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
His Dark Materials "Personal Daemons"
Agency: 360i / New York + HBO / New York
Client: HBO Category: Direct / Mail
Printed by Parkinson's
Agency: MediaMonks / Amsterdam + INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe / Berlin
Client: Charité - University Hospital Berlin Category: Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Single
THE SNOWLESS WINTERSPORTS CATALOG
Agency: Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Schöffel Sportbekleidung GmbH / Schwabmünchen
Client: Schöffel Sportbekleidung GmbH Category: Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Single
MAXIMUM SHADOW MINIMAL LIGHT
Agency: Edition Lammerhuber / Baden
Client: Edition Lammerhuber Category: Street / Series
INCL VI
Agency: CW Studio / Shanghai
Client: BGAD Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
DIGEST 3kg
Agency: A Black Cover Design / Bei Jing
Client: DIGEST 3kg Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
Fuchun tea ceremony
Agency: Linshaobin design / Shanghai
Client: Hangzhou Fuyang Shanju Rongfu Restaurant Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
Type directors club annual exhibition in Taiwan
Agency: ken-tsai Lee Design Lab / Taipei City
Client: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
Environmental Dreamer Festival
Agency: LiaoDesign / Shenzhen
Client: oct harbour Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
Rosette Face Wash Pasta
Agency: Hakuhodo Inc. / Tokyo
Client: ROSETTE Co.,Ltd. Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
2D BONSAI:Trees for the imagination
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + DENTSU WEST JAPAN INC. Branch / Takamatsu + DENTSU WEST JAPAN INC. Branch / Kanazawa + UNIEL ltd. / Tokyo
Client: Takamatsu Chamber of Commerce and Industry Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
Wonderful Tools
Agency: BUCK / Los Angeles + TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles
Client: Apple Category: Branded Content / Entertainment - Online Video / Short Form
Stimulate Annual
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo
Client: Copywriters Club Nagoya Category: Books / Jacket - Series
Terrace House
Agency: Aidlin Darling Design / San Francisco
Client: Aidlin Darling Design Category: Spatial Design / Residential Building
Winged Retreat
Agency: Aidlin Darling Design / San Francisco
Client: Aidlin Darling Design Category: Spatial Design / Residential Building
Civitas
Agency: archimania / Memphis
Client: Barry Alan Yoakum, FAIA and Kathy Howard Yoakum Category: Spatial Design / Residential Building
Comfort In Context
Agency: Chain10 Architecture & Interior Design Institute / Kaohsiung City
Client: CHIAO, YING-HSIUNG Category: Spatial Design / Residential Building
Fading Stories – Pass them on
Agency: Sunny at Sea / Stockholm
Client: Raoul Wallenberg Academy Category: Digital Experiences / Augmented / Mixed Reality
ECHOs
Agency: DDB, / Paris + makemepulse / Paris + Studio Press Play On Tape / London + Ubisoft / Paris
Client: Ubisoft Category: Digital Experiences / Augmented / Mixed Reality
Mental Fatigues
Agency: TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York + Canadian Mental Health Association / Toronto
Client: Canadian Mental Health Association Category: Craft / Patterns / Textiles
Gucci Cheetahorse Dress
Agency: Marc Burckhardt / Austin + Gucci / Milan
Client: Gucci Category: Craft / Patterns / Textiles
Theaster Gates
Agency: Taylor Castle / Seattle + Tribune / Chicago
Client: Chicago Tribune Category: Portraiture / Single
De Niro and Pacino for New York Issue
Agency: Variety Magazine / Los Angeles + Robert Festino / Los Angeles
Client: Variety Magazine Category: Portraiture / Single
The New Yorker's Film and Theatre Reviews
Agency: Leonardo Santamaria / Los Angeles + The New Yorker / New York City
Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Spread - Series
Highlight The Remarkable
Agency: DDB GROUP GMBH / Düsseldorf
Client: Stabilo Category: Press / Magazine - Campaign
Swipe Night
Agency: 72andSunny / Los Angeles + Tinder / Los Angeles + M ss ng P eces / Los Angeles
Client: Tinder Category: Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment
Gutenberg Press
Agency: DDB GROUP GERMANY / Berlin
Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Series
No Way In
Agency: TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York + Rick Hansen Foundation / Richmond/Canada
Client: Rick Hansen Foundation Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Chemistry Masters
Agency: aaa + niiiiice / Madrid
Client: Salesians School Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Diversity in Disaster Preparation
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Digital Inc. / Tokyo + TYO Inc. / Tokyo + AID-DCC Inc. / Tokyo
Client: Yahoo Japan Corporation Category: Design for Good / Illustration - Series
IMAX – TRANSPHERE
