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.

Award

Agency

Client

Title

Category

Annual ID

The Realness of Billy Porter Agency: The Cut / New York Client: The Cut Category: Portraiture / Series
Think Inside The Box Agency: McCann / New York + Lockheed Martin / Bethesda Client: Lockheed Martin Category: Digital Experiences / Augmented / Mixed Reality
Dr. Jane Goodall Agency: Dirk Bader Photography / Munich + Elemente Clemente / Munich + the Jane Goodall Institute / Munich Client: Elemente Clemente Category: Portraiture / Single
When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other Agency: Gillian Hyland Studio / London + National Theatre / London Client: National Theatre Category: Music / Entertainment / Single
The Frontier Within Agency: Droga5 / New York Client: Thorne Category: Digital Experiences / Responsive Environments
Cool Ranch Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Park Pictures / Los Angeles + Work Editorial / Culver City + A52 / Santa Monica Client: Doritos Category: Social Media / Wildcard
HIATO Agency: SECONDS / Brasilia + Elvis Sales Lins / Brasilia + Luiza Herdy / Brasilia + Vinicius Trindade / Brasilia Client: Escola de Cerâmica Paulo de Paula Category: Motion / Film / Documentary
Observing and Mirroring - Dwelling Philosophy Agency: T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing Client: Day Day Up Design Consultant Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
Hunhun's Notes Agency: Day Day Up Design Consultancy Client: Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing, Ltd. Category: Books / Image-Driven - Single
VILLAINS Animated Title Sequence Agency: Matt Reynolds / Los Angeles Client: Bron Studios Category: Motion / Film / Title Sequences
THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART Agency: Alma Mater / Los Angeles Client: Warner Animation Group / Rideback Ranch Category: Motion / Film / Title Sequences
Flavor Drop Agency: 360i / New York + Truly Hard Seltzer / Boston Client: Truly Hard Seltzer Category: Packaging / Single
+ POOL Light and Dashboard Agency: PLAYLAB, INC. / New York + Family / New York + Floating Point Studio / New York + Reaktor / New York Client: Friends of + POOL Category: Spatial Design / Bridges / Infrastructure
The New York Times Magazine Labs Special Sections Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Labs Category: Newspapers / Full Issue - Series
Mori Building Brand movie DESIGNING TOKYO Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Creative X inc. / Tokyo Client: Mori Building Co., Ltd. Category: Craft in Video / Cinematography - Single
#BiasCorrect Agency: Burns Group / New York City + Catalyst Inc / New York City Client: Catalyst Inc Category: Craft / Use of Technology
ECHOs Agency: DDB, / Paris + makemepulse / Paris + Studio Press Play On Tape / London + Ubisoft / Paris Client: Ubisoft Category: Extended Reality / AR / VR
Fashion & Arms Agency: DDB, / Paris + Amnesty International / Paris + Handsome / Paris Client: Amnesty International Category: Design for Good / Photography
Made in Fukushima. Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich Client: METER Group Category: Books / Jacket - Single
Putting a Price on the End of the World Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
The Most Metal Scratch-Off Agency: McCann / New York + Lottery / New York Client: New York Lottery Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Copywriting for Digital
Nike PLAYlist Agency: R/GA / Portland Client: Nike Category: Games / Web / Social Media
Bon Iver Viisualiizer Agency: Spotify In-House / New York Client: Spotify Category: Online / Mobile Websites / Website
So the internet didn't turn out the way we hoped Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Online / Mobile Websites / Website
Let's Summer Agency: AlmapBBDO / Sao Paulo + Alpargatas / Sao Paulo Client: Alpargatas Category: Out of Home / Poster - Campaign
Sound Images Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin Client: Berliner Philharmoniker Category: Out of Home / Print / Electronic Billboard - Campaign
Invisible Solitude Agency: LLYC / Madrid + BBK Foundation / Madrid Client: BBK Foundation Category: Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Series
Notpla Agency: Superunion / London + Notpla / London Client: Notpla Category: Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Series
Play Food from the Future Agency: Happy F&B + Forsman & Bodenfors / Gothenburg Client: Win Win Sustainability Award Category: Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Series
#Lipconfession Agency: BBDO GmbH / Duesseldorf + BBDO GmbH / Berlin + BBDO Group Germany GmbH / Duesseldorf Client: The Female Company GmbH Category: Social Media / Instagram
Mind the Gap Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + MEDIAPLUS GERMANY / Munich Client: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) Category: Integrated / Traditional
Hell-P Agency: Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg Client: Warner Music Central Europe Category: Sports / Leisure / Single or Series
The Offline Playlist Agency: 360i / New York + Tourism / New Orleans Client: New Orleans Tourism Category: Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment
Lessons in Herstory Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + GS&P Social / San Francisco + GS&P Labs / San Francisco + ELevel / San Francisco Client: Daughters of the Evolution Category: Design for Good / Advertising - Single
The Gun Violence History Book Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + The Mill / Chicago Client: Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Category: Design for Good / Advertising - Single
Back to School Essentials Agency: BBDO / New York + Smuggler / New York Client: Sandy Hook Promise Category: Design for Good / Advertising - Single
The Tampon Book: a book against tax discrimination Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin Client: The Female Company Category: Design for Good / Advertising - Single
The Wall against Walls Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin + Rest of the World / Austin Client: Initiative Offene Gesellschaft e.V. + Falling Walls Foundation Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design
Big in Japan Agency: Zulu Alpha Kilo / Toronto + SingleCut Beersmiths / Toronto Client: SingleCut Beersmiths Category: Food / Beverage / Beverage - Series
A Space for Being Agency: Google LLC / Mountain view Client: Google Inc Category: Data Visualization
Bon Iver Viisualiizer Agency: Spotify In-House / New York Client: Spotify Category: Data Visualization
KAKUICHI YOKOCHO Agency: IC4DESIGN / Hiroshima Client: HIROSHIMA KAKUICHI YOKOCHO Category: Digital / Single
What Parents Can Do About Gendered Toys Agency: Ran Zheng / Jersey City + NPR / Washington, D.C. Client: NPR Category: Digital / Single
Train Agency: BBDO / New York + Furlined / New York Client: AT&T Category: Motion / Film / Short Video - Single
Oslo Sans Agency: Creuna Norway / Oslo Client: City of Oslo Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series
Fonta Agency: M-N Associates / Ho Chi Minh City Client: Guta Cafe Vietnam Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series
"Watchmen" Main Titles & Episode Titles Agency: Elastic / Santa Monica + HBO / Los Angeles Client: HBO Category: Motion / Single or Series
The logo behind the logo Agency: Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg Client: Munich Philharmonics Category: Motion / Single or Series
Hey Google, Ask Nike Agency: R/GA / Portland Client: Nike Category: Online / Mobile Websites / E-Commerce Site
Parade of six-armed Maṇi-Padme Agency: Te Hu / San Francisco Client: Self-Promotion Category: Personal / Unpublished / Single

