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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- Wildcard
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Sub-Category
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- Television / Film / Online Video
- Single or Series
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- Out of Home
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- Direct
- Branded Content / Entertainment
Award
Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID

The Inevitable News
Agency: Area 23, An IPG Health Company / New York + Ritmika Audio Arts / São Paulo + Brooklyn Sports Page / Brooklyn + Stellar Printing, Inc. / Long Island City
Client: The Columbia Journalism Review Category: Innovation / Press


Superb Owl
Agency: R/GA / California
Client: Reddit Category: Innovation / Television / Film / Online Video


Tough Turban
Agency: Zulu Alpha Kilo / Toronto + Pfaff Harley-Davidson / Toronto + Sparks Innovation / Toronto + Zulubot / Toronto
Client: Pfaff Harley-Davidson Category: Innovation


Real Tone
Agency: Google Devices & Services Creative Team
Client: Google Category: Innovation / Single or Series


Bedtime Stories
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCB/SIX / Toronto
Client: Walmart Category: Innovation / Direct


Tough Turban
Agency: Zulu Alpha Kilo / Toronto + Pfaff Harley-Davidson / Toronto + Sparks Innovation / Toronto + Zulubot / Toronto
Client: Pfaff Harley-Davidson Category: Innovation


With My Eyes
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + INITIAL Inc. / Tokyo + AOI Pro. Inc. / Tokyo + CONNECTION Inc. / Tokyo
Client: QD Laser, Inc./ RETISSA SUPER CAPTURE Category: Innovation


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 / Television / Film / Online Video


Camouflage Against the Machines
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Qosmo, Inc. / Tokyo + DENTSU Creative X Inc. / Tokyo
Client: UNLABELED, NEXUSVII. Category: Innovation


Hugs
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + M SS NG P ECES / New York + Picture North / Chicago
Client: Cox Communications Category: Innovation


OREO THINS PROTECTION PROGRAM
Agency: the community / Miami + OREO / New York
Client: OREO Category: Innovation


Piñatex
Agency: L&C / New York + Dole Sunshine Company / Singapore + Ananas Anam / London + Suitcase Productions / New York
Client: Dole Sunshine Company + Ananas Anam Category: Innovation


Anti Look – the life-saving QR design
Agency: SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin
Client: Johanniter Category: Innovation / Out of Home


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 / Direct


Anti Look – the life-saving QR design
Agency: SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin
Client: Johanniter Category: Innovation / Direct


Anti Look – the life-saving QR design
Agency: SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin
Client: Johanniter Category: Innovation


Cités
Agency: Quad Stories / Quad Group / Paris + Herezie / Paris + Prime Video France / Paris
Client: Prime Video Category: Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment


The Blossoming Colours
Agency: THE NINE SHANGHAI / Shanghai + Cheng-Shir Culture & Media Co.Ltd / Beijing
Client: Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Opening Ceremony Category: Innovation


Anti Look – the life-saving QR design
Agency: SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin
Client: Johanniter Category: Innovation


A Lawless and Genre Free Generative Identity
Agency: Reklamekollektivet / Bergen
Client: Kulturhuset i Bergen Category: Innovation


Can't Negotiate the Melting Point of Ice
Agency: NOMINT / London
Client: WWF Arctic Programme Category: Innovation


With My Eyes
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + INITIAL Inc. / Tokyo + AOI Pro. Inc. / Tokyo + CONNECTION Inc. / Tokyo
Client: QD Laser, Inc. / RETISSA SUPER CAPTURE Category: Innovation


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


Non-Fungible Animals
Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi / Düsseldorf + MetaDesign / Berlin + Digitas Pixelpark + MSL Group / Germany
Client: WWF Category: Innovation / Direct


Circular Design for Fashion
Agency: SID LEE / Montreal + Ellen Macarthur Foundation / Cowes + M&H Polystudio / Montreal
Client: Ellen MacArthur Foundation Category: Innovation


