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
The Uncensored Library
Agency: DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Best of Show
Democracy by Mail
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Best of Photography
The Uncensored Library
Agency: DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Best of Experiential Design
Museum of Thousands of Names - Identity for Warsaw
Agency: DADADA Studio / Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
Client: Warsaw Ghetto Museum Category: Best of Brand / Communication Design
#ENDviolence – More Than A Mark
Agency: BBDO Group Germany GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH
Client: UNICEF Deutschland Category: Best of Motion / Film / Gaming Craft
Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet
Agency: ATELIER BRÜCKNER GmbH / Stuttgart + BIG Bjarke Ingels Group / Copenhagen + Media Planning with: medienprojekt p2 / Stuttgart + LDE Belzner Holmes / Stuttgart
Client: Audemars Piguet Category: Best of Spatial Design
True Name
Agency: McCann / New York + JSM Music / New York + Hungry Man / Los Angeles
Client: Mastercard Category: Best of Product Design
BREONNA TAYLOR COVER
Agency: Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / New York + Amy Sherald
Client: VANITY FAIR Category: Best of Publication Design
Untouched by Light
Agency: Bruketa&Zinic&Grey / Zagreb + Radgonske gorice / Gornja Radgona
Client: Radgonske gorice/Untouched by Light Category: Best of Packaging Design
BK Moldy Whopper
Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client: Burger King Category: Best of Integrated
BK Moldy Whopper
Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client: Burger King Category: Best of Advertising
SAY THEIR NAMES
Agency: The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client: The New Yorker Category: Best of Illustration
The Uncensored Library
Agency: DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Design for Good / Advertising - Single
ABCs of Survival
Agency: The Bloc / New York
Client: National Black Child Development Institute Category: Fusion Cube
BK Moldy Whopper
Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client: Burger King Category: Press / Newspaper - Series
#ENDviolence – More Than A Mark
Agency: BBDO Group Germany GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH
Client: UNICEF Deutschland Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
You Can't Stop Us
Agency: Pulse Films + Wieden+Kennedy / Portland
Client: Nike Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
HORNBACH "Biodiversity starts in your garden."
Agency: HEIMAT, Berlin / Berlin + Czar Film GmbH / Hamburg + LOFT Studios GmbH / Berlin
Client: HORNBACH Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
The Velvet Kingdom
Agency: Henri Prestes
Client: Henri Prestes Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
2020 Covers
Agency: The New York Times For Kids / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Newspapers / Front Page
True Name
Agency: McCann / New York + JSM Music / New York + Hungry Man / Los Angeles
Client: Mastercard Category: Design for Good / Product Design
Eurythenes plasticus
Agency: BBDO Group Germany GmbH + Sehsucht GmbH
Client: WWF Germany Category: Design for Good / Advertising - Single
The Uncensored Library
Agency: DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Design for Good / Advertising - Single
San Francisco Symphony Brand Identity
Agency: COLLINS + San Francisco Symphony
Client: San Francisco Symphony Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
United Sodas of America
Agency: CENTER / Brooklyn + United Sodas of America / Brooklyn + House of 207 / Brooklyn
Client: United Sodas of America Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
M.AD School of Ideas Brand Identity
Agency: COLLINS + M.AD School of Ideas
Client: M.AD School of Ideas Category: Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Proud Parent
Agency: OREO + 360i / New York
Client: Mondelēz International, Inc. Category: Motion / Film / Narrative
Art House
Agency: Aidlin Darling Design / San Francisco
Client: Aidlin Darling Design Category: Spatial Design / Residential Building
The Uncensored Library
Agency: DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design
Alone with Me
Agency: Spotify In-House
Client: Spotify Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction
Shot on iPhone Portrait Series A
Agency: Apple / Cupertino
Client: Apple Category: Portraiture / Series
COPYRIGHT
Agency: Ziqi Xing + Qiang Zhang + Viktoriia Nastina
Client: Ziqi Xing Category: Traditional / Clothing Design
You Can't Stop Us
Agency: a52 / Santa Monica + Wieden+Kennedy / Portland + Joint Editorial / Portland + Pulse Films / Los Angeles
Client: Nike Category: Craft in Video / Special Effects
Fantastic Voyage
Agency: 72andSunny / Los Angeles + Adobe
Client: Adobe Category: Craft in Video / Special Effects
DOWN THE LINE
Agency: THE JKBN GROUP, LLC. / Los Angeles + Kadir Nelson
Client: THE JKBN GROUP, LLC Category: Wildcard / Single
#ENDviolence
Agency: BBDO Group Germany GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH
Client: UNICEF Deutschland Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Editing
Megan Thee Stallion
Agency: Mah Ferraz + 300 Entertainment / New York + The New York Times / New York + The Genius Club / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Editing
Democracy by Mail
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Photojournalism / Series
Squarespace
Agency: Squarespace
Client: Squarespace Category: Advertising / Television / Film / Online Video
