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

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: Best of Show
Illegal Classroom Agency: MULLENLOWE SSP3 / Bogota + Macarena / Bogota Client: AB InBev / Pony Malta Category: Best of Experiential Design
Girl Scouts of America Agency: COLLINS / New York Client: Girl Scouts of America Category: Best of Brand / Communication Design
The New York Times for Kids- October 2021 Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Best of Publication Design
Real Tone Agency: Google Devices & Services Creative Team Client: Google Category: Best of Brand-Side / In-House
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
Flying Stars - Amputee Footballers of Sierra Leone Agency: Todd Antony Client: Personal Project Category: Best of Photography
THE AXIS OF PEACE Agency: HAKUTEN Corporation / Tokyo + Panoramatiks / Tokyo Client: Yokosuka City Category: Best of Spatial Design
Degree Inclusive Agency: Wunderman Thompson Argentina Client: Unilever Category: Best of Product Design
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: Best of Interactive
Aline - The French Dispatch Agency: Wetransfer / Amsterdam Client: Wes Anderson - Fox Searchlight Pictures Category: Best of Motion / Film / Gaming Craft
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: Best of Advertising
Shelter: Fight For Home Agency: SUPERUNION / London + Who Wot Why / London + Shelter / London + There Is Studio / London Client: Shelter Category: Best of Typography
Tough Turban Agency: Zulu Alpha Kilo / Toronto + Pfaff Harley-Davidson / Toronto + Sparks Innovation / Toronto + Zulubot / Toronto Client: Pfaff Harley-Davidson Category: Best of Fashion Design
Yoseido Agency: ZHIHUA + Shanghai Version Design Group / Shanghai Client: Yoseido Category: Best of Packaging Design
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: Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Series
Proudly Unstoppable Agency: The Martin Agency / Richmond + UPS Client: UPS Category: Fusion Cube
Black Beauty is Beauty Agency: R/GA / New York + ROCK PAPER SCISSORS / Santa Monica + DeVries Global / New York + M SS NG P ECES / Brooklyn Client: Sephora Category: Fusion Cube
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
Auditorial Agency: R/GA / London Client: Google Category: Design for Good / Interactive
Bedtime Stories Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCB/SIX / Toronto Client: Walmart Category: Design for Good / Interactive
Auditorial Agency: R/GA / London Client: Google Category: UX / UI / User Experience Design
Superb Owl Agency: R/GA / California Client: Reddit Category: Television / Film / Online Video / Low Budget
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: Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt
The Beauty of Tokyo Olympics Agency: THE PAPER / Shanghai + Yuan Client: The Paper Category: Digital / Series
Illegal Classroom Agency: MULLENLOWE SSP3 / Bogota + Macarena / Bogota Client: AB InBev / Pony Malta Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design
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: Design for Good / Experiential Design
THE AXIS OF PEACE Agency: HAKUTEN Corporation / Tokyo + Panoramatiks / Tokyo Client: Yokosuka City Category: Spatial Design / Installation Design
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: Spatial Design / Installation Design
The Prow Agency: AIDLIN DARLING DESIGN / San Francisco Client: Expedia Group Category: Spatial Design / Commercial Building
Girl Scouts of America Agency: COLLINS / New York Client: Girl Scouts of America Category: Rebranding
Cardboard Media Agency: YANDEX MAGIC CAMP / Moscow Client: Yandex Market Category: Advertising / Direct
The Puzzle of Asian American Identity Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Spread - Series
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: Video / Online Video
"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
Beyond Breaking Point Agency: Ricardo Tomás Client: Financial Times Weekend Magazine Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
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: Data Visualization
Timelapse in Google Earth Agency: Google + Google Creative Lab + Ubilabs / Hamburg Client: Google Category: Data Visualization
Auditorial Agency: R/GA / London Client: Google Category: Innovation
Yoseido Agency: ZHIHUA + Shanghai Version Design Group / Shanghai Client: Yoseido Category: Beauty / Cosmetics / Personal Care / Series
Degree Inclusive Agency: WUNDERMAN THOMPSON ARGENTINA Client: Unilever Category: Design for Good / Product Design
A CODA Story Agency: GOOGLE BRAND STUDIO / San Francisco Client: Google Category: Design for Good / In-House
Cardboard Media Agency: YANDEX MAGIC CAMP / Moscow Client: Yandex Market Category: Design for Good / In-House
Superb Owl Agency: R/GA / California Client: Reddit Category: Direct / Wildcard
Better With Pepsi Agency: alma DDB / Miami + PepsiCo + OMD + Carbo Films Client: Pepsi Category: Art Direction - Press / Poster / Press / Print Advertising - Series
"Bnavan" Brand Identity Agency: BACKBONE BRANDING Client: Bnavan LLC Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
Kgothatso Montjane for Discovery Health Agency: Matchstick / Cape Town Client: Discovery Health Category: Sports / Recreation
FANTASTIQUE GUSTAVE DORÉ Agency: BUREAU BERGER / Paris + Benoit + Éditions du Chêne, HACHETTE / Vanves + SCHICK TOIKKA / Berlin Client: Éditions du Chêne, HACHETTE Category: Books / Image-Driven
Life Death and Grief in Los Angeles Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Photojournalism / Series