2020 Photography Bronze Cube

The Cut / New York

The Cut

The Realness of Billy Porter

Portraiture / Series

ADC_PHO20_025B

2020 Experiential Design Bronze Cube

McCann / New York + Lockheed Martin / Bethesda

Lockheed Martin

Think Inside The Box

Digital Experiences / Augmented / Mixed Reality

ADC_EXP20_003B

2020 Photography Bronze Cube

Dirk Bader Photography / Munich + Elemente Clemente / Munich + the Jane Goodall Institute / Munich

Elemente Clemente

Dr. Jane Goodall

Portraiture / Single

ADC_PHO20_021B

2020 Photography Bronze Cube

Gillian Hyland Studio / London + National Theatre / London

National Theatre

When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other

Music / Entertainment / Single

ADC_PHO20_014B

2020 Experiential Design Bronze Cube

Droga5 / New York

Thorne

The Frontier Within

Digital Experiences / Responsive Environments

ADC_EXP20_004B

2020 Interactive Bronze Cube

Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Park Pictures / Los Angeles + Work Editorial / Culver City + A52 / Santa Monica

Doritos

Cool Ranch

Social Media / Wildcard

ADC_INT20_040B

2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Bronze Cube

SECONDS / Brasilia + Elvis Sales Lins / Brasilia + Luiza Herdy / Brasilia + Vinicius Trindade / Brasilia

Escola de Cerâmica Paulo de Paula

HIATO

Motion / Film / Documentary

ADC_MOT20_021B

2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube

T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing

Day Day Up Design Consultant

Observing and Mirroring - Dwelling Philosophy

Books / Image-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB20_003B

2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube

Day Day Up Design Consultancy

Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing, Ltd.

