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

Magic Agency: Wizz / Quad Group / Paris + Wieden+Kennedy / Portland + Psyop + Blacklist / Los Angeles Client: Hayward Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Animation
MS Loop Agency: Not Real / Madrid + Not Real / Buenos Aires Client: Microsoft Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Animation
Protective Coloration Melted in Love Agency: Puff / Shanghai Client: Midea Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Animation
The true Santa Claus Agency: JUNG VON MATT AG / Hamburg + 2WEI Music / Hamburg + bEpic GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH / Berlin Client: Netto Marken-Discount Stiftung & Co. KG Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Animation
Repeater Agency: Carbon + Antfood Client: OFFF Dach Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Animation
Mum,I Love You. Agency: THE PAPER / Shanghai + Yuan Client: The Paper Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Animation
Can't Negotiate the Melting Point of Ice Agency: NOMINT / London Client: WWF Arctic Programme Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Animation
2 Days In Hell Agency: Current / New York Client: Current Category: Advertising / Television / Film / Online Video
Year in Search 2021 Agency: GOOGLE BRAND STUDIO / San Francisco Client: Google Category: Advertising / Television / Film / Online Video
Black History Month: Written By Agency: Creative X Meta + Creative Experiences, Facebook + Serial Pictures + EXILE Client: Meta Category: Advertising / Television / Film / Online Video
Sally's Seashells Agency: Squarespace / New York + a52 + Cabin + Anonymous Client: Squarespace Category: Advertising / Television / Film / Online Video
Everything to Sell Anything Agency: Squarespace / New York Client: Squarespace Category: Advertising / Television / Film / Online Video
Yamauchi No.10 Family Office Agency: mount inc. / Tokyo Client: Yamauchi No.10 Family Office Category: Online / Mobile Websites / Website
NHL Brand Film Agency: Elastic / Santa Monica Client: ESPN Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Visual Effects
Bubbles Agency: FCB / New York + Spotify Advertising / New York + Object & Animal / Marina Del Rey + Wave Studios / New York Client: Spotify Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Visual Effects
POSTER-POSTCARD-POST IT Agency: Tencent In-House / Shenzhen Client: Tencent Youth Science Festival Category: Posters / Wild Postings - Series
The Five Great Mountains of China Agency: Centre Design / Zhongshan Client: Caobu Public Library Category: Poster
Archi-Neering Posters Agency: Dawang + Hui Client: Tongji University Category: Poster
Dyslexia Unetided Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich Client: Gruner + Jahr Deutschland / Stern Category: Craft in Writing / Online / Social
Shelter: Fight For Home Agency: SUPERUNION / London + Who Wot Why / London + Shelter / London + There Is Studio / London Client: Shelter Category: Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Series
AAPIHM Agency: Spotify In-House / New York Client: Spotify Category: Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Series
Amex Business Card Chronicles Agency: dentsuMB / New York + American Express Client: American Express Category: Motion / Film / Short Video - Series
STONE FACES Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + P.I.C.S. Co., Ltd. / Tokyo + Plug Ltd. / Tokyo Client: Itoigawa City Category: Promotional / Digital Communications
Anti Look – the life-saving QR design Agency: SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin Client: Johanniter Category: Experiential Design / Wildcard
