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
BREONNA TAYLOR COVER
Agency: Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / New York + Amy Sherald
Client: VANITY FAIR Category: Best of Publication Design
BREONNA TAYLOR COVER
Agency: Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / New York + Amy Sherald
Client: VANITY FAIR Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover
The Decameron Project
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Grammys Issue: Phoebe Bridgers (March 10, 2021)
Agency: Variety / Los Angeles
Client: Variety Category: Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread
2020 Covers
Agency: The New York Times For Kids / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Newspapers / Front Page
How It Works
Agency: The New York Times For Kids / New York
Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Newspapers / Full Issue
Browse Leipzig
Agency: Nanjing Han Qing Tang Design CO., LTD. / Nanjing + Qing + Tao
Client: Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
ABCs of Survival
Agency: The Bloc / New York
Client: National Black Child Development Institute Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
The Decameron Project
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover
Epicenter
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Fukt Magazine #19 Storylines
Agency: Ariane Spanier
Client: Fukt Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
The Autobiography of Eikoh Hosoe Trilogy
Agency: Wang Zhihong Studio + Yuwen Hsu + Zhihong Wang
Client: Faces Publications Category: Books / Jacket
Dogs and Cats
Agency: The New York Times For Kids / New York
Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Newspapers / Full Issue
20 YEARS 20 PEOPLE 20 STORIES
Agency: Bofeng Liao
Client: LAVIE MATÉRIELLE Bookstore Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Stories Hidden in Chinese Characters
Agency: linlin Design / Beijing
Client: Chemical Industry Press Category: Books / Text-Driven
The Music Issue Cover
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover
Great Performers
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
TWELVE
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client: Serviceplan Group Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Power of Young Hollywood Package (August 5, 2020)
Agency: Haley
Client: Variety Category: Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread
water
Agency: Minmin Qu & Qian Jiang / Nanjing
Client: Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing.Ltd Category: Books / Image-Driven
Terrines, etc. by Maison Vérot
Agency: Benoit Berger + Éditions du Chêne / Paris
Client: Éditions du Chêne / HACHETTE Category: Books / Image-Driven
Thinking Out of Box
Agency: Tzu-Ning Hsu
Client: None Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
CN100 Commemorative Book
Agency: Sid Lee / Montréal
Client: CN Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Contemporary Kunqu
Agency: Minmin Qu & Qian Jiang / Nanjing
Client: Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing.Ltd Category: Books / Text-Driven
The Vitals: True Nurse Stories
Agency: Doner / Southfield + The Underground / Southfield + Marvel Entertainment / New York + Highmark Health / Pittsburgh
Client: Allegheny Health Network Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Andi Goes
Agency: Havas Lynx Group / Manchester
Client: Dyslexia Awareness Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Designers Against Coronavirus
Agency: Carosello Lab / Milan + Italian Red Cross / Rome
Client: Carosello Lab / Italian Red Cross Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Children's Hour Cover (January 27, 2021)
Agency: Raul Aguila
Client: Variety Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover
Sweatpants Forever
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover
Individual-1
Agency: The New York Times Magazine Labs / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover
HOLLYWOOD 2021 FULL ISSUE
Agency: Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / NEW YORK + MAURIZIO + PIERPAOLO
Client: VANITY FAIR Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
SEPTEMBER 2020 FULL ISSUE - "THE GREAT FIRE"
Agency: Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / NEW YORK
Client: VANITY FAIR Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
JIXU
Agency: Nanjing Han Qing Tang Design CO., LTD. / Nanjing
Client: Jiangsu Art Museum Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
better than perfect
Agency: Gerhard
Client: Karin Stöttinger Geschmacksmomente Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Spiral Issue 01
Agency: Forth + Back / Los Angeles
Client: Spiral Journal Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
HOLLYWOOD 2021 PORTFOLIO
Agency: Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / NEW YORK + MAURIZIO + PIERPAOLO
Client: VANITY FAIR Category: Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread
George C. Wolfe Profile (December 9, 2020)
Agency: Variety / Los Angeles
Client: Variety Category: Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread
Jia Difei Works
Agency: Wenbin + Beijing Artron Art Printing Co.,Ltd / beijing
Client: Jia Difei Category: Books / Image-Driven
Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948–1960
Agency: Content Object / Los Angeles
Client: Colby College Museum of Art Category: Books / Image-Driven
A–L/M–Z: Mrs Jay & W. Gordon Smith Art Collection
Agency: Gridworks (Sigrid Schmeisser) / Maastricht + Siobhan McLaughlin + Helen Bleck
Client: Jay Gordonsmith Estate Category: Books / Image-Driven
LAAB Magazine #2: Eat/Shit
Agency: Beehive Books / Philadelphia
Client: Beehive Books Category: Newspapers / Full Issue
The Day Deacon King Kong Got A Gun
Agency: The New York Times For Kids / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Labs Category: Newspapers / Full Issue
Rising Time
Agency: 72andSunny / New York + Church & Dwight, Trojan Brand Condoms
Client: Trojan Category: Digital Publications / Online Publication
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
Award:
2021 Publication Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / New York + Amy Sherald
Client:
VANITY FAIR
Title:
BREONNA TAYLOR COVER
Category:
Best of Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_001G
Award:
2021 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / New York + Amy Sherald
Client:
VANITY FAIR
Title:
BREONNA TAYLOR COVER
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_001G
Award:
2021 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
The Decameron Project
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_004G
Award:
2021 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Variety / Los Angeles
Client:
Variety
Title:
Grammys Issue: Phoebe Bridgers (March 10, 2021)
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_005G
Award:
2021 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times For Kids / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times for Kids
Title:
2020 Covers
Category:
Newspapers / Front Page
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_006G
Award:
2021 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
hesign / Berlin
Client:
Jumping He
Title:
daydream
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_002G
Award:
2021 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times For Kids / New York
Client:
The New York Times for Kids
Title:
How It Works
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_007G
Award:
2021 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Nanjing Han Qing Tang Design CO., LTD. / Nanjing + Qing + Tao
Client:
Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing
Title:
Browse Leipzig
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_003G
Award:
2021 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The Bloc / New York
