ADC Awards
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Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID
Madness In Crowds
Agency: Beehive Books / Philadelphia + Headcase Design / Philadelphia
Client: Beehive Books Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Memory
Agency: Minmin qu & qian jiang / Nanjing
Client: JIANGSU ART MUSEUM Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Made in Fukushima.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client: METER Group Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
The Truth Is Worth It: Fearlessness (ISIS)
Agency: Final Cut / New York + Droga5 / New York + Furlined / Los Angeles + Significant Others / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Editing
The New York Times for Kids
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Mag Labs Category: Newspapers / Full Issue - Series
FLIGHT OF THE CLOTILDA
Agency: Kadir Nelson / Los Angeles + National Geographic / Washington DC
Client: National Geographic Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
Made in Fukushima.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client: METER Group Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
‘Human Scum’ and Trump’s Tortured English
Agency: Nicolas Ortega / New York + The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
Covering Climate Now
Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Design by Disruption / New York
Client: Columbia Journalism Review Category: Direct / Wildcard - Single
The New York Issue
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover - Single
Caption Contest
Agency: BBDO / New York + The er / New York
Client: The New Yorker Category: Social Media / Instagram
Bloomberg — Charting Futures
Agency: Algo / Torino + Illo / Torino
Client: Bloomberg Category: Innovation
Typographic Design in China
Agency: T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing
Client: Shenzhen Graphic Design Association (SGDA) Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Ninety-Nine Percent Fearless (Laura Dern)
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread - Single
The New York Issue
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Single
Great Performers
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Single
Paul Smith's Cycling Scrapbook
Agency: Tenmilliontimes Design / Nanjing
Client: Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single
Made in Fukushima.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client: METER Group Category: Innovation / Single or Series
The New York Issue: Cover
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Use of Typography / Single
The Truth Is Local
Agency: The New York Times / New York + Local Projects / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Experiential Design / Installations - Series
LEONARDO DAVID
Agency: Airbnb Magazine / New York
Client: AIR B N B MAGAZINE Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
Observing and Mirroring - Dwelling Philosophy
Agency: T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing
Client: Day Day Up Design Consultant Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Hunhun's Notes
Agency: Day Day Up Design Consultancy / Zhongshan
Client: Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing, Ltd. Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
THE ART OF TATSURO KIUCHI
Agency: Tatsuro Kiuchi / Tokyo + Genkosha / Tokyo
Client: Genkosha Category: Book / Series
Anansi Boys
Agency: The Folio Society / London + Francis Vallejo / Detroit
Client: The Folio Society Category: Book / Series
Made in Fukushima.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client: METER Group Category: Books / Jacket - Single
Dragon’s Delusion - Book Cover & Jacket Design
Agency: STUDIO-M / Hong Kong
Client: Dragon’s Delusion Category: Books / Jacket - Series
Planet or Plastic?
Agency: Square Pixel / Rio de Janeiro + Saatchi & Saatchi / Dubai
Client: National Geographic Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Series
The New York Times Magazine Labs Special Sections
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Labs Category: Newspapers / Full Issue - Series
Putting a Price on the End of the World
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
Breeze blows to the page, you read
Agency: XXL Studio / Beijing
Client: Hainan Publishing House Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
LANGUAGE SANCTUARY
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Creative X Inc. / Tokyo
Client: Okinawa Times Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
So the internet didn't turn out the way we hoped
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Online / Mobile Websites / Website
The New York Times For Kids: The Fear Issue Covers
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Labs Category: Newspapers / Front Page - Series
Nature's co-citation network infographic
Agency: Nature / New York + Barabási Lab / Boston
Client: Nature Category: Magazines / Magazine Infographics - Single or Series
What Parents Can Do About Gendered Toys
Agency: Ran Zheng / Jersey City + NPR / Washington, D.C.
Client: NPR Category: Digital / Single
What The U.S. Gets Wrong About China
Agency: Nicolas Ortega / New York + Barron's / New York
Client: Barron's Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
Beating the Bounds: The Case for Ethical Borders
Agency: Leonardo Santamaria / Los Angeles + Believer Magazine / Las Vegas
Client: Believer Magazine Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
My Sister, Myself
Agency: Leonardo Santamaria / Los Angeles + O, The Oprah Magazine / New York City
Client: O, The Oprah Magazine Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
Harvey Weinstein Convicted
Agency: Brian Stauffer Illustration + Animation / Novato + The New York Times Magazine / NYC
Client: The New York Times Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
One Small Step
Agency: Estudio Javier Jaen / Barcelona
Client: The New York Times Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
Vitamin T: Threads & Textiles in Contemporary Art
Agency: Phaidon / New York
Client: Phaidon Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Fabien Baron: Works 1983-2019
Agency: Phaidon / New York
Client: Phaidon Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Cover Artworks for The New Yorker
Agency: Tom Gauld / London / UK + The New Yorker / New York / USA
Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Front Page - Series
Washington Post Spring Cleaning 11th Annual
Agency: Party of One Studio / Brooklyn + Washington Post / Washington DC
Client: Washington Post Category: Editorial / Front Page - Series
Lo—TEK. Design by Radical Indigenism
Agency: W—E studio, Piera Wolf + Claudine Eriksson / Zürich + New York + TASCHEN / Cologne + TASCHEN / Berlin
Client: TASCHEN Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
The 1619 Project
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Beehive Books / Philadelphia + Headcase Design / Philadelphia
Client:
Beehive Books
Title:
Madness In Crowds
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_001G
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Minmin qu & qian jiang / Nanjing
Client:
JIANGSU ART MUSEUM
Title:
The Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge Memory
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_002G
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client:
METER Group
Title:
Made in Fukushima.
