ADC Awards
ADC Annual Awards is the oldest continuously running industry award show in the world, with an incredible legacy of over 100 years. 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.
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ADC Awards
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Dentsu
Client
Title
Category
Award
Points
SUMOGIRLS 82 TECHNIQUES
Agency: Dentsu inc. / Tokyo + Amana inc. / Tokyo + Taki Corporation / Tokyo
Client: Hokkoku Shimbun, Inc.
Category: Art Direction / Press / Print Advertising - Single
Points: 25.0
Eating Kabuki with your fingers.
Agency: DENTSU INC. / TOKYO
Client: Shochiku co. ltd Minami-za
Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
Points: 25.0
The Art of Cutouts
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: OLFA Corporation
Category: Art Direction / Poster Advertising - Campaign
Points: 25.0
Optical Odyssey
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: JINS
Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
Points: 25.0
Emergency Collectibles
Agency: DENTSU INC. / TOKYO
Client: Kobe Simbun
Category: Promotional / Self-Promotion - Single
Points: 15.0
Emergency Collectibles
Agency: DENTSU INC. / TOKYO
Client: Kobe Simbun
Category: Direct / Press / Poster - Single
Points: 15.0
Journey Around Heartland
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + J.C.SPARK / Tokyo + Nissho / Tokyo + Revlon / Tokyo
Client: Kirin Company, Limited
Category: Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog & Press Promotional Kit - Series
Points: 15.0
SUMOGIRLS
Agency: Dentsu inc. / Tokyo + Amana inc. / Tokyo + Taki Corporation / Tokyo
Client: Hokkoku Shimbun, Inc.
Category: Photography / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Single
Points: 10.0
Redefining Distance
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Use of Technology - Single
Points: 10.0
SLOW TRAIN, SLOW LIFE. “Get Back, Tohoku.”
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
Category: Illustration / Poster - Series
Points: 10.0
Leave With A Story
Agency: 360i / New York
Client: New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation
Category: Out of Home / Poster - Campaign
Points: 10.0
One plus One.
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan / Tokyo
Client: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Corporate Identity for Print - Series
Points: 2.0
HITOTOKI CLOCK
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + STRIPES, INC. / Tokyo
Client: KING JIM CO., LTD.
Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction - Single
Points: 2.0
The Invisible Visible
Agency: Creative Power Unit / Tokyo
Client: Shiga Art School
Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
Points: 2.0
SLOW TRAIN, SLOW LIFE. “Get Back, Tohoku.”
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
Points: 2.0
Election in the Dark
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + BIRDMAN inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Public Relations Inc. / Tokyo + Yahoo Japan Corporation / Tokyo
Client: Yahoo Japan Corporation
Category: Online / Mobile / UX / UI - Single
Points: 2.0
Game of Thrones: Ice & Fire
Agency: 360i / New York
Client: HBO
Category: Use of Social Media / Facebook - Single
Points: 2.0
Self-spelling KANJI
Agency: DENTSU INC. / TOKYO + J.C.SPARK / TOKYO
Client: The Shizuoka Shimbun and Shizuoka Broadcasting System
Category: Typography / Advertising - Series
Points: 2.0
One plus One.
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan / Tokyo
Client: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
Points: 2.0
The Whole Earth Catalog
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Mori Inc. / Tokyo
Client: Mavericks
Category: Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog & Press Promotional Kit - Single
Points: 2.0
The Bridge
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: good mornings Co., Ltd
Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Corporate Identity for Print - Series
Points: 2.0
Get Back, Tohoku.
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
Category: Photography / Travel / Tourism - Series
Points: 2.0
Leave With A Story
Agency: 360i / New York
Client: New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation
Category: Photography / Travel / Tourism - Series
Points: 2.0
Optical Odyssey
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: JINS
Category: Photography / Products / Commercial - Series
Points: 2.0
Shibuya City Vision
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + DENTSU EAST JAPAN INC. / Tokyo + TYO MONSTER Div. / Tokyo + dish inc. / Tokyo
Client: SHIBUYA CITY
Category: Illustration / Promotional / Collateral - Series
Points: 2.0
Study Opposite Styles
Agency: DENTSU INC. / NAGOYA
Client: Tokai Polytechnic College
Category: Illustration / Poster - Series
Points: 2.0
Emergency Collectibles
Agency: DENTSU INC. / TOKYO
Client: Kobe Simbun
Category: Press / Newspaper - Single
Points: 2.0
SLOW TRAIN, SLOW LIFE. “Get Back, Tohoku.”