Client:
National Black Child Development Institute
Title:
ABCs of Survival
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_011S
Award:
2021 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
The Decameron Project
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_012S
Award:
2021 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Epicenter
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_013S
Award:
2021 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Ariane Spanier
Client:
Fukt Magazine
Title:
Fukt Magazine #19 Storylines
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_014S
Award:
2021 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Wang Zhihong Studio + Yuwen Hsu + Zhihong Wang
Client:
Faces Publications
Title:
The Autobiography of Eikoh Hosoe Trilogy
Category:
Books / Jacket
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_008S
Award:
2021 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times For Kids / New York
Client:
The New York Times for Kids
Title:
Dogs and Cats
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_015S
Award:
2021 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Bofeng Liao
Client:
LAVIE MATÉRIELLE Bookstore
Title:
20 YEARS 20 PEOPLE 20 STORIES
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_009S
Award:
2021 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
linlin Design / Beijing
Client:
Chemical Industry Press
Title:
Stories Hidden in Chinese Characters
Category:
Books / Text-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_010S
Award:
2021 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
The Music Issue Cover
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_021B
Award:
2021 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Great Performers
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_022B
Award:
2021 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client:
Serviceplan Group
Title:
TWELVE
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_023B
Award:
2021 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Haley
Client:
Variety
Title:
Power of Young Hollywood Package (August 5, 2020)
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_024B
Award:
2021 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Minmin Qu & Qian Jiang / Nanjing
Client:
Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing.Ltd
Title:
water
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_016B
Award:
2021 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Benoit Berger + Éditions du Chêne / Paris
Client:
Éditions du Chêne / HACHETTE
Title:
Terrines, etc. by Maison Vérot
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_017B
Award:
2021 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Tzu-Ning Hsu
Client:
None
Title:
Thinking Out of Box
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_018B
Award:
2021 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Sid Lee / Montréal
Client:
CN
Title:
CN100 Commemorative Book
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_019B
Award:
2021 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Minmin Qu & Qian Jiang / Nanjing
Client:
Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing.Ltd
Title:
Contemporary Kunqu
Category:
Books / Text-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_020B
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Doner / Southfield + The Underground / Southfield + Marvel Entertainment / New York + Highmark Health / Pittsburgh
Client:
Allegheny Health Network
Title:
The Vitals: True Nurse Stories
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_059M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Havas Lynx Group / Manchester
Client:
Dyslexia Awareness
Title:
Andi Goes
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_060M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Carosello Lab / Milan + Italian Red Cross / Rome
Client:
Carosello Lab / Italian Red Cross
Title:
Designers Against Coronavirus
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_061M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Raul Aguila
Client:
Variety
Title:
Children's Hour Cover (January 27, 2021)
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_037M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Sweatpants Forever
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_038M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine Labs / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Individual-1
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_039M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
niiiiice & couple / L.A.
Client:
500 gr
Title:
500 gr
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_040M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / NEW YORK + MAURIZIO + PIERPAOLO
Client:
VANITY FAIR
Title:
HOLLYWOOD 2021 FULL ISSUE
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_041M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / NEW YORK
Client:
VANITY FAIR
Title:
SEPTEMBER 2020 FULL ISSUE - "THE GREAT FIRE"
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_042M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Nanjing Han Qing Tang Design CO., LTD. / Nanjing
Client:
Jiangsu Art Museum
Title:
JIXU
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_043M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Gerhard
Client:
Karin Stöttinger Geschmacksmomente
Title:
better than perfect
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_044M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Forth + Back / Los Angeles
Client:
Spiral Journal
Title:
Spiral Issue 01
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_048M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / NEW YORK + MAURIZIO + PIERPAOLO
Client:
VANITY FAIR
Title:
HOLLYWOOD 2021 PORTFOLIO
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_045M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Variety / Los Angeles
Client:
Variety
Title:
George C. Wolfe Profile (December 9, 2020)
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_049M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Sid Lee / Montréal
Client:
CN
Title:
CN100 Commemorative Book
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_025M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Wenbin + Beijing Artron Art Printing Co.,Ltd / beijing
Client:
Jia Difei
Title:
Jia Difei Works
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_026M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Phaidon Press / New York
Client:
Phaidon Press
Title:
Paul Smith
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_027M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Content Object / Los Angeles
Client:
Colby College Museum of Art
Title:
Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948–1960
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_028M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Gridworks (Sigrid Schmeisser) / Maastricht + Siobhan McLaughlin + Helen Bleck
Client:
Jay Gordonsmith Estate
Title:
A–L/M–Z: Mrs Jay & W. Gordon Smith Art Collection
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_029M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Beehive Books / Philadelphia
Client:
Beehive Books
Title:
LAAB Magazine #2: Eat/Shit
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_046M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The New York Times For Kids / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine Labs
Title:
The Day Deacon King Kong Got A Gun
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_047M
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
72andSunny / New York + Church & Dwight, Trojan Brand Condoms
Client:
Trojan
Title:
Rising Time
Category:
Digital Publications / Online Publication
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_036M
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