Agency: Juice / Wroclaw/Tokyo + Nion / Tokyo + Drill / Tokyo
Client: Cinema Sunshine Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Special Effects
HORNBACH "WERKSTÜCK Edition 002"
Agency: HEIMAT / Berlin + Hort / Berlin + Tato Architects / Kobe + Bentele Becker Bewegtbild GmbH / Berlin
Client: HORNBACH Baumarkt AG Category: Interiors / Home / Office / Furniture - Single or Series
Fuchun tea ceremony
Agency: Linshaobin design / Shanghai
Client: Hangzhou Fuyang Shanju Rongfu Restaurant Category: Food / Beverage / Beverage - Single
Uovo
Agency: Denomination / Ultimo
Client: Larry Cherubino Category: Food / Beverage / Beverage - Single
The Seedlip NOgroni
Agency: Pearlfisher / New York + Seedlip / Beaconsfield
Client: Seedlip Category: Food / Beverage / Beverage - Single
Changyu Cellar Storage 5 years
Agency: TigerPan Packaging Design Lab. / Shenzhen
Client: Yantai Changyu Grape Wine Sales Co., Ltd Category: Food / Beverage / Beverage - Single
Create #ForTheThrone
Agency: 360i / New York + HBO / New York
Client: HBO Category: Promotional Materials / Dimensional - Single
Poster For Everyone
Agency: TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York + Rick Hansen Foundation / Richmond
Client: Rick Hansen Foundation Category: Posters / Billboard - Single
Let's Summer
Agency: AlmapBBDO / Sao Paulo + Alpargatas / Sao Paulo
Client: Alpargatas Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
Sound Images
Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client: Berliner Philharmoniker Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
The huge wall
Agency: PEN.Inc. / Tokyo + Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association / Tokyo
Client: International Federation of Sport Climbing + Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
Human Clock
Agency: Leo Burnett / Toronto + Leo Burnett / Vietnam
Client: McDonald's Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
Broken Display Maps
Agency: Cheil Germany / Schwalbach am Taunus
Client: Samsung Electronics Germany Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
Ink Expression: Silk Road Poster
Agency: SOLO Studio / Xi'an
Client: Xi'an Municipal Government Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
Tips for the bin
Agency: Ogilvy / Germany + ALDI SUED / Muehlheim an der Ruhr
Client: ALDI Sued Category: Design for Good / Packaging Design
The Most Challenging Pingpong Table
Agency: TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc. / Tokyo
Client: Japan Para Table Tennis Association Category: Sports / Leisure / Single or Series
The adidas Wendejacket „Breaking Walls“
Agency: Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + 2WEI Music GmbH / Hamburg + adidas / Herzogenaurach
Client: adidas Category: Design for Good / Interactive
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
360i / New York + HBO / New York
Client:
HBO
Title:
His Dark Materials "Personal Daemons"
Category:
Direct / Mail
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_091M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
MediaMonks / Amsterdam + INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe / Berlin
Client:
Charité - University Hospital Berlin
Title:
Printed by Parkinson's
Category:
Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_041M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Schöffel Sportbekleidung GmbH / Schwabmünchen
Client:
Schöffel Sportbekleidung GmbH
Title:
THE SNOWLESS WINTERSPORTS CATALOG
Category:
Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_042M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Edition Lammerhuber / Baden
Client:
Edition Lammerhuber
Title:
MAXIMUM SHADOW MINIMAL LIGHT
Category:
Street / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_067M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
CW Studio / Shanghai
Client:
BGAD
Title:
INCL VI
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_046M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
A Black Cover Design / Bei Jing
Client:
DIGEST 3kg
Title:
DIGEST 3kg
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_047M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Linshaobin design / Shanghai
Client:
Hangzhou Fuyang Shanju Rongfu Restaurant
Title:
Fuchun tea ceremony
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_048M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
ken-tsai Lee Design Lab / Taipei City
Client:
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Title:
Type directors club annual exhibition in Taiwan
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_049M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
LiaoDesign / Shenzhen
Client:
oct harbour
Title:
Environmental Dreamer Festival
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_050M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Hakuhodo Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
ROSETTE Co.,Ltd.
