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
Ballots Against Bullets - Survivors
Agency: alma DDB / Miami
Client: Change the Ref Category: Design for Good / Advertising - Series
Faces of Freedom
Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client: Axel Springer Freedom Foundation Category: Design for Good / Advertising - Series
The Culture
Agency: Pacific / Brooklyn, NY
Client: Baltimore Museum of Art and Saint Louis Art Museum Category: Books / Image-Driven
de Woldemer
Agency: Design studio H2E / Riga
Client: Valmiera Municipality Council Category: Exhibition Design / Museum Exhibition
TAFALONG Exhibition
Agency: ATELIER YENAN LTD. / Taipei City
Client: Cultural Affairs Bureau, Hualien Category: Exhibition Design / Museum Exhibition
The Stories That Killed Us
Agency: LANDIA / Mexico City + Propuesta Cívica A.C. / Mexico City
Client: Propuesta Cívica A.C. Category: Storytelling / Drama
Amsterdam Museum Night Campaign 2023
Agency: From Form
Client: Amsterdam Museum Night Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Motion Graphics
Help Us Remain
Agency: Cossette / Toronto + OPC / Toronto
Client: EGALE Category: Design for Good / Motion / Film Craft
The Stories That Killed Us
Agency: LANDIA / Mexico City + Propuesta Cívica A.C. / Mexico City
Client: Propuesta Cívica A.C. Category: Design for Good / Motion / Film Craft
A Bloody Nightmare
Agency: BBDO / New York + Black Madre
Client: American Red Cross Category: Design for Good / Illustration
Writing Lights the Way
Agency: Cossette / Montreal
Client: Amnistie internationale Canada francophone Category: Design for Good / Illustration
REFERENCE vol.02
Agency: out.o studio / Beijing + qianli liu + qianling liu + Zeglad S
Client: REFERENCE Category: Magazines / Self-Published / Zine
The Stories That Killed Us
Agency: LANDIA / Mexico City + Propuesta Cívica A.C. / Mexico City
Client: Propuesta Cívica A.C. Category: Craft in Video / Direction - Series
Banned Book Club
Agency: FCB / Chicago + 456 Studios / Chicago
Client: Digital Public Library of America Category: Innovation / Out of Home
60th Golden Horse Awards Nominations
Agency: Bito
Client: Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee Category: Motion / Film / Television / VOD Promo - Series
CLEAN HIKES, GREEN PEAKS BAG
Agency: STUDEO
Client: Hachioji College Community & Culture Fureai Foundation Category: Promotional Apparel
The 10th National Exhibition Of Book Design
Agency: Fengkun Bai / Beijing + Xiaoxiang Liu / Beijing
Client: The organizing committee of The 10th National Exhibition Of Book Design Category: Brand / Communication Design
University of Arts Linz – 50 anniversary identity
Agency: Bleed Design Studio / Oslo
Client: University of Arts Linz Category: Brand / Communication Design
HEAR ME:AI Assistant for Deaf and Non-Vocal People
Agency: Xiaobi Pan + Junru Xu + Shuning Wang + Mianying Chen
Client: HMW Design Studio Category: UX / UI / User Experience Design
Human Response Exhibit
Agency: Rich Tu / New York City + Sunday Afternoon / New York
Client: Human Response Exhibit Category: Environmental
Long COVID Mode
Agency: SAINT ELMO'S GERMANY / Munich + SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client: Long COVID Europe Category: Innovation
Banned Book Club
Agency: FCB / Chicago + 456 Studios / Chicago
Client: Digital Public Library of America Category: Direct / Wildcard
81 Tasks 2016-2023
Agency: Qingyun Cao
Client: self-promotion Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Crime Without Punishment
Agency: Bickerstaff.734 / Kyiv
Client: Ukrainian Leadership Academy Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
H.A.N.S. - The Hateful Audio Notification Service
Agency: Philipp und Keuntje / Hamburg + fischerAppelt, relations / Hamburg + www.cake.work / Berlin
Client: Laut gegen Nazis Category: Design for Good / Interactive
Money Blocker
Agency: Publicis / Toronto
Client: Congresso em Foco Category: Design for Good / Interactive
Ballots Against Bullets - Survivors
Agency: alma DDB / Miami
Client: Change the Ref Category: Wildcard
The Planet’s Scariest Bouquet
Agency: Zulu Alpha Kilo + Environmental Leadership Canada
Client: Environmental Leadership Canada Category: Promotional Materials / Dimensional
For The Greater Hood
Agency: Six+One / New York City + For The Greater Hood / New York + United Way of Passaic County / Paterson
Client: For The Greater Hood Category: Design for Good / Brand-Side / In-House
Ballots Against Bullets - Survivors
Agency: alma DDB / Miami
Client: Change the Ref Category: Press / Newspaper - Series
Kanazawa ADC Annual
Agency: Dentsu West Japan / Kanazawa
Client: Kanazawa Art Directors Club Category: Publication
Stanford d.school Yearbook ’22
