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
SAY THEIR NAMES
Agency: The New Yorker / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client: The New Yorker Category: Best of Illustration
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
Untouched by Light
Agency: Bruketa&Zinic&Grey / Zagreb + Radgonske gorice / Gornja Radgona
Client: Radgonske gorice/Untouched by Light Category: Best of Packaging Design
The Uncensored Library
Agency: DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Best of Experiential Design
#ENDviolence – More Than A Mark
Agency: BBDO Group Germany GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH
Client: UNICEF Deutschland Category: Best of Motion / Film / Gaming Craft
True Name
Agency: McCann / New York + JSM Music / New York + Hungry Man / Los Angeles
Client: Mastercard Category: Best of Product Design
BK Moldy Whopper
Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client: Burger King Category: Best of Advertising
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
Museum of Thousands of Names - Identity for Warsaw
Agency: DADADA Studio / Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
Client: Warsaw Ghetto Museum Category: Best of Brand / Communication 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
AFTER THE STORM
Agency: CBS SUNDAY MORNING / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client: CBS Sunday Morning Category: Promotional / Collateral / Single
Shot on iPhone Portrait Series A
Agency: Apple / Cupertino
Client: Apple Category: Portraiture / Series
Your Way, Way Better
Agency: Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York
Client: Burger King Category: Rebranding
Hackney Church Rebrand
Agency: OMSE / London + EBBA Architects / London + Family Ltd / London
Client: Hackney Church Category: Rebranding
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
Alone with Me
Agency: Spotify In-House
Client: Spotify Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Use of Technology
Endless World of Airmax
Agency: BBDO / New York
Client: Foot Locker Category: Craft in Online / Mobile / Content Strategy
The Decameron Project
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
The Uncensored Library
Agency: DDB Group Germany / Berlin + MediaMonks + Reporters Without Borders + Blockworks
Client: Reporters Without Borders Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design
The Prescription Paper Pill Bottle
Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness / New York + Publicis Groupe / Tel Aviv + Tikkun Olam Makers: TOM / Tel Aviv + Pixel Farm / Minneapolis
Client: Tikkun Olam Makers: TOM Category: Sustainable / Eco-friendly / Single
RAN
Agency: Ailun Jiang + Yatang Hsu
Client: Self-Promotion Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Eurythenes plasticus
Agency: BBDO Group Germany GmbH + Sehsucht GmbH
Client: WWF Germany Category: Design for Good / Integrated series
Fantastic Voyage
Agency: 72andSunny / Los Angeles + Adobe
Client: Adobe Category: Art Direction - Digital / Motion / Digital
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
How Climate Change Will Remap Where Americans Live
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Photojournalism / Single
The Prescription Paper Pill Bottle
Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness / New York + Publicis Groupe / Tel Aviv + Tikkun Olam Makers: TOM / Tel Aviv + Pixel Farm / Minneapolis
Client: Tikkun Olam Makers: TOM Category: Pharma / Health / Wellness
Beautiful Days
Agency: DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client: Menicon Co., Ltd. Category: Pharma / Health / Wellness
Grammys Issue: Phoebe Bridgers (March 10, 2021)
Agency: Variety / Los Angeles
Client: Variety Category: Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread
BK Moldy Whopper
Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client: Burger King Category: Television / Film / Online Video / Television - Single
Respond2Racism—First-Responder Twitter Bot
Agency: Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco
Client: Goodby Silverstein & Partners Category: Social Media / Twitter
#ENDviolence
Agency: BBDO Group Germany GmbH + BWGTBLD GmbH
Client: UNICEF Deutschland Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Cinematography
#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
True Name
Agency: McCann / New York + JSM Music / New York + Hungry Man / Los Angeles
Client: Mastercard Category: Design for Good / Product Design
Yuanheguan Village Committee
Agency: LUO Studio / Beijing + Yujie Luo + Chen Zhang + Wenjing Wei
Client: Party and Public Service Center of Yuanheguan Village Category: Spatial Design / Restoration / Renovation
Democracy by Mail
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Category: Photojournalism / Series
BK Moldy Whopper
Agency: INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client: Burger King Category: Out of Home / Poster - Series
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
CBS SUNDAY MORNING / New York + Kadir Nelson
Client:
CBS Sunday Morning
Title:
AFTER THE STORM
Category:
Promotional / Collateral / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_009G
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 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Jones Knowles Ritchie / New York
Client:
Burger King
Title:
Your Way, Way Better
Category:
Rebranding
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_006G
Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
OMSE / London + EBBA Architects / London + Family Ltd / London
Client:
Hackney Church
Title:
Hackney Church Rebrand
Category:
Rebranding
Annual ID:
ADC_BCD21_007G
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 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
Spotify In-House
Client:
Spotify
Title:
Alone with Me
Category:
Craft in Online / Mobile / Use of Technology
Annual ID:
ADC_INT21_003G
Award:
2021 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
BBDO / New York
Client:
Foot Locker
Title:
Endless World of Airmax
Category:
Craft in Online / Mobile / Content Strategy
Annual ID:
ADC_INT21_002G
Award:
2021 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
The Decameron Project
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_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:
Design for Good / Experiential Design
Annual ID:
ADC_DFG21_001G
Award:
2021 Packaging Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness / New York + Publicis Groupe / Tel Aviv + Tikkun Olam Makers: TOM / Tel Aviv + Pixel Farm / Minneapolis
Client:
Tikkun Olam Makers: TOM
Title:
The Prescription Paper Pill Bottle
Category:
Sustainable / Eco-friendly / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG21_007G
Award:
2021 Illustration Gold Cube
Agency:
Ailun Jiang + Yatang Hsu
Client:
Self-Promotion
Title:
RAN
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ILT21_008G
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:
72andSunny / Los Angeles + Adobe
Client:
Adobe
Title:
Fantastic Voyage
Category:
Art Direction - Digital / Motion / Digital
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_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 Photography Gold Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times
Title:
How Climate Change Will Remap Where Americans Live
Category:
Photojournalism / Single
Annual ID:
ADC_PHO21_005G
Award:
2021 Packaging Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness / New York + Publicis Groupe / Tel Aviv + Tikkun Olam Makers: TOM / Tel Aviv + Pixel Farm / Minneapolis
Client:
Tikkun Olam Makers: TOM
Title:
The Prescription Paper Pill Bottle
Category:
Pharma / Health / Wellness
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG21_005G
Award:
2021 Packaging Design Gold Cube
Agency:
DENTSU INC. / Tokyo
Client:
Menicon Co., Ltd.
Title:
Beautiful Days
Category:
Pharma / Health / Wellness
Annual ID:
ADC_PKG21_006G
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 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:
hesign / Berlin
Client:
Jumping He
Title:
daydream
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC_PUB21_002G
Award:
2021 Interactive Gold Cube
Agency:
Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco
Client:
Goodby Silverstein & Partners
Title:
Respond2Racism—First-Responder Twitter Bot
Category:
Social Media / Twitter
Annual ID:
ADC_INT21_007G
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 / Cinematography
Annual ID:
ADC_MOT21_003G
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 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 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 Spatial Design Gold Cube
Agency:
LUO Studio / Beijing + Yujie Luo + Chen Zhang + Wenjing Wei
Client:
Party and Public Service Center of Yuanheguan Village
Title:
Yuanheguan Village Committee
Category:
Spatial Design / Restoration / Renovation
Annual ID:
ADC_SPL21_003G
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:
INGO / Stockholm + David / Miami + Publicis
Client:
Burger King
Title:
BK Moldy Whopper
Category:
Out of Home / Poster - Series
Annual ID:
ADC_ADV21_001G
