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
Chinese Nursery Rhymes
Agency: Rang Li / Stockholm
Client: China People's Education Press Category: Best of Publication Design
The Games Issue
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 / Full Issue
The Tiny Issue
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 / Full Issue
The Rotten Issue
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 / Full Issue
There's light
Agency: Paprika / Montreal
Client: Glenn Lutz Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Chinese Nursery Rhymes
Agency: Rang Li / Stockholm
Client: China People's Education Press Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
The Pleasures of Outdoor Dining Cover
Agency: Beth + New York Magazine
Client: New York Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover
The New Swiss Passport Series
Agency: Federal Office of Police (fedpol) / Bern + RETINAA / Geneva
Client: Federal Office of Police (fedpol) Category: Books / Image-Driven
Kindling Issue 3
Agency: Alex Hunting Studio / London
Client: Kindling Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
2023 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
I Want to Keep Smashing Myself Until I Am Whole
Agency: Alex + Ian
Client: Picador / Farrar, Straus and Giroux Category: Books / Jacket
The Unburnable Book
Agency: Rethink + Penguin Random House
Client: Penguin Random House Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
BECOMING — BIFT 2022
Agency: mintbrand / Beijing
Client: BIFT Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
The New World
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Digital Publications / Online Publication
Why Do We Love TikTok Audio Memes?
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Digital Publications / Online Publication
Stranger Fruit
Agency: Luminosity Lab / Brooklyn
Client: Kris Graves Projects Category: Books / Image-Driven
Portuguese (Re)Constitution
Agency: FCB Lisboa / Lisbon + Penguin Random House Portugal / Lisbon
Client: Penguin Random House Portugal Category: Books / Image-Driven
Iro: The Essence of Color in Japanese Design
Agency: Phaidon Press / New York + Julia + Rossella
Client: Phaidon Press Category: Books / Image-Driven
Uvalde Mass Shooting
Agency: Frank + The New York Times Opinion
Client: The New York Times Opinion Category: Newspapers / Front Page
Asia-Pacific Design 18
Agency: Yanrong + Zhenhua
Client: Sandu Publishing Co., Ltd. Category: Books / Jacket
Portuguese (Re)Constitution
Agency: FCB Lisboa / Lisbon + Penguin Random House Portugal / Lisbon
Client: Penguin Random House Portugal Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Alex and Lilani discover the world of letters
Agency: Punkt, Punkt, Komma, Strich PPKS + Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg Blinden- und Sehbehindertenpädagogik + Hochschule der Künste Bern Institute of Design Research
Client: Dot, dot, comma, dash (Punkt, Punkt, Komma, Strich PPKS) Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
goodbye sketches
Agency: Minmin Qu & Qian Jiang
Client: Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
The Nest
Agency: Scott + Slanted Publishers
Client: Leisure Labor / Slanted Publishers Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Reasons to Love Cover
Agency: Pelle + New York Magazine
Client: New York Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover
I Was Wrong
Agency: Kate + The New York Times Opinion
Client: The New York Times Opinion Category: Newspapers / Story / Spreads
The People vs. Rubber Bullets
Agency: Long Lead / Houston + Decimal Studios / Brooklyn
Client: Long Lead & Decimal Studios Category: Digital Publications / Online Publication
Śakra
Agency: Nanjing Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client: SUPER BULLET PICTURES LIMITED Category: Books / Image-Driven
Redaction
Agency: Practise / Auckland + James + Forest + Amanda
Client: W. W. Norton Category: Books / Image-Driven
The Culture Issue
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
The Secrets Issue
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 / Full Issue
New York Review of Architecture
Agency: Laura + New York Review of Architecture / New York
Client: New York Review of Architecture Category: Newspapers / Full Issue
The Lives They Lived
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Girls Define Girl
Agency: MullenLowe SSP3 / Bogota + AB InBev / Bogotá + Dattis / Bogota + Austria Films Colombia / Bogota
Client: AB InBev / Pony Malta Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
TEXT
Agency: United Design Lab / Beijing
Client: Rex Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
NecoAsu
Agency: OUWN / Tokyo
Client: People and Thought. Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
None Utensil—Ma Huiyuan Ceramic Art Collection
Agency: Wei + Yanrong
Client: Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House Category: Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Pete Frame ROCK FAMILY TREES Japanese Edition
Agency: naoyuki pabro design / Kawasaki + Misuzu Shobo, Ltd. / Tokyo + Kato Bunmeisha Co., Ltd. / Tokyo + Sekishindo / Tokyo
Client: Misuzu Shobo, Ltd. Category: Books / Text-Driven
Lacquer Art Culture Series
