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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- Advertising
- Animation
- Art Direction - Digital / Motion
- Art Direction - Direct
- Art Direction - Press / Poster
- Beauty / Cosmetics / Personal Care
- Best of Advertising
- Best of Brand / Communication Design
- Best of Experiential Design
- Best of Fashion Design
- Best of Illustration
- Best of In-House
- Best of Integrated
- Best of Interactive
- Best of Motion / Film / Gaming Craft
- Best of Packaging Design
- Best of Photography
- Best of Product Design
- Best of Publication Design
- Best of Show
- Best of Spatial Design
- Best of Typography
- Book
- Books
- Brand / Communication Design
- Branded Content / Entertainment - Episodic
- Branded Content / Entertainment - Games
- Branded Content / Entertainment - Online Video
- Branded Content / Entertainment - TV / Film
- Branding
- Children
- Consumer Electronics
- Craft
- Craft in Motion / Film
- Craft in Online / Mobile
- Craft in Video
- Craft in Writing
- Data Visualization
- Design for Good
- Digital
- Digital Experiences
- Digital Publications
- Direct
- Drone / Aerial
- Durable Goods
- Editorial
- Entertainment / Recreation
- Environmental
- Environmental Design
- Experiential Design
- Extended Reality
- Fashion
- Fine Art / Conceptual
- Food
- Food / Beverage
- Fusion Cube
- Games
- Home / Houseware
- Innovation
- Integrated
- Interactive
- Magazines
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- Motion
- Motion / Film
- Motion / Film Craft
- Mural / Graffiti / Street Art
- Music / Entertainment
- Newspapers
- Online / Mobile Websites
- Out of Home
- Package / Product
- Packaging
- Personal / Passion Projects
- Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project
- Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Passion Project
- Pharma / Health / Wellness
- Photojournalism
- Portraiture
- Poster
- Posters
- Press
- Products / Commercial
- Promotional
- Promotional / Collateral
- Promotional Materials
- Prototype
- Rebranding
- Science / Medical
- Social Media
- Spatial Design
- Specialty Product / Wildcard
- Sports / Recreation
- Street
- Sustainable / Eco-friendly
- Television / Film / Online Video
- Traditional
- Typefaces / Font Systems
- Uncommissioned / Personal
- Use of Typography
- UX / UI
- Video
- Wildcard
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


BK Moldy Whopper
Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client: Burger King Category: Best of Integrated

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

Democracy by Mail
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Best of Photography

BREONNA TAYLOR COVER
Agency: Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / New York + Amy Sherald
Client: VANITY FAIR Category: Best of Publication Design

Untouched by Light
Agency: Bruketa&Zinic&Grey / Zagreb + Radgonske gorice / Gornja Radgona
Client: Radgonske gorice/Untouched by Light Category: Best of Packaging 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

True Name
Agency: McCann / New York + JSM Music / New York + Hungry Man / Los Angeles
Client: Mastercard Category: Best of Product Design

#ENDviolence – More Than A Mark
Agency: BBDO Group Germany GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH
Client: UNICEF Deutschland Category: Best of Motion / Film / Gaming Craft

BK Moldy Whopper
Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client: Burger King Category: Best of Advertising

The Uncensored Library
Agency: DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Best of Experiential Design

The Uncensored Library
Agency: DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Design for Good / Advertising - Single


ABCs of Survival
Agency: The Bloc / New York
Client: National Black Child Development Institute Category: Fusion Cube

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


Museum of Thousands of Names - Identity for Warsaw
Agency: DADADA Studio / Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
Client: Warsaw Ghetto Museum Category: Branding / Logo


The Prescription Paper Pill Bottle
Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness / New York + Publicis Groupe / Tel Aviv + Tikkun Olam Makers: TOM / Tel Aviv + Pixel Farm / Minneapolis
Client: Tikkun Olam Makers: TOM Category: Sustainable / Eco-friendly / Single


The First Fully Circular Beauty & Wellness Brand
Agency: Bartlett Brands / San Francisco + 4Sight / New York + Clevertech / New York
Client: Ace of Air Category: Sustainable / Eco-friendly / Series


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


Alone with Me
Agency: Spotify In-House
Client: Spotify Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction


I'd rather be in a dark silence than
Agency: Dejha Ti + Ania Catherine
Client: Museum of Contemporary Digital Art Category: Innovation


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


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


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


#ENDviolence – More Than A Mark
Agency: BBDO Group Germany GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH
Client: UNICEF Deutschland Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Direction


You Can't Stop Us
Agency: Pulse Films + Wieden+Kennedy / Portland
Client: Nike Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Direction


HORNBACH "Biodiversity starts in your garden."
Agency: HEIMAT, Berlin / Berlin + Czar Film GmbH / Hamburg + LOFT Studios GmbH / Berlin
Client: HORNBACH Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Direction


