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

Kūtu / Nest Mural Agency: Ben Johnston Client: Start India Category: Best of Typography
Kūtu / Nest Mural Agency: Ben Johnston Client: Start India Category: Design for Good / Typography
Mouthwatering Type, Your Way Agency: Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York Client: Burger King Category: Use of Typography / Series
BTC Cast 01 Agency: Benoit Berger + BUREAU BERGER / Paris Client: BUREAU BERGER Category: Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Passion Project
Great Performers Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Category: Use of Typography / Single
The Body Experimental Type Agency: Haocheng Zhang + Jua Klein Nina Client: London College of Fashion - University of the Arts London Category: Environmental
Flame, Your Way Agency: Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York Client: Burger King Category: Typefaces / Font Systems
Lyon Arabic Agency: Morcos Key + Debakir / New York Client: Commercial Type Category: Typefaces / Font Systems
BTC Cast 01 Agency: Benoit Berger + BUREAU BERGER / Paris Client: BUREAU BERGER Category: Typefaces / Font Systems
Body Type Agency: Goeun Park & Wei-Hao Wang Client: Self-promotion Category: Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Passion Project
Move United - Redefining Disability Agency: Superunion / New York Client: Move United Category: Design for Good / Typography
Between the World and Me Agency: BUCK Client: HBO Category: Motion
GAFA Online Degree Show 2020 Agency: Tian Client: Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Category: Use of Typography / Series
LiebeHeide Bitmap Color Font Agency: Ulrike Client: LiebeFonts Category: Typefaces / Font Systems
Relearn How to be Human Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Brooklyn Film Festival / New York Client: Brooklyn Film Festival Category: Advertising
Flame-licked Type, Your Way Agency: Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York Client: Burger King Category: Package / Product / Series
How many female type designers do you know? Agency: Yulia Popova Client: Self-Promotion Category: Design for Good / Typography
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
PLANET OF THE TYPOS Agency: GOO CHOKI PAR / Tokyo Client: Personal project Category: Poster / Series
Type directors club annual exhibition in Taiwan 20 Agency: Ken-tsai Lee + Po-En Client: Type directors club Category: Environmental
góng mē - Cantonese Observation Exhibition Agency: another design / Guangzhou + SuperB Wen He You / Guangzhou Client: SuperB Wen He You Category: Environmental
Republish: Typography As... Exhibition Agency: Behalf Studio / Ho Chi Minh City Client: Republish Project (Self-Promotion) Category: Environmental
Lektorat Agency: Florian Fecher + TypeTogether / Prague Client: TypeTogether Category: Typefaces / Font Systems
Ika Typeface Agency: Jörg Hemker Client: Fontwerk Category: Typefaces / Font Systems
Rolleiflex Numbers Agency: Noel Pretorius + Studio Kleiner / Stockholm Client: Studio Kleiner Category: Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Passion Project
Drinking Alone with the Moon Agency: Cindy I-Hsuan + Nanyang Technological University / Singapore Client: Cindy I-Hsuan Wang Category: Innovation
ABCs of Survival Agency: The Bloc / New York Client: National Black Child Development Institute Category: Use of Typography / Single
Educating Gen Z Agency: Sunday Afternoon / New York + Juan Carlos Client: The New York Times Category: Use of Typography / Single
Choosing a happy apartment to get lost. Agency: Dentsu West Japan / Kobe + Three & Co. / Osaka Client: WadaKohsan Category: Advertising
We Are Agency: Work by Lule / New York Client: Self-promotion Category: Wildcard

