ADC Awards
The ADC Annual Awards is the oldest continuously running industry award show in the world. Now in its incredible 102nd 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
Chinese Nursery Rhymes
Agency: Rang Li
Client: China People's Education Press Category: Best of Publication Design
Waiting for the School Bus in Uvalde
Agency: The New Yorker / New York
Client: The New Yorker Category: Best of Photography
Waiting for the School Bus in Uvalde
Agency: The New Yorker / New York
Client: The New Yorker Category: Portraiture / Series
The Unburnable Book
Agency: Rethink + Penguin Random House
Client: Penguin Random House Category: Specialty Product / Wildcard
Reasons to Love New York Cover
Agency: Pelle + New York Magazine
Client: New York Magazine Category: Innovation
2023 Covers
Agency: The New York Times for Kids / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Newspapers / Front Page
The New World
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Digital / Single
There's light
Agency: Paprika / Montreal
Client: Glenn Lutz Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Vanishing Act
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Music / Entertainment / Series
Great Performers
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Music / Entertainment / Series
The Games Issue
Agency: The New York Times for Kids / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Newspapers / Full Issue
The Tiny Issue
Agency: The New York Times for Kids / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Newspapers / Full Issue
The Rotten Issue
Agency: The New York Times for Kids / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Newspapers / Full Issue
The Pleasures of Outdoor Dining Cover
Agency: Beth + New York Magazine
Client: New York Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover
A Photographer's Month in Ukraine
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Photojournalism / Series
I Want to Keep Smashing Myself Until I Am Whole
Agency: Alex + Ian
Client: Picador / Farrar, Straus and Giroux Category: Books / Jacket
Chinese Nursery Rhymes
Agency: Rang
Client: China People's Education Press Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Pet Sematary
Agency: Edward + The Folio Society / London
Client: The Folio Society Category: Book / Series
Citizens of Kyiv
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Portraiture / Series
Requiem for the Supreme Court
Agency: Grace J.
Client: The New York Times Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
Iceland
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Nature
Uvalde Mass Shooting
Agency: Frank + The New York Times Opinion
Client: The New York Times Opinion Category: Newspapers / Front Page
The New World
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Digital Publications / Online Publication
Why Do We Love TikTok Audio Memes?
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Digital Publications / Online Publication
The Unburnable Book
Agency: Rethink + Penguin Random House
Client: Penguin Random House Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Drill Portfolio
Agency: Ashley + New York Magazine
Client: New York Magazine Category: Music / Entertainment / Series
The Joys (and Challenges) of Sex After 70
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
The Strategist Holiday Gift Guide
Agency: Joe + New York Magazine
Client: New York Magazine Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Stranger Fruit
Agency: Luminosity Lab / Brooklyn
Client: Kris Graves Projects Category: Books / Image-Driven
Portuguese (Re)Constitution
Agency: FCB Lisboa / Lisbon + Penguin Random House Portugal / Lisbon
Client: Penguin Random House Portugal Category: Books / Image-Driven
Iro: The Essence of Color in Japanese Design
Agency: Phaidon Press / New York + Julia + Rossella
Client: Phaidon Press Category: Books / Image-Driven
Collection of Phoenix Exlibris
Agency: Bingyan
Client: Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing Category: Publication
Asia-Pacific Design 18
Agency: Yanrong + Zhenhua
Client: Sandu Publishing Co., Ltd. Category: Books / Jacket
The Unburnable Book
Agency: Rethink + Penguin Random House
Client: Penguin Random House Category: Design for Good / Product Design
Portuguese (Re)Constitution
Agency: FCB Lisboa / Lisbon + Penguin Random House Portugal / Lisbon
Client: Penguin Random House Portugal Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Single or Series
The Culture Issue
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
I Was Wrong
Agency: Kate + The New York Times Opinion
Client: The New York Times Opinion Category: Newspapers / Story / Spreads
The People vs. Rubber Bullets
Agency: Long Lead / Houston + Decimal Studios / Brooklyn
Client: Long Lead & Decimal Studios Category: Digital Publications / Online Publication
Portuguese (Re)Constitution
Agency: FCB Lisboa / Lisbon + Penguin Random House Portugal / Lisbon
Client: Penguin Random House Portugal Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Reasons to Love Cover
Agency: Pelle + New York Magazine
Client: New York Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover
Śakra
Agency: Nanjing Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client: SUPER BULLET PICTURES LIMITED Category: Books / Image-Driven
Redaction
Agency: Practise / Auckland + James + Forest + Amanda
Client: W. W. Norton Category: Books / Image-Driven
Tsunagu Mono Gatari / Verbindungsstücke
Agency: Ferdinand + Toshiya + Toshiya Izumo & Ferdinand Ulrich / Berlin
