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
Typeface based on historical optometrist eye charts
Agency: ANTI / Norway
Client: Optiker-K Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single
Herbert Typeface
Agency: Studio K95 / Catania
Client: Studio K95 Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single
Ming Romantic
Agency: Synoptic Office / New York
Client: Synoptic Office Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single
Letterforms inspired by soviet neon.
Agency: Olga Pankova / Moscow
Client: type.today Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single
Boys In The Street #PRIDE
Agency: Louisa Bertman / Cambridge
Client: Genero | Greg Holden Category: Animation / Single
Kindness
Agency: Giant Ant / Vancouver + Random Acts of Kindness Foundation / Denver
Client: Random Acts of Kindness Foundation Category: Animation / Single
SK2 Art of Travel
Agency: Yuko Shimizu / New York + P&G / Singapore + NiCE / Sinpore
Client: P&G Singapore Category: Packaging / Series
Fresh Prints - Tomatoes
Agency: McCann / Spain + Craft WW / Spain + Havas Media / Barcelona
Client: Aldi Category: Press / Newspaper - Single
JOAN Creative, Branding & Visual Identity
Agency: Sunday Afternoon / New York + Joan / New York + Joan / New York
Client: JOAN Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
EuroPride 2018 – Loud & Proud
Agency: Bold (NoA) / Stockholm
Client: Europride Category: Design for Good / Typography - Series
Blink To Speak
Agency: TBWAIndia / Mumbai
Client: NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute / Asha Ek Hope Foundation Category: Design for Good / Publication Design - Single
No need to fly – Around the world in Germany
Agency: Ogilvy / Germany
Client: German Rail Category: Direct / Digital - Single
What You Missed
Agency: R/GA / New York
Client: Verizon Wireless Category: Direct / Digital - Single
Safety Hub
Agency: CHE Proximity / Australia + IAG / Sydney
Client: IAG Category: Design for Good / Interactive - Campaign
Dunkin'
Agency: Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York
Client: Dunkin' Brands Category: Food / Beverage / Food - Series
Fonts for Freedom
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client: Reporter ohne Grenzen e.V. Category: Design for Good / Publication Design - Series
Westworld: The Maze
Agency: HBO / New York + 360i / New York
Client: HBO Category: Digital Experiences / Responsive Environments - Single
A Profound Waste of Time
Agency: A Profound Waste of Time ltd / London
Client: A Profound Waste of Time LTD Category: Magazines / Full Issue - Single
A New Type of Imprint v. 13
Agency: ANTI / Norway
Client: ANTI Category: Magazines / Full Issue - Single
Anxy No. 3: The Boundaries Issue
Agency: Anxy Magazine / Berkeley
Client: Anxy Magazine Category: Magazines / Full Issue - Single
Anxy No. 4: The Masculinity Issue
Agency: Anxy Magazine / Berkeley
Client: Anxy Magazine Category: Magazines / Full Issue - Single
The Music Issue
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Full Issue - Single
The Unseasonal — Prelude Issue
Agency: LA K50 / Los Angeles
Client: The Unseasonal Category: Magazines / Full Issue - Single
The Fake News Stand
Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Design by Disruption / New York + Rebel & Rogue / New York
Client: Columbia Journalism Review Category: Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Carnegie Deli Pop-Up
Agency: Tool / Santa Monica + Prime Video / Santa Monica
Client: Prime Video Category: Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt
"The Space Program" - A Tribe Called Quest
Agency: Partizan Entertainment LLC / Los Angeles
Client: Apple Music Category: Motion / Film / Music Video - Single
Welcome Home
Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + OMD Worldwide / Los Angeles
Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Motion / Film / Music Video - Single
Santa Monica College Center for Media and Design & KCRW Media Center
Agency: Clive Wilkinson Architects / Culver City
Client: Santa Monica College, KCRW (NPR Station) Category: Spatial Design / Education / Institutional Design
Memorabilia
Agency: Lithuanian Artists’ Association / Vilnius + Kopa / Kaunas
Client: Lithuanian Artists' Association Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Past/Forward: The LA Phil at 100
Agency: Content Object / Los Angeles + Philharmonic Association / Los Angeles
Client: Los Angeles Philharmonic Association Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
The Field Revisited
Agency: Stuart Geddes / Collingwood + National Gallery of Victoria / Melbourne + Matter of Sorts / Melbourne
Client: National Gallery of Victoria Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Japan: The Cookbook
Agency: Phaidon / New York / London
Client: Phaidon Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
A Very Serious Cookbook: Contra Wildair
Agency: Phaidon / New York / London
Client: Phaidon Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Live a serious life：Notes Calendar
Agency: Bai Fengkun / Beijing
Client: Sanjie art company Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Night Falls on the Berlin of the Roaring Twenties
Agency: Robert Nippoldt / Muenster
Client: Taschen Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again
Agency: Whitney Museum of American Art / New York