Life Needs Truth
Agency: Droga5 / New York + The New York Times / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Craft in Writing / TV / Film / Video
BTC Cast 01
Agency: Benoit Berger + BUREAU BERGER / Paris
Client: BUREAU BERGER Category: Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Passion Project
Award:
2021 Best of Show Best of Show Black Cube
Agency:
DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client:
Reporters Without Borders
Title:
The Uncensored Library
Category:
Best of Show
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_001G
Award:
2021 Photography Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Democracy by Mail
Category:
Best of Photography
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_001G
Award:
2021 Interactive Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Spotify In-House
Client:
Spotify
Title:
Alone with Me
Category:
Best of Interactive
Annual ID:
ADC_INT21_001G
Award:
2021 Typography Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Ben Johnston
Client:
Start India
Title:
Kūtu / Nest Mural
Category:
Best of Typography
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_003G
Award:
2021 Experiential Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client:
Reporters Without Borders
Title:
The Uncensored Library
Category:
Best of Experiential Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_001G
Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
DADADA Studio / Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
Client:
Warsaw Ghetto Museum
Title:
Museum of Thousands of Names - Identity for Warsaw
Category:
Best of Brand / Communication Design
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_001G
Award:
2021 Fashion Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Yuzhao Huang
Client:
Personal project
Title:
The Spomeniks
Category:
Best of Fashion Design
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN21_001G
Award:
2021 In-House Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Spotify In-House
Client:
Spotify
Title:
Alone with Me
Category:
Best of In-House
Annual ID:
ADC_INH21_001G
Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
BBDO Group Germany GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH
Client:
UNICEF Deutschland
Title:
#ENDviolence – More Than A Mark
Category:
Best of Motion / Film / Gaming Craft
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_001G
Award:
2021 Spatial Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
ATELIER BRÜCKNER GmbH / Stuttgart + BIG Bjarke Ingels Group / Copenhagen + Media Planning with: medienprojekt p2 / Stuttgart + LDE Belzner Holmes / Stuttgart
Client:
Audemars Piguet
Title:
Musée Atelier Audemars Piguet
Category:
Best of Spatial Design
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL21_001G
Award:
2021 Product Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
McCann / New York + JSM Music / New York + Hungry Man / Los Angeles
Client:
Mastercard
Title:
True Name
Category:
Best of Product Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_002G
Award:
2021 Publication Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / New York + Amy Sherald
Client:
VANITY FAIR
Title:
BREONNA TAYLOR COVER
Category:
Best of Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_001G
Award:
2021 Packaging Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Bruketa&Zinic&Grey / Zagreb + Radgonske gorice / Gornja Radgona
Client:
Radgonske gorice/Untouched by Light
Title:
Untouched by Light
Category:
Best of Packaging Design
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG21_001G
Award:
2021 Integrated Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client:
Burger King
Title:
BK Moldy Whopper
Category:
Best of Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_ITG21_001G
Award:
2021 Advertising Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client:
Burger King
Title:
BK Moldy Whopper
Category:
Best of Advertising
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_001G
Award:
2021 Illustration Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
SAY THEIR NAMES
Category:
Best of Illustration
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_001G
Award:
2021 Designism Cube Designism Cube
Agency:
DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client:
Reporters Without Borders
Title:
The Uncensored Library
Category:
Design for Good / Advertising - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_005G
Award:
2021 Fusion Cube Fusion Cube
Agency:
The Bloc / New York
Client:
EmpowHer NY
Title:
The Call
Category:
Fusion Cube
Annual ID:
ADC_FUS21_001F
Award:
2021 Fusion Cube Fusion Cube
Agency:
The Bloc / New York
Client:
National Black Child Development Institute
Title:
ABCs of Survival
Category:
Fusion Cube
Annual ID:
ADC_FUS21_002F
Award:
2021 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client:
Burger King
Title:
BK Moldy Whopper
Category:
Press / Newspaper - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_012G
Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
BBDO Group Germany GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH
Client:
UNICEF Deutschland
Title:
#ENDviolence – More Than A Mark
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_001G
Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
Pulse Films + Wieden+Kennedy / Portland
Client:
Nike
Title:
You Can't Stop Us
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_004G
Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
HEIMAT, Berlin / Berlin + Czar Film GmbH / Hamburg + LOFT Studios GmbH / Berlin
Client:
HORNBACH
Title:
HORNBACH "Biodiversity starts in your garden."