9/12: The untold story of reconnecting New York Agency: Verizon Creative Marketing / New York + PixelPusher / New York + Boombox / New York + Unit 9 / Los Angeles Client: Verizon Category: Experiential Design / Wildcard
Plastic Beach Goers Agency: Anomaly / Toronto Client: AB InBev / Corona Category: Experiential Design / Installations
The most epic seafaring legend ever told Agency: Leo Burnett / Madrid Client: OLD SPICE Category: Art Direction - Press / Poster / Poster Advertising - Single
6ourbon 7ime Agency: Leo Burnett / Chicago + Beam Suntory / Chicago + Harbor / New York + Starcom / Chicago Client: Beam Suntory Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction
The Lost Class Agency: Leo Burnett / Chicago + Change the Ref Inc. / Coral Springs + No. 6 / New York + Hungry Man / Los Angeles Client: Change the Ref Inc. Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction
Halo Infinite: Become Master Chief Agency: 215 McCann / San Francisco + Superhero Cheesecake Inc. Client: Microsoft Xbox Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction
Lions Good News 2020 Agency: PR Consulting Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Rock ā€˜n’ roll Japan Co., Ltd. / Tokyo + SHIFTBRAIN Inc. / Tokyo Client: Nikkei Inc. Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction
Together, A Film You Can Buy Agency: CALLEN / Austin + Psyop + National YoungArts Foundation Client: National YoungArts Foundation Category: Design for Good / Interactive
Fantastic Voyage Agency: 72andSunny / Los Angeles + RESET / Los Angeles + Cartel / Santa Monica + Alt.vfx / Los Angeles Client: Adobe / Premiere Pro Category: Craft in Video / Editing
IWC – Born of a Dream Agency: SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin Client: IWC Schaffhausen Category: Craft in Video / Editing
One Agency: BBDO Group Germany / Berlin + Iconoclast Germany GmbH / Berlin + SLGH Slaughterhouse Berlin Client: WhatsApp Category: Craft in Video / Editing
Lunchabuilds Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco Client: Lunchables Category: Integrated / Traditional
Freeze into Fragments of Time Agency: TIGERPAN PACKAGING DESIGN LAB. / Shenzhen + Guangzhou Kadilian Cosmetic Co., Ltd / Guangzhou Client: Guangzhou Kadilian Cosmetic Co., Ltd Category: Beauty / Cosmetics / Personal Care / Series
Freshly Made Skincare Agency: Opposite House / Stockholm Client: Skinome Project Category: Beauty / Cosmetics / Personal Care / Series
Built to Host Agency: 360i / New York + New Orleans & Company / New Orleans Client: New Orleans & Company Category: Advertising
Parent & Child Christmas Carnival-Hundred Family N Agency: Sun Jianyu Client: Parent & Child Christmas Carnival-Hundred Family Names Category: Advertising
A SHOWY LIFE Agency: Yin Client: LINLIN Design Studio Category: Books / Text-Driven
Farewell Agency: Yanrong Client: Zizai letterpress printing Category: Books / Text-Driven
What Have Kids Lost? Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover
Lunchabuilds Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco Client: Lunchables Category: Out of Home / Point of Purchase
Formula of Inspiration Agency: Ginko Client: Heytea Category: Mural / Graffiti / Street Art / Single
NikeSync Agency: R/GA / London Client: Nike Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Content Strategy
adidas EVE Agency: STUDIO O+A / San Francisco + LEVER Architecture / Portland Client: adidas Category: Spatial Design / Commercial Interiors
Aktion Mensch Headquarters Agency: Ippolito Fleitz Group / Stuttgart Client: Aktion Mensch e. V. Category: Spatial Design / Commercial Interiors
ARTIS Ventures Agency: STUDIO O+A / San Francisco Client: ARTIS Ventures Category: Spatial Design / Commercial Interiors
AAPIHM Agency: Spotify In-House / New York + BUCK + Jocely Tsaih Client: Spotify Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Digital

