ADC Awards

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Self-Promotion

Award

Agency

Client

Title

Category

Annual ID

Respond2Racism Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco Client: Goodby Silverstein & Partners Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Use of Technology
Ashima Agency: Dillon M. + Dillon & Co + SoundChips Client: Dillon & Co / SoundChips Category: Motion / Film / Documentary
IMBALANCE Agency: indego design / Macau Client: Naughty Roll Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
world2 Agency: Thomas Hedger + TWOMUCH.STUDIO / London Client: Thomas Hedger Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Personal Portrait Illustrations Agency: Alexis Eke Client: Alexis Eke Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Glitter Agency: Jiaqi Wang Client: Self-Promotion Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Black Lives Matter Agency: Dominique Ramsey Client: Dominique Ramsey Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Balance And Kickflips Agency: Peter Phobia Client: Peter Phobia Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
"El Zahir" & "Funes El Memorioso" FICCIONES SERIES Agency: TLaloC (aka Eduardo Corral) Client: self-promotion Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Alone or Lonely Agency: Arushi Kathuria Client: Self Promotion Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Space Food Agency: Lauren Pusateri + Liana Wears + Monica Alley + Nat Bluhm Client: Self Promotion Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Bodega Bouquets Agency: Jessica Antola Client: Personal / Fine Art Series Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Superficial Agency: Dirk Bader + Luca Bader Client: Self Promotion Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
better than perfect Agency: Gerhard Client: Karin Stöttinger Geschmacksmomente Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Adobe Indesign 20th Annv Agency: Design Army / Washington DC Client: ADOBE Category: Promotional / Wildcard
Republish: Typography As... Exhibition Agency: Behalf Studio / Ho Chi Minh City Client: Republish Project (Self-Promotion) Category: Environmental
RETHINK EVERYTHING Agency: Design Army / Washington DC Client: NEENAH Category: Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog / Press Promotional Kit
Making Impossible Possible Agency: Jones Knowles Ritchie / London Client: Courtney Tulloch Category: Motion / Single or Series
Making Impossible Possible Agency: Jones Knowles Ritchie / London Client: Courtney Tulloch Category: Motion / Single or Series
An Email First Visual Identity Agency: Snøhetta / Oslo Client: Bjarne Melgaard Enterprise Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Digital
11.50 Rediscovering Discovery Agency: Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design / Minneapolis Client: Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design Category: Newspapers / Full Issue - Single
When ordinary becomes extraordinary Agency: Urbania / Montreal + L'Éloi / Montreal Client: Urbania Category: Fashion / Series
Parade of six-armed Maṇi-Padme Agency: Te Hu / San Francisco Client: Self-Promotion Category: Personal / Unpublished / Single
AirPods Pro Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Apple / Cupertino Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Products / Commercial / Series
The story of Luxury Agency: Alex Rank / Venice + BMW / Munich Client: BMW Group Category: Products / Commercial / Series
100 Years of Buckley's Agency: Instil Image Co. / Toronto + Saatchi / Toronto Client: Buckley's Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Eye to Eye campaign Agency: Mark Seliger Photography / New York Client: Hourglass Cosmetics Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Different Perspectives Agency: Matthew Borowick / New York Client: Matthew Borowick Category: Drone / Aerial / Series
Welcome to Winona Photo Essay Agency: Squarespace / New York Client: Squarespace Category: Travel / Tourism / Series
THE SOUND-FREE CONCERT Agency: TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc. / Tokyo Client: Japan Philharmonic Orchestra Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Representation Matters Mural Agency: Camila Rosa / Sao Paulo + Society6 / Los Angeles + The Other Art Fair / London Client: Society6 / The Other Art Fair Category: Mural / Graffiti / Street Art / Single
Hellvetica Agency: R/GA / New York Client: R/GA Category: Digital / Single or Series
Facebook Company: Branded Photography Agency: Creative X / San Francisco + Mini Title / London + Saffron / London Client: Facebook Category: Social Media / Single
Giannina Agency: Aiste Stancikaite / Berlin + Self Promotion / Berlin Client: Self Promotion Category: Personal / Unpublished / Single
Red Hot Agency: Nick Levesque / San Francisco Client: Nick Levesque Category: Personal / Unpublished / Single
PlusOne — Manifesto Agency: PlusOne / Amsterdam Client: PlusOne Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Animation
BORIS: THE BRAND Agency: Huge / Brooklyn + Getty Images / UK Client: Getty Images UK Category: Wildcard / Single
SLUTEVER Key Art Agency: VICELAND / Brooklyn Client: VICELAND Category: Wildcard / Single
Pocky THE GIFT Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo Client: Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Mini Electric Campaign Agency: Alex Rank / Venice + CoC Mini / Munich Client: Mini / BMW Group Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Yamaha CIS Speaker Agency: knot / Tokyo + Yamaha Corporation / Shizuoka + HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S INC. / Tokyo Client: Yamaha Corporation Category: Products / Commercial / Series
Beauty Mark Agency: Digitas / Boston + CVS / Providence, RI Client: CVS Health Category: Design for Good / Photography
Camp Ville Marie Agency: Sid Lee / Montréal Client: Sid Lee Category: Environmental Design / Interior Design
Typeform Agency: BÜRO UFHO / Singapore Client: Self Category: Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Single or Series
Facebook Company: Branded Photography Agency: Creative X / San Francisco + Mini Title / London + Saffron / London Client: Facebook Category: Social Media / Series
Facebook Company: People Empowered Series Agency: Creative X / San Francisco + Mini Title / London + Saffron / London Client: Facebook Category: Social Media / Series
Web of Infamy Agency: 72andSunny / New York Client: Smirnoff Category: Social Media / Series
The Art of the Season Agency: Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg Client: Kaufland Stiftung & Co. KG Category: Food / Series
Romie Regular Agency: Margot Lévêque / Paris + Lorenzo Fanton / NYC Client: Margot Lévêque Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series
LaFarge Agency: Typetanic Fonts / Chicago Client: Typetanic Fonts Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series