BK Moldy Whopper
Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client: Burger King Category: Television / Film / Online Video / Television - Single


Boards of Change
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + Current Global / Chicago + FCBX / Chicago
Client: City of Chicago Category: Promotional / Wildcard


The Velvet Kingdom
Agency: Henri Prestes
Client: Henri Prestes Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series


Endless World of Airmax
Agency: BBDO / New York
Client: Foot Locker Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Content Strategy


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


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


Alone with Me
Agency: Spotify In-House
Client: Spotify Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Use of Technology


Yuanheguan Village Committee
Agency: LUO Studio / Beijing + Yujie Luo + Chen Zhang + Wenjing Wei
Client: Party and Public Service Center of Yuanheguan Village Category: Spatial Design / Restoration / Renovation


Future
Agency: DDB / Paris + MIKROS PHOTO / Paris
Client: Volkswagen Category: Press / Magazine - Series


Grammys Issue: Phoebe Bridgers (March 10, 2021)
Agency: Variety / Los Angeles
Client: Variety Category: Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread


BK Moldy Whopper
Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client: Burger King Category: Integrated / Traditional


Award:
2021 Best of Show Best of Show Black Cube
Agency:
DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client:
Reporters Without Borders
Title:
The Uncensored Library
Category:
Best of Show
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_001G

Award:
2021 Integrated Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client:
Burger King
Title:
BK Moldy Whopper
Category:
Best of Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_ITG21_001G

Award:
2021 Interactive Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Spotify In-House
Client:
Spotify
Title:
Alone with Me
Category:
Best of Interactive
Annual ID:
ADC_INT21_001G

Award:
2021 Illustration Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
SAY THEIR NAMES
Category:
Best of Illustration
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_001G

Award:
2021 Fashion Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Yuzhao Huang
Client:
Personal project
Title:
The Spomeniks
Category:
Best of Fashion Design
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN21_001G

Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
DADADA Studio / Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
Client:
Warsaw Ghetto Museum
Title:
Museum of Thousands of Names - Identity for Warsaw
Category:
Best of Brand / Communication Design
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_001G

Award:
2021 In-House Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Spotify In-House
Client:
Spotify
Title:
Alone with Me
Category:
Best of In-House
Annual ID:
ADC_INH21_001G

Award:
2021 Photography Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Democracy by Mail
Category:
Best of Photography
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_001G

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 Packaging Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Bruketa&Zinic&Grey / Zagreb + Radgonske gorice / Gornja Radgona
Client:
Radgonske gorice/Untouched by Light
Title:
Untouched by Light
Category:
Best of Packaging Design
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG21_001G

Award:
2021 Spatial Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
ATELIER BRÜCKNER GmbH / Stuttgart + BIG Bjarke Ingels Group / Copenhagen + Media Planning with: medienprojekt p2 / Stuttgart + LDE Belzner Holmes / Stuttgart
Client:
Audemars Piguet
Title:
Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet
Category:
Best of Spatial Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL21_001G

Award:
2021 Product Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
McCann / New York + JSM Music / New York + Hungry Man / Los Angeles
Client:
Mastercard
Title:
True Name
Category:
Best of Product Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_002G

Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
BBDO Group Germany GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH
Client:
UNICEF Deutschland
Title:
#ENDviolence – More Than A Mark
Category:
Best of Motion / Film / Gaming Craft
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_001G

Award:
2021 Advertising Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client:
Burger King
Title:
BK Moldy Whopper
Category:
Best of Advertising
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_001G

Award:
2021 Experiential Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client:
Reporters Without Borders
Title:
The Uncensored Library
Category:
Best of Experiential Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_001G

Award:
2021 Typography Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Ben Johnston
Client:
Start India
Title:
Kūtu / Nest Mural
Category:
Best of Typography
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_003G

Award:
2021 Designism Cube Designism Cube
Agency:
DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client:
Reporters Without Borders
Title:
The Uncensored Library
Category:
Design for Good / Advertising - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_005G

Award:
2021 Fusion Cube Fusion Cube
Agency:
The Bloc / New York
Client:
EmpowHer NY
Title:
The Call
Category:
Fusion Cube
Annual ID:
ADC_FUS21_001F

Award:
2021 Fusion Cube Fusion Cube
Agency:
The Bloc / New York
Client:
National Black Child Development Institute
Title:
ABCs of Survival
Category:
Fusion Cube
Annual ID:
ADC_FUS21_002F

Award:
2021 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
Droga5 / New York + The New York Times / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Life Needs Truth
Category:
Craft in Writing / TV / Film / Video
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_008G

Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
DADADA Studio / Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
Client:
Warsaw Ghetto Museum
Title:
Museum of Thousands of Names - Identity for Warsaw
Category:
Branding / Logo
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_001G

