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
iPhone 7 Lifestyle Photography
Agency: Apple / Cupertino
Client: Apple Category: Photography / Wildcard - Series
Top Gun
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Illustration / Press - Single
The Blacker the Berry, Kendrick Lamar
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Illustration / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Single
Album of the Year, Lemonade
Agency: Entertainment Weekly / New York
Client: Entertainment Weekly Category: Illustration / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Single
Letter "Ü" of "GÜNTER" – With an auspicious and a dropping eye
Agency: Bergmann Studios / Frankfurt a.M.
Client: University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, Faculty of Design Category: Posters / Public Service / Non-Profit - Single
WWF Iceberg "Bird"
Agency: Leo Burnett Manila / Makati City
Client: WWF Philippines Inc. Category: Posters / Public Service / Non-Profit - Single
WWF Iceberg "Deer"
Agency: Leo Burnett Manila / Makati City
Client: WWF Philippines Inc. Category: Posters / Public Service / Non-Profit - Single
Jägermeister Coolpack
Agency: Cheil Germany / Schwalbach am Taunus
Client: Mast-Jägermeister SE Category: Packaging / Food / Beverage - Single
Issue 20(16): Eight Years in Obama's America
Agency: New York Magazine / New York
Client: New York Magazine Category: Photography / Magazine Cover / Newspaper Front Page - Single
La Noir, Ashton Sanders
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Photography / Magazine Cover / Newspaper Front Page - Single
David's Ankles
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Photography / Magazine Cover / Newspaper Front Page - Single
A Thousand of Wind
Agency: 601bisang / Seoul
Client: 601bisang Category: Posters / Promotional - Series
Rolling Eggs
Agency: Creative Power Unit / Tokyo
Client: Shiga Art School Category: Posters / Promotional - Series
Happy at Hundred
Agency: Hiromura Design Office / Tokyo + keizo matsuki advertising inc. / Osaka + Thormaehlen Photography / Frankfurt
Client: CO-OP Sapporo, Tokushu Tokai Paper Co., Ltd. Category: Posters / Promotional - Series
Muji Campsite
Agency: Shinmura Design Office / Tokyo
Client: Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd. Category: Posters / Promotional - Series
Visual identity conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
Agency: The Partners / London + University of Portsmouth / Portsmouth + Vicon Motion Systems / Oxford + Symphony Orchestra / London
Client: London Symphony Orchestra Category: Posters / Promotional - Series
Specimens of Crossing
Agency: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. / Tokyo
Client: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. Category: Posters / Promotional - Series
Elephant magazine
Agency: Atlas / Palma de Mallorca + Elephant Publishers / London
Client: Elephant Publishers Category: Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Series
751 D.LAB Silk&Scarf Design Competition Posters
Agency: Mintbrand Design / Beijing
Client: 751D.PARK Category: Posters / Print or Electronic Billboards - Series
Kobe's Rules Book
Agency: Africa / Sao Paulo + PBA Cinema/ Produtora Associados / Sao Paulo + Big Foote / Sao Paulo
Client: ESPN Category: Book Design / Book Typography - Single
Life is electric
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: Panasonic corporation Category: Promotional / Wildcard - Series
I Am Papua New Guinea
Agency: Sandro Productions / Chicago
Client: Sandro Productions Category: Photography / Fine Art / Conceptual - Series
Speech Bluddles
Agency: Juniper Park\TBWA / Toronto
Client: CJFE Category: Illustration / Posters - Series
Prison of the Head
Agency: The Nine / Shanghai
Client: Amnesty International Category: Illustration / Posters - Series
Modern Pop Sushi
Agency: HAKUHODO INC. / TOKYO
Client: Kappa Create Co., Ltd. Category: Environmental / Retail / Restaurant / Office - Series
Impressions of Play
Agency: cleansheet communications / Toronto
Client: Canadian Tire Category: Branding / Logo - Single
The New York Issue
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Single
Prison of the Head
Agency: The Nine / Shanghai
Client: Amnesty International Category: Illustration / Motion - Series
Kobe's Rules Book
Agency: Africa / Sao Paulo + PBA Cinema/ Produtora Associados / Sao Paulo + Big Foote / Sao Paulo
Client: ESPN Category: Illustration / Books - Single
Bob the Artist by Marion Deuchars
Agency: Laurence King Publishing / London
Client: Laurence King Publishing Category: Illustration / Books - Single
Life is electric
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: Panasonic corporation Category: Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog & Press Promotional Kit - Single
Parting and reunion
Agency: Han Qing Tang Design CO., LTD. / Nanjing
Client: China Architecture & Building Press Category: Book Design / Limited Edition, Private Press or Special Format Book - Single
Uptake Book
Agency: Pentagram / New York
Client: Uptake Category: Book Design / Limited Edition, Private Press or Special Format Book - Single
Jägermeister Coolpack
Agency: Cheil Germany / Schwalbach am Taunus
Client: Mast-Jägermeister SE Category: Product Design / Food / Beverage - Single
Great Barrier Reef Foundation Brand Ecosystem
Agency: Leo Burnett / Melbourne
Client: Great Barrier Reef Foundation Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Corporate Identity Integrated - Series
integrate branding programs Materia
Agency: Paprika / Montreal
Client: Materia Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Corporate Identity Integrated - Series
Lost In The Rain (Drive with Care)
Agency: MRM//McCann / Singapore + Commonwealth//McCANN / India
Client: GM Chevrolet Category: Environmental / Wayfinding Systems / Signage - Single
iPhone 7 Art Direction
Agency: Apple / Cupertino
Client: Apple Category: Photography / Products / Commercial - Series
An Olympic Catastrophe
Agency: Eiko Ojala / Wellington + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Illustration / Magazine Cover / Newspaper Front Page - Single
Red Posters
Agency: FCB / Chicago
Client: Radio Flyer, Inc. Category: Posters / Wild Postings - Series
Modern Pop Sushi
Agency: HAKUHODO INC. / TOKYO
Client: Kappa Create Co., Ltd. Category: Illustration / Wildcard - Series
Ride Comfortably
Agency: Uncle Grey / Copenhagen + The Woerks / Copenhagen + Oliver Knauer / Copenhagen + Core / Copenhagen
Client: Opel Category: Promotional / Wildcard - Single
NEW ANGLE, NEW WORLD.