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_005G
Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
Henri Prestes
Client:
Henri Prestes
Title:
The Velvet Kingdom
Category:
Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_002G
Award:
2021 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
Spotify In-House
Client:
Spotify
Title:
Alone with Me
Category:
UX / UI / User Experience Design
Annual ID:
ADC_INT21_008G
Award:
2021 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times For Kids / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times for Kids
Title:
2020 Covers
Category:
Newspapers / Front Page
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_006G
Award:
2021 Product Design Gold Cube
Agency:
McCann / New York + JSM Music / New York + Hungry Man / Los Angeles
Client:
Mastercard
Title:
True Name
Category:
Design for Good / Product Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_002G
Award:
2021 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
BBDO Group Germany GmbH + Sehsucht GmbH
Client:
WWF Germany
Title:
Eurythenes plasticus
Category:
Design for Good / Advertising - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_004G
Award:
2021 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client:
Reporters Without Borders
Title:
The Uncensored Library
Category:
Design for Good / Advertising - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_005G
Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
COLLINS + San Francisco Symphony
Client:
San Francisco Symphony
Title:
San Francisco Symphony Brand Identity
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_002G
Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
CENTER / Brooklyn + United Sodas of America / Brooklyn + House of 207 / Brooklyn
Client:
United Sodas of America
Title:
United Sodas of America
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_003G
Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
COLLINS + M.AD School of Ideas
Client:
M.AD School of Ideas
Title:
M.AD School of Ideas Brand Identity
Category:
Branding / Branding Systems / Identities - Integrated
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_004G
Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
OREO + 360i / New York
Client:
Mondelēz International, Inc.
Title:
Proud Parent
Category:
Motion / Film / Narrative
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_008G
Award:
2021 Spatial Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Aidlin Darling Design / San Francisco
Client:
Aidlin Darling Design
Title:
Art House
Category:
Spatial Design / Residential Building
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL21_002G
Award:
2021 Experiential Design Gold Cube
Agency:
DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client:
Reporters Without Borders
Title:
The Uncensored Library
Category:
Design for Good / Experiential Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_001G
Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Shot on iPhone Series B
Category:
Mobile
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_003G
Award:
2021 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
Spotify In-House
Client:
Spotify
Title:
Alone with Me
Category:
Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction
Annual ID:
ADC_INT21_001G
Award:
2021 In-House Gold Cube
Agency:
Spotify In-House
Client:
Spotify
Title:
Alone with Me
Category:
Interactive / Data Visualization
Annual ID:
ADC_INH21_001G
Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
Apple / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Shot on iPhone Portrait Series A
Category:
Portraiture / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_006G
Award:
2021 Fashion Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Ziqi Xing + Qiang Zhang + Viktoriia Nastina
Client:
Ziqi Xing
Title:
COPYRIGHT
Category:
Traditional / Clothing Design
Annual ID:
ADC_FSN21_003G
Award:
2021 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Te Hu
Client:
Te Hu
Title:
Nine Songs
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_007G
Award:
2021 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
a52 / Santa Monica + Wieden+Kennedy / Portland + Joint Editorial / Portland + Pulse Films / Los Angeles
Client:
Nike
Title:
You Can't Stop Us
Category:
Craft in Video / Special Effects
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_006G
Award:
2021 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
72andSunny / Los Angeles + Adobe
Client:
Adobe
Title:
Fantastic Voyage
Category:
Craft in Video / Special Effects
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_007G
Award:
2021 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
THE JKBN GROUP, LLC. / Los Angeles + Kadir Nelson
Client:
THE JKBN GROUP, LLC
Title:
DOWN THE LINE
Category:
Wildcard / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_010G
Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
BBDO Group Germany GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH
Client:
UNICEF Deutschland
Title:
#ENDviolence
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Editing
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_006G
Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Gold Cube
Agency:
Mah Ferraz + 300 Entertainment / New York + The New York Times / New York + The Genius Club / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Megan Thee Stallion
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Editing
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_007G
Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Democracy by Mail
Category:
Photojournalism / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_001G
Award:
2021 In-House Gold Cube
Agency:
Squarespace
Client:
Squarespace
Title:
Squarespace
Category:
Advertising / Television / Film / Online Video
Annual ID:
ADC_INH21_003G
Award:
2021 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
Droga5 / New York + The New York Times / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Life Needs Truth
Category:
Craft in Writing / TV / Film / Video
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_008G
Award:
2021 Typography Gold Cube
Agency:
Benoit Berger + BUREAU BERGER / Paris
Client:
BUREAU BERGER
Title:
BTC Cast 01
Category:
Personal / Unpublished Lettering / Passion Project
Annual ID:
ADC_TYP21_001G
