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ADC 104th Annual Awards

The ADC Annual Awards is celebrating 104 years of excellence in design and craft. This iconic award show honors the best creative talent and groundbreaking work across many different creative disciplines including advertising, digital media, graphic and publication design, packaging and product design, motion, gaming, experiential and architecture, photography, illustration and all points in between.

This year’s ADC Annual Awards call for entries campaign was created by MullenLowe Design Studio, the recently launched group within MullenLowe US.

The ADC Awards are now closed to new entries.

ADC 104th Annual Awards Ceremony

Outstanding entrants are selected by highly respected juries and honored with coveted Gold, Silver and Bronze Cubes. Winners will be celebrated at the ADC 104th Annual Awards Gala, returning to the magnificent Gotham Hall in Manhattan on Wednesday, May 14th during Creative Week. Secure your tickets here.

ADC Resources

New this Season

Publication Design has been divided into two disciplines: Book Design and Magazine/Newspaper Design.
Pharma/Health/Wellness has been added as a new discipline.
Product Design and Packaging Design now have their own dedicated juries (both disciplines were previously judged by the same jury).
The Typography discipline is now called Typography/Lettering.
Gaming discipline has now been expanded to include categories for both Craft in Game Design and Game Marketing.
A Fashion Collaboration category has been added to the Brand/Communication Design discipline.

ADC Historic Timeline

The ADC Historic Timeline features the people, the historical artifacts, the thoughts and opinions, and of course the winning ADC work of the past century. You can browse through the ADC annuals, read essays from across the decades and learn about the ADC's deep history. It's a history of the very industry we all love, and we're excited to share it with you. Digital versions of the ADC Annuals are available to download for free under the Annuals section at the bottom of each decade's page.