Client: Whitney Museum of American Art Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Typeface based on historical optometrist eye charts
Agency: ANTI / Norway
Client: Optiker-K Category: Wildcard / Single
Por Siempre (Forever)
Agency: Ben Johnston / Toronto
Client: PowWow Worcester Category: Wildcard / Single
Big Kitchen – A Living Type Specimen
Agency: Walking Fearless / London
Client: Walking Fearless Category: Wildcard / Single
There is no such thing as a New Zealand typeface
Agency: Alt Group / Auckland + Klim Type Foundry / Wellington
Client: Klim Type Foundry Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Single
InstantJams
Agency: BBDO / New York + Lobo + BBDO Studios / New York
Client: Bacardi Category: Social Media / Instagram - Single
Freaky Tuesday
Agency: BBDO / New York + 360i / New York
Client: Dunkin' Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Content Strategy - Campaign
ReArranged
Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client: Berlin Philharmonic Category: Press / Magazine - Campaign
The man who changed
Agency: Scholz & Friends / Hamburg
Client: Exit Program Saxony Germany Category: Press / Magazine - Campaign
David Bowie Is Here
Agency: Spotify In-House / New York + UM Worldwide / New York
Client: Spotify Category: Experiential Design / Placemaking
Award:
2019 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
ANTI / Norway
Client:
Optiker-K
Title:
Typeface based on historical optometrist eye charts
Category:
Typefaces / Font Systems / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP19018M
Award:
2019 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Studio K95 / Catania
Client:
Studio K95
Title:
Herbert Typeface
Category:
Typefaces / Font Systems / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP19019M
Award:
2019 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Synoptic Office / New York
Client:
Synoptic Office
Title:
Ming Romantic
Category:
Typefaces / Font Systems / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP19020M
Award:
2019 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Olga Pankova / Moscow
Client:
type.today
Title:
Letterforms inspired by soviet neon.
Category:
Typefaces / Font Systems / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP19021M
Award:
2019 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Hue&Cry / Richmond
Client:
Chevy
Title:
Call Me Out
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT19022M
Award:
2019 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Louisa Bertman / Cambridge
Client:
Genero | Greg Holden
Title:
Boys In The Street #PRIDE
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT19023M
Award:
2019 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Giant Ant / Vancouver + Random Acts of Kindness Foundation / Denver
Client:
Random Acts of Kindness Foundation
Title:
Kindness
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT19024M
Award:
2019 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
VICE News / Brooklyn
Client:
VICE News / HBO
Title:
Sharing the Rails
Category:
Animation / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT19025M
Award:
2019 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Yuko Shimizu / New York + P&G / Singapore + NiCE / Sinpore
Client:
P&G Singapore
Title:
SK2 Art of Travel
Category:
Packaging / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT19044M
Award:
2019 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
McCann / Spain + Craft WW / Spain + Havas Media / Barcelona
Client:
Aldi
Title:
Fresh Prints - Tomatoes
Category:
Press / Newspaper - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV19132M
Award:
2019 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Sunday Afternoon / New York + Joan / New York + Joan / New York
Client:
JOAN
Title:
JOAN Creative, Branding & Visual Identity
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD19028M
Award:
2019 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Bold (NoA) / Stockholm
Client:
Europride
Title:
EuroPride 2018 – Loud & Proud
Category:
Design for Good / Typography - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP19010M
Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
TBWAIndia / Mumbai
Client:
NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute / Asha Ek Hope Foundation
Title:
Blink To Speak
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19028M
Award:
2019 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Ogilvy / Germany
Client:
German Rail
Title:
No need to fly – Around the world in Germany
Category:
Direct / Digital - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV19116M
Award:
2019 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
R/GA / New York
Client:
Verizon Wireless
Title:
What You Missed
Category:
Direct / Digital - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV19117M
Award:
2019 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
CHE Proximity / Australia + IAG / Sydney
Client:
IAG
Title:
Safety Hub
Category:
Design for Good / Interactive - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_INT19044M
Award:
2019 Packaging Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York
Client:
Dunkin' Brands
Title:
Dunkin'
Category:
Food / Beverage / Food - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG19027M
Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client:
Reporter ohne Grenzen e.V.
