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
Untouched by Light
Agency: Bruketa&Zinic&Grey / Zagreb + Radgonske gorice / Gornja Radgona
Client: Radgonske gorice/Untouched by Light Category: Best of Packaging Design
SAY THEIR NAMES
Agency: The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client: The New Yorker Category: Best of Illustration
BK Moldy Whopper
Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client: Burger King Category: Best of Advertising
True Name
Agency: McCann / New York + JSM Music / New York + Hungry Man / Los Angeles
Client: Mastercard Category: Best of Product 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
BREONNA TAYLOR COVER
Agency: Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / New York + Amy Sherald
Client: VANITY FAIR Category: Best of Publication Design
BK Moldy Whopper
Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client: Burger King Category: Best of Integrated
Democracy by Mail
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Best of Photography
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
The Uncensored Library
Agency: DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Best of Experiential Design
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
SAY THEIR NAMES
Agency: The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
THE CENTENNIAL
Agency: The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
Distant Summer
Agency: The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
AMERICAN UPRISING
Agency: Rolling Stone / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client: Rolling Stone Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
Sweet Liberty
Agency: The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client: The New Yorker Category: Editorial / Front Page - Single
BREONNA TAYLOR COVER
Agency: Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / New York + Amy Sherald
Client: VANITY FAIR Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover
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
The Uncensored Library
Agency: DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Innovation
BK Moldy Whopper
Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client: Burger King Category: Innovation / Press
BK Moldy Whopper
Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client: Burger King Category: Television / Film / Online Video / Television - Single
Grammys Issue: Phoebe Bridgers (March 10, 2021)
Agency: Variety / Los Angeles
Client: Variety Category: Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread
Meltdown Flags
Agency: SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + METER Group / Pullman + Hyperinteractive / Hamburg + Moby Digg / Munich
Client: METER Group Category: Data Visualization
Alone with Me
Agency: Spotify In-House
Client: Spotify Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Art Direction
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
Art House
Agency: Aidlin Darling Design / San Francisco
Client: Aidlin Darling Design Category: Spatial Design / Residential Building
Half Fans
Agency: Leo Burnett Colombia / Bogota + ABinBev Colombia / Bogota + The Coach / Habla el balón / Dattis / Draftline / Lowe / Bogotá + Leo Burnett Colombia / Bogotá
Client: ABinBev Aguila Beer Category: Experiential Design / Guerrilla Marketing / Stunt
The Uncensored Library
Agency: DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt
SAGA Grand Gin
Agency: Paprika / Montreal
Client: Distillerie Grand Dérangement Category: Food / Beverage / Beverage - Series
United Sodas
Agency: CENTER / Brooklyn + United Sodas of America / Brooklyn
Client: United Sodas Category: Food / Beverage / Beverage - Series
Eurythenes plasticus
Agency: BBDO Group Germany GmbH + Sehsucht GmbH
Client: WWF Germany Category: Design for Good / Integrated series
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
Democracy by Mail
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Photojournalism / Series
Eurythenes plasticus
Agency: BBDO Group Germany GmbH + Sehsucht GmbH
Client: WWF Germany Category: Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment
Wrestling With Westside Story
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Music / Entertainment / Single
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 In-House Gold Cube
Agency:
Spotify In-House
Client:
Spotify
Title:
Alone with Me
Category:
Advertising / Art Direction
Annual ID:
ADC_INH21_002G
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 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
SAY THEIR NAMES
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_001G
Award:
2021 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
THE CENTENNIAL
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_003G
Award:
2021 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
Distant Summer
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_004G
Award:
2021 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Rolling Stone / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client:
Rolling Stone
Title:
AMERICAN UPRISING
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_005G
Award:
2021 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client:
The New Yorker
Title:
Sweet Liberty
Category:
Editorial / Front Page - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_006G
Award:
2021 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Condé Nast, Vanity Fair / New York + Amy Sherald
Client:
VANITY FAIR
Title:
BREONNA TAYLOR COVER
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_001G
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 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client:
Reporters Without Borders
Title:
The Uncensored Library
Category:
Innovation
Annual ID:
ADC_INT21_005G
Award:
2021 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client:
Burger King
Title:
BK Moldy Whopper
Category:
Innovation / Press
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_010G
Award:
2021 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client:
Burger King
Title:
BK Moldy Whopper
Category:
Television / Film / Online Video / Television - Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_014G
Award:
2021 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Variety / Los Angeles
Client:
Variety
Title:
Grammys Issue: Phoebe Bridgers (March 10, 2021)
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_005G
Award:
2021 Typography Gold Cube
Agency:
Ben Johnston
Client:
Start India
Title:
Kūtu / Nest Mural
Category:
Design for Good / Typography
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_003G
Award:
2021 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
SERVICEPLAN GERMANY / Munich + METER Group / Pullman + Hyperinteractive / Hamburg + Moby Digg / Munich
Client:
METER Group
Title:
Meltdown Flags
Category:
Data Visualization
Annual ID:
ADC_INT21_004G
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 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 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 In-House Gold Cube
Agency:
Leo Burnett Colombia / Bogota + ABinBev Colombia / Bogota + The Coach / Habla el balón / Dattis / Draftline / Lowe / Bogotá + Leo Burnett Colombia / Bogotá
Client:
ABinBev Aguila Beer
Title:
Half Fans
Category:
Experiential Design / Guerrilla Marketing / Stunt
Annual ID:
ADC_INH21_004G
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:
Experiential Design / Guerrilla / Stunt
Annual ID:
ADC_EXP21_002G
Award:
2021 Packaging Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Paprika / Montreal
Client:
Distillerie Grand Dérangement
Title:
SAGA Grand Gin
Category:
Food / Beverage / Beverage - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG21_003G
Award:
2021 Packaging Design Gold Cube
Agency:
CENTER / Brooklyn + United Sodas of America / Brooklyn
Client:
United Sodas
Title:
United Sodas
Category:
Food / Beverage / Beverage - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG21_004G
Award:
2021 Integrated Gold Cube
Agency:
BBDO Group Germany GmbH + Sehsucht GmbH
Client:
WWF Germany
Title:
Eurythenes plasticus
Category:
Design for Good / Integrated series
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_008G
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 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 Advertising Gold Cube
Agency:
BBDO Group Germany GmbH + Sehsucht GmbH
Client:
WWF Germany
Title:
Eurythenes plasticus
Category:
Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_009G
Award:
2021 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
Wrestling With Westside Story
Category:
Music / Entertainment / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_004G