2021 Interactive Merit Honor

Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco

Goodby Silverstein & Partners

Respond2Racism

Craft in Online / Mobile / Use of Technology

ADC_INT21_048M

2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor

Dillon M. + Dillon & Co + SoundChips

Dillon & Co / SoundChips

Ashima

Motion / Film / Documentary

ADC_MOT21_051M

2021 Illustration Merit Honor

indego design / Macau

Naughty Roll

IMBALANCE

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series

ADC_ILT21_060M

2021 Illustration Merit Honor

Thomas Hedger + TWOMUCH.STUDIO / London

Thomas Hedger

world2

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series

ADC_ILT21_061M

2021 Illustration Merit Honor

Alexis Eke

Alexis Eke

Personal Portrait Illustrations

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series

ADC_ILT21_062M

2021 Illustration Merit Honor

Jiaqi Wang

Self-Promotion

Glitter

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series

ADC_ILT21_063M

2021 Illustration Merit Honor

Dominique Ramsey

Dominique Ramsey

Black Lives Matter

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series

ADC_ILT21_064M

2021 Illustration Merit Honor

Peter Phobia

Peter Phobia

Balance And Kickflips

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series

ADC_ILT21_065M

2021 Illustration Merit Honor

TLaloC (aka Eduardo Corral)

self-promotion

"El Zahir" & "Funes El Memorioso" FICCIONES SERIES

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series

ADC_ILT21_066M

2021 Illustration Merit Honor

Arushi Kathuria

Self Promotion

Alone or Lonely

Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series

ADC_ILT21_067M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Lauren Pusateri + Liana Wears + Monica Alley + Nat Bluhm

Self Promotion

Space Food

Fine Art / Conceptual / Series

ADC_PHO21_027M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Jessica Antola

Personal / Fine Art Series

Bodega Bouquets

Fine Art / Conceptual / Series

ADC_PHO21_028M

2021 Photography Merit Honor

Dirk Bader + Luca Bader

Self Promotion

Superficial

Fine Art / Conceptual / Series

ADC_PHO21_029M

2021 Publication Design Merit Honor

Gerhard

Karin Stöttinger Geschmacksmomente

better than perfect

Magazines / Magazine Full Issue

ADC_PUB21_044M

2021 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor

Design Army / Washington DC

ADOBE

Adobe Indesign 20th Annv

Promotional / Wildcard

ADC_BCD21_080M

2021 Typography Merit Honor

Behalf Studio / Ho Chi Minh City

Republish Project (Self-Promotion)

Republish: Typography As... Exhibition

Environmental

ADC_TYP21_017M

2021 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor

Design Army / Washington DC

NEENAH

RETHINK EVERYTHING

Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog / Press Promotional Kit

ADC_BCD21_074M

2020 Typography Best of Discipline Cube

Jones Knowles Ritchie / London

Courtney Tulloch

Making Impossible Possible

Motion / Single or Series

ADC_TYP20_001G

2020 Typography Gold Cube

Jones Knowles Ritchie / London

Courtney Tulloch

Making Impossible Possible

Motion / Single or Series

ADC_TYP20_001G

2020 Brand / Communication Design Silver Cube

Snøhetta / Oslo

Bjarne Melgaard Enterprise

An Email First Visual Identity

Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Digital

ADC_BCD20_002S

2020 Publication Design Silver Cube

Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design / Minneapolis

Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design

11.50 Rediscovering Discovery

Newspapers / Full Issue - Single

ADC_PUB20_021S

2020 Photography Bronze Cube

Urbania / Montreal + L'Éloi / Montreal

Urbania

When ordinary becomes extraordinary

Fashion / Series

ADC_PHO20_006B

2020 Illustration Bronze Cube

Te Hu / San Francisco

Self-Promotion

Parade of six-armed Maṇi-Padme

Personal / Unpublished / Single

ADC_ILT20_023B

2020 Photography Bronze Cube

TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Apple / Cupertino

Apple, Inc.

