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
- Mobile
- 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- Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project
- Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Passion Project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


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

Museum of Thousands of Names - Identity for Warsaw
Agency: DADADA Studio / Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
Client: Warsaw Ghetto Museum Category: Best of Brand / Communication Design

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

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

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

#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

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

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

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: Pharma / Health / Wellness


Beautiful Days
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: Menicon Co., Ltd. Category: Pharma / Health / Wellness


Eurythenes plasticus
Agency: BBDO Group Germany GmbH + Sehsucht GmbH
Client: WWF Germany Category: Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment


RAN
Agency: Ailun Jiang + Yatang Hsu
Client: Self-Promotion Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series


#ENDviolence
Agency: BBDO Group Germany GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH
Client: UNICEF Deutschland Category: Design for Good / Motion / Film Craft


Shot on iPhone Portrait Series A
Agency: Apple / Cupertino
Client: Apple Category: Portraiture / Series


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


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


Fantastic Voyage
Agency: 72andSunny / Los Angeles + Adobe
Client: Adobe Category: Art Direction - Digital / Motion / Digital


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


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


Art House
Agency: Aidlin Darling Design / San Francisco
Client: Aidlin Darling Design Category: Spatial Design / Residential Building


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


Proud Parent
Agency: OREO + 360i / New York
Client: Mondelēz International, Inc. Category: Motion / Film / Narrative


FACEGYM
Agency: ESTABLISHED / New York
Client: FACEGYM Category: Beauty / Cosmetics / Personal Care / Single


BTC Cast 01
Agency: Benoit Berger + BUREAU BERGER / Paris
Client: BUREAU BERGER Category: Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Passion Project


How Climate Change Will Remap Where Americans Live
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Photojournalism / Single


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


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


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


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


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


DOWN THE LINE
Agency: THE JKBN GROUP, LLC. / Los Angeles + Kadir Nelson
Client: THE JKBN GROUP, LLC Category: Wildcard / Single


Eurythenes plasticus
Agency: BBDO Group Germany GmbH + Sehsucht GmbH
Client: WWF Germany Category: Design for Good / Advertising - Single


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


BREONNA TAYLOR COVER
Agency: Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / New York + Amy Sherald
Client: VANITY FAIR Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover


Untouched by Light
Agency: Bruketa&Zinic&Grey / Zagreb + Radgonske gorice / Gornja Radgona
Client: Radgonske gorice/Untouched by Light Category: Food / Beverage / Beverage - Single


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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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:
Pharma / Health / Wellness
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG21_005G

Award:
2021 Packaging Design Gold Cube
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client:
Menicon Co., Ltd.
Title:
Beautiful Days
Category:
Pharma / Health / Wellness
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG21_006G

Award:
2021 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
BBDO Group Germany GmbH + Sehsucht GmbH
Client:
WWF Germany
Title:
Eurythenes plasticus
Category:
Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_009G

Award:
2021 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Ailun Jiang + Yatang Hsu
Client:
Self-Promotion
Title:
RAN
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_008G

Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
BBDO Group Germany GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH
Client:
UNICEF Deutschland
Title:
#ENDviolence
Category:
Design for Good / Motion / Film Craft
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_009G

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 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
Spotify In-House
Client:
Spotify
Title:
Alone with Me
Category:
Online / Mobile Websites / Website
Annual ID:
ADC_INT21_006G

Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Shot on iPhone Portrait Series A
Category:
Portraiture / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_006G

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

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 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
72andSunny / Los Angeles + Adobe
Client:
Adobe
Title:
Fantastic Voyage
Category:
Art Direction - Digital / Motion / Digital
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_002G

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 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 Spatial Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Aidlin Darling Design / San Francisco
Client:
Aidlin Darling Design
Title:
Art House
Category:
Spatial Design / Residential Building
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL21_002G

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

Award:
2021 Typography Gold Cube
Agency:
Ben Johnston
Client:
Start India
Title:
Kūtu / Nest Mural
Category:
Design for Good / Typography
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_003G

Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
OREO + 360i / New York
Client:
Mondelēz International, Inc.
Title:
Proud Parent
Category:
Motion / Film / Narrative
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_008G

Award:
2021 Packaging Design Gold Cube
Agency:
ESTABLISHED / New York
Client:
FACEGYM
Title:
FACEGYM
Category:
Beauty / Cosmetics / Personal Care / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG21_002G

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 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
How Climate Change Will Remap Where Americans Live
Category:
Photojournalism / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_005G

Award:
2021 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client:
Burger King
Title:
BK Moldy Whopper
Category:
Innovation / Press
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_010G

Award:
2021 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
Pulse Films + Wieden+Kennedy / Portland
Client:
Nike
Title:
You Can't Stop Us
Category:
Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_005G

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 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 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client:
Burger King
Title:
BK Moldy Whopper
Category:
Television / Film / Online Video / Online - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_013G

Award:
2021 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
THE JKBN GROUP, LLC. / Los Angeles + Kadir Nelson
Client:
THE JKBN GROUP, LLC
Title:
DOWN THE LINE
Category:
Wildcard / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_010G

Award:
2021 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
BBDO Group Germany GmbH + Sehsucht GmbH
Client:
WWF Germany
Title:
Eurythenes plasticus
Category:
Design for Good / Advertising - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_004G

Award:
2021 Advertising Gold 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 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
