category:
Brand / Communication Design / Branding
Annual ID:
ADC_INH21_024M
Award:
2021 In-House Merit Honor
Agency:
Spotify In-House
Client:
Spotify
Title:
Your 2020 Wrapped
Category:
Interactive / UX / UI
Annual ID:
ADC_INH21_035M
Award:
2021 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
The Bloc / New York
Client:
National Black Child Development Institute
Title:
ABCs of Survival
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_039M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Phoenix Publishing House / Nanjing, Jiangsu, China + Shanghai Artron Art printing Co. LTD / Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Client:
Phoenix Publishing House
Title:
The Painted Screen: Past and Future
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_030M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Google / Mountain View, CA + WAX Studios / New York, New York
Client:
Google (Self-Promotional)
Title:
Sensemaking 2020
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_031M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Ananya
Client:
Sukanya Baskar
Title:
Awaaz / Essential Interference
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_032M
Award:
2021 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
MediaMonks + Granny + Henrik & Sofia + Netflix
Client:
Netflix
Title:
DARK
Category:
UX / UI / User Experience Design
Annual ID:
ADC_INT21_066M
Award:
2021 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
Spotify In-House
Client:
Spotify
Title:
Your 2020 Wrapped
Category:
UX / UI / User Experience Design
Annual ID:
ADC_INT21_067M
Award:
2021 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Noel Pretorius + Studio Kleiner / Stockholm
Client:
Studio Kleiner
Title:
Rolleiflex Numbers
Category:
Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Passion Project
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP21_019M
Award:
2021 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
RT Creative Lab / Moscow + Phygitalism / Moscow
Client:
RT
Title:
Lessons of Auschwitz: VR tribute by students
Category:
Extended Reality / AR / VR
Annual ID:
ADC_INT21_041M
Award:
2021 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
72andSunny / Los Angeles
Client:
National Football League
Title:
As One: The Vince Lombardi Comeback
Category:
Innovation / Television / Film / Online Video
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_097M
Award:
2021 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Dentsu West Japan / Kobe + Three & Co. / Osaka
Client:
WadaKohsan
Title:
Choosing a happy apartment to get lost.
Category:
Advertising
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP21_014M
Award:
2021 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
The Bloc / New York
Client:
Greenwich Biosciences / Epidiolex
Title:
Diagnosing Epilepsy Type
Category:
Use of Typography / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP21_025M
Award:
2021 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Brooklyn Film Festival / New York
Client:
Brooklyn Film Festival
Title:
Relearn How to be Human
Category:
Use of Typography / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP21_026M
Award:
2021 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Dawang Sun + Hui Pan
Client:
May Art Foundation
Title:
"Pieces" Solo Photography Exhibition
Category:
Use of Typography / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP21_027M
Award:
2021 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
BBDO Group Germany GmbH + AlmapBBDO / Sao Paulo + ANORAK Film GmbH
Client:
WhatsApp Inc. / WhatsApp
Title:
Family Diary
Category:
Craft in Video / Editing
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_075M
