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

The Uncensored Library Agency: DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Best of Show
Kūtu / Nest Mural Agency: Ben Johnston Client: Start India Category: Best of Typography
BREONNA TAYLOR COVER Agency: Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / New York + Amy Sherald Client: VANITY FAIR Category: Best of Publication Design
Democracy by Mail Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Category: Best of Photography
The Uncensored Library Agency: DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Best of Experiential Design
Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet Agency: ATELIER BRÜCKNER GmbH / Stuttgart + BIG Bjarke Ingels Group / Copenhagen + Media Planning with: medienprojekt p2 / Stuttgart + LDE Belzner Holmes / Stuttgart Client: Audemars Piguet Category: Best of Spatial Design
BK Moldy Whopper Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis Client: Burger King Category: Best of Integrated
BK Moldy Whopper Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis Client: Burger King Category: Best of Advertising
Alone with Me Agency: Spotify In-House Client: Spotify Category: Best of Interactive
Untouched by Light Agency: Bruketa&Zinic&Grey / Zagreb + Radgonske gorice / Gornja Radgona Client: Radgonske gorice/Untouched by Light Category: Best of Packaging Design
The Spomeniks Agency: Yuzhao Huang Client: Personal project Category: Best of Fashion Design
True Name Agency: McCann / New York + JSM Music / New York + Hungry Man / Los Angeles Client: Mastercard Category: Best of Product Design
Alone with Me Agency: Spotify In-House Client: Spotify Category: Best of In-House
#ENDviolence – More Than A Mark Agency: BBDO Group Germany GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH Client: UNICEF Deutschland Category: Best of Motion / Film / Gaming Craft
SAY THEIR NAMES Agency: The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson Client: The New Yorker Category: Best of Illustration
Museum of Thousands of Names - Identity for Warsaw Agency: DADADA Studio / Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Client: Warsaw Ghetto Museum Category: Best of Brand / Communication Design
The Uncensored Library Agency: DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Design for Good / Advertising - Single
The Call Agency: The Bloc / New York Client: EmpowHer NY Category: Fusion Cube
ABCs of Survival Agency: The Bloc / New York Client: National Black Child Development Institute Category: Fusion Cube
The Uncensored Library Agency: DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Design for Good / Interactive
Pedestal Project Agency: BBDO / New York Client: Color of Change Category: Design for Good / Interactive
You Can't Stop Us Agency: a52 / Santa Monica + Wieden+Kennedy / Portland + Joint Editorial / Portland + Pulse Films / Los Angeles Client: Nike Category: Craft in Video / Special Effects
Fantastic Voyage Agency: 72andSunny / Los Angeles + Adobe Client: Adobe Category: Craft in Video / Special Effects
SAY THEIR NAMES Agency: The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
THE CENTENNIAL Agency: The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
Distant Summer Agency: The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
AMERICAN UPRISING Agency: Rolling Stone / New York + Kadir Nelson Client: Rolling Stone Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
Sweet Liberty Agency: The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
Life Needs Truth Agency: Droga5 / New York + The New York Times / New York Client: The New York Times Category: Craft in Writing / TV / Film / Video
Squarespace Agency: Squarespace Client: Squarespace Category: Advertising / Television / Film / Online Video
The Met Unframed Agency: Verizon Creative Marketing / New York + Verizon / New York + Unit9 / New York Client: Verizon/The Metropolitan Museum of Art Category: Interactive / Online / Mobile Websites
Kūtu / Nest Mural Agency: Ben Johnston Client: Start India Category: Design for Good / Typography
Wrestling With Westside Story Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Category: Music / Entertainment / Single
Alone with Me Agency: Spotify In-House Client: Spotify Category: Advertising / Art Direction
AFTER THE STORM Agency: CBS SUNDAY MORNING / New York + Kadir Nelson Client: CBS Sunday Morning Category: Promotional / Collateral / Single
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
The Spomeniks Agency: Yuzhao Huang Client: Personal project Category: Innovation
I'd rather be in a dark silence than Agency: Dejha Ti + Ania Catherine Client: Museum of Contemporary Digital Art Category: Innovation
Alone with Me Agency: Spotify In-House Client: Spotify Category: Interactive / Data Visualization
FACEGYM Agency: ESTABLISHED / New York Client: FACEGYM Category: Beauty / Cosmetics / Personal Care / Single
How It Works Agency: The New York Times For Kids / New York Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Newspapers / Full Issue
San Francisco Symphony Brand Identity Agency: COLLINS + San Francisco Symphony Client: San Francisco Symphony Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
United Sodas of America Agency: CENTER / Brooklyn + United Sodas of America / Brooklyn + House of 207 / Brooklyn Client: United Sodas of America Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
M.AD School of Ideas Brand Identity Agency: COLLINS + M.AD School of Ideas Client: M.AD School of Ideas Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
BK Moldy Whopper Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis Client: Burger King Category: Art Direction - Press / Poster / Press / Print Advertising - Series
BK Moldy Whopper Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis Client: Burger King Category: Press / Newspaper - Series
BK Moldy Whopper Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis Client: Burger King Category: Innovation / Press
Mouthwatering Type, Your Way Agency: Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York Client: Burger King Category: Use of Typography / Series
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: Experiential Design / Guerrilla Marketing / Stunt
Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet Agency: ATELIER BRÜCKNER GmbH / Stuttgart + BIG Bjarke Ingels Group / Copenhagen + Media Planning with: medienprojekt p2 / Stuttgart + LDE Belzner Holmes / Stuttgart Client: Audemars Piguet Category: Spatial Design / Museums / Cultural Centers