AirPods Pro

Products / Commercial / Series

ADC_PHO20_026B

2020 Photography Bronze Cube

Alex Rank / Venice + BMW / Munich

BMW Group

The story of Luxury

Products / Commercial / Series

ADC_PHO20_027B

2020 Photography Bronze Cube

Instil Image Co. / Toronto + Saatchi / Toronto

Buckley's

100 Years of Buckley's

Products / Commercial / Series

ADC_PHO20_028B

2020 Photography Bronze Cube

Mark Seliger Photography / New York

Hourglass Cosmetics

Eye to Eye campaign

Products / Commercial / Series

ADC_PHO20_029B

2020 Photography Bronze Cube

Matthew Borowick / New York

Matthew Borowick

Different Perspectives

Drone / Aerial / Series

ADC_PHO20_002B

2020 Photography Bronze Cube

Squarespace / New York

Squarespace

Welcome to Winona Photo Essay

Travel / Tourism / Series

ADC_PHO20_033B

2020 Photography Merit Honor

TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc. / Tokyo

Japan Philharmonic Orchestra

THE SOUND-FREE CONCERT

Fine Art / Conceptual / Series

ADC_PHO20_038M

2020 Illustration Merit Honor

Camila Rosa / Sao Paulo + Society6 / Los Angeles + The Other Art Fair / London

Society6 / The Other Art Fair

Representation Matters Mural

Mural / Graffiti / Street Art / Single

ADC_ILT20_058M

2020 Typography Merit Honor

R/GA / New York

R/GA

Hellvetica

Digital / Single or Series

ADC_TYP20_017M

2020 Photography Merit Honor

Creative X / San Francisco + Mini Title / London + Saffron / London

Facebook

Facebook Company: Branded Photography

Social Media / Single

ADC_PHO20_059M

2020 Illustration Merit Honor

Aiste Stancikaite / Berlin + Self Promotion / Berlin

Self Promotion

Giannina

Personal / Unpublished / Single

ADC_ILT20_063M

2020 Illustration Merit Honor

Nick Levesque / San Francisco

Nick Levesque

Red Hot

Personal / Unpublished / Single

ADC_ILT20_064M

2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor

PlusOne / Amsterdam

PlusOne

PlusOne — Manifesto

Craft in Motion / Film / Animation

ADC_MOT20_042M

2020 Photography Merit Honor

Huge / Brooklyn + Getty Images / UK

Getty Images UK

BORIS: THE BRAND

Wildcard / Single

ADC_PHO20_069M

2020 Photography Merit Honor

VICELAND / Brooklyn

VICELAND

SLUTEVER Key Art

Wildcard / Single

ADC_PHO20_070M

2020 Photography Merit Honor

DENTSU INC. / Tokyo

Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.

Pocky THE GIFT

Products / Commercial / Series

ADC_PHO20_053M

2020 Photography Merit Honor

Alex Rank / Venice + CoC Mini / Munich

Mini / BMW Group

Mini Electric Campaign

Products / Commercial / Series

ADC_PHO20_056M

2020 Photography Merit Honor

knot / Tokyo + Yamaha Corporation / Shizuoka + HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S INC. / Tokyo

Yamaha Corporation

Yamaha CIS Speaker

Products / Commercial / Series

ADC_PHO20_058M

2020 Photography Merit Honor

Digitas / Boston + CVS / Providence, RI

CVS Health

Beauty Mark

Design for Good / Photography

ADC_DFG20_064M

2020 Experiential Design Merit Honor

Sid Lee / Montréal

Sid Lee

Camp Ville Marie

Environmental Design / Interior Design

ADC_EXP20_026M

2020 Typography Merit Honor

BÜRO UFHO / Singapore

Self

Typeform

Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Single or Series

ADC_TYP20_028M

2020 Photography Merit Honor

Creative X / San Francisco + Mini Title / London + Saffron / London

Facebook

Facebook Company: Branded Photography

Social Media / Series

ADC_PHO20_061M

2020 Photography Merit Honor

Creative X / San Francisco + Mini Title / London + Saffron / London

Facebook

Facebook Company: People Empowered Series

Social Media / Series

ADC_PHO20_062M

2020 Photography Merit Honor

72andSunny / New York

Smirnoff

Web of Infamy

Social Media / Series

ADC_PHO20_063M

2020 Photography Merit Honor

Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg

Kaufland Stiftung & Co. KG

The Art of the Season

Food / Series

ADC_PHO20_041M

2020 Typography Merit Honor

Margot Lévêque / Paris + Lorenzo Fanton / NYC

Margot Lévêque

Romie Regular

Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series

ADC_TYP20_032M

2020 Typography Merit Honor

Typetanic Fonts / Chicago

Typetanic Fonts

LaFarge

Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series

ADC_TYP20_033M

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