Agency: Minmin Qu & Qian Jiang
Client: Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing Category: Books / Text-Driven
The Great Wall on the Antique Maps
Agency: Nanjing Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client: Phoenix Science Press Category: Books / Text-Driven
Spectrum 2022: Autism Science in Profile
Agency: Casalino Design / New York
Client: Spectrum News Category: Magazines / Self-Published Magazine
Issue 3
Agency: Mother Tongue Magazine
Client: Mother Tongue Category: Magazines / Self-Published Magazine
Volkskrant Magazine
Agency: DPG Media / Amsterdam + Volkskrant Magazine / Amsterdam
Client: Volkskrant Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Cover
Lizzo
Agency: Condé Nast + Vanity Fair
Client: Vanity Fair Category: Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread
Vanishing Act
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread
Queen of the Global Night Club
Agency: GQ / New York
Client: GQ Category: Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread
Award:
2023 Publication Design Best of Discipline Cube
Agency:
Rang Li / Stockholm
Client:
China People's Education Press
Title:
Chinese Nursery Rhymes
Category:
Best of Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB000G
Award:
2023 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:
The Games Issue
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB003G
Award:
2023 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:
The Tiny Issue
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB009G
Award:
2023 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:
The Rotten Issue
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB011G
Award:
2023 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Paprika / Montreal
Client:
Glenn Lutz
Title:
There's light
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB008G
Award:
2023 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Rang Li / Stockholm
Client:
China People's Education Press
Title:
Chinese Nursery Rhymes
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB001G
Award:
2023 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
YIN
Client:
LINLIN Design Studio
Title:
Life in the Beijing Opera
Category:
Books / Text-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB007G
Award:
2023 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Beth + New York Magazine
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
The Pleasures of Outdoor Dining Cover
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB006G
Award:
2023 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Federal Office of Police (fedpol) / Bern + RETINAA / Geneva
Client:
Federal Office of Police (fedpol)
Title:
The New Swiss Passport Series
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB010G
Award:
2023 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Alex Hunting Studio / London
Client:
Kindling
Title:
Kindling Issue 3
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB002G
Award:
2023 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:
2023 Covers
Category:
Newspapers / Front Page
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB004G
Award:
2023 Publication Design Gold Cube
Agency:
Alex + Ian
Client:
Picador / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Title:
I Want to Keep Smashing Myself Until I Am Whole
Category:
Books / Jacket
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB005G
Award:
2023 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Rethink + Penguin Random House
Client:
Penguin Random House
Title:
The Unburnable Book
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB014S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
mintbrand / Beijing
Client:
BIFT
Title:
BECOMING — BIFT 2022
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB018S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The New World
Category:
Digital Publications / Online Publication
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB015S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Why Do We Love TikTok Audio Memes?
Category:
Digital Publications / Online Publication
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB016S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Luminosity Lab / Brooklyn
Client:
Kris Graves Projects
Title:
Stranger Fruit
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB012S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
FCB Lisboa / Lisbon + Penguin Random House Portugal / Lisbon
Client:
Penguin Random House Portugal
Title:
Portuguese (Re)Constitution
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB019S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Phaidon Press / New York + Julia + Rossella
Client:
Phaidon Press
Title:
Iro: The Essence of Color in Japanese Design
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB020S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Frank + The New York Times Opinion
Client:
The New York Times Opinion
Title:
Uvalde Mass Shooting
Category:
Newspapers / Front Page
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB017S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Silver Cube
Agency:
Yanrong + Zhenhua
Client:
Sandu Publishing Co., Ltd.
