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.
Discipline
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Discipline
Illustration
- All
- Advertising
- Best of Show
- Brand / Communication Design
- Brand-Side / In-House
- Designism Cube
- Experiential Design
- Fashion Design
- Fusion Cube
- Illustration
- Interactive
- Motion / Film / Gaming Craft
- Packaging Design
- Photography
- Product Design
- Publication Design
- Spatial Design
- Typography
Award
Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID

The Untold Story of Sushi in America
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York + Igor
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Best of Illustration

"FAR SIDE OF THE MOON" Mooncake Packaging
Agency: Indego Design / Macau
Client: Mandarin Oriental, Macau Category: Packaging / Series


Xbox Equality Controller
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client: Xbox Category: Packaging / Series


Native American Warriors
Agency: Agustin Pizarro Maire
Client: Agus Pizarro Maire Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series


The Beauty of Tokyo Olympics
Agency: THE PAPER / Shanghai + Yuan
Client: The Paper Category: Digital / Series


Beyond Breaking Point
Agency: Ricardo Tomás
Client: Financial Times Weekend Magazine Category: Editorial / Spread - Single


The Puzzle of Asian American Identity
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Spread - Series


UNTYPICAL STORIES
Agency: BUNTIN / Nashville + HORNET / NEW YORK
Client: SAZERAC 1792 Category: Animation / Single


The Untold Story of Sushi in America
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York + Igor
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Digital / Single


The Renewables
Agency: CAPARO DESIGN CREW / Athens
Client: The Energy & Water Agency Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Single or Series


Year of the Tiger Artist Edition
Agency: Victo Ngai + Somexing / Bordeaux + Carlsberg / Guangzhou
Client: Carlsberg Category: Promotional / Collateral / Single


Unlimited Intimacy
Agency: Yulong Lli
Client: Self- Promotion Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series


A Feeling for the Organism
Agency: Ginkgo Bioworks / Boston + Massive Science / New York
Client: Grow Category: Editorial / Spread - Single


A CAR ADVERTISEMENT WITHOUT A REAL CAR
Agency: W / Shanghai + IM motors / Shanghai
Client: IM motors Category: Animation / Single


McDonald's Loyalty Rewards
Agency: BUCK + Wieden+Kennedy / New York + Heard City + Lime LA
Client: McDonald's Category: Animation / Single


The Renewables
Agency: CAPARO DESIGN CREW / Athens
Client: The Energy & Water Agency Category: Animation / Single


Violeta
Agency: Ballantine Books, Penguin Random House / New York + Amanda
Client: Ballantine Books, Penguin Random House Category: Book / Single


Bloomberg Markets covers
Agency: Bloomberg LP / New York + Armando + Debora + Gizem
Client: Bloomberg Markets Category: Editorial / Front Page - Series


Project Honor
Agency: Victo Ngai + Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Go Fund Me
Client: Go Fund Me Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Single or Series


Xbox Equality Controller
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client: Xbox Category: Promotional / Collateral / Series


EXCORIO
Agency: Racheal
Client: Self- Promotion/ Passion Project Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series


BeforeTheStorm.ch
Agency: FRANZ&RENÉ / Bern + Giant Ant / Montreal
Client: ECA - Établissements cantonaux d’assurance de Suisse romande Category: Digital / Series


PEPAXTO® Flower Tiger Digital Illustration Series
Agency: Razorfish Health / New York + Lightfarm Studios / Rio de Janeiro + Reikan Creations / Montreal
Client: Oncopeptides / Pepaxto Category: Digital / Series


Japan 2021: 100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Agency: Centre Creative / London + ZYLA / Tokyo
Client: British Film Institute Category: Animation / Single


Be The One To
Agency: Jenny Lucia Mascia
Client: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Category: Animation / Single


Burntcoat
Agency: Owen + HarperCollins Publishers / New York
Client: HarperCollins Category: Book / Single


The Abortion I Didn’t Have
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Front Page - Series


Put Yourself First
Agency: Ahoy Studios / New York
Client: World Health Organization Africa Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Single or Series


Event Posters
Agency: Muti / Cape Town + Eroica / Gaiole in Chianti
Client: Eroica Category: Promotional / Collateral / Series


Women's Summit 2021 Illustrations
Agency: Rachel
Client: Forbes DACH Category: Promotional / Collateral / Series


The New York Series State of Art
Agency: McCann / New York
Client: New York Lottery Category: Promotional / Collateral / Series


The Balvenie Flavours
Agency: Owen + Mitch + Here Design / London + The Balvenie / Keith
Client: The Balvenie Category: Promotional / Collateral / Series