Client: Goethe Institute Kyoto Category: Publication
goodbye sketches
Agency: Minmin Qu & Qian Jiang
Client: Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
The Nest
Agency: Scott + Slanted Publishers
Client: Leisure Labor / Slanted Publishers Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
What Lies Beneath
Agency: Condé Nast + Vanity Fair
Client: Vanity Fair Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
Award:
2023 Publication Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Rang Li
Client:
China People's Education Press
Title:
Chinese Nursery Rhymes
Category:
Best of Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB000G
Award:
2023 Photography Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
The New Yorker / New York
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
Waiting for the School Bus in Uvalde
Category:
Best of Photography
Annual ID:
ADC102_PHO000G
Award:
2023 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The New Yorker / New York
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
Waiting for the School Bus in Uvalde
Category:
Portraiture / Series
Annual ID:
ADC102_PHO001G
Award:
2023 Packaging Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Rethink + Penguin Random House
Client:
Penguin Random House
Title:
The Unburnable Book
Category:
Specialty Product / Wildcard
Annual ID:
ADC102_PKG007G
Award:
2023 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
Pelle + New York Magazine
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
Reasons to Love New York Cover
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC102_PHO005G
Award:
2023 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times for Kids / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times for Kids
Title:
2023 Covers
Category:
Newspapers / Front Page
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB004G
Award:
2023 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The New World
Category:
Digital / Single
Annual ID:
ADC102_ILT003G
Award:
2023 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Paprika / Montreal
Client:
Glenn Lutz
Title:
There's light
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB008G
Award:
2023 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Vanishing Act
Category:
Music / Entertainment / Series
Annual ID:
ADC102_PHO002G
Award:
2023 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Great Performers
Category:
Music / Entertainment / Series
Annual ID:
ADC102_PHO004G
Award:
2023 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times for Kids / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times for Kids
Title:
The Games Issue
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB003G
Award:
2023 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times for Kids / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times for Kids
Title:
The Tiny Issue
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB009G
Award:
2023 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times for Kids / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times for Kids
Title:
The Rotten Issue
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB011G
Award:
2023 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Beth + New York Magazine
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
The Pleasures of Outdoor Dining Cover
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB006G
Award:
2023 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
A Photographer's Month in Ukraine
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC102_PHO003G
Award:
2023 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Alex + Ian
Client:
Picador / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Title:
I Want to Keep Smashing Myself Until I Am Whole
Category:
Books / Jacket
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB005G
Award:
2023 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Rang
Client:
China People's Education Press
Title:
Chinese Nursery Rhymes
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB001G
Award:
2023 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
YIN
Client:
LINLIN Design Studio
Title:
Life in the Beijing Opera
Category:
Books / Text-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB007G
Award:
2023 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Edward + The Folio Society / London
Client:
The Folio Society
Title:
Pet Sematary
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC102_ILT006G
Award:
2023 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Citizens of Kyiv
Category:
Portraiture / Series
Annual ID:
ADC102_PHO010S
Award:
2023 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Grace J.
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Requiem for the Supreme Court
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC102_ILT010S
Award:
2023 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Iceland
Category:
Nature
Annual ID:
ADC102_PHO011S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Frank + The New York Times Opinion
Client:
The New York Times Opinion
Title:
Uvalde Mass Shooting
Category:
Newspapers / Front Page
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB017S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The New World
Category:
Digital Publications / Online Publication
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB015S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Why Do We Love TikTok Audio Memes?