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 Packaging Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness / New York + Publicis Groupe / Tel Aviv + Tikkun Olam Makers: TOM / Tel Aviv + Pixel Farm / Minneapolis
Client:
Tikkun Olam Makers: TOM
Title:
The Prescription Paper Pill Bottle
Category:
Sustainable / Eco-friendly / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG21_007G

Award:
2021 Packaging Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Bartlett Brands / San Francisco + 4Sight / New York + Clevertech / New York
Client:
Ace of Air
Title:
The First Fully Circular Beauty & Wellness Brand
Category:
Sustainable / Eco-friendly / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG21_008G

Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
COLLINS + San Francisco Symphony
Client:
San Francisco Symphony
Title:
San Francisco Symphony Brand Identity
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_002G

Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
CENTER / Brooklyn + United Sodas of America / Brooklyn + House of 207 / Brooklyn
Client:
United Sodas of America
Title:
United Sodas of America
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_003G

Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
COLLINS + M.AD School of Ideas
Client:
M.AD School of Ideas
Title:
M.AD School of Ideas Brand Identity
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_004G

Award:
2021 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
Spotify In-House
Client:
Spotify
Title:
Alone with Me
Category:
Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction
Annual ID:
ADC_INT21_001G

Award:
2021 Fashion Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Yuzhao Huang
Client:
Personal project
Title:
The Spomeniks
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN21_001G

Award:
2021 Fashion Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Dejha Ti + Ania Catherine
Client:
Museum of Contemporary Digital Art
Title:
I'd rather be in a dark silence than
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN21_002G

Award:
2021 In-House Gold Cube
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:
Experiential Design / Guerrilla Marketing / Stunt
Annual ID:
ADC_INH21_004G

Award:
2021 Typography Gold Cube
Agency:
Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York
Client:
Burger King
Title:
Mouthwatering Type, Your Way
Category:
Use of Typography / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP21_003G

Award:
2021 Typography Gold Cube
Agency:
Benoit Berger + BUREAU BERGER / Paris
Client:
BUREAU BERGER
Title:
BTC Cast 01
Category:
Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Passion Project
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP21_001G

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 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
BBDO Group Germany GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH
Client:
UNICEF Deutschland
Title:
#ENDviolence – More Than A Mark
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_001G

Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
Pulse Films + Wieden+Kennedy / Portland
Client:
Nike
Title:
You Can't Stop Us
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_004G

Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
HEIMAT, Berlin / Berlin + Czar Film GmbH / Hamburg + LOFT Studios GmbH / Berlin
Client:
HORNBACH
Title:
HORNBACH "Biodiversity starts in your garden."
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_005G

Award:
2021 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client:
Burger King
Title:
BK Moldy Whopper
Category:
Television / Film / Online Video / Television - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_014G

Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + Current Global / Chicago + FCBX / Chicago
Client:
City of Chicago
Title:
Boards of Change
Category:
Promotional / Wildcard
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_005G

Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
Henri Prestes
Client:
Henri Prestes
Title:
The Velvet Kingdom
Category:
Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_002G

Award:
2021 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
BBDO / New York
Client:
Foot Locker
Title:
Endless World of Airmax
Category:
Craft in Online / Mobile / Content Strategy
Annual ID:
ADC_INT21_002G

Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Shot on iPhone Series B
Category:
Mobile
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_003G

Award:
2021 In-House Gold Cube
Agency:
Verizon Creative Marketing / New York + Verizon / New York + Unit9 / New York
Client:
Verizon/The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title:
The Met Unframed
Category:
Interactive / Online / Mobile Websites
Annual ID:
ADC_INH21_005G

Award:
2021 Spatial Design Gold Cube
Agency:
ATELIER BRÜCKNER GmbH / Stuttgart + BIG Bjarke Ingels Group / Copenhagen + Media Planning with: medienprojekt p2 / Stuttgart + LDE Belzner Holmes / Stuttgart
Client:
Audemars Piguet
Title:
Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet
Category:
Spatial Design / Museums / Cultural Centers
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL21_001G

Award:
2021 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
Spotify In-House
Client:
Spotify
Title:
Alone with Me
Category:
Craft in Online / Mobile / Use of Technology
Annual ID:
ADC_INT21_003G

Award:
2021 Spatial Design Gold Cube
Agency:
LUO Studio / Beijing + Yujie Luo + Chen Zhang + Wenjing Wei
Client:
Party and Public Service Center of Yuanheguan Village
Title:
Yuanheguan Village Committee
Category:
Spatial Design / Restoration / Renovation
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL21_003G

Award:
2021 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
DDB / Paris + MIKROS PHOTO / Paris
Client:
Volkswagen
Title:
Future
Category:
Press / Magazine - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_011G

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 Integrated Gold Cube
Agency:
INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client:
Burger King
Title:
BK Moldy Whopper
Category:
Integrated / Traditional
Annual ID:
ADC_ITG21_001G