TUMS Autoburn: America's Spiciest Road Trip
Agency: 360i / New York + TUMS
Client: TUMS Category: Wildcard / Series


In me the tiger sniffs the rose.
Agency: TIGERPAN PACKAGING DESIGN LAB. / Shenzhen + United Nations Postal Administration / New York
Client: United Nations Postal Administration Category: Wildcard / Series


Atmospheric Rivers
Agency: Owen + NASA JPL / Pasadena
Client: NASA JPL Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Single


Star Collectors
Agency: Tran
Client: Self-Promotion Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Single


The Winds of Change
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + ADBRAIN Inc. / Tokyo + P.I.C.S. Co., Ltd. / Tokyo + WOW Inc. / Tokyo
Client: The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Category: Innovation


PEPAXTO® Flower Tiger Illustrated Animations
Agency: Razorfish Health / New York + Lightfarm Studios / Rio de Janeiro + Reikan Creations / Montreal
Client: Oncopeptides / Pepaxto Category: Animation / Series


Kieru Package design
Agency: Junya + Yutaro
Client: KANKYO DAIZEN Co.,Ltd. Category: Packaging / Series


LOUDNESS 40th anniversary album SUNBURST
Agency: IC4DESIGN / Hiroshima + IWATA ROOM / 7STARS DESIGN / Tokyo + KATANA MUSIC KK / Tokyo
Client: LOUDNESS Category: Packaging / Series


Pepsi NYC Packaging
Agency: David + Closer&Closer / Los Angeles + PepsiCo Design and Innovation / New York
Client: Pepsi Category: Packaging / Series


Award:
2022 Illustration Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York + Igor
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Untold Story of Sushi in America
Category:
Best of Illustration
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT001G

Award:
2022 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Indego Design / Macau
Client:
Mandarin Oriental, Macau
Title:
"FAR SIDE OF THE MOON" Mooncake Packaging
Category:
Packaging / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT007G

Award:
2022 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client:
Xbox
Title:
Xbox Equality Controller
Category:
Packaging / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT009G

Award:
2022 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Agustin Pizarro Maire
Client:
Agus Pizarro Maire
Title:
Native American Warriors
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT010G

Award:
2022 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
THE PAPER / Shanghai + Yuan
Client:
The Paper
Title:
The Beauty of Tokyo Olympics
Category:
Digital / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT004G

Award:
2022 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Ricardo Tomás
Client:
Financial Times Weekend Magazine
Title:
Beyond Breaking Point
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT005G

Award:
2022 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Puzzle of Asian American Identity
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT006G

Award:
2022 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
BUNTIN / Nashville + HORNET / NEW YORK
Client:
SAZERAC 1792
Title:
UNTYPICAL STORIES
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT003G

Award:
2022 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York + Igor
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Untold Story of Sushi in America
Category:
Digital / Single
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT001G

Award:
2022 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
CAPARO DESIGN CREW / Athens
Client:
The Energy & Water Agency
Title:
The Renewables
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_DFG005G

Award:
2022 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Victo Ngai + Somexing / Bordeaux + Carlsberg / Guangzhou
Client:
Carlsberg
Title:
Year of the Tiger Artist Edition
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Single
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT022S

Award:
2022 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Igor Bastidas + Hermes
Client:
Hermes
Title:
The Hermes Drawer
Category:
Animation / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT015S

Award:
2022 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Nora Krug
Client:
Ten Speed Press
Title:
On Tyranny: graphic edition
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT017S

Award:
2022 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Yulong Lli
Client:
Self- Promotion
Title:
Unlimited Intimacy
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT021S

Award:
2022 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Jiaqi Wang + Tbrand
Client:
Doordash
Title:
Local Flavors
Category:
Digital / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT018S

Award:
2022 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Ginkgo Bioworks / Boston + Massive Science / New York
Client:
Grow
Title:
A Feeling for the Organism
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT020S

Award:
2022 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
W / Shanghai + IM motors / Shanghai
Client:
IM motors
Title:
A CAR ADVERTISEMENT WITHOUT A REAL CAR
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT012S

Award:
2022 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
BUCK + Wieden+Kennedy / New York + Heard City + Lime LA
Client:
McDonald's
Title:
McDonald's Loyalty Rewards
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT013S

Award:
2022 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
CAPARO DESIGN CREW / Athens
Client:
The Energy & Water Agency
Title:
The Renewables
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT014S

Award:
2022 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Ballantine Books, Penguin Random House / New York + Amanda
Client:
Ballantine Books, Penguin Random House
Title:
Violeta
Category:
Book / Single
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT016S