Hunhun's Notes

Books / Image-Driven - Single

ADC_PUB20_004B

2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Bronze Cube

Matt Reynolds / Los Angeles

Bron Studios

VILLAINS Animated Title Sequence

Motion / Film / Title Sequences

ADC_MOT20_033B

2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Bronze Cube

Alma Mater / Los Angeles

Warner Animation Group / Rideback Ranch

THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART

Motion / Film / Title Sequences

ADC_MOT20_034B

2020 Illustration Bronze Cube

360i / New York + Truly Hard Seltzer / Boston

Truly Hard Seltzer

Flavor Drop

Packaging / Single

ADC_ILT20_021B

2020 Spatial Design Bronze Cube

PLAYLAB, INC. / New York + Family / New York + Floating Point Studio / New York + Reaktor / New York

Friends of + POOL

+ POOL Light and Dashboard

Spatial Design / Bridges / Infrastructure

ADC_SPL20_001B

2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine Labs

The New York Times Magazine Labs Special Sections

Newspapers / Full Issue - Series

ADC_PUB20_023B

2020 Advertising Bronze Cube

Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Creative X inc. / Tokyo

Mori Building Co., Ltd.

Mori Building Brand movie DESIGNING TOKYO

Craft in Video / Cinematography - Single

ADC_ADV20_026B

2020 Spatial Design Bronze Cube

Burns Group / New York City + Catalyst Inc / New York City

Catalyst Inc

#BiasCorrect

Craft / Use of Technology

ADC_SPL20_010B

2020 Interactive Bronze Cube

DDB, / Paris + makemepulse / Paris + Studio Press Play On Tape / London + Ubisoft / Paris

Ubisoft

ECHOs

Extended Reality / AR / VR

ADC_INT20_002B

2020 Photography Bronze Cube

DDB, / Paris + Amnesty International / Paris + Handsome / Paris

Amnesty International

Fashion & Arms

Design for Good / Photography

ADC_DFG20_035B

2020 Publication Design Bronze Cube

SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich

METER Group

Made in Fukushima.

Books / Jacket - Single

ADC_PUB20_005B

2020 Illustration Bronze Cube

The New York Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

Putting a Price on the End of the World

Editorial / Front Page - Single

ADC_ILT20_017B

2020 Interactive Bronze Cube

McCann / New York + Lottery / New York

New York Lottery

The Most Metal Scratch-Off

Craft in Online / Mobile / Copywriting for Digital

ADC_INT20_008B

2020 Interactive Bronze Cube

R/GA / Portland

Nike

Nike PLAYlist

Games / Web / Social Media

ADC_INT20_022B

2020 Interactive Bronze Cube

Spotify In-House / New York

Spotify

Bon Iver Viisualiizer

Online / Mobile Websites / Website

ADC_INT20_027B

2020 Interactive Bronze Cube

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

So the internet didn't turn out the way we hoped

Online / Mobile Websites / Website

ADC_INT20_028B

2020 Advertising Bronze Cube

AlmapBBDO / Sao Paulo + Alpargatas / Sao Paulo

Alpargatas

Let's Summer

Out of Home / Poster - Campaign

ADC_ADV20_050B

2020 Advertising Bronze Cube

Scholz & Friends / Berlin

Berliner Philharmoniker

Sound Images

Out of Home / Print / Electronic Billboard - Campaign

ADC_ADV20_051B

2020 Brand / Communication Design Bronze Cube

LLYC / Madrid + BBK Foundation / Madrid

BBK Foundation

Invisible Solitude

Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Series

ADC_DFG20_013B

2020 Brand / Communication Design Bronze Cube

Superunion / London + Notpla / London

Notpla

Notpla

Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Series

ADC_DFG20_014B

2020 Brand / Communication Design Bronze Cube

Happy F&B + Forsman & Bodenfors / Gothenburg

Win Win Sustainability Award

Play Food from the Future

Design for Good / Brand / Communication Design - Series

ADC_DFG20_015B

2020 Interactive Bronze Cube

BBDO GmbH / Duesseldorf + BBDO GmbH / Berlin + BBDO Group Germany GmbH / Duesseldorf

