ADC Awards
The ADC Annual Awards, part of The One Club for Creativity, is the oldest continuously running industry award show in the world. Now heading into its incredible 100th 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.
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Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID
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: 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
Made in Fukushima.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client: METER Group Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
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
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
Caption Contest
Agency: BBDO / New York + The er / New York
Client: The New Yorker Category: Social Media / Instagram
The New York Issue
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover - 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
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
Covering Climate Now
Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Design by Disruption / New York
Client: Columbia Journalism Review Category: Direct / Wildcard - Single
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
‘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
The New York Issue: Cover
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Use of Typography / 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
Planet or Plastic?
Agency: Square Pixel / Rio de Janeiro + Saatchi & Saatchi / Dubai
Client: National Geographic Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Dragon’s Delusion - Book Cover & Jacket Design
Agency: STUDIO-M / Hong Kong
Client: Dragon’s Delusion Category: Books / Jacket - Series
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
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
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
Nature's co-citation network infographic
Agency: Nature / New York + Barabási Lab / Boston
Client: Nature Category: Magazines / Magazine Infographics - Single or 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
Breeze blows to the page, you read
Agency: XXL Studio / Beijing
Client: Hainan Publishing House Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
LEONARDO DAVID
Agency: Airbnb Magazine / New York
Client: AIR B N B MAGAZINE Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
What Parents Can Do About Gendered Toys
Agency: Ran Zheng / Jersey City + NPR / Washington, D.C.
Client: NPR Category: Digital / Single
Made in Fukushima.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client: METER Group Category: Books / Jacket - 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
Carol H. Williams and the Rejected Script
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCB Global / New York + Ad Age / New York
Client: Ad Age Category: Animation / Single
Redaction Failures
Agency: VICE News / Brooklyn
Client: VICE News Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Typography
COMA – A GettyImages Original Series
Agency: AlmapBBDO / Sao Paulo + Getty Images / Sao Paulo
Client: Getty Images Category: Branded Content / Entertainment - Episodic / Web Series
50 Years of Pride
Agency: Sunday Afternoon / New York + The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
Deconstructing Bong Joon-ho
Agency: Nicole Rifkin / Jersey City + The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
ART CONNOISSEURS
Agency: The er / New York
Client: THE NEW YORKER Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
LOLOSOSO – 60 years of anothermountainman
Agency: Mak Kai Hang / Hong Kong
Client: Joint Publishing (HK) Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single
The Appreciation of Poems in Tang and Song Dynasty
Agency: T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing
Client: The Commercial Press Category: Books / Text-Driven - Single
COMA – A GettyImages Original Series
Agency: AlmapBBDO / Sao Paulo + Getty Images / Sao Paulo
Client: Getty Images Category: Craft in Writing / TV / Film / Video - Campaign
Madonna at 60
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover - Single
Undiscovered Rembrandt
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover - Single
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:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_037G
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 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 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 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 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 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:
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Eugenia Mello / Brooklyn
Client:
Victionary
Title:
Moving
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_009S
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:
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 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 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 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:
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 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 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 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 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 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:
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 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCB Global / New York + Ad Age / New York
Client:
Ad Age
Title:
Carol H. Williams and the Rejected Script
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_026M
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Award
Agency:
VICE News / Brooklyn
Client:
VICE News
Title:
Redaction Failures
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Typography
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_061M
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Award
Agency:
AlmapBBDO / Sao Paulo + Getty Images / Sao Paulo
Client:
Getty Images
Title:
COMA – A GettyImages Original Series
Category:
Branded Content / Entertainment - Episodic / Web Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_076M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Sunday Afternoon / New York + The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
50 Years of Pride
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_040M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
Nicole Rifkin / Jersey City + The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Deconstructing Bong Joon-ho
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_041M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Award
Agency:
The er / New York
Client:
THE NEW YORKER
Title:
ART CONNOISSEURS
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_042M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
Mak Kai Hang / Hong Kong
Client:
Joint Publishing (HK)
Title:
LOLOSOSO – 60 years of anothermountainman
Category:
Books / Text-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_042M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing
Client:
The Commercial Press
Title:
The Appreciation of Poems in Tang and Song Dynasty
Category:
Books / Text-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_043M
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Award
Agency:
AlmapBBDO / Sao Paulo + Getty Images / Sao Paulo
Client:
Getty Images
Title:
COMA – A GettyImages Original Series
Category:
Craft in Writing / TV / Film / Video - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_090M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Madonna at 60
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_048M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Award
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Undiscovered Rembrandt
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_049M