2022 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor

Wizz / Quad Group / Paris + Wieden+Kennedy / Portland + Psyop + Blacklist / Los Angeles

Hayward

Magic

Craft in Motion / Film / Animation

ADC101_MOT049M

2022 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor

Not Real / Madrid + Not Real / Buenos Aires

Microsoft

MS Loop

Craft in Motion / Film / Animation

ADC101_MOT050M

2022 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor

Puff / Shanghai

Midea

Protective Coloration Melted in Love

Craft in Motion / Film / Animation

ADC101_MOT051M

2022 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor

JUNG VON MATT AG / Hamburg + 2WEI Music / Hamburg + bEpic GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH / Berlin

Netto Marken-Discount Stiftung & Co. KG

The true Santa Claus

Craft in Motion / Film / Animation

ADC101_MOT052M

2022 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor

Carbon + Antfood

OFFF Dach

Repeater

Craft in Motion / Film / Animation

ADC101_MOT053M

2022 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor

THE PAPER / Shanghai + Yuan

The Paper

Mum,I Love You.

Craft in Motion / Film / Animation

ADC101_MOT054M

2022 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor

NOMINT / London

WWF Arctic Programme

Can't Negotiate the Melting Point of Ice

Craft in Motion / Film / Animation

ADC101_MOT055M

2022 Brand-Side / In-House Merit Honor

Current / New York

Current

2 Days In Hell

Advertising / Television / Film / Online Video

ADC101_INH026M

2022 Brand-Side / In-House Merit Honor

GOOGLE BRAND STUDIO / San Francisco

Google

Year in Search 2021

Advertising / Television / Film / Online Video

ADC101_INH027M

2022 Brand-Side / In-House Merit Honor

Creative X Meta + Creative Experiences, Facebook + Serial Pictures + EXILE

Meta

Black History Month: Written By

Advertising / Television / Film / Online Video

ADC101_INH028M

2022 Brand-Side / In-House Merit Honor

Squarespace / New York + a52 + Cabin + Anonymous

Squarespace

Sally's Seashells

Advertising / Television / Film / Online Video

ADC101_INH029M

2022 Brand-Side / In-House Merit Honor

Squarespace / New York

Squarespace

Everything to Sell Anything

Advertising / Television / Film / Online Video

ADC101_INH030M

2022 Interactive Merit Honor

mount inc. / Tokyo

Yamauchi No.10 Family Office

Yamauchi No.10 Family Office

Online / Mobile Websites / Website

ADC101_INT044M

2022 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor

Elastic / Santa Monica

ESPN

NHL Brand Film

Craft in Motion / Film / Visual Effects

ADC101_MOT068M

2022 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor

FCB / New York + Spotify Advertising / New York + Object & Animal / Marina Del Rey + Wave Studios / New York

Spotify

Bubbles

Craft in Motion / Film / Visual Effects

ADC101_MOT069M

2022 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor

Tencent In-House / Shenzhen

Tencent Youth Science Festival

POSTER-POSTCARD-POST IT

Posters / Wild Postings - Series

ADC101_BCD072M

2022 Typography Merit Honor

Centre Design / Zhongshan

Caobu Public Library

The Five Great Mountains of China

Poster

ADC101_TYP032M

2022 Typography Merit Honor

Dawang + Hui

Tongji University

Archi-Neering Posters

Poster

ADC101_TYP033M

2022 Advertising Merit Honor

SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich

Gruner + Jahr Deutschland / Stern

Dyslexia Unetided

Craft in Writing / Online / Social

ADC101_ADV094M

2022 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor

SUPERUNION / London + Who Wot Why / London + Shelter / London + There Is Studio / London

Shelter

Shelter: Fight For Home

Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Series

ADC101_DFG041M

2022 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor

Spotify In-House / New York

Spotify

AAPIHM

Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Series

ADC101_DFG042M

2022 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor

dentsuMB / New York + American Express

American Express

Amex Business Card Chronicles

Motion / Film / Short Video - Series

ADC101_MOT077M

2022 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor

DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + P.I.C.S. Co., Ltd. / Tokyo + Plug Ltd. / Tokyo

Itoigawa City

STONE FACES

Promotional / Digital Communications

ADC101_BCD082M

2022 Experiential Design Merit Honor

SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin

Johanniter

Anti Look – the life-saving QR design

Experiential Design / Wildcard

ADC101_EXP029M

2022 Experiential Design Merit Honor

Verizon Creative Marketing / New York + PixelPusher / New York + Boombox / New York + Unit 9 / Los Angeles

Verizon

9/12: The untold story of reconnecting New York

Experiential Design / Wildcard

ADC101_EXP030M

2022 Experiential Design Merit Honor

Anomaly / Toronto

AB InBev / Corona

Plastic Beach Goers

Experiential Design / Installations

ADC101_EXP027M

2022 Advertising Merit Honor

Leo Burnett / Madrid

OLD SPICE

The most epic seafaring legend ever told

Art Direction - Press / Poster / Poster Advertising - Single

ADC101_ADV066M

2022 Interactive Merit Honor

Leo Burnett / Chicago + Beam Suntory / Chicago + Harbor / New York + Starcom / Chicago

Beam Suntory

6ourbon 7ime

Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction

ADC101_INT035M

2022 Interactive Merit Honor

Leo Burnett / Chicago + Change the Ref Inc. / Coral Springs + No. 6 / New York + Hungry Man / Los Angeles

Change the Ref Inc.