2021 Typography Best of Discipline Cube

Ben Johnston

Start India

Kūtu / Nest Mural

Best of Typography

ADC_DFG21_003G

2021 Typography Gold Cube

Ben Johnston

Start India

Kūtu / Nest Mural

Design for Good / Typography

ADC_DFG21_003G

2021 Typography Gold Cube

Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York

Burger King

Mouthwatering Type, Your Way

Use of Typography / Series

ADC_TYP21_003G

2021 Typography Gold Cube

Benoit Berger + BUREAU BERGER / Paris

BUREAU BERGER

BTC Cast 01

Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Passion Project

ADC_TYP21_001G

2021 Typography Gold Cube

The New York Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times

Great Performers

Use of Typography / Single

ADC_TYP21_002G

2021 Typography Silver Cube

Haocheng Zhang + Jua Klein Nina

London College of Fashion - University of the Arts London

The Body Experimental Type

Environmental

ADC_TYP21_004S

2021 Typography Silver Cube

Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York

Burger King

Flame, Your Way

Typefaces / Font Systems

ADC_TYP21_006S

2021 Typography Silver Cube

Morcos Key + Debakir / New York

Commercial Type

Lyon Arabic

Typefaces / Font Systems

ADC_TYP21_007S

2021 Typography Silver Cube

Benoit Berger + BUREAU BERGER / Paris

BUREAU BERGER

BTC Cast 01

Typefaces / Font Systems

ADC_TYP21_008S

2021 Typography Silver Cube

Goeun Park & Wei-Hao Wang

Self-promotion

Body Type

Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Passion Project

ADC_TYP21_005S

2021 Typography Bronze Cube

Superunion / New York

Move United

Move United - Redefining Disability

Design for Good / Typography

ADC_DFG21_030B

2021 Typography Bronze Cube

BUCK

HBO

Between the World and Me

Motion

ADC_TYP21_010B

2021 Typography Bronze Cube

Tian

Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

GAFA Online Degree Show 2020

Use of Typography / Series

ADC_TYP21_013B

2021 Typography Bronze Cube

Ulrike

LiebeFonts

LiebeHeide Bitmap Color Font

Typefaces / Font Systems

ADC_TYP21_012B

2021 Typography Bronze Cube

TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Brooklyn Film Festival / New York

Brooklyn Film Festival

Relearn How to be Human

Advertising

ADC_TYP21_009B

2021 Typography Bronze Cube

Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York

Burger King

Flame-licked Type, Your Way

Package / Product / Series

ADC_TYP21_011B

2021 Typography Merit Honor

Yulia Popova

Self-Promotion

How many female type designers do you know?

Design for Good / Typography

ADC_DFG21_063M

2021 Typography Merit Honor

The Bloc / New York

Greenwich Biosciences / Epidiolex

Diagnosing Epilepsy Type

Use of Typography / Series

ADC_TYP21_025M

2021 Typography Merit Honor

TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Brooklyn Film Festival / New York

Brooklyn Film Festival

Relearn How to be Human

Use of Typography / Series

ADC_TYP21_026M

2021 Typography Merit Honor

Dawang Sun + Hui Pan

May Art Foundation

"Pieces" Solo Photography Exhibition

Use of Typography / Series

ADC_TYP21_027M

2021 Typography Merit Honor

GOO CHOKI PAR / Tokyo

Personal project

PLANET OF THE TYPOS

Poster / Series

ADC_TYP21_020M

2021 Typography Merit Honor

Ken-tsai Lee + Po-En

Type directors club

Type directors club annual exhibition in Taiwan 20

Environmental

ADC_TYP21_015M

2021 Typography Merit Honor

another design / Guangzhou + SuperB Wen He You / Guangzhou

SuperB Wen He You

góng mē - Cantonese Observation Exhibition

Environmental

ADC_TYP21_016M

2021 Typography Merit Honor

Behalf Studio / Ho Chi Minh City

Republish Project (Self-Promotion)

Republish: Typography As... Exhibition

Environmental

ADC_TYP21_017M

2021 Typography Merit Honor

Florian Fecher + TypeTogether / Prague

TypeTogether

Lektorat

Typefaces / Font Systems

ADC_TYP21_021M

2021 Typography Merit Honor

Jörg Hemker

Fontwerk

Ika Typeface

Typefaces / Font Systems

ADC_TYP21_022M

2021 Typography Merit Honor

Noel Pretorius + Studio Kleiner / Stockholm

Studio Kleiner

Rolleiflex Numbers

Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Passion Project

ADC_TYP21_019M

2021 Typography Merit Honor

Cindy I-Hsuan + Nanyang Technological University / Singapore

Cindy I-Hsuan Wang

Drinking Alone with the Moon

Innovation

ADC_TYP21_018M

2021 Typography Merit Honor

The Bloc / New York

National Black Child Development Institute

ABCs of Survival

Use of Typography / Single

ADC_TYP21_023M

2021 Typography Merit Honor

Sunday Afternoon / New York + Juan Carlos

The New York Times

Educating Gen Z

Use of Typography / Single

ADC_TYP21_024M

2021 Typography Merit Honor

Dentsu West Japan / Kobe + Three & Co. / Osaka

WadaKohsan

Choosing a happy apartment to get lost.

Advertising

ADC_TYP21_014M

2021 Typography Merit Honor

Work by Lule / New York

Self-promotion

We Are

Wildcard

ADC_TYP21_028M

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