Category:
Digital Publications / Online Publication
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB016S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Rethink + Penguin Random House
Client:
Penguin Random House
Title:
The Unburnable Book
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB014S
Award:
2023 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
Ashley + New York Magazine
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
Drill Portfolio
Category:
Music / Entertainment / Series
Annual ID:
ADC102_PHO009S
Award:
2023 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Joys (and Challenges) of Sex After 70
Category:
Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Annual ID:
ADC102_PHO007S
Award:
2023 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
Joe + New York Magazine
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
The Strategist Holiday Gift Guide
Category:
Products / Commercial / Series
Annual ID:
ADC102_PHO012S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Luminosity Lab / Brooklyn
Client:
Kris Graves Projects
Title:
Stranger Fruit
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB012S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
FCB Lisboa / Lisbon + Penguin Random House Portugal / Lisbon
Client:
Penguin Random House Portugal
Title:
Portuguese (Re)Constitution
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB019S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Phaidon Press / New York + Julia + Rossella
Client:
Phaidon Press
Title:
Iro: The Essence of Color in Japanese Design
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB020S
Award:
2023 Typography Silver Cube
Agency:
Bingyan
Client:
Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing
Title:
Collection of Phoenix Exlibris
Category:
Publication
Annual ID:
ADC102_TYP006S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Yanrong + Zhenhua
Client:
Sandu Publishing Co., Ltd.
Title:
Asia-Pacific Design 18
Category:
Books / Jacket
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB013S
Award:
2023 Product Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Rethink + Penguin Random House
Client:
Penguin Random House
Title:
The Unburnable Book
Category:
Design for Good / Product Design
Annual ID:
ADC102_PRD003S
Award:
2023 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
FCB Lisboa / Lisbon + Penguin Random House Portugal / Lisbon
Client:
Penguin Random House Portugal
Title:
Portuguese (Re)Constitution
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC102_ILT008S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Culture Issue
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB023B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Kate + The New York Times Opinion
Client:
The New York Times Opinion
Title:
I Was Wrong
Category:
Newspapers / Story / Spreads
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB024B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Long Lead / Houston + Decimal Studios / Brooklyn
Client:
Long Lead & Decimal Studios
Title:
The People vs. Rubber Bullets
Category:
Digital Publications / Online Publication
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB021B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
FCB Lisboa / Lisbon + Penguin Random House Portugal / Lisbon
Client:
Penguin Random House Portugal
Title:
Portuguese (Re)Constitution
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB026B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Pelle + New York Magazine
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
Reasons to Love Cover
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB029B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Nanjing Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client:
SUPER BULLET PICTURES LIMITED
Title:
Śakra
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB027B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Practise / Auckland + James + Forest + Amanda
Client:
W. W. Norton
Title:
Redaction
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB030B
Award:
2023 Typography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Ferdinand + Toshiya + Toshiya Izumo & Ferdinand Ulrich / Berlin
Client:
Goethe Institute Kyoto
Title:
Tsunagu Mono Gatari / Verbindungsstücke
Category:
Publication
Annual ID:
ADC102_TYP019B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Laura
Client:
Cyberfeminism Index
Title:
Cyberfeminism Index
Category:
Books / Jacket
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB032B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Minmin Qu & Qian Jiang
Client:
Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing
Title:
goodbye sketches
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB028B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Scott + Slanted Publishers
Client:
Leisure Labor / Slanted Publishers
Title:
The Nest
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB031B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Laura
Client:
Cyberfeminism Index
Title:
Cyberfeminism Index
Category:
Books / Text-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB022B
Award:
2023 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Condé Nast + Vanity Fair
Client:
Vanity Fair
Title:
What Lies Beneath
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC102_ILT029B
Award:
2023 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Nicolas
Client:
The Atlantic
Title:
After Babel
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Series
Annual ID:
ADC102_ILT027B
