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
Windows Into The Future
Agency: Cheil Germany / Schwalbach am Taunus + Unit9 / London
Client: Samsung Electronics Germany Category: Craft / Use of Technology
Snickers fix the world
Agency: AMV BBDO / London + BBDO / New York + MJZ / LA & London
Client: Snickers Category: Television / Film / Online Video / Film - Single
Mental Fatigues
Agency: TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York
Client: Canadian Mental Health Association Category: Craft / Illustration
The Truth Is Local
Agency: The New York Times / New York + Local Projects / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Experiential Design / Installations - Series
Typographic Design in China
Agency: T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing
Client: Shenzhen Graphic Design Association (SGDA) Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Brothers, Sisters, Strangers
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Portraiture / Series
11.50 Rediscovering Discovery
Agency: Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design / Minneapolis
Client: Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design Category: Newspapers / Full Issue - Single
Cultural Heirs "Voice of the Wall"
Agency: HEIMAT / Berlin + achtung! / Hamburg + Mokoh Music GmbH / Berlin + Visualtech GmbH / Berlin
Client: Die Kulturellen Erben e.V. Berlin Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction
Bertha Benz: The Journey That Changed Everything
Agency: antoni garage / Berlin + Mercedes-Benz / Stuttgart + Anorak / Berlin
Client: Mercedes-Benz AG Category: Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Mori Building Brand movie DESIGNING TOKYO
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Creative X inc. / Tokyo
Client: Mori Building Co., Ltd. Category: Art Direction - Digital / Motion / Motion
Next 100
Agency: 72andSunny / Los Angeles + National Football League / New York + Prettybird / Culver City
Client: National Football League Category: Motion / Film / Narrative
The Söhne Collection
Agency: Klim Type Foundry / Wellington
Client: Klim Type Foundry Category: Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series
Staffless Libraries
Agency: Head Gear Animation / Toronto
Client: Toronto Public Library Workers Union Category: Animation / Series
Lizzo
Agency: New York Magazine / New York
Client: New York Magazine Category: Music / Entertainment / Single
The Art of Storytelling
Agency: Gallegos United / Los Angeles
Client: Comcast Category: Promotional / Collateral / Series
AirPods Pro
Agency: TBWAMedia Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Apple / Cupertino
Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Art Direction - Press / Poster / Poster Advertising - Campaign
Sound Images
Agency: Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client: Berliner Philharmoniker Category: Art Direction - Press / Poster / Poster Advertising - Campaign
Chicken Wars
Agency: GSD&M / Austin
Client: Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Category: Social Media / Twitter
Pocky THE GIFT
Agency: Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo
Client: Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. Category: Posters / Point of Purchase - Series
Bounce
Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
The Small Escape
Agency: Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH / Hamburg + BMW AG / München
Client: BMW AG Category: Branded Content / Entertainment - Online Video / Short Form
A Holiday Reunion
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Park Pictures / Santa Monica + Exile / Los Angeles + Legacy Effects / Los Angeles
Client: Xfinity Category: Branded Content / Entertainment - Online Video / Short Form
Life Lolli - A lollipop designed to save lives
Agency: BBDO GmbH / Duesseldorf
Client: KMSZ (Bone Marrow Donation Center) Category: Science / Medical / Single or Series
A Year in America
Agency: New York Magazine / New York
Client: New York Magazine Category: Photojournalism / Series
AND GOD CREATED WAR
Agency: Edition Lammerhuber / Baden
Client: NOËL QUIDU Category: Photojournalism / Series
Bertha Benz: The Journey That Changed Everything
Agency: antoni garage / Berlin + Mercedes-Benz / Stuttgart + Anorak / Berlin
Client: Mercedes-Benz AG Category: Motion / Film / Short Video - Single
Beat Machine
Agency: BBDO / New York + Stink / New York
Client: Bacardi Category: Video / Online Video
Most Dangerous Street
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCBX / Chicago
Client: Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence Category: Design for Good / Spatial Design
Oreo "Game of Thrones"
Agency: Elastic / Santa Monica + 360i / New York
Client: HBO & OREO Category: Craft in Video / Animation - Single
OREO x Game of Thrones
Agency: 360i / New York + Mondelez / East Hanover + HBO / New York
Client: Mondelez (OREO) Category: Craft in Video / Animation - Single
The Epidemic
Agency: BBDO / New York + Sanctuary / Los Angeles
Client: Monica Lewinsky Category: Video / Interactive Video
The Most Searched
Agency: Google Brand Studio / San Francisco
Client: Google Category: Online / Mobile Websites / Campaign Site
MOVEMENT
Agency: NM type / Stockholm / Santiago de Compostela
Client: Design Indaba Category: Innovation
Dot Translate.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + SERVICEPLAN KOREA / Seoul + Dot Incorporation / Seoul
Client: Dot Incorporation Category: Design for Good / Interactive
Bounce
Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client: Apple, Inc. Category: Craft in Video / Cinematography - Single
Bertha Benz: The Journey That Changed Everything
Agency: antoni garage / Berlin + Mercedes-Benz / Stuttgart + Anorak / Berlin
Client: Mercedes-Benz AG Category: Craft in Video / Cinematography - Single
Ninety-Nine Percent Fearless (Laura Dern)
Agency: The Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread - Single
Covering Climate Now
Agency: TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Design by Disruption / New York
Client: Columbia Journalism Review Category: Direct / Wildcard - Single
SEVEN MOTHERS
Agency: m ss ng p eces / Los Angeles + Popp Rok / Toronto
Client: Pyer Moss Category: Television / Film / Online Video / Television / Online Low Budget - Single
Printed by Parkinson's
Agency: MediaMonks / Amsterdam + INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe / Berlin
Client: Charité - University Hospital Berlin Category: Innovation / Single or Series
Made in Fukushima.