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_037G
Award:
2020 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Casa Rex / São Paulo
Client:
Pulo do Gato
Title:
Muito Esquisito
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_008G
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
Final Cut / New York + Droga5 / New York + Furlined / Los Angeles + Significant Others / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
The Truth Is Worth It: Fearlessness (ISIS)
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Editing
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_011G
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine Mag Labs
Title:
The New York Times for Kids
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_022G
Award:
2020 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Kadir Nelson / Los Angeles + National Geographic / Washington DC
Client:
National Geographic
Title:
FLIGHT OF THE CLOTILDA
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_016G
Award:
2020 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client:
METER Group
Title:
Made in Fukushima.
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_007G
Award:
2020 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Nicolas Ortega / New York + The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
‘Human Scum’ and Trump’s Tortured English
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_018S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Design by Disruption / New York
Client:
Columbia Journalism Review
Title:
Covering Climate Now
Category:
Direct / Wildcard - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_045S
Award:
2020 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Eugenia Mello / Brooklyn
Client:
Victionary
Title:
Moving
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_009S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The New York Issue
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_014S
Award:
2020 Interactive Silver Cube
Agency:
BBDO / New York + The er / New York
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
Caption Contest
Category:
Social Media / Instagram
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_033S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Algo / Torino + Illo / Torino
Client:
Bloomberg
Title:
Bloomberg — Charting Futures
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_013S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing
Client:
Shenzhen Graphic Design Association (SGDA)
Title:
Typographic Design in China
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_008S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Ninety-Nine Percent Fearless (Laura Dern)
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_019S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The New York Issue
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_015S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Great Performers
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_016S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Tenmilliontimes Design / Nanjing
Client:
Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House
Title:
Paul Smith's Cycling Scrapbook
Category:
Books / Text-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_010S
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client:
METER Group
Title:
Made in Fukushima.
Category:
Innovation / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_018S
Award:
2020 Typography Silver Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The New York Issue: Cover
Category:
Use of Typography / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_015S
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times / New York + Local Projects / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
The Truth Is Local
Category:
Experiential Design / Installations - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_012S
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Airbnb Magazine / New York
Client:
AIR B N B MAGAZINE
Title:
LEONARDO DAVID
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_019B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing
Client:
Day Day Up Design Consultant
Title:
Observing and Mirroring - Dwelling Philosophy
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_003B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Day Day Up Design Consultancy / Zhongshan
Client:
Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing, Ltd.
Title:
Hunhun's Notes
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_004B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Tatsuro Kiuchi / Tokyo + Genkosha / Tokyo
Client:
Genkosha
Title:
THE ART OF TATSURO KIUCHI
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_010B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
The Folio Society / London + Francis Vallejo / Detroit
Client:
The Folio Society
Title:
Anansi Boys
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_011B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
YUKE LI / New York
Client:
YUKE
Title:
THE TIGER IN MY YARD
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_012B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client:
METER Group
Title:
Made in Fukushima.
Category:
Books / Jacket - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_005B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
STUDIO-M / Hong Kong
Client:
Dragon’s Delusion
Title:
Dragon’s Delusion - Book Cover & Jacket Design
Category:
Books / Jacket - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_006B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Square Pixel / Rio de Janeiro + Saatchi & Saatchi / Dubai
Client:
National Geographic
Title:
Planet or Plastic?
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_023B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine Labs
Title:
The New York Times Magazine Labs Special Sections
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_023B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Putting a Price on the End of the World
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_017B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
XXL Studio / Beijing
Client:
Hainan Publishing House
Title:
Breeze blows to the page, you read
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_009B
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Creative X Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Okinawa Times
Title:
LANGUAGE SANCTUARY
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_025B
Award:
2020 Interactive Bronze Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
So the internet didn't turn out the way we hoped
Category:
Online / Mobile Websites / Website
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_028B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine Labs
Title:
The New York Times For Kids: The Fear Issue Covers
Category:
Newspapers / Front Page - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_020B
Award:
2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Nature / New York + Barabási Lab / Boston
Client:
Nature
Title:
Nature's co-citation network infographic
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Infographics - Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_018B
Award:
2020 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Ran Zheng / Jersey City + NPR / Washington, D.C.
Client:
NPR
Title:
What Parents Can Do About Gendered Toys
Category:
Digital / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_014B
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Nicolas Ortega / New York + Barron's / New York
Client:
Barron's
Title:
What The U.S. Gets Wrong About China
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_047M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Leonardo Santamaria / Los Angeles + Believer Magazine / Las Vegas
Client:
Believer Magazine
Title:
Beating the Bounds: The Case for Ethical Borders
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_048M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Leonardo Santamaria / Los Angeles + O, The Oprah Magazine / New York City
Client:
O, The Oprah Magazine
Title:
My Sister, Myself
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_050M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Brian Stauffer Illustration + Animation / Novato + The New York Times Magazine / NYC
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Harvey Weinstein Convicted
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_051M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Estudio Javier Jaen / Barcelona
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
One Small Step
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_052M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Phaidon / New York
Client:
Phaidon
Title:
Vitamin T: Threads & Textiles in Contemporary Art
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_025M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Phaidon / New York
Client:
Phaidon
Title:
Fabien Baron: Works 1983-2019
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_026M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Tom Gauld / London / UK + The New Yorker / New York / USA
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
Cover Artworks for The New Yorker
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_044M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Party of One Studio / Brooklyn + Washington Post / Washington DC
Client:
Washington Post
Title:
Washington Post Spring Cleaning 11th Annual
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_045M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
W—E studio, Piera Wolf + Claudine Eriksson / Zürich + New York + TASCHEN / Cologne + TASCHEN / Berlin
Client:
TASCHEN
Title:
Lo—TEK. Design by Radical Indigenism
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_070M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The 1619 Project
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_071M