Agency: Daniel Frumhoff Design + Stanford University d.school
Client: Stanford University d.school Category: Publication
THE BIGGER DRAW
Agency: Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Hamburg Marketing GmbH + segmenta communications GmbH / Hamburg + Simon & Paul GmbH
Client: Hamburg Marketing GmbH Category: Live Experience Design / Stunts / Guerrilla
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano
Agency: Landor / Milan
Client: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Category: Branding
No Answer
Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client: German Road Safety Council / Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
You Don't Know The Half Of It
Agency: Love Song + Havas New York / New York City
Client: The Harris Project Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
Finkwiller school group
Agency: rhb architectes / Strasbourg
Client: CITY AND EUROMETROPOLIS OF STRASBOURG Category: Architecture / Education / Institutional Design
Shenzhen International Fisheries & Seafood Expo
Agency: PILLS / Beijing
Client: Planning and Natural Resources Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality Category: Exhibition Design / Trade Show Exhibition
Pieces
Agency: Sunny at Sea / Stockholm/Malmö
Client: Raoul Wallenberg Academy Category: Digital Experience Design / Virtual / Mixed / Augmented Reality (VR, MR, AR)
The Stories That Killed Us
Agency: LANDIA / Mexico City + Propuesta Cívica A.C. / Mexico City
Client: Propuesta Cívica A.C. Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Custom Typeface
Agency: Base Design / New York + Rock & Roll Hall of Fame / Cleveland
Client: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Category: Display Typeface
The Plastic Forecast
Agency: M&C Saatchi + Collider Studio
Client: Minderoo Foundation Category: Art Direction / Digital
Banned Book Club
Agency: FCB / Chicago + 456 Studios / Chicago
Client: Digital Public Library of America Category: Innovation / Direct
The Plastic Forecast
Agency: M&C Saatchi + Collider Studio
Client: Minderoo Foundation Category: Innovation / Direct
Strolling in the Moon
Agency: A cloth Shop / Guizhou Province + Hanyi Fonts / Beijng + WV Sorcerer Productions + Antalis (Beijing) Trading Co., Ltd., / Beijng
Client: Shanavlab Category: Media
Dynamic Visual Wall for Daxi Woodcraft Exhibition
Agency: Play Design Lab / Taipei City
Client: Daxi Wood Art Ecomuseum Category: Innovation
Met 81st Street Studio
Agency: Bluecadet / Philadelphia + The Metropolitan Museum of Art / New York + Koko Architecture + Design / New York
Client: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Category: Live Experience Design / Musuem Exhibitions
Award:
2024 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
alma DDB / Miami
Client:
Change the Ref
Title:
Ballots Against Bullets - Survivors
Category:
Design for Good / Advertising - Series
Annual ID:
ADC103_ADV072M
Award:
2024 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client:
Axel Springer Freedom Foundation
Title:
Faces of Freedom
Category:
Design for Good / Advertising - Series
Annual ID:
ADC103_ADV082M
Award:
2024 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Pacific / Brooklyn, NY
Client:
Baltimore Museum of Art and Saint Louis Art Museum
Title:
The Culture
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC103_PUB045M
Award:
2024 Architecture / Interior / Environmental Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Design studio H2E / Riga
Client:
Valmiera Municipality Council
Title:
de Woldemer
Category:
Exhibition Design / Museum Exhibition
Annual ID:
ADC103_AIE016M
Award:
2024 Architecture / Interior / Environmental Design Merit Honor
Agency:
ATELIER YENAN LTD. / Taipei City
Client:
Cultural Affairs Bureau, Hualien
Title:
TAFALONG Exhibition
Category:
Exhibition Design / Museum Exhibition
Annual ID:
ADC103_AIE024M
Award:
2024 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
LANDIA / Mexico City + Propuesta Cívica A.C. / Mexico City
Client:
Propuesta Cívica A.C.
Title:
The Stories That Killed Us
Category:
Storytelling / Drama
Annual ID:
ADC103_ADV111M
Award:
2024 Motion / Film Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
From Form
Client:
Amsterdam Museum Night
Title:
Amsterdam Museum Night Campaign 2023
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Motion Graphics
Annual ID:
ADC103_MOT059M
Award:
2024 Motion / Film Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
Cossette / Toronto + OPC / Toronto
Client:
EGALE
Title:
Help Us Remain
Category:
Design for Good / Motion / Film Craft
Annual ID:
ADC103_MOT068M
Award:
2024 Motion / Film Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
LANDIA / Mexico City + Propuesta Cívica A.C. / Mexico City
Client:
Propuesta Cívica A.C.
