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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Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID
Sayakaboshi Elementary School
Agency: Droga5 Tokyo, part of Accenture Song / Tokyo + Black Cat White Cat Music + Aoi Pro. Inc. / Tokyo
Client: Sayakaboshi Elementary School Category: Advertising / Series
The Shotline
Agency: MullenLowe U.S.
Client: Change The Ref & March For Our Lives Category: Digital Craft / Use of Technology
VISIONGRAM
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + PYRAMID FILM QUADRA INC. / Tokyo + SHINDII, LLC. / Kanagawa
Client: JAPAN BLIND JUDO FEDERATION Category: Digital Craft / Use of Technology
The Rhythmic Yangko Poster Series
Agency: Big House Studio / Chicago
Client: Yuyang Federation of Literary and Art Circles Category: Poster
The Symphony Plotter
Agency: TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc. / Tokyo + digimo INC. / Tokyo + HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S INC / Tokyo + Y’s inc / Tokyo
Client: JAPAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Category: Live Experience Design / Events / Concerts
Pig Farm
Agency: Biscuit Filmworks + Grey / London
Client: PETA Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Animation
China TDC 2024
Agency: THE END DESIGN® / Guangzhou
Client: Shenzhen Graphic Design Association Category: Motion
Good Threads
Agency: Anak Pte. Ltd. / Singapore + Plastify + Unusualfelines
Client: Mandai Wildlife Group Category: Promotional / Apparel
La peur au ventre
Agency: Sid Lee + Léa Clermont-Dion
Client: Léa Clermont-Dion Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
Sanlian Humanistic Vernacular Season
Agency: another design / Guangzhou
Client: Sanlian City for Humanity Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
It works.
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: THE YOSHIDA HIDEO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION/AD MUSEUM TOKYO Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
Unsilence the Violence
Agency: Scholz & Friends / Germany + 2030 Kommunikation
Client: TERRE DES FEMMES Category: Out of Home / Poster - Series
Alaska Native-led suicide prevention program
Agency: Brandon Kapelow + KYUK Public Media / Bethel + National Public Radio / Washington DC
Client: National Public Radio Category: Design for Good / Photography
Art Rate Monitor
Agency: Zulu Alpha Kilo + Art Gallery of Ontario
Client: Art Gallery of Ontario Category: Live Experience Design / Responsive Environments
The First Speech
Agency: INNOCEAN / Berlin + Reporter Without Borders Germany / Berlin + Stink Films Berlin / Berlin
Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Craft in Video / Cinematography
American Cancer Story
Agency: Klick Health / Toronto + BUF Company + Taking Over Films + AudioInk
Client: Change the Ref Category: Craft in Video / Cinematography
Unsilence the Violence
Agency: Scholz & Friends / Germany + 2030 Kommunikation
Client: TERRE DES FEMMES Category: Advertising / Out of Home
The Best Place In The Word To Have Herpes
Agency: Motion Sickness / Auckland + ED. / Sydney + DIG PR / Auckland + FINCH / Auckland
Client: The New Zealand Herpes Foundation Category: Integrated / Series
Haraka Baraka
Agency: Samar Maakaroun + Skatepal / London + Pentagram / London
Client: SkatePal Category: Publication
FEW Magazine Vol 2
Agency: FEW Magazine / Helsinki
Client: FEW Magazine Category: Magazines / Self-Published / Zine
The Shotline
Agency: MullenLowe U.S.
