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
SAY THEIR NAMES
Agency: The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client: The New Yorker Category: Best of Illustration
Democracy by Mail
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Best of Photography
Great Performers
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Use of Typography / Single
How Climate Change Will Remap Where Americans Live
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Photojournalism / Single
2020 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
Democracy by Mail
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Photojournalism / Series
The Decameron Project
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
SAY THEIR NAMES
Agency: The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
THE CENTENNIAL
Agency: The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
Distant Summer
Agency: The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
AMERICAN UPRISING
Agency: Rolling Stone / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client: Rolling Stone Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
Sweet Liberty
Agency: The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
Life Needs Truth
Agency: Droga5 / New York + The New York Times / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Craft in Writing / TV / Film / Video
Browse Leipzig
Agency: Nanjing Han Qing Tang Design CO., LTD. / Nanjing + Qing + Tao
Client: Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Wrestling With Westside Story
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Music / Entertainment / Single
Megan Thee Stallion
Agency: Mah Ferraz + 300 Entertainment / New York + The New York Times / New York + The Genius Club / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Editing
How It Works
Agency: The New York Times For Kids / New York
Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Newspapers / Full Issue
Life Needs Truth
Agency: Droga5 / New York + The New York Times / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Craft in Video / Editing
Epicenter
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Photojournalism / Series
America At Hunger's Edge
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Photojournalism / Series
Epicenter
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Fukt Magazine #19 Storylines
Agency: Ariane Spanier
Client: Fukt Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
20 YEARS 20 PEOPLE 20 STORIES
Agency: Bofeng Liao
Client: LAVIE MATÉRIELLE Bookstore Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Stories Hidden in Chinese Characters
Agency: linlin Design / Beijing
Client: Chemical Industry Press Category: Books / Text-Driven
Misery
Agency: Edward Kinsella + The Folio Society / London
Client: The Folio Society Category: Book / Series
The Autobiography of Eikoh Hosoe Trilogy
Agency: Wang Zhihong Studio + Yuwen Hsu + Zhihong Wang
Client: Faces Publications Category: Books / Jacket
Night of the Living Dead
Agency: Edward Kinsella + Bloomsbury Publishing PLC / London + British Film Institute / London
Client: The British Film Institute + Bloomsbury Publishing Category: Book / Single
The Decameron Project
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover
Dogs and Cats
Agency: The New York Times For Kids / New York
Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Newspapers / Full Issue
Behind Closed Doors
Agency: Manja + Phil + Chand + Sid
Client: Cuisine Magazine Category: Design for Good / Photography
Great Performers
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
VICE News Tonight
Agency: VICE News / New York City
Client: VICE News Tonight Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Television / Film / Online Networks
Quarantine Journal
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
water
Agency: Minmin Qu & Qian Jiang / Nanjing
Client: Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing.Ltd Category: Books / Image-Driven
Terrines, etc. by Maison Vérot
Agency: Benoit Berger + Éditions du Chêne / Paris
Client: Éditions du Chêne / HACHETTE Category: Books / Image-Driven
Modular Signage System for Groupe Le Monde HQ
Agency: Snøhetta / Oslo, Norway + Medicis / Lyon, France
Client: Groupe Le Monde Category: Environmental Design / Wayfinding Systems
Disabled in the Coronavirus Crisis
Agency: Leonardo Santamaria
Client: The New York Times Category: Editorial / Spread - Single
Contemporary Kunqu
Agency: Minmin Qu & Qian Jiang / Nanjing
Client: Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing.Ltd Category: Books / Text-Driven
Life Needs Truth
Agency: Droga5 / New York + The New York Times / New York + Somesuch / New York + Method Studio / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Craft in Video / Direction - Single
20 YEARS 20 PEOPLE 20 STORIES
Agency: Bofeng Liao
Client: LAVIE MATÉRIELLE Bookstore Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
The Music Issue Cover
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover
Educating Gen Z
Agency: Sunday Afternoon / New York + Juan Carlos
Client: The New York Times Category: Use of Typography / Single
Hiakai
Agency: Manja Wachsmuth + Monique Fiso + Penguin Random House / Auckland + Jeremy Sherlock
Client: Penguin Random House Category: Food / Series
War: Kids drawings in VR Animation
Agency: RT Creative Lab / Moscow
Client: RT Category: Experiential Design / Digital Experiences
The Blue Great Walls
Agency: Yuyang Liu
Client: The New York Times Category: Photojournalism / Series
How many female type designers do you know?