Title:
The Stories That Killed Us
Category:
Design for Good / Motion / Film Craft
Annual ID:
ADC103_MOT087M
Award:
2024 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
BBDO / New York + Black Madre
Client:
American Red Cross
Title:
A Bloody Nightmare
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration
Annual ID:
ADC103_ILT038M
Award:
2024 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Cossette / Montreal
Client:
Amnistie internationale Canada francophone
Title:
Writing Lights the Way
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration
Annual ID:
ADC103_ILT075M
Award:
2024 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
out.o studio / Beijing + qianli liu + qianling liu + Zeglad S
Client:
REFERENCE
Title:
REFERENCE vol.02
Category:
Magazines / Self-Published / Zine
Annual ID:
ADC103_PUB042M
Award:
2024 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
LANDIA / Mexico City + Propuesta Cívica A.C. / Mexico City
Client:
Propuesta Cívica A.C.
Title:
The Stories That Killed Us
Category:
Craft in Video / Direction - Series
Annual ID:
ADC103_ADV109M
Award:
2024 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + 456 Studios / Chicago
Client:
Digital Public Library of America
Title:
Banned Book Club
Category:
Innovation / Out of Home
Annual ID:
ADC103_ADV076M
Award:
2024 Motion / Film Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
Bito
Client:
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee
Title:
60th Golden Horse Awards Nominations
Category:
Motion / Film / Television / VOD Promo - Series
Annual ID:
ADC103_MOT058M
Award:
2024 Apparel / Accessory / Footwear Design Merit Honor
Agency:
STUDEO
Client:
Hachioji College Community & Culture Fureai Foundation
Title:
CLEAN HIKES, GREEN PEAKS BAG
Category:
Promotional Apparel
Annual ID:
ADC103_AAF011M
Award:
2024 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Fengkun Bai / Beijing + Xiaoxiang Liu / Beijing
Client:
The organizing committee of The 10th National Exhibition Of Book Design
Title:
The 10th National Exhibition Of Book Design
Category:
Brand / Communication Design
Annual ID:
ADC103_TYP032M
Award:
2024 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Bleed Design Studio / Oslo
Client:
University of Arts Linz
Title:
University of Arts Linz – 50 anniversary identity
Category:
Brand / Communication Design
Annual ID:
ADC103_TYP036M
Award:
2024 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
Xiaobi Pan + Junru Xu + Shuning Wang + Mianying Chen
Client:
HMW Design Studio
Title:
HEAR ME:AI Assistant for Deaf and Non-Vocal People
Category:
UX / UI / User Experience Design
Annual ID:
ADC103_INT042M
Award:
2024 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Rich Tu / New York City + Sunday Afternoon / New York
Client:
Human Response Exhibit
Title:
Human Response Exhibit
Category:
Environmental
Annual ID:
ADC103_TYP020M
Award:
2024 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
SAINT ELMO'S GERMANY / Munich + SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client:
Long COVID Europe
Title:
Long COVID Mode
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC103_INT043M
Award:
2024 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + 456 Studios / Chicago
Client:
Digital Public Library of America
Title:
Banned Book Club
Category:
Direct / Wildcard
Annual ID:
ADC103_ADV075M
Award:
2024 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Qingyun Cao
Client:
self-promotion
Title:
81 Tasks 2016-2023
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC103_PUB030M
Award:
2024 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Bickerstaff.734 / Kyiv
Client:
Ukrainian Leadership Academy
Title:
Crime Without Punishment
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC103_PUB035M
Award:
2024 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
Philipp und Keuntje / Hamburg + fischerAppelt, relations / Hamburg + www.cake.work / Berlin
Client:
Laut gegen Nazis
Title:
H.A.N.S. - The Hateful Audio Notification Service
Category:
Design for Good / Interactive
Annual ID:
ADC103_INT041M
Award:
2024 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
Publicis / Toronto
Client:
Congresso em Foco
Title:
Money Blocker
Category:
Design for Good / Interactive
Annual ID:
ADC103_INT046M
Award:
2024 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
alma DDB / Miami
Client:
Change the Ref
Title:
Ballots Against Bullets - Survivors
Category:
Wildcard
Annual ID:
ADC103_PHO022M
Award:
2024 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Zulu Alpha Kilo + Environmental Leadership Canada
Client:
Environmental Leadership Canada
Title:
The Planet’s Scariest Bouquet
Category:
Promotional Materials / Dimensional
Annual ID:
ADC103_ADV106M
Award:
2024 Brand-Side / In-House Merit Honor
Agency:
Six+One / New York City + For The Greater Hood / New York + United Way of Passaic County / Paterson
Client:
For The Greater Hood
Title:
For The Greater Hood
Category:
Design for Good / Brand-Side / In-House
Annual ID:
ADC103_BRS022M
Award:
2024 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
alma DDB / Miami
Client:
Change the Ref