Dyslexia Unetided
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client: Gruner + Jahr Deutschland / Stern Category: Innovation


The BVG Hempticket – Come home, calm down.
Agency: Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Not A Machine GmbH / Hamburg + DELI Hamburg GmbH / Hamburg + Tony Petersen Film
Client: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) - AöR Category: Innovation / Promotional Materials


The Daily Bugle. For Real.
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Liberty Mutual Insurance / New York + SONY Corp
Client: Liberty Mutual Insurance Category: Innovation / Press


Anti Look – the life-saving QR design
Agency: SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin
Client: Johanniter Category: Innovation


Hugs
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + M SS NG P ECES / New York + Picture North / Chicago
Client: Cox Communications Category: Innovation


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: Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment


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


Life Sharing Powerbank
Agency: TBWA\CHINA / Shanghai + TBWA\Shanghai / Shanghai
Client: Energy Monster Category: Innovation


CRTA – Visual identity created with the help of AI
Agency: Bruketa&Zinic&Grey / Zagreb
Client: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture at the Zagreb Univ Category: Innovation


Inspiring Billboards
Agency: INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe / Berlin + Kia Corporation / Seoul + Marshmallow Laser Feast / London
Client: Kia Corporation Category: Innovation


Notes IPA
Agency: Zulu Alpha Kilo / Toronto + SingleCut Beersmiths / New York + Zulubot / Toronto + Table of Content / New York
Client: SingleCut Beersmiths Category: Innovation


Unlimited Space
Agency: Rakuten Design Lab / Rakuten Group, Inc. / Tokyo
Client: Rakuten Group, Inc. Category: Innovation


Award:
2022 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
Area 23, An IPG Health Company / New York + Ritmika Audio Arts / São Paulo + Brooklyn Sports Page / Brooklyn + Stellar Printing, Inc. / Long Island City
Client:
The Columbia Journalism Review
Title:
The Inevitable News
Category:
Innovation / Press
Annual ID:
ADC101_ADV007G

Award:
2022 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
R/GA / London
Client:
Google
Title:
Auditorial
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_INT008G

Award:
2022 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
R/GA / California
Client:
Reddit
Title:
Superb Owl
Category:
Innovation / Television / Film / Online Video
Annual ID:
ADC101_ADV008G

Award:
2022 Fashion Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Zulu Alpha Kilo / Toronto + Pfaff Harley-Davidson / Toronto + Sparks Innovation / Toronto + Zulubot / Toronto
Client:
Pfaff Harley-Davidson
Title:
Tough Turban
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_FSN001G

Award:
2022 Brand-Side / In-House Gold Cube
Agency:
Google Devices & Services Creative Team
Client:
Google
Title:
Real Tone
Category:
Innovation / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC101_INH005G

Award:
2022 Packaging Design Gold Cube
Agency:
WUNDERMAN THOMPSON ARGENTINA
Client:
Unilever
Title:
Degree Inclusive
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_PKG004G

Award:
2022 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
R/GA / California
Client:
Reddit
Title:
Superb Owl
Category:
Innovation / Direct
Annual ID:
ADC101_ADV021S

Award:
2022 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCB/SIX / Toronto
Client:
Walmart
Title:
Bedtime Stories
Category:
Innovation / Direct
Annual ID:
ADC101_ADV022S

Award:
2022 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
R/GA / London
Client:
Google
Title:
Auditorial
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_PUB013S

Award:
2022 Experiential Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Zulu Alpha Kilo / Toronto + Pfaff Harley-Davidson / Toronto + Sparks Innovation / Toronto + Zulubot / Toronto
Client:
Pfaff Harley-Davidson
Title:
Tough Turban
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_EXP006S

Award:
2022 Experiential Design Silver Cube
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + INITIAL Inc. / Tokyo + AOI Pro. Inc. / Tokyo + CONNECTION Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
QD Laser, Inc./ RETISSA SUPER CAPTURE
Title:
With My Eyes
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_EXP007S

