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
I Am Hunger in America
Agency: Leo Burnett / Chicago
Client: Feeding America Category: Design for Good / Motion / Film Craft
GDC19
Agency: Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client: Designer books Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
The Book Block, Industrial Bookbinding Techniques
Agency: Itemzero / Espinho + douro / Maia
Client: Maiadouro Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
To be Continued: Nanjing in 99 Objects
Agency: T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing
Client: Nanjing Museum Administration Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Transmission Pang Pang Document Book
Agency: Edition Nord / Minamiuonuma-shi
Client: OLTA Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Jia Hui
Agency: Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client: Phoenix Science Press Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Agency: RT / Moscow + Phygitalism / Moscow
Client: RT Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Sophy Holland Super Humans
Agency: YummyColours / New York City + Sophy Holland / New York City
Client: Sophy Holland Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Iconography of the Ten Bamboo Studio
Agency: Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client: Ten Bamboo Studio Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
The Small Escape
Agency: Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH / Hamburg + BMW AG / München
Client: BMW AG Category: Art Direction - Digital / Motion / Motion
Home (Away from Home)
Agency: Airbnb Magazine / New York + Airbnb / San Francisco
Client: Airbnb Magazine Category: Food / Series
The Art of the Season
Agency: Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg
Client: Kaufland Stiftung & Co. KG Category: Food / Series
JFK Moonshot
Agency: Digitas / Boston + Unit 9 / London
Client: JFK Presidential Library and Museum Category: Extended Reality / AR / VR
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Agency: RT / Moscow + Phygitalism / Moscow
Client: RT Category: Extended Reality / AR / VR
The #UNIGNORABLE Tower
Agency: TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York + United Way / Toronto
Client: United Way Category: Extended Reality / AR / VR
#ALL41
Agency: Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg
Client: DAZN, Perform Investment Germany GmbH Category: Social Media / Instagram
Hall of Heroes
Agency: BBDO / New York + Facebook / New York + Flight School / Los Angeles
Client: St. Jude Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Extended Reality
Royal palmeira
Agency: Anna Rolskaia / Lisbo
Client: Royal palmeira Category: Lettering / Single or Series
Chinese Provincial Capital Typeface
Agency: Version Design Group / Shanghai
Client: shanghai version design group Category: Lettering / Single or Series
Dome To Home
Agency: Tencent / Shenzhen + ZHENG&Co. / Guangzhou
Client: Mogao Cave Category: Promotional Apparel
The 7th Star for Germany
Agency: BBDO GmbH / Berlin + CraftWork - a brand of ad agencyservices GmbH / Duesseldorf
Client: Nike Deutschland GmbH Category: Promotional Apparel
Avenue Green Sheshan Kindergarten
Agency: ELTO Consultancy / Shanghai
Client: Avenue Green Sheshan Kindergarten Category: Spatial Design / Education / Institutional Design
Girls Inc. of Memphis - South Park + LDT Centers
Agency: archimania / Memphis
Client: Girls Inc. Category: Spatial Design / Education / Institutional Design
VIL Schools
Agency: Verizon / New York
Client: Verizon Category: Spatial Design / Education / Institutional Design
Train
Agency: BBDO / New York + Furlined / New York
Client: AT&T 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: Craft in Video / Direction - Single
The Others
Agency: DDB, / Paris + Wanda / Paris + THE / Paris + MIKROS / Paris
Client: Volkswagen Category: Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Audi: Tilted World
Agency: Philipp und Keuntje / Hamburg + FoxDevil Films / Hamburg + Tracks & Fields / Berlin + nhb / Hamburg
Client: AUDI AG Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Use of Music / Sound
Eyes Say More Than Words
Agency: Design Army / Washington
Client: Georgetown Optician Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Use of Music / Sound
Swipe Night
Agency: 72andSunny / Los Angeles + Tinder / Los Angeles + M ss ng P eces / Los Angeles
Client: Tinder Category: Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment
The Shed—Digital Signage System
Agency: Rare Volume / New York
Client: The Shed Category: Environmental Design / Wayfinding Systems
Giannina
Agency: Aiste Stancikaite / Berlin + Self Promotion / Berlin
Client: Self Promotion Category: Personal / Unpublished / Single
Red Hot
Agency: Nick Levesque / San Francisco
Client: Nick Levesque Category: Personal / Unpublished / Single
Stone Nest Amphitheatre
Agency: 3andwich Design / He Wei Studio / Beijing
Client: Songshan sub-district office, Huancui district, Weihai city, Shandong province Category: Craft / Sustainability / Environmentally Conscious Design
I think you're freaky and I like you a lot
Agency: Tina Sturzenegger Photography / Zug
Client: Tina Sturzenegger Photography Category: Personal / Unpublished / Series
Typeform
Agency: BÜRO UFHO / Singapore
Client: Self Category: Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Single or Series
Create #ForTheThrone
Agency: 360i / New York + HBO / New York
Client: HBO Category: Wildcard / Single
The Most Searched
Agency: Google Brand Studio / San Francisco
Client: Google Category: Posters / Billboard - Series
Bauhaus 100: Manifest of Practice in Taiwan
Agency: ken-tsai Lee Design Lab / Taipei City
Client: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Category: Posters / Billboard - Series
His Dark Materials "Personal Daemons"
Agency: 360i / New York + HBO / New York
Client: HBO Category: Wildcard / Single or Series
Dreams Add Up
Agency: Harrison & Star / New York
Client: Dream Foundation Category: Digital / Series
Guess Which Book Is It?
