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.
Year
#
ADC Awards
U.S. Region Rankings
Midwest
Client
Title
Category
Award
Points
Boards of Change
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + Current Global / Chicago + FCBX / Chicago Client: City of Chicago Category: Promotional / Wildcard
Points: 45.0
Boards of Change
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + Current Global / Chicago + FCBX / Chicago Client: City of Chicago Category: Innovation / Out of Home
Points: 21.0
Night of the Living Dead
Agency: Edward Kinsella + Bloomsbury Publishing PLC / London + British Film Institute / London Client: The British Film Institute + Bloomsbury Publishing Category: Book / Single
Points: 21.0
Misery
Agency: Edward Kinsella + The Folio Society / London Client: The Folio Society Category: Book / Series
Points: 21.0
Boards of Change
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + Current Global / Chicago + FCBX / Chicago Client: City of Chicago Category: Design for Good / Interactive
Points: 21.0
Boards of Change
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + Current Global / Chicago + FCBX / Chicago Client: City of Chicago Category: Design for Good / Experiential Design
Points: 21.0
Aliens Over the Mississippi River
Agency: Timothy Client: Tim Mattimore Photography Category: Drone / Aerial
Points: 9.0
Grey Glacier Studies
Agency: Tim Mattimore Photography Client: Tim Mattimore Photography Category: Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Points: 9.0
Boards of Change
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + Current Global / Chicago + FCBX / Chicago Client: City of Chicago Category: Innovation
Points: 9.0
Super Wendy's World
Agency: VMLY&R / Kansas City + Wendy's / Dublin + Spark Foundry / New York + Ketchum / Chicago Client: Wendy's Category: Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment
Points: 9.0
Long Live Love
Agency: FCB / Chicago + FCBX / Chicago + Current Global / Chicago + MediaMonks / Los Angeles Client: Canon, USA Category: Extended Reality / AR / VR
Points: 9.0
The Battle Home
Agency: Havas Chicago / Chicago Client: National Association of REALTORS® Category: Craft / Use of Materials
Points: 9.0
Boards of Change
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + Current Global / Chicago + FCBX / Chicago Client: City of Chicago Category: Innovation
Points: 9.0
Unseen ballet
Agency: VMLY&R New York / New York Client: Dell technologies Category: Experiential Design / Live Event
Points: 9.0
ScissorHandsFree
Agency: Leo Burnett Client: Cadillac Category: Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
Points: 3.0
Space Food
Agency: Lauren Pusateri + Liana Wears + Monica Alley + Nat Bluhm Client: Self Promotion Category: Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Points: 3.0
Live from the Library
Agency: FCB / Chicago + Lord + Thomas / Chicago Client: Chicago Public Library Category: Branded Content / Entertainment - Episodic / Web Series
Points: 3.0
ScissorHandsFree
Agency: Leo Burnett Client: Cadillac Category: Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Points: 3.0
Clone Machine
Agency: Leo Burnett / Chicago Client: Coors Light Category: Direct / Digital - Single
Points: 3.0
Porsche X Star Wars: The Designer Alliance
Agency: Porsche Cars North America, Inc. / Atlanta + The Walt Disney Studios/ Lucasfilm Ltd. / San Francisco + Cramer-Krasselt / Chicago + RTTM / Los Angeles Client: Porsche Category: Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment
Points: 3.0
Littlest Bailout
Agency: Leo Burnett / Chicago Client: Kraft Heinz Country Time Lemonade Category: Innovation / Direct
Points: 3.0
Contract for Change
Agency: FCB / Chicago + FCB / New York + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + Myles Beeson Client: Michelob ULTRA Category: Innovation / Direct
Points: 3.0
The Vitals: True Nurse Stories
Agency: Doner / Southfield + The Underground / Southfield + Marvel Entertainment / New York + Highmark Health / Pittsburgh Client: Allegheny Health Network Category: Design for Good / Publication Design
Points: 3.0
United WE Rebrand
Agency: VMLY&R / Kansas City + The Women's Foundation / Kansas City + 19 Below / Kansas City Client: The Women's Foundation Category: Branding / Logo
Points: 3.0
Ink Expression - Spring and Autumn period
Agency: Yingtao + Wenhan Client: China National Arts Fund Archaeology Program Category: Posters / Traditional - Series
Points: 3.0
Clone Machine
Agency: Leo Burnett / Chicago Client: Coors Light Category: Online / Mobile Websites / Website
Points: 3.0
Spicy Profile Pics
Agency: VMLY&R / Kansas City + Wendy's / Dublin + Ketchum / Chicago Client: Wendy's Category: Social Media / Twitter
Points: 3.0
STL architects
Agency: STL Architects / Chicago Client: Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architecture Category: Spatial Design / Conceptual / Unbuilt