Title:
Asia-Pacific Design 18
Category:
Books / Jacket
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB013S
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
FCB Lisboa / Lisbon + Penguin Random House Portugal / Lisbon
Client:
Penguin Random House Portugal
Title:
Portuguese (Re)Constitution
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB026B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Punkt, Punkt, Komma, Strich PPKS + Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg Blinden- und Sehbehindertenpädagogik + Hochschule der Künste Bern Institute of Design Research
Client:
Dot, dot, comma, dash (Punkt, Punkt, Komma, Strich PPKS)
Title:
Alex and Lilani discover the world of letters
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB033B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Minmin Qu & Qian Jiang
Client:
Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing
Title:
goodbye sketches
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB028B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Scott + Slanted Publishers
Client:
Leisure Labor / Slanted Publishers
Title:
The Nest
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB031B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Laura
Client:
Cyberfeminism Index
Title:
Cyberfeminism Index
Category:
Books / Text-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB022B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Pelle + New York Magazine
Client:
New York Magazine
Title:
Reasons to Love Cover
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB029B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Kate + The New York Times Opinion
Client:
The New York Times Opinion
Title:
I Was Wrong
Category:
Newspapers / Story / Spreads
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB024B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Long Lead / Houston + Decimal Studios / Brooklyn
Client:
Long Lead & Decimal Studios
Title:
The People vs. Rubber Bullets
Category:
Digital Publications / Online Publication
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB021B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Asad
Client:
George Nakashima Woodworkers
Title:
Process Book
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB025B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Nanjing Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client:
SUPER BULLET PICTURES LIMITED
Title:
Śakra
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB027B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Practise / Auckland + James + Forest + Amanda
Client:
W. W. Norton
Title:
Redaction
Category:
Books / Image-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB030B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Culture Issue
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB023B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Bronze Cube
Agency:
Laura
Client:
Cyberfeminism Index
Title:
Cyberfeminism Index
Category:
Books / Jacket
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB032B
Award:
2023 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The New York Times for Kids / New York + The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times for Kids
Title:
The Secrets Issue
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB034M
Award:
2023 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Laura + New York Review of Architecture / New York
Client:
New York Review of Architecture
Title:
New York Review of Architecture
Category:
Newspapers / Full Issue
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB040M
Award:
2023 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
The Lives They Lived
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB041M
Award:
2023 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
MullenLowe SSP3 / Bogota + AB InBev / Bogotá + Dattis / Bogota + Austria Films Colombia / Bogota
Client:
AB InBev / Pony Malta
Title:
Girls Define Girl
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB044M
Award:
2023 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
United Design Lab / Beijing
Client:
Rex
Title:
TEXT
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB046M
Award:
2023 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
OUWN / Tokyo
Client:
People and Thought.
Title:
NecoAsu
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB049M
Award:
2023 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Wei + Yanrong
Client:
Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House
Title:
None Utensil—Ma Huiyuan Ceramic Art Collection
Category:
Books / Limited Edition / Private Press / Special Format
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB053M
Award:
2023 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
naoyuki pabro design / Kawasaki + Misuzu Shobo, Ltd. / Tokyo + Kato Bunmeisha Co., Ltd. / Tokyo + Sekishindo / Tokyo
Client:
Misuzu Shobo, Ltd.
Title:
Pete Frame ROCK FAMILY TREES Japanese Edition
Category:
Books / Text-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB035M
Award:
2023 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Minmin Qu & Qian Jiang
Client:
Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing
Title:
Lacquer Art Culture Series
Category:
Books / Text-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB037M
Award:
2023 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Nanjing Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client:
Phoenix Science Press
Title:
The Great Wall on the Antique Maps
Category:
Books / Text-Driven
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB048M
Award:
2023 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Casalino Design / New York
Client:
Spectrum News
Title:
Spectrum 2022: Autism Science in Profile
Category:
Magazines / Self-Published Magazine
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB047M
Award:
2023 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Mother Tongue Magazine
Client:
Mother Tongue
Title:
Issue 3
Category:
Magazines / Self-Published Magazine
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB055M
Award:
2023 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
DPG Media / Amsterdam + Volkskrant Magazine / Amsterdam
Client:
Volkskrant Magazine
Title:
Volkskrant Magazine
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Cover
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB050M
Award:
2023 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
Condé Nast + Vanity Fair
Client:
Vanity Fair
Title:
Lizzo
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB039M
Award:
2023 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
Vanishing Act
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB045M
Award:
2023 Publication Design Merit Honor
Agency:
GQ / New York
Client:
GQ
Title:
Queen of the Global Night Club
Category:
Magazines / Magazine Story / Spread
Annual ID:
ADC102_PUB054M