Agency: The Nine / Shanghai
Client: Yan Ji You Bookstores Category: Digital / Series
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
Leo Burnett / Chicago
Client:
Feeding America
Title:
I Am Hunger in America
Category:
Design for Good / Motion / Film Craft
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG20_062M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client:
Designer books
Title:
GDC19
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_033M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Itemzero / Espinho + douro / Maia
Client:
Maiadouro
Title:
The Book Block, Industrial Bookbinding Techniques
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_034M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
T-Change Design Studio / Nanjing
Client:
Nanjing Museum Administration
Title:
To be Continued: Nanjing in 99 Objects
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_035M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Edition Nord / Minamiuonuma-shi
Client:
OLTA
Title:
Transmission Pang Pang Document Book
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_036M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client:
Phoenix Science Press
Title:
Jia Hui
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_037M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
RT / Moscow + Phygitalism / Moscow
Client:
RT
Title:
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_038M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
YummyColours / New York City + Sophy Holland / New York City
Client:
Sophy Holland
Title:
Sophy Holland Super Humans
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_039M
Award:
2020 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client:
Ten Bamboo Studio
Title:
Iconography of the Ten Bamboo Studio
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB20_040M
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + Tempomedia Filmproduktion GmbH / Hamburg + BMW AG / München
Client:
BMW AG
Title:
The Small Escape
Category:
Art Direction - Digital / Motion / Motion
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_068M
Award:
2020 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
MullenLowe / Boston
Client:
Burger King
Title:
Twitter Bait
Category:
Social Media / Twitter
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_068M
Award:
2020 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
Huge / Brooklyn + Jeep / USA
Client:
Jeep
Title:
#ThisIsNotJeep
Category:
Social Media / Twitter
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_069M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Airbnb Magazine / New York + Airbnb / San Francisco
Client:
Airbnb Magazine
Title:
Home (Away from Home)
Category:
Food / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_040M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg
Client:
Kaufland Stiftung & Co. KG
Title:
The Art of the Season
Category:
Food / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_041M
Award:
2020 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
Digitas / Boston + Unit 9 / London
Client:
JFK Presidential Library and Museum
Title:
JFK Moonshot
Category:
Extended Reality / AR / VR
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_049M
Award:
2020 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
RT / Moscow + Phygitalism / Moscow
Client:
RT
Title:
#Romanovs100 AR Photo Album
Category:
Extended Reality / AR / VR
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_050M
Award:
2020 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York + United Way / Toronto
Client:
United Way
Title:
The #UNIGNORABLE Tower
Category:
Extended Reality / AR / VR
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_051M
Award:
2020 Interactive Merit Honor
Agency:
Kolle Rebbe GmbH / Hamburg
Client:
DAZN, Perform Investment Germany GmbH
Title:
#ALL41
Category:
Social Media / Instagram
Annual ID:
ADC_INT20_066M
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
BBDO / New York + Facebook / New York + Flight School / Los Angeles
Client:
St. Jude
Title:
Hall of Heroes
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Extended Reality
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_062M
Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Anna Rolskaia / Lisbo
Client:
Royal palmeira
Title:
Royal palmeira
Category:
Lettering / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_022M
Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
Version Design Group / Shanghai
Client:
shanghai version design group
Title:
Chinese Provincial Capital Typeface
Category:
Lettering / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_023M
Award:
2020 Fashion Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Tencent / Shenzhen + ZHENG&Co. / Guangzhou
Client:
Mogao Cave
Title:
Dome To Home
Category:
Promotional Apparel
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN20_010M
Award:
2020 Fashion Design Merit Honor
Agency:
BBDO GmbH / Berlin + CraftWork - a brand of ad agencyservices GmbH / Duesseldorf
Client:
Nike Deutschland GmbH
Title:
The 7th Star for Germany
Category:
Promotional Apparel
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN20_011M
Award:
2020 Fashion Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Leo Burnett / Chicago
Client:
Serta
Title:
Coolest Kicks
Category:
Promotional Apparel
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN20_012M
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Agency:
ELTO Consultancy / Shanghai
Client:
Avenue Green Sheshan Kindergarten
Title:
Avenue Green Sheshan Kindergarten
Category:
Spatial Design / Education / Institutional Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_014M
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Agency:
archimania / Memphis
Client:
Girls Inc.