Points: 3.0
Super Wendy's World
Agency: VMLY&R / Kansas City + Wendy's / Dublin + Spark Foundry / New York + Ketchum / Chicago Client: Wendy's Category: Social Media / Wildcard
Points: 3.0
Littlest Bailout
Agency: Leo Burnett / Chicago Client: Kraft Heinz Country Time Lemonade Category: Integrated / Traditional
Points: 3.0
Contract for Change
Agency: FCB / Chicago + FCB / New York + Lord + Thomas / Chicago + Myles Beeson Client: Michelob ULTRA Category: Innovation
Points: 3.0
Client:
City of Chicago
Title:
Boards of Change
Category:
Promotional / Wildcard
Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Gold Cube
Points:
45.0
Client:
City of Chicago
Title:
Boards of Change
Category:
Innovation / Out of Home
Award:
2021 Advertising Silver Cube
Points:
21.0
Client:
The British Film Institute + Bloomsbury Publishing
Title:
Night of the Living Dead
Category:
Book / Single
Award:
2021 Illustration Silver Cube
Points:
21.0
Client:
The Folio Society
Title:
Misery
Category:
Book / Series
Award:
2021 Illustration Silver Cube
Points:
21.0
Client:
City of Chicago
Title:
Boards of Change
Category:
Design for Good / Interactive
Award:
2021 Interactive Silver Cube
Points:
21.0
Client:
City of Chicago
Title:
Boards of Change
Category:
Design for Good / Experiential Design
Award:
2021 Experiential Design Silver Cube
Points:
21.0
Client:
Tim Mattimore Photography
Title:
Aliens Over the Mississippi River
Category:
Drone / Aerial
Award:
2021 Photography Bronze Cube
Points:
9.0
Client:
Tim Mattimore Photography
Title:
Grey Glacier Studies
Category:
Personal / Unpublished / Passion Project / Series
Award:
2021 Photography Bronze Cube
Points:
9.0
Client:
City of Chicago
Title:
Boards of Change
Category:
Innovation
Award:
2021 Illustration Bronze Cube
Points:
9.0
Client:
Wendy's
Title:
Super Wendy's World
Category:
Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment
Award:
2021 Advertising Bronze Cube
Points:
9.0
Client:
Canon, USA
Title:
Long Live Love
Category:
Extended Reality / AR / VR
Award:
2021 Interactive Bronze Cube
Points:
9.0
Client:
National Association of REALTORS®
Title:
The Battle Home
Category:
Craft / Use of Materials
Award:
2021 Spatial Design Bronze Cube
Points:
9.0
Client:
City of Chicago
Title:
Boards of Change
Category:
Innovation
Award:
2021 Integrated Bronze Cube
Points:
9.0
Client:
Dell technologies
Title:
Unseen ballet
Category:
Experiential Design / Live Event
Award:
2021 Experiential Design Bronze Cube
Points:
9.0
Client:
Cadillac
Title:
ScissorHandsFree
Category:
Craft in Motion / Film / Direction
Award:
2021 Motion / Film / Gaming Craft Merit Honor
Points:
3.0
Client:
Self Promotion
Title:
Space Food
Category:
Fine Art / Conceptual / Series
Award:
2021 Photography Merit Honor
Points:
3.0
Client:
Chicago Public Library
Title:
Live from the Library
Category:
Branded Content / Entertainment - Episodic / Web Series
Award:
2021 Advertising Merit Honor
Points:
3.0
Client:
Cadillac
Title:
ScissorHandsFree
Category:
Craft in Video / Direction - Single
Award:
2021 Advertising Merit Honor
Points:
3.0
Client:
Coors Light
Title:
Clone Machine
Category:
Direct / Digital - Single
Award:
2021 Advertising Merit Honor
Points:
3.0
Client:
Porsche
Title:
Porsche X Star Wars: The Designer Alliance
Category:
Innovation / Branded Content / Entertainment
Award:
2021 Advertising Merit Honor
Points:
3.0
Client:
Kraft Heinz Country Time Lemonade
Title:
Littlest Bailout
Category:
Innovation / Direct
Award:
2021 Advertising Merit Honor
Points:
3.0
Client:
Michelob ULTRA
Title:
Contract for Change
Category:
Innovation / Direct
Award:
2021 Advertising Merit Honor
Points:
3.0
Client:
Allegheny Health Network
Title:
The Vitals: True Nurse Stories
Category:
Design for Good / Publication Design
Award:
2021 Publication Design Merit Honor
Points:
3.0
Client:
The Women's Foundation
Title:
United WE Rebrand
Category:
Branding / Logo
Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Points:
3.0
Client:
China National Arts Fund Archaeology Program
Title:
Ink Expression - Spring and Autumn period
Category:
Posters / Traditional - Series
Award:
2021 Brand / Communication Design Merit Honor
Points:
3.0
Client:
Coors Light
Title:
Clone Machine
Category:
Online / Mobile Websites / Website
Award:
2021 Interactive Merit Honor
Points:
3.0
Client:
Wendy's
Title:
Spicy Profile Pics
Category:
Social Media / Twitter
Award:
2021 Interactive Merit Honor
Points:
3.0
Client:
Korean Museum of Urbanism and Architecture
Title:
STL architects
Category:
Spatial Design / Conceptual / Unbuilt
Award:
2021 Spatial Design Merit Honor
Points:
3.0
Client:
Wendy's
Title:
Super Wendy's World
Category:
Social Media / Wildcard
Award:
2021 Interactive Merit Honor
Points:
3.0
Client:
Kraft Heinz Country Time Lemonade
Title:
Littlest Bailout
Category:
Integrated / Traditional
Award:
2021 Integrated Merit Honor
Points:
3.0