Title:
Fonts for Freedom
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19029M
Award:
2019 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
HBO / New York + 360i / New York
Client:
HBO
Title:
Westworld: The Maze
Category:
Digital Experiences / Responsive Environments - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP19020M
Award:
2019 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Ben Johnston / Toronto
Client:
weliveuphere
Title:
Heart of Gold
Category:
Environmental / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP19011M
Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
A Profound Waste of Time ltd / London
Client:
A Profound Waste of Time LTD
Title:
A Profound Waste of Time
Category:
Magazines / Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19053M
Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
ANTI / Norway
Client:
ANTI
Title:
A New Type of Imprint v. 13
Category:
Magazines / Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19054M
Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Anxy Magazine / Berkeley
Client:
Anxy Magazine
Title:
Anxy No. 3: The Boundaries Issue
Category:
Magazines / Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19055M
Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Anxy Magazine / Berkeley
Client:
Anxy Magazine
Title:
Anxy No. 4: The Masculinity Issue
Category:
Magazines / Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19056M
Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Music Issue
Category:
Magazines / Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19057M
Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
LA K50 / Los Angeles
Client:
The Unseasonal
Title:
The Unseasonal — Prelude Issue
Category:
Magazines / Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19058M
Award:
2019 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Design by Disruption / New York + Rebel & Rogue / New York
Client:
Columbia Journalism Review
Title:
The Fake News Stand
Category:
Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP19032M
Award:
2019 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Tool / Santa Monica + Prime Video / Santa Monica
Client:
Prime Video
Title:
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Carnegie Deli Pop-Up
Category:
Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP19033M
Award:
2019 Motion / Film Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
Partizan Entertainment LLC / Los Angeles
Client:
Apple Music
Title:
"The Space Program" - A Tribe Called Quest
Category:
Motion / Film / Music Video - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT19050M
Award:
2019 Motion / Film Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + OMD Worldwide / Los Angeles
Client:
Apple, Inc.
Title:
Welcome Home
Category:
Motion / Film / Music Video - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT19051M
Award:
2019 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Clive Wilkinson Architects / Culver City
Client:
Santa Monica College, KCRW (NPR Station)
Title:
Santa Monica College Center for Media and Design & KCRW Media Center
Category:
Spatial Design / Education / Institutional Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL19023M
Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Lithuanian Artists’ Association / Vilnius + Kopa / Kaunas
Client:
Lithuanian Artists' Association
Title:
Memorabilia
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19031M
Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Content Object / Los Angeles + Philharmonic Association / Los Angeles
Client:
Los Angeles Philharmonic Association
Title:
Past/Forward: The LA Phil at 100
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19032M
Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Stuart Geddes / Collingwood + National Gallery of Victoria / Melbourne + Matter of Sorts / Melbourne
Client:
National Gallery of Victoria
Title:
The Field Revisited
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19033M
Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Phaidon / New York / London
Client:
Phaidon
Title:
Japan: The Cookbook
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19034M
Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Phaidon / New York / London
Client:
Phaidon
Title:
A Very Serious Cookbook: Contra Wildair
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19035M
Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Bai Fengkun / Beijing
Client:
Sanjie art company
Title:
Live a serious life：Notes Calendar
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19036M
Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Robert Nippoldt / Muenster
Client:
Taschen
Title:
Night Falls on the Berlin of the Roaring Twenties
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19037M
Award:
2019 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Whitney Museum of American Art / New York
Client:
Whitney Museum of American Art
Title:
Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again
Category:
Books / Image-Driven - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB19038M
Award:
2019 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
ANTI / Norway
Client:
Optiker-K
Title:
Typeface based on historical optometrist eye charts
Category:
Wildcard / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP19031M
Award:
2019 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Ben Johnston / Toronto
Client:
PowWow Worcester
Title:
Por Siempre (Forever)
Category:
Wildcard / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP19032M
Award:
2019 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Walking Fearless / London
Client:
Walking Fearless
Title:
Big Kitchen – A Living Type Specimen
Category:
Wildcard / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP19033M
Award:
2019 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Alt Group / Auckland + Klim Type Foundry / Wellington
Client:
Klim Type Foundry
Title:
There is no such thing as a New Zealand typeface
Category:
Fine Art / Conceptual / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO19032M
Award:
2019 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
BBDO / New York + Lobo + BBDO Studios / New York
Client:
Bacardi
Title:
InstantJams
Category:
Social Media / Instagram - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_INT19068M
Award:
2019 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
BBDO / New York + 360i / New York
Client:
Dunkin'
Title:
Freaky Tuesday
Category:
Craft in Online / Mobile / Content Strategy - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_INT19049M
Award:
2019 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client:
Berlin Philharmonic
Title:
ReArranged
Category:
Press / Magazine - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV19130M
Award:
2019 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Scholz & Friends / Hamburg
Client:
Exit Program Saxony Germany
Title:
The man who changed
Category:
Press / Magazine - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV19131M
Award:
2019 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Spotify In-House / New York + UM Worldwide / New York
Client:
Spotify
Title:
David Bowie Is Here
Category:
Experiential Design / Placemaking
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP19044M
Award:
2019 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Color Gradient BMX
Category:
Mobile / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO19034M
Award:
2019 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Junction
Category:
Mobile / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO19035M