2022 Best of Show Best of Show Black Cube

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

Change the Ref Inc.

The Lost Class

Best of Show

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2022 Experiential Design Best of Discipline Cube

MULLENLOWE SSP3 / Bogota + Macarena / Bogota

AB InBev / Pony Malta

Illegal Classroom

Best of Experiential Design

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2022 Brand / Communication Design Best of Discipline Cube

COLLINS / New York

Girl Scouts of America

Girl Scouts of America

Best of Brand / Communication Design

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2022 Publication Design Best of Discipline Cube

The New York Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

The New York Times for Kids- October 2021

Best of Publication Design

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2022 Brand-Side / In-House Best of Discipline Cube

Google Devices & Services Creative Team

Google

Real Tone

Best of Brand-Side / In-House

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2022 Illustration Best of Discipline Cube

The New York Times Magazine / New York + Igor

The New York Times Magazine

The Untold Story of Sushi in America

Best of Illustration

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2022 Photography Best of Discipline Cube

Todd Antony

Personal Project

Flying Stars - Amputee Footballers of Sierra Leone

Best of Photography

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2022 Spatial Design Best of Discipline Cube

HAKUTEN Corporation / Tokyo + Panoramatiks / Tokyo

Yokosuka City

THE AXIS OF PEACE

Best of Spatial Design

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2022 Product Design Best of Discipline Cube

Wunderman Thompson Argentina

Unilever

Degree Inclusive

Best of Product Design

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2022 Interactive Best of Discipline Cube

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

Change the Ref Inc.

The Lost Class

Best of Interactive

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2022 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Best of Discipline Cube

Wetransfer / Amsterdam

Wes Anderson - Fox Searchlight Pictures

Aline - The French Dispatch

Best of Motion / Film / Gaming Craft

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2022 Advertising Best of Discipline Cube

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

Change the Ref Inc.

The Lost Class

Best of Advertising

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2022 Typography Best of Discipline Cube

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

Shelter

Shelter: Fight For Home

Best of Typography

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2022 Fashion Design Best of Discipline Cube

Zulu Alpha Kilo / Toronto + Pfaff Harley-Davidson / Toronto + Sparks Innovation / Toronto + Zulubot / Toronto

Pfaff Harley-Davidson

Tough Turban

Best of Fashion Design

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2022 Packaging Design Best of Discipline Cube

ZHIHUA + Shanghai Version Design Group / Shanghai

Yoseido

Yoseido

Best of Packaging Design

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2022 Designism Cube Designism Cube

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

Change the Ref Inc.

The Lost Class

Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Series

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2022 Fusion Cube Fusion Cube

The Martin Agency / Richmond + UPS

UPS

Proudly Unstoppable

Fusion Cube

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2022 Fusion Cube Fusion Cube

R/GA / New York + ROCK PAPER SCISSORS / Santa Monica + DeVries Global / New York + M SS NG P ECES / Brooklyn

Sephora

Black Beauty is Beauty

Fusion Cube

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2022 Advertising Gold Cube

Area 23, An IPG Health Company / New York + Ritmika Audio Arts / São Paulo + Brooklyn Sports Page / Brooklyn + Stellar Printing, Inc. / Long Island City

The Columbia Journalism Review

The Inevitable News

Innovation / Press

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2022 Interactive Gold Cube

R/GA / London

Google

Auditorial

Design for Good / Interactive

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2022 Interactive Gold Cube

FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCB/SIX / Toronto

Walmart

Bedtime Stories

Design for Good / Interactive

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2022 Interactive Gold Cube

R/GA / London

Google

Auditorial

UX / UI / User Experience Design

ADC101_INT009G

2022 Advertising Gold Cube

R/GA / California

Reddit

Superb Owl

Television / Film / Online Video / Low Budget

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2022 Experiential Design Gold Cube

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

Change the Ref Inc.