Title:
Rosette Face Wash Pasta
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_051M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + DENTSU WEST JAPAN INC. Branch / Takamatsu + DENTSU WEST JAPAN INC. Branch / Kanazawa + UNIEL ltd. / Tokyo
Client:
Takamatsu Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Title:
2D BONSAI:Trees for the imagination
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Print
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_052M
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
BUCK / Los Angeles + TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles
Client:
Apple
Title:
Wonderful Tools
Category:
Branded Content / Entertainment - Online Video / Short Form
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_074M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Copywriters Club Nagoya
Title:
Stimulate Annual
Category:
Books / Jacket - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_032M
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Aidlin Darling Design / San Francisco
Client:
Aidlin Darling Design
Title:
Terrace House
Category:
Spatial Design / Residential Building
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_028M
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Aidlin Darling Design / San Francisco
Client:
Aidlin Darling Design
Title:
Winged Retreat
Category:
Spatial Design / Residential Building
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_029M
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Agency:
archimania / Memphis
Client:
Barry Alan Yoakum, FAIA and Kathy Howard Yoakum
Title:
Civitas
Category:
Spatial Design / Residential Building
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_030M
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Chain10 Architecture & Interior Design Institute / Kaohsiung City
Client:
CHIAO, YING-HSIUNG
Title:
Comfort In Context
Category:
Spatial Design / Residential Building
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_031M
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Sunny at Sea / Stockholm
Client:
Raoul Wallenberg Academy
Title:
Fading Stories – Pass them on
Category:
Digital Experiences / Augmented / Mixed Reality
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_013M
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
DDB, / Paris + makemepulse / Paris + Studio Press Play On Tape / London + Ubisoft / Paris
Client:
Ubisoft
Title:
ECHOs
Category:
Digital Experiences / Augmented / Mixed Reality
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_014M
Award:
2020 Fashion Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Africa / Sao Paulo
Client:
Ampara ANIMAL
Title:
Life Print
Category:
Craft / Patterns / Textiles
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN20_007M
Award:
2020 Fashion Design Merit Honor
Agency:
TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York + Canadian Mental Health Association / Toronto
Client:
Canadian Mental Health Association
Title:
Mental Fatigues
Category:
Craft / Patterns / Textiles
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN20_008M
Award:
2020 Fashion Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Marc Burckhardt / Austin + Gucci / Milan
Client:
Gucci
Title:
Gucci Cheetahorse Dress
Category:
Craft / Patterns / Textiles
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN20_009M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Taylor Castle / Seattle + Tribune / Chicago
Client:
Chicago Tribune
Title:
Theaster Gates
Category:
Portraiture / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_049M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Variety Magazine / Los Angeles + Robert Festino / Los Angeles
Client:
Variety Magazine
Title:
De Niro and Pacino for New York Issue
Category:
Portraiture / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_050M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Leonardo Santamaria / Los Angeles + The New Yorker / New York City
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
The New Yorker's Film and Theatre Reviews
Category:
Editorial / Spread - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_055M
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
DDB GROUP GMBH / Düsseldorf
Client:
Stabilo
Title:
Highlight The Remarkable
Category:
Press / Magazine - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_096M
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
72andSunny / Los Angeles + Tinder / Los Angeles + M ss ng P eces / Los Angeles
Client:
Tinder
Title:
Swipe Night
Category:
Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_093M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
DDB GROUP GERMANY / Berlin
Client:
Reporters Without Borders
Title:
Gutenberg Press
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_053M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York + Rick Hansen Foundation / Richmond/Canada
Client:
Rick Hansen Foundation
Title:
No Way In
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_054M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