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client: METER Group Category: Innovation / Single or Series
Train
Agency: BBDO / New York + Furlined / New York
Client: AT&T Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Animation
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Cheil Germany / Schwalbach am Taunus + Unit9 / London
Client:
Samsung Electronics Germany
Title:
Windows Into The Future
Category:
Craft / Use of Technology
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_009S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
AMV BBDO / London + BBDO / New York + MJZ / LA & London
Client:
Snickers
Title:
Snickers fix the world
Category:
Television / Film / Online Video / Film - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_054S
Award:
2020 Fashion Design Silver Cube
Agency:
TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York
Client:
Canadian Mental Health Association
Title:
Mental Fatigues
Category:
Craft / Illustration
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN20_006S
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times / New York + Local Projects / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
The Truth Is Local
Category:
Experiential Design / Installations - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_012S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing
Client:
Shenzhen Graphic Design Association (SGDA)
Title:
Typographic Design in China
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_008S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
New York Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
Lizzo
Category:
Portraiture / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_023S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Brothers, Sisters, Strangers
Category:
Portraiture / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_024S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design / Minneapolis
Client:
Doug Pedersen Art Direction & Design
Title:
11.50 Rediscovering Discovery
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_021S
Award:
2020 Interactive Silver Cube
Agency:
HEIMAT / Berlin + achtung! / Hamburg + Mokoh Music GmbH / Berlin + Visualtech GmbH / Berlin
Client:
Die Kulturellen Erben e.V. Berlin
Title:
Cultural Heirs "Voice of the Wall"
Category:
Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_003S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
BETC / Paris
Client:
Lacoste
Title:
Crocodile Inside
Category:
Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_027S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
antoni garage / Berlin + Mercedes-Benz / Stuttgart + Anorak / Berlin
Client:
Mercedes-Benz AG
Title:
Bertha Benz: The Journey That Changed Everything
Category:
Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_028S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Creative X inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Mori Building Co., Ltd.
Title:
Mori Building Brand movie DESIGNING TOKYO
Category:
Art Direction - Digital / Motion / Motion
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_002S
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Silver Cube
Agency:
72andSunny / Los Angeles + National Football League / New York + Prettybird / Culver City
Client:
National Football League
Title:
Next 100
Category:
Motion / Film / Narrative
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_027S
Award:
2020 Typography Silver Cube
Agency:
Klim Type Foundry / Wellington
Client:
Klim Type Foundry
Title:
The Söhne Collection
Category:
Typefaces / Font Systems / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_012S
Award:
2020 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Spotify In-House / New York
Client:
Spotify
Title:
All The Moods
Category:
Animation / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_004S
Award:
2020 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Head Gear Animation / Toronto
Client:
Toronto Public Library Workers Union
Title:
Staffless Libraries
Category:
Animation / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_005S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
New York Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
Lizzo
Category:
Music / Entertainment / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_013S
Award:
2020 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Gallegos United / Los Angeles
Client:
Comcast
Title:
The Art of Storytelling
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_025S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
TBWAMedia Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple, Inc.
Title:
AirPods Pro
Category:
Art Direction - Press / Poster / Poster Advertising - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_005S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
Scholz & Friends / Berlin
Client:
Berliner Philharmoniker
Title:
Sound Images
Category:
Art Direction - Press / Poster / Poster Advertising - Campaign
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_006S
Award:
2020 Interactive Silver Cube
Agency:
GSD&M / Austin
Client:
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
Title:
Chicken Wars
Category:
Social Media / Twitter
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_036S
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.
Title:
Pocky THE GIFT
Category:
Posters / Point of Purchase - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_021S
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Silver Cube
Agency:
TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client:
Apple, Inc.