The Lost Class

Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt

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2022 Illustration Gold Cube

THE PAPER / Shanghai + Yuan

The Paper

The Beauty of Tokyo Olympics

Digital / Series

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2022 Experiential Design Gold Cube

MULLENLOWE SSP3 / Bogota + Macarena / Bogota

AB InBev / Pony Malta

Illegal Classroom

Design for Good / Experiential Design

ADC101_DFG001G

2022 Experiential Design Gold Cube

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

Change the Ref Inc.

The Lost Class

Design for Good / Experiential Design

ADC101_DFG004G

2022 Spatial Design Gold Cube

HAKUTEN Corporation / Tokyo + Panoramatiks / Tokyo

Yokosuka City

THE AXIS OF PEACE

Spatial Design / Installation Design

ADC101_SPL001G

2022 Spatial Design Gold Cube

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

Change the Ref Inc.

The Lost Class

Spatial Design / Installation Design

ADC101_SPL003G

2022 Spatial Design Gold Cube

AIDLIN DARLING DESIGN / San Francisco

Expedia Group

The Prow

Spatial Design / Commercial Building

ADC101_SPL002G

2022 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube

COLLINS / New York

Girl Scouts of America

Girl Scouts of America

Rebranding

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2022 Brand-Side / In-House Gold Cube

YANDEX MAGIC CAMP / Moscow

Yandex Market

Cardboard Media

Advertising / Direct

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2022 Illustration Gold Cube

The New York Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

The Puzzle of Asian American Identity

Editorial / Spread - Series

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2022 Interactive Gold Cube

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

Change the Ref Inc.

The Lost Class

Video / Online Video

ADC101_INT001G

2022 Illustration Gold Cube

Indego Design / Macau

Mandarin Oriental, Macau

"FAR SIDE OF THE MOON" Mooncake Packaging

Packaging / Series

ADC101_ILT007G

2022 Illustration Gold Cube

SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich

Xbox

Xbox Equality Controller

Packaging / Series

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2022 Illustration Gold Cube

Ricardo Tomás

Financial Times Weekend Magazine

Beyond Breaking Point

Editorial / Spread - Single

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2022 Interactive Gold Cube

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

Change the Ref Inc.

The Lost Class

Data Visualization

ADC101_INT006G

2022 Interactive Gold Cube

Google + Google Creative Lab + Ubilabs / Hamburg

Google

Timelapse in Google Earth

Data Visualization

ADC101_INT007G

2022 Interactive Gold Cube

R/GA / London

Google

Auditorial

Innovation

ADC101_INT008G

2022 Packaging Design Gold Cube

ZHIHUA + Shanghai Version Design Group / Shanghai

Yoseido

Yoseido

Beauty / Cosmetics / Personal Care / Series

ADC101_PKG001G

2022 Product Design Gold Cube

WUNDERMAN THOMPSON ARGENTINA

Unilever

Degree Inclusive

Design for Good / Product Design

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2022 Brand-Side / In-House Gold Cube

GOOGLE BRAND STUDIO / San Francisco

Google

A CODA Story

Design for Good / In-House

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2022 Brand-Side / In-House Gold Cube

YANDEX MAGIC CAMP / Moscow

Yandex Market

Cardboard Media

Design for Good / In-House

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2022 Advertising Gold Cube

R/GA / California

Reddit

Superb Owl

Direct / Wildcard

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2022 Advertising Gold Cube

alma DDB / Miami + PepsiCo + OMD + Carbo Films

Pepsi

Better With Pepsi

Art Direction - Press / Poster / Press / Print Advertising - Series

ADC101_ADV003G

2022 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube

BACKBONE BRANDING

Bnavan LLC

"Bnavan" Brand Identity

Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print

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2022 Photography Gold Cube

Matchstick / Cape Town

Discovery Health

Kgothatso Montjane for Discovery Health

Sports / Recreation

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2022 Publication Design Gold Cube

BUREAU BERGER / Paris + Benoit + Éditions du Chêne, HACHETTE / Vanves + SCHICK TOIKKA / Berlin

Éditions du Chêne, HACHETTE

FANTASTIQUE GUSTAVE DORÉ

Books / Image-Driven

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2022 Photography Gold Cube

The New York Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

Life Death and Grief in Los Angeles

Photojournalism / Series

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