aaa + niiiiice / Madrid
Client:
Salesians School
Title:
Chemistry Masters
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_055M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Digital Inc. / Tokyo + TYO Inc. / Tokyo + AID-DCC Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Yahoo Japan Corporation
Title:
Diversity in Disaster Preparation
Category:
Design for Good / Illustration - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_056M
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
Juice / Wroclaw/Tokyo + Nion / Tokyo + Drill / Tokyo
Client:
Cinema Sunshine
Title:
IMAX – TRANSPHERE
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Special Effects
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_058M
Award:
2020 Product Design Merit Honor
Agency:
HEIMAT / Berlin + Hort / Berlin + Tato Architects / Kobe + Bentele Becker Bewegtbild GmbH / Berlin
Client:
HORNBACH Baumarkt AG
Title:
HORNBACH "WERKSTÜCK Edition 002"
Category:
Interiors / Home / Office / Furniture - Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PRD20_013M
Award:
2020 Packaging Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Linshaobin design / Shanghai
Client:
Hangzhou Fuyang Shanju Rongfu Restaurant
Title:
Fuchun tea ceremony
Category:
Food / Beverage / Beverage - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG20_013M
Award:
2020 Packaging Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Denomination / Ultimo
Client:
Larry Cherubino
Title:
Uovo
Category:
Food / Beverage / Beverage - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG20_014M
Award:
2020 Packaging Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Pearlfisher / New York + Seedlip / Beaconsfield
Client:
Seedlip
Title:
The Seedlip NOgroni
Category:
Food / Beverage / Beverage - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG20_015M
Award:
2020 Packaging Design Merit Honor
Agency:
TigerPan Packaging Design Lab. / Shenzhen
Client:
Yantai Changyu Grape Wine Sales Co., Ltd
Title:
Changyu Cellar Storage 5 years
Category:
Food / Beverage / Beverage - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG20_016M
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
360i / New York + HBO / New York
Client:
HBO
Title:
Create #ForTheThrone
Category:
Promotional Materials / Dimensional - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_097M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York + Rick Hansen Foundation / Richmond
Client:
Rick Hansen Foundation
Title:
Poster For Everyone
Category:
Posters / Billboard - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_060M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
AlmapBBDO / Sao Paulo + Alpargatas / Sao Paulo
Client:
Alpargatas
Title:
Let's Summer
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_063M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client:
Berliner Philharmoniker
Title:
Sound Images
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_064M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Geometry Ogilvy Japan / Tokyo
Client:
D&AD
Title:
See It
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_065M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
PEN.Inc. / Tokyo + Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association / Tokyo
Client:
International Federation of Sport Climbing + Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association
Title:
The huge wall
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_066M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Leo Burnett / Toronto + Leo Burnett / Vietnam
Client:
McDonald's
Title:
Human Clock
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_067M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Cheil Germany / Schwalbach am Taunus
Client:
Samsung Electronics Germany
Title:
Broken Display Maps
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_068M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
SOLO Studio / Xi'an
Client:
Xi'an Municipal Government
Title:
Ink Expression: Silk Road Poster
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_069M
Award:
2020 Packaging Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Ogilvy / Germany + ALDI SUED / Muehlheim an der Ruhr
Client:
ALDI Sued
Title:
Tips for the bin
Category:
Design for Good / Packaging Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_063M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Woshi Bai / Shanghai
Client:
N/A
Title:
A man in hat
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_065M
Award:
2020 Product Design Merit Honor
Agency:
TBWA\HAKUHODO Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Japan Para Table Tennis Association
Title:
The Most Challenging Pingpong Table
Category:
Sports / Leisure / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PRD20_015M
Award:
2020 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + 2WEI Music GmbH / Hamburg + adidas / Herzogenaurach
Client:
adidas
Title:
The adidas Wendejacket „Breaking Walls“
Category:
Design for Good / Interactive
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_059M
