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

Nature Friendly Token Agency: Camp Jefferson / Toronto Client: David Suzuki Foundation Category: NFTs & The Metaverse / NFTs
2021 Wrapped Agency: Spotify In-House / New Yorkk + Active Theory + Hornet Client: Spotify Category: Interactive / Online / Mobile Websites
Anti Look – the life-saving QR design Agency: SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin Client: Johanniter Category: Direct / Wildcard
The life-saving receipt Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich Client: PENNY Category: Direct / Wildcard
Camouflage Against the Machines Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Qosmo, Inc. / Tokyo + DENTSU Creative X Inc. / Tokyo Client: UNLABELED, NEXUSVII. Category: Craft / Patterns / Textiles
DUBBING THE MOVIE Agency: Tencent In-House / Shenzhen + Treedom / Shenzhen Client: Dunhuang Academy + Tencent Pictures Category: Experiential Design / Digital Experiences
Museum of Annoying Experiences Agency: Zendesk / San Francisco + Phantom / London Client: Zendesk Category: Experiential Design / Digital Experiences
Latino American Icons Agency: AARP / Washington DC Client: AARP The Magazine Category: Editorial / Spread - Series
Male Birth Control Agency: Hoi Client: Cosmopolitan Magazine Category: Editorial / Spread - Series
Paper Cubicles Agency: Ben Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Spread - Series
Renovations Agency: Igor Bastidas + The New Yorker / New York Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Spread - Series
Day + Night no. 2 Agency: Day + Night / Brooklyn + Josef Client: Day + Night Category: Innovation
Circular Design for Fashion Agency: SID LEE / Montreal + Ellen Macarthur Foundation / Cowes + M&H Polystudio / Montreal Client: Ellen MacArthur Foundation Category: Innovation
Loki Takes Over Agency: Entertainment Weekly Client: Entertainment Weekly Category: Innovation
Frame by Frame Agency: GIPHY / New York + Dark Igloo / Brooklyn Client: GIPHY Category: Innovation
Dyslexia Unetided Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich Client: Gruner + Jahr Deutschland / Stern Category: Innovation
Doctor Who: Flux Agency: BBC Studios Creative / London Client: Doctor Who Category: Experiential Design / Guerrilla Marketing / Stunt
Founder Award 11 Agency: Du Client: Foundertype Category: Branding / Logo
Park Lane Rebrand Agency: Mother Design NY / Brooklyn Client: Park Lane Category: Branding / Logo
noNo Pet brand Identity Agency: 张韬 Client: Pet noNo Category: Branding / Logo
Realm Rebrand (Formerly Serial Box) Agency: Mother Design NY / Brooklyn Client: Realm Category: Branding / Logo
Woah Dough Agency: Leo Burnett / Toronto + Pak Factory / Markham Client: Woah Dough Category: Branding / Logo
2021 pu 'er tea Agency: XI'AN GAOPENG / Xi'an Client: LI JIANG ZHI Category: Sustainable / Eco-friendly / Single
Cannabis Science Agency: McCann Health / São Paulo Client: Ease Labs Category: Design for Good / Photography
The Bigger Crash - Irma Agency: Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Square Pixel / Rio de Janeiro + Stabbiolo Music / Sarteano Client: Hyundai Category: Design for Good / Photography
The Bigger Crash - Blanca Agency: Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Square Pixel / Rio de Janeiro + Stabbiolo Music / Sarteano Client: Hyundai Category: Design for Good / Photography
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: Innovation / Out of Home
THE OREO OFFERING Agency: the community / Miami + OREO / New York Client: OREO Category: Innovation / Out of Home
Offer of Admission Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Agency: Tian Client: Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Category: Use of Typography
Pu 'er tea Agency: XI'AN GAOPENG / Xi'an Client: LI JIANG ZHI Category: Use of Typography
D&AD exhibition in Taiwan Agency: Ken-Tsai Lee Design Lab / Taipei Client: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Category: Brand / Communication Design / Posters
Nights By The Lake Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Plug Ltd. / TOKYO + NISSHO CO. / TOKYO Client: ASAHIYAKI Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
Last Dance Agency: Condé Nast / Vanity Fair / New York Client: Vanity Fair Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
Non-Fungible Animals Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi / Düsseldorf + MetaDesign / Berlin + Digitas Pixelpark + MSL Group / Germany Client: WWF Category: Innovation / Direct
Edging Normal Agency: Andre Bato Corp / New York + Films.Dance / New York Client: Films.Dance Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
IWC – Born of a Dream Agency: SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin Client: IWC Schaffhausen Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Erase The Line Agency: Intouch Group / New York + VideoCubo.tv / São Paulo Client: The Chrysalis Initiative Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Single or Series
Pandemica- The ONE Campaign Agency: hive / Chicago + The ONE Campaign / Washington DC + Titmouse Inc. / New York + The Lede Company / New York Client: The ONE Campaign Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Single or Series
Trafficking Traditions Agency: TAXI Client: Voice Found Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Single or Series
adidas Originals x ESPN Top Ten Hi 1979 Drop Agency: Iris Worldwide / Atlanta + Autumn Line + Summer Winter + We Create Cool Things Client: adidas Originals Category: Specialty Product / Wildcard
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
Vashi Covent Garden Agency: Mythology / New York Client: Vashi Category: Spatial Design / Retail Design
A Future Begins Agency: OBSERVATORY / Los Angeles + Chipotle / Newport Beach + The Elements Music / Los Angeles + Nexus Studios / London Client: Chipotle Category: Craft in Video / Animation - Single
NikeSync Agency: R/GA / London Client: Nike Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Content Strategy
Every Home Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich Client: O₂ Deutschland Category: Craft in Video / Special Effects
An Unlikely Friendship Agency: CYW / Madrid + Amazon Prime Video / London + The Mill / London + BLUR / Madrid Client: Prime Video Category: Craft in Video / Special Effects
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 Bigger Crash Agency: Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Square Pixel / Rio de Janeiro + Stabbiolo Music / Sarteano Client: Hyundai Category: Out of Home / Poster - Series