Agency: Yulia Popova
Client: Self-Promotion Category: Design for Good / Typography
Award:
2021 Illustration Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
SAY THEIR NAMES
Category:
Best of Illustration
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_001G
Award:
2021 Photography Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Democracy by Mail
Category:
Best of Photography
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_001G
Award:
2021 Typography Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Great Performers
Category:
Use of Typography / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP21_002G
Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
How Climate Change Will Remap Where Americans Live
Category:
Photojournalism / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_005G
Award:
2021 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:
2020 Covers
Category:
Newspapers / Front Page
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_006G
Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Democracy by Mail
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_001G
Award:
2021 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
The Decameron Project
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_004G
Award:
2021 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
SAY THEIR NAMES
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_001G
Award:
2021 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
THE CENTENNIAL
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_003G
Award:
2021 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
Distant Summer
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_004G
Award:
2021 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Rolling Stone / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client:
Rolling Stone
Title:
AMERICAN UPRISING
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_005G
Award:
2021 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
Sweet Liberty
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_006G
Award:
2021 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
Droga5 / New York + The New York Times / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Life Needs Truth
Category:
Craft in Writing / TV / Film / Video
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_008G
Award:
2021 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Nanjing Han Qing Tang Design CO., LTD. / Nanjing + Qing + Tao
Client:
Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing
Title:
Browse Leipzig
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_003G
Award:
2021 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
hesign / Berlin
Client:
Jumping He
Title:
daydream
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_002G
Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Wrestling With Westside Story
Category:
Music / Entertainment / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_004G
Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
Mah Ferraz + 300 Entertainment / New York + The New York Times / New York + The Genius Club / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Megan Thee Stallion
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Editing
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_007G
Award:
2021 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times For Kids / New York
Client:
The New York Times for Kids
Title:
How It Works
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_007G
Award:
2021 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
Droga5 / New York + The New York Times / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Life Needs Truth
Category:
Craft in Video / Editing
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_022S
Award:
2021 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Epicenter
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_011S
Award:
2021 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
America At Hunger's Edge
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_012S
Award:
2021 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Epicenter
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_013S
Award:
2021 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Ariane Spanier
Client:
Fukt Magazine
Title:
Fukt Magazine #19 Storylines
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_014S
Award:
2021 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Tim O'Brien
Client:
Time Magazine
Title:
Day One
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_014S
Award:
2021 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Bofeng Liao
Client:
LAVIE MATÉRIELLE Bookstore
Title:
20 YEARS 20 PEOPLE 20 STORIES
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_009S
Award:
2021 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
linlin Design / Beijing
Client:
Chemical Industry Press
Title:
Stories Hidden in Chinese Characters
Category:
Books / Text-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_010S
Award:
2021 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Edward Kinsella + The Folio Society / London
Client:
The Folio Society
Title:
Misery
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_012S
Award:
2021 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Wang Zhihong Studio + Yuwen Hsu + Zhihong Wang
Client:
Faces Publications
Title:
The Autobiography of Eikoh Hosoe Trilogy
Category:
Books / Jacket
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_008S
Award:
2021 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Edward Kinsella + Bloomsbury Publishing PLC / London + British Film Institute / London
Client:
The British Film Institute + Bloomsbury Publishing
Title:
Night of the Living Dead
Category:
Book / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_011S
Award:
2021 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
The Decameron Project
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_012S
Award:
2021 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times For Kids / New York
Client:
The New York Times for Kids
Title:
Dogs and Cats
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_015S
Award:
2021 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
Manja + Phil + Chand + Sid
Client:
Cuisine Magazine
Title:
Behind Closed Doors
Category:
Design for Good / Photography
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_029B
Award:
2021 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Great Performers
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_022B
Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
VICE News / New York City
Client:
VICE News Tonight
Title:
VICE News Tonight
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Television / Film / Online Networks
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_023B
Award:
2021 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Quarantine Journal
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_024B
Award:
2021 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Minmin Qu & Qian Jiang / Nanjing
Client:
Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing.Ltd
Title:
water
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_016B
Award:
2021 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Benoit Berger + Éditions du Chêne / Paris
Client:
Éditions du Chêne / HACHETTE
Title:
Terrines, etc. by Maison Vérot
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_017B
Award:
2021 Experiential Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Snøhetta / Oslo, Norway + Medicis / Lyon, France
Client:
Groupe Le Monde
Title:
Modular Signage System for Groupe Le Monde HQ
Category:
Environmental Design / Wayfinding Systems
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP21_004B
Award:
2021 Illustration Bronze Cube
Agency:
Leonardo Santamaria
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Disabled in the Coronavirus Crisis
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_025B
Award:
2021 Photography Bronze Cube
Agency:
AARP Instagram
Client:
AARP
Title:
Nostalgic Film Locations
Category:
Social Media / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_023B
Award:
2021 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Minmin Qu & Qian Jiang / Nanjing
Client:
Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing.Ltd
Title:
Contemporary Kunqu
Category:
Books / Text-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_020B
Award:
2021 Advertising Bronze Cube
Agency:
Droga5 / New York + The New York Times / New York + Somesuch / New York + Method Studio / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Life Needs Truth
Category:
Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_041B
Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Bofeng Liao
Client:
LAVIE MATÉRIELLE Bookstore
Title:
20 YEARS 20 PEOPLE 20 STORIES
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_019B
Award:
2021 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
The Music Issue Cover
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_021B
Award:
2021 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Sunday Afternoon / New York + Juan Carlos
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Educating Gen Z
Category:
Use of Typography / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP21_024M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
AARP Instagram
Client:
AARP
Title:
Casa Ruby
Category:
Social Media / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_043M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Manja Wachsmuth + Monique Fiso + Penguin Random House / Auckland + Jeremy Sherlock
Client:
Penguin Random House
Title:
Hiakai
Category:
Food / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_030M
Award:
2021 In-House Merit Honor
Agency:
RT Creative Lab / Moscow
Client:
RT
Title:
War: Kids drawings in VR Animation
Category:
Experiential Design / Digital Experiences
Annual ID:
ADC_INH21_026M
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Yuyang Liu
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
The Blue Great Walls
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_037M
Award:
2021 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Yulia Popova
Client:
Self-Promotion
Title:
How many female type designers do you know?
Category:
Design for Good / Typography
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_063M