Client: Change The Ref & March For Our Lives Category: Innovation / Direct
In Transit
Agency: Area 23, an IPG Health Company / New York + Weber Shandwick / New York + Famous Who? / São Paulo + Ritmika Audio Arts / São Paulo
Client: Callen-Lorde, MTA, NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project Category: Wildcard
AI Sampling Singapore
Agency: Immanuel Koh
Client: Arts House Limited Category: Architecture / Conceptual / Unbuilt
American Cancer Story
Agency: Klick Health / Toronto + BUF Company + Taking Over Films + AudioInk
Client: Change the Ref Category: Television / Film / Online Video / Online - Single
The Best Place In The Word To Have Herpes
Agency: Motion Sickness / Auckland + ED. / Sydney + DIG PR / Auckland + FINCH / Auckland
Client: The New Zealand Herpes Foundation Category: Branded Content / Entertainment / Episodic Web Series
The Best Place In The Word To Have Herpes
Agency: Motion Sickness / Auckland + ED. / Sydney + DIG PR / Auckland + FINCH / Auckland
Client: The New Zealand Herpes Foundation Category: Advertising / Branded Content / Entertainment
IDENTITY BUILDER
Agency: Area 23, an IPG Health Company / New York + StudioRx, an IPG Health Company / New York + Black Madre / Sao Paulo + Shanghai Wanlong Cultural Communication Company / Guangzhong
Client: Zhejiang University Category: Interactive / Data Visualization
Banned Book Club
Agency: FCB / Chicago + 456 Studios / Chicago
Client: Digital Public Library of America Category: Best of Non-Profit
Cuban Chinese
Agency: Weiwei Zhou / Nanjing
Client: Nanjing University Press Category: Best of Publication Design
Wu Jian'an Solo Exhibition
Agency: PILLS / Beijing
Client: Silk Road International Art Exchange Center & CAFA Art Museum Category: Best of Architecture / Interior / Environmental Design
Banned Book Club
Agency: FCB / Chicago + 456 Studios / Chicago
Client: Digital Public Library of America Category: Fusion Cube
Wu Jian'an Solo Exhibition
Agency: PILLS / Beijing
Client: Silk Road International Art Exchange Center & CAFA Art Museum Category: Exhibition Design / Museum Exhibition
The Homeless Gallery
Agency: Philipp und Keuntje / Hamburg + Mantikor / Hamburg + fischerAppelt, relations / Hamburg + Mediaplus Germany / Munich
Client: Hinz&Kunzt / Hamburger Kunsthalle Category: Exhibition Design / Museum Exhibition
Up In Smoke
Agency: NOMINT / London + WWF
Client: WWF Category: Design for Good / Motion / Film Craft
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano
Agency: Landor / Milan
Client: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Category: Brand / Communication Design
Project Humanity
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + WITH ALS / Tokyo + NTT / Tokyo
Client: WITH ALS Category: Innovation
Cuban Chinese
Agency: Weiwei Zhou / Nanjing
Client: Nanjing University Press Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Banned Book Club
Agency: FCB / Chicago + 456 Studios / Chicago
Client: Digital Public Library of America Category: Design for Good / Interactive
Interwoven
Agency: edwin van gelder / Amsterdam
Client: Jap Sam Books Category: Books / Text & Image-Driven
Driving While Black
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Critical Mass / Calgary
Client: Courageous Conversation Global Foundation Category: Design for Good / Advertising - Single
Splash Spots
Agency: Zulu Alpha Kilo + Street Lab
Client: Street Lab Category: Design for Good / Product Design
Matisse’s Journey Picture Book
Agency: Mint Design / beijing
Client: UCCA Category: Books / Children's
Banned Book Club
Agency: FCB / Chicago + 456 Studios / Chicago
Client: Digital Public Library of America Category: Digital Craft / Use of Technology
Banned Book Club
Agency: FCB / Chicago + 456 Studios / Chicago
Client: Digital Public Library of America Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design
Award:
2025 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Droga5 Tokyo, part of Accenture Song / Tokyo + Black Cat White Cat Music + Aoi Pro. Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Sayakaboshi Elementary School
Title:
Sayakaboshi Elementary School
Category:
Advertising / Series
Annual ID:
ADC104_ILT046M
Award:
2025 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
MullenLowe U.S.