Award:
2022 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Bloomberg LP / New York + Armando + Debora + Gizem
Client:
Bloomberg Markets
Title:
Bloomberg Markets covers
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT019S

Award:
2022 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Victo Ngai + Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Go Fund Me
Client:
Go Fund Me
Title:
Project Honor
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_DFG016S

Award:
2022 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Camila Rosa
Client:
ℓiⱴε / Nike
Title:
Nike Sports Bra
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT023S

Award:
2022 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client:
Xbox
Title:
Xbox Equality Controller
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT024S

Award:
2022 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Suzuko
Client:
Kousakusha
Title:
I, Caterpillar
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT030B

Award:
2022 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Racheal
Client:
Self- Promotion/ Passion Project
Title:
EXCORIO
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT036B

Award:
2022 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
FRANZ&RENÉ / Bern + Giant Ant / Montreal
Client:
ECA - Établissements cantonaux d’assurance de Suisse romande
Title:
BeforeTheStorm.ch
Category:
Digital / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT031B

Award:
2022 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Razorfish Health / New York + Lightfarm Studios / Rio de Janeiro + Reikan Creations / Montreal
Client:
Oncopeptides / Pepaxto
Title:
PEPAXTO® Flower Tiger Digital Illustration Series
Category:
Digital / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT032B

Award:
2022 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Gizem
Client:
Socialter
Title:
Time of Research
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT034B

Award:
2022 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Gizem
Client:
Socialter
Title:
Time Captured
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT035B

Award:
2022 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Centre Creative / London + ZYLA / Tokyo
Client:
British Film Institute
Title:
Japan 2021: 100 Years of Japanese Cinema
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT026B

Award:
2022 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Jenny Lucia Mascia
Client:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Title:
Be The One To
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT027B

Award:
2022 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Carbon + Antfood
Client:
OFFF Dach
Title:
Repeater
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT028B

Award:
2022 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Owen + HarperCollins Publishers / New York
Client:
HarperCollins
Title:
Burntcoat
Category:
Book / Single
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT029B

Award:
2022 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Abortion I Didn’t Have
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT033B

Award:
2022 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Ahoy Studios / New York
Client:
World Health Organization Africa
Title:
Put Yourself First
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_DFG030B

Award:
2022 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Muti / Cape Town + Eroica / Gaiole in Chianti
Client:
Eroica
Title:
Event Posters
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT037B

Award:
2022 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Rachel
Client:
Forbes DACH
Title:
Women's Summit 2021 Illustrations
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT038B

Award:
2022 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
McCann / New York
Client:
New York Lottery
Title:
The New York Series State of Art
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT039B

Award:
2022 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Owen + Mitch + Here Design / London + The Balvenie / Keith
Client:
The Balvenie
Title:
The Balvenie Flavours
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT040B

Award:
2022 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
360i / New York + TUMS
Client:
TUMS
Title:
TUMS Autoburn: America's Spiciest Road Trip
Category:
Wildcard / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT088M

Award:
2022 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
TIGERPAN PACKAGING DESIGN LAB. / Shenzhen + United Nations Postal Administration / New York
Client:
United Nations Postal Administration
Title:
In me the tiger sniffs the rose.
Category:
Wildcard / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT089M

Award:
2022 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Owen + NASA JPL / Pasadena
Client:
NASA JPL
Title:
Atmospheric Rivers
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Single
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT077M

Award:
2022 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Tran
Client:
Self-Promotion
Title:
Star Collectors
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Single
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT078M

Award:
2022 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + ADBRAIN Inc. / Tokyo + P.I.C.S. Co., Ltd. / Tokyo + WOW Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Title:
The Winds of Change
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT069M

Award:
2022 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
COLLINS / New York
Client:
Nike
Title:
Nike Run Club (NRC)
Category:
Animation / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT046M

Award:
2022 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Razorfish Health / New York + Lightfarm Studios / Rio de Janeiro + Reikan Creations / Montreal
Client:
Oncopeptides / Pepaxto
Title:
PEPAXTO® Flower Tiger Illustrated Animations
Category:
Animation / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT047M

Award:
2022 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Junya + Yutaro
Client:
KANKYO DAIZEN Co.,Ltd.
Title:
Kieru Package design
Category:
Packaging / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT072M

Award:
2022 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
IC4DESIGN / Hiroshima + IWATA ROOM / 7STARS DESIGN / Tokyo + KATANA MUSIC KK / Tokyo
Client:
LOUDNESS
Title:
LOUDNESS 40th anniversary album SUNBURST
Category:
Packaging / Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_ILT073M