Award:
2022 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
Leo Burnett / Chicago + Change the Ref Inc. / Coral Springs + No. 6 / New York + Hungry Man / Los Angeles
Client:
Change the Ref Inc.
Title:
The Lost Class
Category:
Innovation / Television / Film / Online Video
Annual ID:
ADC101_ADV023S

Award:
2022 Fashion Design Silver Cube
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Qosmo, Inc. / Tokyo + DENTSU Creative X Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
UNLABELED, NEXUSVII.
Title:
Camouflage Against the Machines
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_FSN004S

Award:
2022 Brand / Communication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + M SS NG P ECES / New York + Picture North / Chicago
Client:
Cox Communications
Title:
Hugs
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_BCD012S

Award:
2022 Brand / Communication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
the community / Miami + OREO / New York
Client:
OREO
Title:
OREO THINS PROTECTION PROGRAM
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_BCD013S

Award:
2022 Product Design Silver Cube
Agency:
L&C / New York + Dole Sunshine Company / Singapore + Ananas Anam / London + Suitcase Productions / New York
Client:
Dole Sunshine Company + Ananas Anam
Title:
Piñatex
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_PRD005S

Award:
2022 Product Design Silver Cube
Agency:
WUNDERMAN THOMPSON ARGENTINA
Client:
Unilever
Title:
Degree Inclusive
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_PRD006S

Award:
2022 Advertising Bronze Cube
Agency:
SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin
Client:
Johanniter
Title:
Anti Look – the life-saving QR design
Category:
Innovation / Out of Home
Annual ID:
ADC101_ADV058B

Award:
2022 Advertising Bronze Cube
Agency:
Leo Burnett / Chicago + Change the Ref Inc. / Coral Springs + No. 6 / New York + Hungry Man / Los Angeles
Client:
Change the Ref Inc.
Title:
The Lost Class
Category:
Innovation / Direct
Annual ID:
ADC101_ADV055B

Award:
2022 Advertising Bronze Cube
Agency:
Marcel / Paris + Heetch / Paris
Client:
Heetch
Title:
Uber Heetch
Category:
Innovation / Direct
Annual ID:
ADC101_ADV056B

Award:
2022 Advertising Bronze Cube
Agency:
SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin
Client:
Johanniter
Title:
Anti Look – the life-saving QR design
Category:
Innovation / Direct
Annual ID:
ADC101_ADV057B

Award:
2022 Experiential Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin
Client:
Johanniter
Title:
Anti Look – the life-saving QR design
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_EXP013B

Award:
2022 Advertising Bronze Cube
Agency:
Quad Stories / Quad Group / Paris + Herezie / Paris + Prime Video France / Paris
Client:
Prime Video
Title:
Cités
Category:
Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment
Annual ID:
ADC101_ADV054B

Award:
2022 Brand / Communication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
THE NINE SHANGHAI / Shanghai + Cheng-Shir Culture & Media Co.Ltd / Beijing
Client:
Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics Opening Ceremony
Title:
The Blossoming Colours
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_BCD028B

Award:
2022 Brand / Communication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
COLLINS / New York + Clubhouse
Client:
Clubhouse
Title:
Clubhouse Logo
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_BCD029B

Award:
2022 Brand / Communication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin
Client:
Johanniter
Title:
Anti Look – the life-saving QR design
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_BCD030B

Award:
2022 Typography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Reklamekollektivet / Bergen
Client:
Kulturhuset i Bergen
Title:
A Lawless and Genre Free Generative Identity
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_TYP013B

Award:
2022 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Bronze Cube
Agency:
NOMINT / London
Client:
WWF Arctic Programme
Title:
Can't Negotiate the Melting Point of Ice
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_MOT038B