Title:
Girls Inc. of Memphis - South Park + LDT Centers
Category:
Spatial Design / Education / Institutional Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_015M
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Verizon / New York
Client:
Verizon
Title:
VIL Schools
Category:
Spatial Design / Education / Institutional Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_016M
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
BBDO / New York + Furlined / New York
Client:
AT&T
Title:
Train
Category:
Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_083M
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Creative X inc. / Tokyo
Client:
Mori Building Co., Ltd.
Title:
Mori Building Brand movie DESIGNING TOKYO
Category:
Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_084M
Award:
2020 Advertising Merit Honor
Agency:
DDB, / Paris + Wanda / Paris + THE / Paris + MIKROS / Paris
Client:
Volkswagen
Title:
The Others
Category:
Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV20_085M
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
Philipp und Keuntje / Hamburg + FoxDevil Films / Hamburg + Tracks & Fields / Berlin + nhb / Hamburg
Client:
AUDI AG
Title:
Audi: Tilted World
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Use of Music / Sound
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_059M
Award:
2020 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor
Agency:
Design Army / Washington
Client:
Georgetown Optician
Title:
Eyes Say More Than Words
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Use of Music / Sound
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT20_060M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
New York Magazine / New York
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
IRL City
Category:
Fashion / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_035M
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 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Nick Noh / Toronto
Client:
NN
Title:
New Life
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_045M
Award:
2020 Experiential Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Rare Volume / New York
Client:
The Shed
Title:
The Shed—Digital Signage System
Category:
Environmental Design / Wayfinding Systems
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP20_029M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Aiste Stancikaite / Berlin + Self Promotion / Berlin
Client:
Self Promotion
Title:
Giannina
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_063M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Nick Levesque / San Francisco
Client:
Nick Levesque
Title:
Red Hot
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_064M
Award:
2020 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Agency:
3andwich Design / He Wei Studio / Beijing
Client:
Songshan sub-district office, Huancui district, Weihai city, Shandong province
Title:
Stone Nest Amphitheatre
Category:
Craft / Sustainability / Environmentally Conscious Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL20_036M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
GELGEMS / Tokyo
Client:
Taisei Fujimoto
Title:
GELGEMS
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_046M
Award:
2020 Photography Merit Honor
Agency:
Tina Sturzenegger Photography / Zug
Client:
Tina Sturzenegger Photography
Title:
I think you're freaky and I like you a lot
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO20_047M
Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
BÜRO UFHO / Singapore
Client:
Self
Title:
Typeform
Category:
Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_028M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
360i / New York + HBO / New York
Client:
HBO
Title:
Create #ForTheThrone
Category:
Wildcard / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_066M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Google Brand Studio / San Francisco
Client:
Google
Title:
The Most Searched
Category:
Posters / Billboard - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_061M
Award:
2020 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
ken-tsai Lee Design Lab / Taipei City
Client:
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Title:
Bauhaus 100: Manifest of Practice in Taiwan
Category:
Posters / Billboard - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD20_062M
Award:
2020 Typography Merit Honor
Agency:
360i / New York + HBO / New York
Client:
HBO
Title:
His Dark Materials "Personal Daemons"
Category:
Wildcard / Single or Series
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP20_037M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Harrison & Star / New York
Client:
Dream Foundation
Title:
Dreams Add Up
Category:
Digital / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_036M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
Geometry Ogilvy Japan / Tokyo
Client:
JFOODO
Title:
88 Reasons
Category:
Digital / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_037M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
YU ZHANG / Shanghai
Client:
Personal
Title:
Feelings
Category:
Digital / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_038M
Award:
2020 Illustration Merit Honor
Agency:
The Nine / Shanghai
Client:
Yan Ji You Bookstores
Title:
Guess Which Book Is It?
Category:
Digital / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT20_039M