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + amana inc. / Tokyo + ADBRAIN Inc. / Tokyo
Client: NIHON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ART Category: Posters / Public Service / Non-Profit - Series
Prison of the Head
Agency: The Nine / Shanghai
Client: Amnesty International Category: Posters / Public Service / Non-Profit - Series
Neighborhoods
Agency: Airbnb / San Francisco
Client: Airbnb Category: Photography / Travel / Tourism - Series
Life is electric
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: Panasonic corporation Category: Illustration / Promotional / Collateral - Series
RESIST
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Magazine Cover - Single
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
iPhone 7 Lifestyle Photography
Category:
Photography / Wildcard - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17117M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Top Gun
Category:
Illustration / Press - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17100M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Blacker the Berry, Kendrick Lamar
Category:
Illustration / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17111M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Entertainment Weekly / New York
Client:
Entertainment Weekly
Title:
Album of the Year, Lemonade
Category:
Illustration / Magazine / Newspaper Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17112M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Bergmann Studios / Frankfurt a.M.
Client:
University of Applied Sciences Augsburg, Faculty of Design
Title:
Letter "Ü" of "GÜNTER" – With an auspicious and a dropping eye
Category:
Posters / Public Service / Non-Profit - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17090M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Leo Burnett Manila / Makati City
Client:
WWF Philippines Inc.
Title:
WWF Iceberg "Bird"
Category:
Posters / Public Service / Non-Profit - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17091M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Leo Burnett Manila / Makati City
Client:
WWF Philippines Inc.
Title:
WWF Iceberg "Deer"
Category:
Posters / Public Service / Non-Profit - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17092M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Puff / Shanghai
Client:
Puff
Title:
Typfurniture
Category:
Typography / Use of Typography - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17072M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Cheil Germany / Schwalbach am Taunus
Client:
Mast-Jägermeister SE
Title:
Jägermeister Coolpack
Category:
Packaging / Food / Beverage - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17094M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
New York Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
Issue 20(16): Eight Years in Obama's America
Category:
Photography / Magazine Cover / Newspaper Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17120M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
La Noir, Ashton Sanders
Category:
Photography / Magazine Cover / Newspaper Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17121M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
David's Ankles
Category:
Photography / Magazine Cover / Newspaper Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17122M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
601bisang / Seoul
Client:
601bisang
Title:
A Thousand of Wind
Category:
Posters / Promotional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17080M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Creative Power Unit / Tokyo
Client:
Shiga Art School
Title:
Rolling Eggs
Category:
Posters / Promotional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17081M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Hiromura Design Office / Tokyo + keizo matsuki advertising inc. / Osaka + Thormaehlen Photography / Frankfurt
Client:
CO-OP Sapporo, Tokushu Tokai Paper Co., Ltd.
Title:
Happy at Hundred
Category:
Posters / Promotional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17082M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Shinmura Design Office / Tokyo
Client:
Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd.