Title:
Bounce
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_008S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH / Hamburg + BMW AG / München
Client:
BMW AG
Title:
The Small Escape
Category:
Branded Content / Entertainment - Online Video / Short Form
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_012S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + Park Pictures / Santa Monica + Exile / Los Angeles + Legacy Effects / Los Angeles
Client:
Xfinity
Title:
A Holiday Reunion
Category:
Branded Content / Entertainment - Online Video / Short Form
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_013S
Award:
2020 Product Design Silver Cube
Agency:
BBDO GmbH / Duesseldorf
Client:
KMSZ (Bone Marrow Donation Center)
Title:
Life Lolli - A lollipop designed to save lives
Category:
Science / Medical / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PRD20_004S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
New York Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
A Year in America
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_018S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
Edition Lammerhuber / Baden
Client:
NOËL QUIDU
Title:
AND GOD CREATED WAR
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_019S
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Silver Cube
Agency:
antoni garage / Berlin + Mercedes-Benz / Stuttgart + Anorak / Berlin
Client:
Mercedes-Benz AG
Title:
Bertha Benz: The Journey That Changed Everything
Category:
Motion / Film / Short Video - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_031S
Award:
2020 Interactive Silver Cube
Agency:
BBDO / New York + Stink / New York
Client:
Bacardi
Title:
Beat Machine
Category:
Video / Online Video
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_047S
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Silver Cube
Agency:
FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + FCBX / Chicago
Client:
Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
Title:
Most Dangerous Street
Category:
Design for Good / Spatial Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_038S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
Elastic / Santa Monica + 360i / New York
Client:
HBO & OREO
Title:
Oreo "Game of Thrones"
Category:
Craft in Video / Animation - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_020S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
360i / New York + Mondelez / East Hanover + HBO / New York
Client:
Mondelez (OREO)
Title:
OREO x Game of Thrones
Category:
Craft in Video / Animation - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_021S
Award:
2020 Interactive Silver Cube
Agency:
BBDO / New York + Sanctuary / Los Angeles
Client:
Monica Lewinsky
Title:
The Epidemic
Category:
Video / Interactive Video
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_045S
Award:
2020 Interactive Silver Cube
Agency:
Google Brand Studio / San Francisco
Client:
Google
Title:
The Most Searched
Category:
Online / Mobile Websites / Campaign Site
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_030S
Award:
2020 Typography Silver Cube
Agency:
NM type / Stockholm / Santiago de Compostela
Client:
Design Indaba
Title:
MOVEMENT
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_002S
Award:
2020 Typography Silver Cube
Agency:
Hyeong Geun Song / New York
Client:
Self-initiated
Title:
Tangible Type
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_003S
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
SenseTeam / Shenzhen
Client:
SHENZHEN FASHION WEEK
Title:
Forge Ahead
Category:
Branding / Logo
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_014S
Award:
2020 Interactive Silver Cube
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + SERVICEPLAN KOREA / Seoul + Dot Incorporation / Seoul
Client:
Dot Incorporation
Title:
Dot Translate.
Category:
Design for Good / Interactive
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_027S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles + Pulse Films / Los Angeles + Framestore / Los Angeles
Client:
Apple, Inc.
Title:
Bounce
Category:
Craft in Video / Cinematography - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_024S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
antoni garage / Berlin + Mercedes-Benz / Stuttgart + Anorak / Berlin
Client:
Mercedes-Benz AG
Title:
Bertha Benz: The Journey That Changed Everything
Category:
Craft in Video / Cinematography - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_025S
Award:
2020 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Ninety-Nine Percent Fearless (Laura Dern)
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_019S
Award:
2020 Product Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Fourkind / Helsinki
Client:
Mackmyra
Title:
AI:01 Intelligens
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_PRD20_003S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
TBWA\Chiat\Day / New York + Design by Disruption / New York
Client:
Columbia Journalism Review
Title:
Covering Climate Now
Category:
Direct / Wildcard - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_045S
Award:
2020 Advertising Silver Cube
Agency:
m ss ng p eces / Los Angeles + Popp Rok / Toronto
Client:
Pyer Moss
Title:
SEVEN MOTHERS
Category:
Television / Film / Online Video / Television / Online Low Budget - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_061S
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
MediaMonks / Amsterdam + INNOCEAN Worldwide Europe / Berlin
Client:
Charité - University Hospital Berlin
Title:
Printed by Parkinson's
Category:
Innovation / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_017S
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich
Client:
METER Group
Title:
Made in Fukushima.
Category:
Innovation / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_018S
Award:
2020 Illustration Silver Cube
Agency:
Eugenia Mello / Brooklyn
Client:
Victionary
Title:
Moving
Category:
Book / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_009S
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Silver Cube
Agency:
BBDO / New York + Furlined / New York
Client:
AT&T
Title:
Train
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Animation
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_003S
Award:
2020 Photography Silver Cube
Agency:
New York Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
Lizzo
Category:
Fashion / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_004S