The Female Company GmbH

#Lipconfession

Social Media / Instagram

ADC_INT20_034B

2020 Integrated Bronze Cube

SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + MEDIAPLUS GERMANY / Munich

Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)

Mind the Gap

Integrated / Traditional

ADC_ITG20_003B

2020 Product Design Bronze Cube

Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg

Warner Music Central Europe

Hell-P

Sports / Leisure / Single or Series

ADC_PRD20_006B

2020 Advertising Bronze Cube

360i / New York + Tourism / New Orleans

New Orleans Tourism

The Offline Playlist

Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment

ADC_ADV20_046B

2020 Advertising Bronze Cube

Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + GS&P Social / San Francisco + GS&P Labs / San Francisco + ELevel / San Francisco

Daughters of the Evolution

Lessons in Herstory

Design for Good / Advertising - Single

ADC_DFG20_007B

2020 Advertising Bronze Cube

FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + The Mill / Chicago

Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence

The Gun Violence History Book

Design for Good / Advertising - Single

ADC_DFG20_008B

2020 Advertising Bronze Cube

BBDO / New York + Smuggler / New York

Sandy Hook Promise

Back to School Essentials

Design for Good / Advertising - Single

ADC_DFG20_009B

2020 Advertising Bronze Cube

Scholz & Friends / Berlin

The Female Company

The Tampon Book: a book against tax discrimination

Design for Good / Advertising - Single

ADC_DFG20_010B

2020 Experiential Design Bronze Cube

Scholz & Friends / Berlin + Rest of the World / Austin

Initiative Offene Gesellschaft e.V. + Falling Walls Foundation

The Wall against Walls

Design for Good / Experiential Design

ADC_DFG20_019B

2020 Packaging Design Bronze Cube

Zulu Alpha Kilo / Toronto + SingleCut Beersmiths / Toronto

SingleCut Beersmiths

Big in Japan

Food / Beverage / Beverage - Series

ADC_PKG20_003B

2020 Interactive Bronze Cube

Google LLC / Mountain view

Google Inc

A Space for Being

Data Visualization

ADC_INT20_020B

2020 Interactive Bronze Cube

Spotify In-House / New York

Spotify

Bon Iver Viisualiizer

Data Visualization

ADC_INT20_021B

2020 Illustration Bronze Cube

IC4DESIGN / Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA KAKUICHI YOKOCHO

KAKUICHI YOKOCHO

Digital / Single

ADC_ILT20_013B

2020 Illustration Bronze Cube

Ran Zheng / Jersey City + NPR / Washington, D.C.

NPR

What Parents Can Do About Gendered Toys

Digital / Single

ADC_ILT20_014B

2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Bronze Cube

BBDO / New York + Furlined / New York

AT&T

Train

Motion / Film / Short Video - Single

ADC_MOT20_032B

2020 Typography Bronze Cube

Creuna Norway / Oslo

City of Oslo

Oslo Sans

Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series

ADC_TYP20_013B

2020 Typography Bronze Cube

M-N Associates / Ho Chi Minh City

Guta Cafe Vietnam

Fonta

Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series

ADC_TYP20_014B

2020 Typography Bronze Cube

Elastic / Santa Monica + HBO / Los Angeles

HBO

"Watchmen" Main Titles & Episode Titles

Motion / Single or Series

ADC_TYP20_004B

2020 Typography Bronze Cube

Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg

Munich Philharmonics

The logo behind the logo

Motion / Single or Series

ADC_TYP20_005B

2020 Interactive Bronze Cube

R/GA / Portland

Nike

Hey Google, Ask Nike

Online / Mobile Websites / E-Commerce Site

ADC_INT20_032B

2020 Illustration Bronze Cube

Te Hu / San Francisco

Self-Promotion

Parade of six-armed Maṇi-Padme

Personal / Unpublished / Single

ADC_ILT20_023B

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