2021 Best of Show Best of Show Black Cube

DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks

Reporters Without Borders

The Uncensored Library

Best of Show

ADC_DFG21_001G

2021 Typography Best of Discipline Cube

Ben Johnston

Start India

Kūtu / Nest Mural

Best of Typography

ADC_DFG21_003G

2021 Publication Design Best of Discipline Cube

Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / New York + Amy Sherald

VANITY FAIR

BREONNA TAYLOR COVER

Best of Publication Design

ADC_PUB21_001G

2021 Photography Best of Discipline Cube

The New York Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times

Democracy by Mail

Best of Photography

ADC_PHO21_001G

2021 Experiential Design Best of Discipline Cube

DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks

Reporters Without Borders

The Uncensored Library

Best of Experiential Design

ADC_DFG21_001G

2021 Spatial Design Best of Discipline Cube

ATELIER BRÜCKNER GmbH / Stuttgart + BIG Bjarke Ingels Group / Copenhagen + Media Planning with: medienprojekt p2 / Stuttgart + LDE Belzner Holmes / Stuttgart

Audemars Piguet

Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet

Best of Spatial Design

ADC_SPL21_001G

2021 Integrated Best of Discipline Cube

INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis

Burger King

BK Moldy Whopper

Best of Integrated

ADC_ITG21_001G

2021 Advertising Best of Discipline Cube

INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis

Burger King

BK Moldy Whopper

Best of Advertising

ADC_ADV21_001G

2021 Interactive Best of Discipline Cube

Spotify In-House

Spotify

Alone with Me

Best of Interactive

ADC_INT21_001G

2021 Packaging Design Best of Discipline Cube

Bruketa&Zinic&Grey / Zagreb + Radgonske gorice / Gornja Radgona

Radgonske gorice/Untouched by Light

Untouched by Light

Best of Packaging Design

ADC_PKG21_001G

2021 Fashion Design Best of Discipline Cube

Yuzhao Huang

Personal project

The Spomeniks

Best of Fashion Design

ADC_FSN21_001G

2021 Product Design Best of Discipline Cube

McCann / New York + JSM Music / New York + Hungry Man / Los Angeles

Mastercard

True Name

Best of Product Design

ADC_DFG21_002G

2021 In-House Best of Discipline Cube

Spotify In-House

Spotify

Alone with Me

Best of In-House

ADC_INH21_001G

2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Best of Discipline Cube

BBDO Group Germany GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH

UNICEF Deutschland

#ENDviolence – More Than A Mark

Best of Motion / Film / Gaming Craft

ADC_MOT21_001G

2021 Illustration Best of Discipline Cube

The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson

The New Yorker

SAY THEIR NAMES

Best of Illustration

ADC_ILT21_001G

2021 Brand / Communication Design Best of Discipline Cube

DADADA Studio / Rosencrantz & Guildenstern

Warsaw Ghetto Museum

Museum of Thousands of Names - Identity for Warsaw

Best of Brand / Communication Design

ADC_BCD21_001G

2021 Designism Cube Designism Cube

DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks

Reporters Without Borders

The Uncensored Library

Design for Good / Advertising - Single

ADC_DFG21_005G

2021 Fusion Cube Fusion Cube

The Bloc / New York

EmpowHer NY

The Call

Fusion Cube

ADC_FUS21_001F

2021 Fusion Cube Fusion Cube

The Bloc / New York

National Black Child Development Institute

ABCs of Survival

Fusion Cube

ADC_FUS21_002F

2021 Interactive Gold Cube

DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks

Reporters Without Borders

The Uncensored Library

Design for Good / Interactive

ADC_DFG21_006G

2021 Interactive Gold Cube

BBDO / New York

Color of Change

Pedestal Project

Design for Good / Interactive

ADC_DFG21_007G

2021 Advertising Gold Cube

a52 / Santa Monica + Wieden+Kennedy / Portland + Joint Editorial / Portland + Pulse Films / Los Angeles