Award:
2022 Product Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + INITIAL Inc. / Tokyo + AOI Pro. Inc. / Tokyo + CONNECTION Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
QD Laser, Inc. / RETISSA SUPER CAPTURE
Title:
With My Eyes
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_PRD011B

Award:
2022 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Leo Burnett / Chicago + Change the Ref Inc. / Coral Springs + No. 6 / New York + Hungry Man / Los Angeles
Client:
Change the Ref Inc.
Title:
The Lost Class
Category:
Innovation / Out of Home
Annual ID:
ADC101_ADV101M

Award:
2022 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
the community / Miami + OREO / New York
Client:
OREO
Title:
THE OREO OFFERING
Category:
Innovation / Out of Home
Annual ID:
ADC101_ADV102M

Award:
2022 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Saatchi & Saatchi / Düsseldorf + MetaDesign / Berlin + Digitas Pixelpark + MSL Group / Germany
Client:
WWF
Title:
Non-Fungible Animals
Category:
Innovation / Direct
Annual ID:
ADC101_ADV100M

Award:
2022 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Day + Night / Brooklyn + Josef
Client:
Day + Night
Title:
Day + Night no. 2
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_PUB046M

Award:
2022 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
SID LEE / Montreal + Ellen Macarthur Foundation / Cowes + M&H Polystudio / Montreal
Client:
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Title:
Circular Design for Fashion
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_PUB047M

Award:
2022 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Entertainment Weekly
Client:
Entertainment Weekly
Title:
Loki Takes Over
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_PUB048M

Award:
2022 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
GIPHY / New York + Dark Igloo / Brooklyn
Client:
GIPHY
Title:
Frame by Frame
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_PUB049M

Award:
2022 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client:
Gruner + Jahr Deutschland / Stern
Title:
Dyslexia Unetided
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_PUB050M

Award:
2022 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Not A Machine GmbH / Hamburg + DELI Hamburg GmbH / Hamburg + Tony Petersen Film
Client:
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) - AöR
Title:
The BVG Hempticket – Come home, calm down.
Category:
Innovation / Promotional Materials
Annual ID:
ADC101_ADV104M

Award:
2022 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Liberty Mutual Insurance / New York + SONY Corp
Client:
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Title:
The Daily Bugle. For Real.
Category:
Innovation / Press
Annual ID:
ADC101_ADV103M

Award:
2022 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
SCHOLZ & FRIENDS / Berlin
Client:
Johanniter
Title:
Anti Look – the life-saving QR design
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_INT043M

Award:
2022 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + M SS NG P ECES / New York + Picture North / Chicago
Client:
Cox Communications
Title:
Hugs
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_EXP031M

Award:
2022 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
THE NIPPON FOUNDATION
Title:
Hi Toilet
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_EXP032M

Award:
2022 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Verizon Creative Marketing / New York + PixelPusher / New York + Boombox / New York + Unit 9 / Los Angeles
Client:
Verizon
Title:
9/12: The untold story of reconnecting New York
Category:
Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment
Annual ID:
ADC101_ADV099M

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 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
TBWA\CHINA / Shanghai + TBWA\Shanghai / Shanghai
Client:
Energy Monster
Title:
Life Sharing Powerbank
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_BCD060M

Award:
2022 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Bruketa&Zinic&Grey / Zagreb
Client:
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture at the Zagreb Univ
Title:
CRTA – Visual identity created with the help of AI
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_BCD061M

Award:
2022 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe / Berlin + Kia Corporation / Seoul + Marshmallow Laser Feast / London
Client:
Kia Corporation
Title:
Inspiring Billboards
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_BCD062M

Award:
2022 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Zulu Alpha Kilo / Toronto + SingleCut Beersmiths / New York + Zulubot / Toronto + Table of Content / New York
Client:
SingleCut Beersmiths
Title:
Notes IPA
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_BCD063M

Award:
2022 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
SUNDAY AFTERNOON / New York
Client:
Canal Magazine
Title:
Canal Magazine #1
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC101_TYP022M