Title:
Muji Campsite
Category:
Posters / Promotional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17083M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The Partners / London + University of Portsmouth / Portsmouth + Vicon Motion Systems / Oxford + Symphony Orchestra / London
Client:
London Symphony Orchestra
Title:
Visual identity conducted by Sir Simon Rattle
Category:
Posters / Promotional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17084M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Three & Co. / Osaka
Client:
complice
Title:
Life to hair
Category:
Posters / Promotional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17085M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. / Tokyo
Client:
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
Title:
Specimens of Crossing
Category:
Posters / Promotional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17086M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Atlas / Palma de Mallorca + Elephant Publishers / London
Client:
Elephant Publishers
Title:
Elephant magazine
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17077M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Mintbrand Design / Beijing
Client:
751D.PARK
Title:
751 D.LAB Silk&Scarf Design Competition Posters
Category:
Posters / Print or Electronic Billboards - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17079M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Africa / Sao Paulo + PBA Cinema/ Produtora Associados / Sao Paulo + Big Foote / Sao Paulo
Client:
ESPN
Title:
Kobe's Rules Book
Category:
Book Design / Book Typography - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17062M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client:
Panasonic corporation
Title:
Life is electric
Category:
Promotional / Wildcard - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17074M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Sandro Productions / Chicago
Client:
Sandro Productions
Title:
I Am Papua New Guinea
Category:
Photography / Fine Art / Conceptual - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17113M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Juniper Park\TBWA / Toronto
Client:
CJFE
Title:
Speech Bluddles
Category:
Illustration / Posters - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17101M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The Nine / Shanghai
Client:
Amnesty International
Title:
Prison of the Head
Category:
Illustration / Posters - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17102M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
HAKUHODO INC. / TOKYO
Client:
Kappa Create Co., Ltd.
Title:
Modern Pop Sushi
Category:
Environmental / Retail / Restaurant / Office - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17097M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
cleansheet communications / Toronto
Client:
Canadian Tire
Title:
Impressions of Play
Category:
Branding / Logo - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17067M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Sid Lee / Toronto
Client:
Fuel Transport
Title:
Fuel Transport
Category:
Branding / Logo - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17068M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The New York Issue
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17078M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The Nine / Shanghai
Client:
Amnesty International
Title:
Prison of the Head
Category:
Illustration / Motion - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17108M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Africa / Sao Paulo + PBA Cinema/ Produtora Associados / Sao Paulo + Big Foote / Sao Paulo
Client:
ESPN
Title:
Kobe's Rules Book
Category:
Illustration / Books - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17105M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Laurence King Publishing / London
Client:
Laurence King Publishing
Title:
Bob the Artist by Marion Deuchars
Category:
Illustration / Books - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17106M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client:
Panasonic corporation
Title:
Life is electric
Category:
Promotional / Booklet / Brochure / Catalog & Press Promotional Kit - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17073M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Han Qing Tang Design CO., LTD. / Nanjing
Client:
China Architecture & Building Press
Title:
Parting and reunion
Category:
Book Design / Limited Edition, Private Press or Special Format Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17065M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Pentagram / New York
Client:
Uptake
Title:
Uptake Book
Category:
Book Design / Limited Edition, Private Press or Special Format Book - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17066M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Cheil Germany / Schwalbach am Taunus
Client:
Mast-Jägermeister SE
Title:
Jägermeister Coolpack
Category:
Product Design / Food / Beverage - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17095M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Leo Burnett / Melbourne
Client:
Great Barrier Reef Foundation
Title:
Great Barrier Reef Foundation Brand Ecosystem
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Corporate Identity Integrated - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17070M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Paprika / Montreal
Client:
Materia
Title:
integrate branding programs Materia
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Corporate Identity Integrated - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17071M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
MRM//McCann / Singapore + Commonwealth//McCANN / India
Client:
GM Chevrolet
Title:
Lost In The Rain (Drive with Care)
Category:
Environmental / Wayfinding Systems / Signage - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17096M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
iPhone 7 Art Direction
Category:
Photography / Products / Commercial - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17114M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Eiko Ojala / Wellington + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
An Olympic Catastrophe
Category:
Illustration / Magazine Cover / Newspaper Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17110M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
FCB / Chicago
Client:
Radio Flyer, Inc.
Title:
Red Posters
Category:
Posters / Wild Postings - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17093M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
HAKUHODO INC. / TOKYO
Client:
Kappa Create Co., Ltd.
Title:
Modern Pop Sushi
Category:
Illustration / Wildcard - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17109M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Uncle Grey / Copenhagen + The Woerks / Copenhagen + Oliver Knauer / Copenhagen + Core / Copenhagen
Client:
Opel
Title:
Ride Comfortably
Category:
Promotional / Wildcard - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17075M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + amana inc. / Tokyo + ADBRAIN Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
NIHON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ART
Title:
NEW ANGLE, NEW WORLD.
Category:
Posters / Public Service / Non-Profit - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17088M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The Nine / Shanghai
Client:
Amnesty International
Title:
Prison of the Head
Category:
Posters / Public Service / Non-Profit - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17089M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Airbnb / San Francisco
Client:
Airbnb
Title:
Neighborhoods
Category:
Photography / Travel / Tourism - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17116M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client:
Panasonic corporation
Title:
Life is electric
Category:
Illustration / Promotional / Collateral - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17107M
Award:
2017 Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
RESIST
Category:
Editorial / Magazine Cover - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DES17076M