Client:
Change The Ref & March For Our Lives
Title:
The Shotline
Category:
Digital Craft / Use of Technology
Annual ID:
ADC104_INT037M
Award:
2025 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + PYRAMID FILM QUADRA INC. / Tokyo + SHINDII, LLC. / Kanagawa
Client:
JAPAN BLIND JUDO FEDERATION
Title:
VISIONGRAM
Category:
Digital Craft / Use of Technology
Annual ID:
ADC104_INT040M
Award:
2025 Typography / Lettering Merit Honor
Agency:
Big House Studio / Chicago
Client:
Yuyang Federation of Literary and Art Circles
Title:
The Rhythmic Yangko Poster Series
Category:
Poster
Annual ID:
ADC104_TYP033M
Award:
2025 Motion / Film Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
NOMINT / London
Client:
WWF
Title:
In Hot Water
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Annual ID:
ADC104_MOT053M
Award:
2025 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc. / Tokyo + digimo INC. / Tokyo + HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S INC / Tokyo + Y’s inc / Tokyo
Client:
JAPAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Title:
The Symphony Plotter
Category:
Live Experience Design / Events / Concerts
Annual ID:
ADC104_EXP011M
Award:
2025 Motion / Film Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
Biscuit Filmworks + Grey / London
Client:
PETA
Title:
Pig Farm
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Animation
Annual ID:
ADC104_MOT047M
Award:
2025 Typography / Lettering Merit Honor
Agency:
THE END DESIGN® / Guangzhou
Client:
Shenzhen Graphic Design Association
Title:
China TDC 2024
Category:
Motion
Annual ID:
ADC104_TYP031M
Award:
2025 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Anak Pte. Ltd. / Singapore + Plastify + Unusualfelines
Client:
Mandai Wildlife Group
Title:
Good Threads
Category:
Promotional / Apparel
Annual ID:
ADC104_BCD061M
Award:
2025 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Sid Lee + Léa Clermont-Dion
Client:
Léa Clermont-Dion
Title:
La peur au ventre
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC104_BCD057M
Award:
2025 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
another design / Guangzhou
Client:
Sanlian City for Humanity
Title:
Sanlian Humanistic Vernacular Season
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC104_BCD059M
Award:
2025 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client:
THE YOSHIDA HIDEO MEMORIAL FOUNDATION/AD MUSEUM TOKYO
Title:
It works.
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC104_BCD060M
Award:
2025 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Scholz & Friends / Germany + 2030 Kommunikation
Client:
TERRE DES FEMMES
Title:
Unsilence the Violence
Category:
Out of Home / Poster - Series
Annual ID:
ADC104_ADV097M
Award:
2025 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Brandon Kapelow + KYUK Public Media / Bethel + National Public Radio / Washington DC
Client:
National Public Radio
Title:
Alaska Native-led suicide prevention program
Category:
Design for Good / Photography
Annual ID:
ADC104_PHO024M
Award:
2025 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
SUN YAO
Client:
SUN YAO
Title:
Inflammation Guide
Category:
Book / Single
Annual ID:
ADC104_ILT056M
Award:
2025 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Zulu Alpha Kilo + Art Gallery of Ontario
Client:
Art Gallery of Ontario
Title:
Art Rate Monitor
Category:
Live Experience Design / Responsive Environments
Annual ID:
ADC104_EXP013M
Award:
2025 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
INNOCEAN / Berlin + Reporter Without Borders Germany / Berlin + Stink Films Berlin / Berlin
Client:
Reporters Without Borders
Title:
The First Speech
Category:
Craft in Video / Cinematography
Annual ID:
ADC104_ADV073M
Award:
2025 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Klick Health / Toronto + BUF Company + Taking Over Films + AudioInk
Client:
Change the Ref
Title:
American Cancer Story
Category:
Craft in Video / Cinematography
Annual ID:
ADC104_ADV074M
Award:
2025 Pharma / Health / Wellness Merit Honor
Agency:
Scholz & Friends / Germany + 2030 Kommunikation
Client:
TERRE DES FEMMES
Title:
Unsilence the Violence
Category:
Advertising / Out of Home
Annual ID:
ADC104_PHW031M
Award:
2025 Pharma / Health / Wellness Merit Honor
Agency:
Motion Sickness / Auckland + ED. / Sydney + DIG PR / Auckland + FINCH / Auckland
Client:
The New Zealand Herpes Foundation
Title:
The Best Place In The Word To Have Herpes
Category:
Integrated / Series
Annual ID:
ADC104_PHW034M
Award:
2025 Typography / Lettering Merit Honor
Agency:
Samar Maakaroun + Skatepal / London + Pentagram / London
Client:
SkatePal
Title:
Haraka Baraka
Category:
Publication
Annual ID:
ADC104_TYP034M
Award:
2025 Magazine / Newspaper Design Merit Honor
Agency:
FEW Magazine / Helsinki
Client:
FEW Magazine
Title:
FEW Magazine Vol 2
Category:
Magazines / Self-Published / Zine
Annual ID:
ADC104_MND025M
Award:
2025 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
MullenLowe U.S.