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
Category: Art Direction / Poster Advertising - Campaign
Points: 2.0
Client:
Hokkoku Shimbun, Inc.
Title:
SUMOGIRLS 82 TECHNIQUES
Category:
Art Direction / Press / Print Advertising - Single
Award:
2018 Advertising Gold Cube
Points:
25.0
Client:
Shochiku co. ltd Minami-za
Title:
Eating Kabuki with your fingers.
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube
Points:
25.0
Client:
OLFA Corporation
Title:
The Art of Cutouts
Category:
Art Direction / Poster Advertising - Campaign
Award:
2018 Advertising Gold Cube
Points:
25.0
Client:
JINS
Title:
Optical Odyssey
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube
Points:
25.0
Client:
Kobe Simbun
Title:
Emergency Collectibles
Category:
Promotional / Self-Promotion - Single
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Silver Cube
Points:
15.0
Client:
Kobe Simbun
Title:
Emergency Collectibles
Category:
Direct / Press / Poster - Single
Award:
2018 Advertising Silver Cube
Points:
15.0
Client:
Kirin Company, Limited
Title:
Journey Around Heartland
Category:
Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog & Press Promotional Kit - Series
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Silver Cube
Points:
15.0
Client:
Hokkoku Shimbun, Inc.
Title:
SUMOGIRLS
Category:
Photography / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Single
Award:
2018 Photography Bronze Cube
Points:
10.0
Client:
NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Title:
Redefining Distance
Category:
Craft in Online / Mobile / Use of Technology - Single
Award:
2018 Interactive Bronze Cube
Points:
10.0
Client:
EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
Title:
SLOW TRAIN, SLOW LIFE. “Get Back, Tohoku.”
Category:
Illustration / Poster - Series
Award:
2018 Illustration Bronze Cube
Points:
10.0
Client:
New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation
Title:
Leave With A Story
Category:
Out of Home / Poster - Campaign
Award:
2018 Advertising Bronze Cube
Points:
10.0
Client:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Title:
One plus One.
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Corporate Identity for Print - Series
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
KING JIM CO., LTD.
Title:
HITOTOKI CLOCK
Category:
Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction - Single
Award:
2018 Interactive Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
Shiga Art School
Title:
The Invisible Visible
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
Title:
SLOW TRAIN, SLOW LIFE. “Get Back, Tohoku.”
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
Yahoo Japan Corporation
Title:
Election in the Dark
Category:
Online / Mobile / UX / UI - Single
Award:
2018 Interactive Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
HBO
Title:
Game of Thrones: Ice & Fire
Category:
Use of Social Media / Facebook - Single
Award:
2018 Interactive Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
The Shizuoka Shimbun and Shizuoka Broadcasting System
Title:
Self-spelling KANJI
Category:
Typography / Advertising - Series
Award:
2018 Typography Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Title:
One plus One.
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
Mavericks
Title:
The Whole Earth Catalog
Category:
Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog & Press Promotional Kit - Single
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
good mornings Co., Ltd
Title:
The Bridge
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Corporate Identity for Print - Series
Award:
2018 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
EAST JAPAN RAILWAY COMPANY
Title:
Get Back, Tohoku.
Category:
Photography / Travel / Tourism - Series
Award:
2018 Photography Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation
Title:
Leave With A Story
Category:
Photography / Travel / Tourism - Series
Award:
2018 Photography Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
JINS
Title:
Optical Odyssey
Category:
Photography / Products / Commercial - Series
Award:
2018 Photography Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
SHIBUYA CITY
Title:
Shibuya City Vision
Category:
Illustration / Promotional / Collateral - Series
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
Tokai Polytechnic College
Title:
Study Opposite Styles
Category:
Illustration / Poster - Series
Award:
2018 Illustration Merit Honor
Points:
2.0
Client:
Kobe Simbun
Title:
Emergency Collectibles
Category:
Press / Newspaper - Single
Award:
2018 Advertising Merit Honor
Points:
2.0