Title:
Ballots Against Bullets - Survivors
Category:
Press / Newspaper - Series
Annual ID:
ADC103_ADV073M
Award:
2024 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Joyce Shi
Client:
G Axis Press
Title:
Type Something For Me
Category:
Books / Text & Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC103_PUB051M
Award:
2024 Artificial Intelligence Merit Honor
Agency:
Arvid Tappert / Stockholm
Client:
Self-promotion
Title:
Odd Birds AI
Category:
AI / Process
Annual ID:
ADC103_ART014M
Award:
2024 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Dentsu West Japan / Kanazawa
Client:
Kanazawa Art Directors Club
Title:
Kanazawa ADC Annual
Category:
Publication
Annual ID:
ADC103_TYP023M
Award:
2024 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Daniel Frumhoff Design + Stanford University d.school
Client:
Stanford University d.school
Title:
Stanford d.school Yearbook ’22
Category:
Publication
Annual ID:
ADC103_TYP030M
Award:
2024 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Hamburg Marketing GmbH + segmenta communications GmbH / Hamburg + Simon & Paul GmbH
Client:
Hamburg Marketing GmbH
Title:
THE BIGGER DRAW
Category:
Live Experience Design / Stunts / Guerrilla
Annual ID:
ADC103_EXP030M
Award:
2024 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Landor / Milan
Client:
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano
Title:
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano
Category:
Branding
Annual ID:
ADC103_BCD063M
Award:
2024 Motion / Film Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client:
German Road Safety Council / Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport
Title:
No Answer
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
Annual ID:
ADC103_MOT077M
Award:
2024 Motion / Film Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
Love Song + Havas New York / New York City
Client:
The Harris Project
Title:
You Don't Know The Half Of It
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
Annual ID:
ADC103_MOT090M
Award:
2024 Architecture / Interior / Environmental Design Merit Honor
Agency:
rhb architectes / Strasbourg
Client:
CITY AND EUROMETROPOLIS OF STRASBOURG
Title:
Finkwiller school group
Category:
Architecture / Education / Institutional Design
Annual ID:
ADC103_AIE018M
Award:
2024 Architecture / Interior / Environmental Design Merit Honor
Agency:
PILLS / Beijing
Client:
Planning and Natural Resources Bureau of Shenzhen Municipality
Title:
Shenzhen International Fisheries & Seafood Expo
Category:
Exhibition Design / Trade Show Exhibition
Annual ID:
ADC103_AIE023M
Award:
2024 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Sunny at Sea / Stockholm/Malmö
Client:
Raoul Wallenberg Academy
Title:
Pieces
Category:
Digital Experience Design / Virtual / Mixed / Augmented Reality (VR, MR, AR)
Annual ID:
ADC103_EXP028M
Award:
2024 Motion / Film Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
LANDIA / Mexico City + Propuesta Cívica A.C. / Mexico City
Client:
Propuesta Cívica A.C.
Title:
The Stories That Killed Us
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
Annual ID:
ADC103_MOT086M
Award:
2024 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Base Design / New York + Rock & Roll Hall of Fame / Cleveland
Client:
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Title:
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Custom Typeface
Category:
Display Typeface
Annual ID:
ADC103_TYP026M
Award:
2024 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Leo Burnett Germany
Client:
WWF Germany
Title:
Climate Realism
Category:
Art Direction / Digital
Annual ID:
ADC103_ADV078M
Award:
2024 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
M&C Saatchi + Collider Studio
Client:
Minderoo Foundation
Title:
The Plastic Forecast
Category:
Art Direction / Digital
Annual ID:
ADC103_ADV107M
Award:
2024 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + 456 Studios / Chicago
Client:
Digital Public Library of America
Title:
Banned Book Club
Category:
Innovation / Direct
Annual ID:
ADC103_ADV074M
Award:
2024 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
M&C Saatchi + Collider Studio
Client:
Minderoo Foundation
Title:
The Plastic Forecast
Category:
Innovation / Direct
Annual ID:
ADC103_ADV108M
Award:
2024 Packaging Design Merit Honor
Agency:
A cloth Shop / Guizhou Province + Hanyi Fonts / Beijng + WV Sorcerer Productions + Antalis (Beijing) Trading Co., Ltd., / Beijng
Client:
Shanavlab
Title:
Strolling in the Moon
Category:
Media
Annual ID:
ADC103_PKG043M
Award:
2024 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Play Design Lab / Taipei City
Client:
Daxi Wood Art Ecomuseum
Title:
Dynamic Visual Wall for Daxi Woodcraft Exhibition
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC103_BCD047M
Award:
2024 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Bluecadet / Philadelphia + The Metropolitan Museum of Art / New York + Koko Architecture + Design / New York
Client:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title:
Met 81st Street Studio
Category:
Live Experience Design / Musuem Exhibitions
Annual ID:
ADC103_EXP024M