The Lost Class

Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction

ADC101_INT036M

2022 Interactive Merit Honor

215 McCann / San Francisco + Superhero Cheesecake Inc.

Microsoft Xbox

Halo Infinite: Become Master Chief

Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction

ADC101_INT037M

2022 Interactive Merit Honor

PR Consulting Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Rock ā€˜n’ roll Japan Co., Ltd. / Tokyo + SHIFTBRAIN Inc. / Tokyo

Nikkei Inc.

Lions Good News 2020

Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction

ADC101_INT038M

2022 Interactive Merit Honor

CALLEN / Austin + Psyop + National YoungArts Foundation

National YoungArts Foundation

Together, A Film You Can Buy

Design for Good / Interactive

ADC101_DFG053M

2022 Advertising Merit Honor

72andSunny / Los Angeles + RESET / Los Angeles + Cartel / Santa Monica + Alt.vfx / Los Angeles

Adobe / Premiere Pro

Fantastic Voyage

Craft in Video / Editing

ADC101_ADV085M

2022 Advertising Merit Honor

SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin

IWC Schaffhausen

IWC – Born of a Dream

Craft in Video / Editing

ADC101_ADV086M

2022 Advertising Merit Honor

BBDO Group Germany / Berlin + Iconoclast Germany GmbH / Berlin + SLGH Slaughterhouse Berlin

WhatsApp

One

Craft in Video / Editing

ADC101_ADV087M

2022 Advertising Merit Honor

Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco

Lunchables

Lunchabuilds

Integrated / Traditional

ADC101_ADV107M

2022 Packaging Design Merit Honor

TIGERPAN PACKAGING DESIGN LAB. / Shenzhen + Guangzhou Kadilian Cosmetic Co., Ltd / Guangzhou

Guangzhou Kadilian Cosmetic Co., Ltd

Freeze into Fragments of Time

Beauty / Cosmetics / Personal Care / Series

ADC101_PKG023M

2022 Packaging Design Merit Honor

Opposite House / Stockholm

Skinome Project

Freshly Made Skincare

Beauty / Cosmetics / Personal Care / Series

ADC101_PKG024M

2022 Typography Merit Honor

360i / New York + New Orleans & Company / New Orleans

New Orleans & Company

Built to Host

Advertising

ADC101_TYP019M

2022 Typography Merit Honor

Sun Jianyu

Parent & Child Christmas Carnival-Hundred Family Names

Parent & Child Christmas Carnival-Hundred Family N

Advertising

ADC101_TYP020M

2022 Publication Design Merit Honor

Yin

LINLIN Design Studio

A SHOWY LIFE

Books / Text-Driven

ADC101_PUB044M

2022 Publication Design Merit Honor

Yanrong

Zizai letterpress printing

Farewell

Books / Text-Driven

ADC101_PUB045M

2022 Publication Design Merit Honor

The New York Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

What Have Kids Lost?

Magazines / Magazine Cover

ADC101_PUB051M

2022 Advertising Merit Honor

Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco

Lunchables

Lunchabuilds

Out of Home / Point of Purchase

ADC101_ADV108M

2022 Illustration Merit Honor

Ginko

Heytea

Formula of Inspiration

Mural / Graffiti / Street Art / Single

ADC101_ILT070M

2022 Interactive Merit Honor

R/GA / London

Nike

NikeSync

Craft in Online / Mobile / Content Strategy

ADC101_INT039M

2022 Spatial Design Merit Honor

STUDIO O+A / San Francisco + LEVER Architecture / Portland

adidas

adidas EVE

Spatial Design / Commercial Interiors

ADC101_SPL013M

2022 Spatial Design Merit Honor

Ippolito Fleitz Group / Stuttgart

Aktion Mensch e. V.

Aktion Mensch Headquarters

Spatial Design / Commercial Interiors

ADC101_SPL014M

2022 Spatial Design Merit Honor

STUDIO O+A / San Francisco

ARTIS Ventures

ARTIS Ventures

Spatial Design / Commercial Interiors

ADC101_SPL015M

2022 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor

Spotify In-House / New York + BUCK + Jocely Tsaih

Spotify

AAPIHM

Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Digital

ADC101_BCD042M

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