2022 Interactive Merit Honor

Camp Jefferson / Toronto

David Suzuki Foundation

Nature Friendly Token

NFTs & The Metaverse / NFTs

ADC101_INT054M

2022 Brand-Side / In-House Merit Honor

Spotify In-House / New Yorkk + Active Theory + Hornet

Spotify

2021 Wrapped

Interactive / Online / Mobile Websites

ADC101_INH037M

2022 Advertising Merit Honor

SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin

Johanniter

Anti Look – the life-saving QR design

Direct / Wildcard

ADC101_ADV097M

2022 Advertising Merit Honor

SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich

PENNY

The life-saving receipt

Direct / Wildcard

ADC101_ADV098M

2022 Fashion Design Merit Honor

DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Qosmo, Inc. / Tokyo + DENTSU Creative X Inc. / Tokyo

UNLABELED, NEXUSVII.

Camouflage Against the Machines

Craft / Patterns / Textiles

ADC101_FSN013M

2022 Brand-Side / In-House Merit Honor

Tencent In-House / Shenzhen + Treedom / Shenzhen

Dunhuang Academy + Tencent Pictures

DUBBING THE MOVIE

Experiential Design / Digital Experiences

ADC101_INH032M

2022 Brand-Side / In-House Merit Honor

Zendesk / San Francisco + Phantom / London

Zendesk

Museum of Annoying Experiences

Experiential Design / Digital Experiences

ADC101_INH033M

2022 Illustration Merit Honor

AARP / Washington DC

AARP The Magazine

Latino American Icons

Editorial / Spread - Series

ADC101_ILT065M

2022 Illustration Merit Honor

Hoi

Cosmopolitan Magazine

Male Birth Control

Editorial / Spread - Series

ADC101_ILT066M

2022 Illustration Merit Honor

Ben

The New Yorker

Paper Cubicles

Editorial / Spread - Series

ADC101_ILT067M

2022 Illustration Merit Honor

Igor Bastidas + The New Yorker / New York

The New Yorker

Renovations

Editorial / Spread - Series

ADC101_ILT068M

2022 Publication Design Merit Honor

Day + Night / Brooklyn + Josef

Day + Night

Day + Night no. 2

Innovation

ADC101_PUB046M

2022 Publication Design Merit Honor

SID LEE / Montreal + Ellen Macarthur Foundation / Cowes + M&H Polystudio / Montreal

Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Circular Design for Fashion

Innovation

ADC101_PUB047M

2022 Publication Design Merit Honor

Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

Loki Takes Over

Innovation

ADC101_PUB048M

2022 Publication Design Merit Honor

GIPHY / New York + Dark Igloo / Brooklyn

GIPHY

Frame by Frame

Innovation

ADC101_PUB049M

2022 Publication Design Merit Honor

SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich

Gruner + Jahr Deutschland / Stern

Dyslexia Unetided

Innovation

ADC101_PUB050M

2022 Brand-Side / In-House Merit Honor

BBC Studios Creative / London

Doctor Who

Doctor Who: Flux

Experiential Design / Guerrilla Marketing / Stunt

ADC101_INH034M

2022 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor

Du

Foundertype

Founder Award 11

Branding / Logo

ADC101_BCD055M

2022 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor

Mother Design NY / Brooklyn

Park Lane

Park Lane Rebrand

Branding / Logo

ADC101_BCD056M

2022 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor

张韬

Pet noNo

noNo Pet brand Identity

Branding / Logo

ADC101_BCD057M

2022 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor

Mother Design NY / Brooklyn

Realm

Realm Rebrand (Formerly Serial Box)