Nike

You Can't Stop Us

Craft in Video / Special Effects

ADC_ADV21_006G

2021 Advertising Gold Cube

72andSunny / Los Angeles + Adobe

Adobe

Fantastic Voyage

Craft in Video / Special Effects

ADC_ADV21_007G

2021 Illustration Gold Cube

The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson

The New Yorker

SAY THEIR NAMES

Editorial / Front Page - Single

ADC_ILT21_001G

2021 Illustration Gold Cube

The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson

The New Yorker

THE CENTENNIAL

Editorial / Front Page - Single

ADC_ILT21_003G

2021 Illustration Gold Cube

The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson

The New Yorker

Distant Summer

Editorial / Front Page - Single

ADC_ILT21_004G

2021 Illustration Gold Cube

Rolling Stone / New York + Kadir Nelson

Rolling Stone

AMERICAN UPRISING

Editorial / Front Page - Single

ADC_ILT21_005G

2021 Illustration Gold Cube

The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson

The New Yorker

Sweet Liberty

Editorial / Front Page - Single

ADC_ILT21_006G

2021 Advertising Gold Cube

Droga5 / New York + The New York Times / New York

The New York Times

Life Needs Truth

Craft in Writing / TV / Film / Video

ADC_ADV21_008G

2021 In-House Gold Cube

Squarespace

Squarespace

Squarespace

Advertising / Television / Film / Online Video

ADC_INH21_003G

2021 In-House Gold Cube

Verizon Creative Marketing / New York + Verizon / New York + Unit9 / New York

Verizon/The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met Unframed

Interactive / Online / Mobile Websites

ADC_INH21_005G

2021 Typography Gold Cube

Ben Johnston

Start India

Kūtu / Nest Mural

Design for Good / Typography

ADC_DFG21_003G

2021 Photography Gold Cube

The New York Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times

Wrestling With Westside Story

Music / Entertainment / Single

ADC_PHO21_004G

2021 In-House Gold Cube

Spotify In-House

Spotify

Alone with Me

Advertising / Art Direction

ADC_INH21_002G

2021 Illustration Gold Cube

CBS SUNDAY MORNING / New York + Kadir Nelson

CBS Sunday Morning

AFTER THE STORM

Promotional / Collateral / Single

ADC_ILT21_009G

2021 Publication Design Gold Cube

The New York Times For Kids / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times for Kids

2020 Covers

Newspapers / Front Page

ADC_PUB21_006G

2021 Fashion Design Gold Cube

Yuzhao Huang

Personal project

The Spomeniks

Innovation

ADC_FSN21_001G

2021 Fashion Design Gold Cube

Dejha Ti + Ania Catherine

Museum of Contemporary Digital Art

I'd rather be in a dark silence than

Innovation

ADC_FSN21_002G

2021 In-House Gold Cube

Spotify In-House

Spotify

Alone with Me

Interactive / Data Visualization

ADC_INH21_001G

2021 Packaging Design Gold Cube

ESTABLISHED / New York

FACEGYM

FACEGYM

Beauty / Cosmetics / Personal Care / Single

ADC_PKG21_002G

2021 Publication Design Gold Cube

The New York Times For Kids / New York

The New York Times for Kids

How It Works

Newspapers / Full Issue

ADC_PUB21_007G

2021 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube

COLLINS + San Francisco Symphony

San Francisco Symphony

San Francisco Symphony Brand Identity

Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated

ADC_BCD21_002G

2021 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube

CENTER / Brooklyn + United Sodas of America / Brooklyn + House of 207 / Brooklyn

United Sodas of America

United Sodas of America

Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated

ADC_BCD21_003G

2021 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube

COLLINS + M.AD School of Ideas

M.AD School of Ideas

M.AD School of Ideas Brand Identity

Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated

ADC_BCD21_004G

2021 Advertising Gold Cube

INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis

Burger King

BK Moldy Whopper

Art Direction - Press / Poster / Press / Print Advertising - Series

ADC_ADV21_004G

2021 Advertising Gold Cube

INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis

Burger King

BK Moldy Whopper

Press / Newspaper - Series

ADC_ADV21_012G

2021 Advertising Gold Cube

INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis

Burger King

BK Moldy Whopper

Innovation / Press

ADC_ADV21_010G

2021 Typography Gold Cube

Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York

Burger King

Mouthwatering Type, Your Way

Use of Typography / Series

ADC_TYP21_003G

2021 In-House Gold Cube

Leo Burnett Colombia / Bogota + ABinBev Colombia / Bogota + The Coach / Habla el balón / Dattis / Draftline / Lowe / Bogotá + Leo Burnett Colombia / Bogotá

ABinBev Aguila Beer

Half Fans

Experiential Design / Guerrilla Marketing / Stunt

ADC_INH21_004G

2021 Spatial Design Gold Cube

ATELIER BRÜCKNER GmbH / Stuttgart + BIG Bjarke Ingels Group / Copenhagen + Media Planning with: medienprojekt p2 / Stuttgart + LDE Belzner Holmes / Stuttgart

Audemars Piguet

Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet

Spatial Design / Museums / Cultural Centers

ADC_SPL21_001G

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