Client:
Change The Ref & March For Our Lives
Title:
The Shotline
Category:
Innovation / Direct
Annual ID:
ADC104_ADV086M
Award:
2025 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Area 23, an IPG Health Company / New York + Weber Shandwick / New York + Famous Who? / São Paulo + Ritmika Audio Arts / São Paulo
Client:
Callen-Lorde, MTA, NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project
Title:
In Transit
Category:
Wildcard
Annual ID:
ADC104_EXP021M
Award:
2025 Architecture / Interior / Environmental Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Immanuel Koh
Client:
Arts House Limited
Title:
AI Sampling Singapore
Category:
Architecture / Conceptual / Unbuilt
Annual ID:
ADC104_AIE018M
Award:
2025 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Klick Health / Toronto + BUF Company + Taking Over Films + AudioInk
Client:
Change the Ref
Title:
American Cancer Story
Category:
Television / Film / Online Video / Online - Single
Annual ID:
ADC104_ADV108M
Award:
2025 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Motion Sickness / Auckland + ED. / Sydney + DIG PR / Auckland + FINCH / Auckland
Client:
The New Zealand Herpes Foundation
Title:
The Best Place In The Word To Have Herpes
Category:
Branded Content / Entertainment / Episodic Web Series
Annual ID:
ADC104_ADV071M
Award:
2025 Typography / Lettering Merit Honor
Agency:
Bahia Shehab
Client:
NUART Aberdeen
Title:
Bear Witness
Category:
Environmental
Annual ID:
ADC104_TYP026M
Award:
2025 Pharma / Health / Wellness Merit Honor
Agency:
Motion Sickness / Auckland + ED. / Sydney + DIG PR / Auckland + FINCH / Auckland
Client:
The New Zealand Herpes Foundation
Title:
The Best Place In The Word To Have Herpes
Category:
Advertising / Branded Content / Entertainment
Annual ID:
ADC104_PHW030M
Award:
2025 Pharma / Health / Wellness Merit Honor
Agency:
Area 23, an IPG Health Company / New York + StudioRx, an IPG Health Company / New York + Black Madre / Sao Paulo + Shanghai Wanlong Cultural Communication Company / Guangzhong
Client:
Zhejiang University
Title:
IDENTITY BUILDER
Category:
Interactive / Data Visualization
Annual ID:
ADC104_PHW035M
Award:
2024 Best of Non-Profit Best of Non-Profit Cube
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + 456 Studios / Chicago
Client:
Digital Public Library of America
Title:
Banned Book Club
Category:
Best of Non-Profit
Annual ID:
ADC103_EXP002G
Award:
2024 Publication Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Weiwei Zhou / Nanjing
Client:
Nanjing University Press
Title:
Cuban Chinese
Category:
Best of Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC103_PUB000G
Award:
2024 Architecture / Interior / Environmental Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
PILLS / Beijing
Client:
Silk Road International Art Exchange Center & CAFA Art Museum
Title:
Wu Jian'an Solo Exhibition
Category:
Best of Architecture / Interior / Environmental Design
Annual ID:
ADC103_AIE000G
Award:
2024 Fusion Cube Fusion Cube
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + 456 Studios / Chicago
Client:
Digital Public Library of America
Title:
Banned Book Club
Category:
Fusion Cube
Annual ID:
ADC103_FUS000F
Award:
2024 Architecture / Interior / Environmental Design Gold Cube
Agency:
PILLS / Beijing
Client:
Silk Road International Art Exchange Center & CAFA Art Museum
Title:
Wu Jian'an Solo Exhibition
Category:
Exhibition Design / Museum Exhibition
Annual ID:
ADC103_AIE000G
Award:
2024 Architecture / Interior / Environmental Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Philipp und Keuntje / Hamburg + Mantikor / Hamburg + fischerAppelt, relations / Hamburg + Mediaplus Germany / Munich
Client:
Hinz&Kunzt / Hamburger Kunsthalle
Title:
The Homeless Gallery
Category:
Exhibition Design / Museum Exhibition
Annual ID:
ADC103_AIE001G
Award:
2024 Motion / Film Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
NOMINT / London + WWF
Client:
WWF
Title:
Up In Smoke
Category:
Design for Good / Motion / Film Craft
Annual ID:
ADC103_MOT007G
Award:
2024 Typography Gold Cube
Agency:
Landor / Milan
Client:
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano
Title:
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano
Category:
Brand / Communication Design
Annual ID:
ADC103_TYP002G
Award:
2024 Experiential Design Gold Cube
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + WITH ALS / Tokyo + NTT / Tokyo
Client:
WITH ALS
Title:
Project Humanity
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC103_EXP003G
Award:
2024 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Weiwei Zhou / Nanjing
Client:
Nanjing University Press
Title:
Cuban Chinese
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC103_PUB000G
Award:
2024 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + 456 Studios / Chicago
Client:
Digital Public Library of America
Title:
Banned Book Club
Category:
Design for Good / Interactive
Annual ID:
ADC103_INT003G
Award:
2024 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
edwin van gelder / Amsterdam
Client:
Jap Sam Books
Title:
Interwoven
Category:
Books / Text & Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC103_PUB003G
Award:
2024 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Critical Mass / Calgary
Client:
Courageous Conversation Global Foundation
Title:
Driving While Black
Category:
Design for Good / Advertising - Single
Annual ID:
ADC103_ADV005G
Award:
2024 Product Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Zulu Alpha Kilo + Street Lab
Client:
Street Lab
Title:
Splash Spots
Category:
Design for Good / Product Design
Annual ID:
ADC103_PRD003G
Award:
2024 Architecture / Interior / Environmental Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Silo / The Hague
Client:
Nimeto
Title:
Wayfinding as a showcase
Category:
Wayfinding Systems
Annual ID:
ADC103_AIE003G
Award:
2024 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Mint Design / beijing
Client:
UCCA
Title:
Matisse’s Journey Picture Book
Category:
Books / Children's
Annual ID:
ADC103_PUB004G
Award:
2024 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + 456 Studios / Chicago
Client:
Digital Public Library of America
Title:
Banned Book Club
Category:
Digital Craft / Use of Technology
Annual ID:
ADC103_INT004G
Award:
2024 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
Leo Burnett Germany
Client:
WWF Germany
Title:
Climate Realism
Category:
Data Visualization
Annual ID:
ADC103_INT005G
Award:
2024 Motion / Film Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
NOMINT / London + WWF
Client:
WWF
Title:
Up In Smoke
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Animation
Annual ID:
ADC103_MOT008G
Award:
2024 Experiential Design Gold Cube
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + 456 Studios / Chicago
Client:
Digital Public Library of America
Title:
Banned Book Club
Category:
Design for Good / Experiential Design
Annual ID:
ADC103_EXP002G