Branding / Logo

ADC101_BCD058M

2022 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor

Leo Burnett / Toronto + Pak Factory / Markham

Woah Dough

Woah Dough

Branding / Logo

ADC101_BCD059M

2022 Packaging Design Merit Honor

XI'AN GAOPENG / Xi'an

LI JIANG ZHI

2021 pu 'er tea

Sustainable / Eco-friendly / Single

ADC101_PKG046M

2022 Photography Merit Honor

McCann Health / São Paulo

Ease Labs

Cannabis Science

Design for Good / Photography

ADC101_DFG057M

2022 Photography Merit Honor

Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Square Pixel / Rio de Janeiro + Stabbiolo Music / Sarteano

Hyundai

The Bigger Crash - Irma

Design for Good / Photography

ADC101_DFG058M

2022 Photography Merit Honor

Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Square Pixel / Rio de Janeiro + Stabbiolo Music / Sarteano

Hyundai

The Bigger Crash - Blanca

Design for Good / Photography

ADC101_DFG059M

2022 Advertising 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

Innovation / Out of Home

ADC101_ADV101M

2022 Advertising Merit Honor

the community / Miami + OREO / New York

OREO

THE OREO OFFERING

Innovation / Out of Home

ADC101_ADV102M

2022 Typography Merit Honor

Tian

Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

Offer of Admission Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

Use of Typography

ADC101_TYP040M

2022 Typography Merit Honor

XI'AN GAOPENG / Xi'an

LI JIANG ZHI

Pu 'er tea

Use of Typography

ADC101_TYP041M

2022 Brand-Side / In-House Merit Honor

Ken-Tsai Lee Design Lab / Taipei

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

D&AD exhibition in Taiwan

Brand / Communication Design / Posters

ADC101_INH031M

2022 Illustration Merit Honor

DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Plug Ltd. / TOKYO + NISSHO CO. / TOKYO

ASAHIYAKI

Nights By The Lake

Editorial / Spread - Single

ADC101_ILT063M

2022 Illustration Merit Honor

Condé Nast / Vanity Fair / New York

Vanity Fair

Last Dance

Editorial / Spread - Single

ADC101_ILT064M

2022 Advertising Merit Honor

Saatchi & Saatchi / Düsseldorf + MetaDesign / Berlin + Digitas Pixelpark + MSL Group / Germany

WWF

Non-Fungible Animals

Innovation / Direct

ADC101_ADV100M

2022 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor

Andre Bato Corp / New York + Films.Dance / New York

Films.Dance

Edging Normal

Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography

ADC101_MOT057M

2022 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor

SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin

IWC Schaffhausen

IWC – Born of a Dream

Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography

ADC101_MOT058M

2022 Illustration Merit Honor

Intouch Group / New York + VideoCubo.tv / São Paulo

The Chrysalis Initiative

Erase The Line

Design for Good / Illustration - Single or Series

ADC101_DFG050M

2022 Illustration Merit Honor

hive / Chicago + The ONE Campaign / Washington DC + Titmouse Inc. / New York + The Lede Company / New York

The ONE Campaign

Pandemica- The ONE Campaign

Design for Good / Illustration - Single or Series

ADC101_DFG051M

2022 Illustration Merit Honor

TAXI

Voice Found

Trafficking Traditions

Design for Good / Illustration - Single or Series

ADC101_DFG052M

2022 Packaging Design Merit Honor

Iris Worldwide / Atlanta + Autumn Line + Summer Winter + We Create Cool Things

adidas Originals

adidas Originals x ESPN Top Ten Hi 1979 Drop

Specialty Product / Wildcard

ADC101_PKG045M

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 Spatial Design Merit Honor

Mythology / New York

Vashi

Vashi Covent Garden

Spatial Design / Retail Design

ADC101_SPL018M

2022 Advertising Merit Honor

OBSERVATORY / Los Angeles + Chipotle / Newport Beach + The Elements Music / Los Angeles + Nexus Studios / London

Chipotle

A Future Begins

Craft in Video / Animation - Single

ADC101_ADV074M

2022 Interactive Merit Honor

R/GA / London

Nike

NikeSync

Craft in Online / Mobile / Content Strategy

ADC101_INT039M

2022 Advertising Merit Honor

SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich

O₂ Deutschland

Every Home

Craft in Video / Special Effects

ADC101_ADV090M

2022 Advertising Merit Honor

CYW / Madrid + Amazon Prime Video / London + The Mill / London + BLUR / Madrid

Prime Video

An Unlikely Friendship

Craft in Video / Special Effects

ADC101_ADV091M

2022 Illustration Merit Honor

Owen + NASA JPL / Pasadena

NASA JPL

Atmospheric Rivers

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Single

ADC101_ILT077M

2022 Illustration Merit Honor

Tran

Self-Promotion

Star Collectors

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Single

ADC101_ILT078M

2022 Advertising Merit Honor

Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Square Pixel / Rio de Janeiro + Stabbiolo Music / Sarteano

Hyundai

The Bigger Crash

Out of Home / Poster - Series

ADC101_ADV109M

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