Led by the strong awards performance of “Bounce” for Apple, TBWAMedia Arts Lab Los Angeles landed the top agency position in the world in the ADC Awards 2020 Global Rankings, revealed today following last week’s ADC 99th Annual Awards celebrations.
Rankings are determined by the cumulative point totals of ADC Cubes and Merits won. The complete rankings, based on winners from 33 countries and sortable by Agency, In-House Agency/Studio, Network, Awards, Country and Creative, can be viewed here.
Highlights of the rankings, with links to details on performance at this year’s ADC 99th Annual Awards, are below:
ADC 2020 Global Top 25 Agency Creative Ranking:
- 1. TBWAMedia Arts Lab Los Angeles
- 2. Scholz & Friends Berlin
- 3. BBDO New York
- 4. Goodby Silverstein & Partners San Francisco
- 5. McCann New York
- 6. FCB Chicago
- 7. Serviceplan Germany Munich
- 8. Dentsu Tokyo and Spotify In-House New York (tied)
- 10. FCB/SIX Toronto
- 11. antoni garage Berlin
- 12. Superunion London
- 13. DDB Paris
- 14. FCBX Chicago
- 15. 72andSunny Los Angeles
- 16. Heimat Berlin
- 17. achtung! Hamburg, BBDO Pakistan Lahore and Impact BBDO Dubai (tied)
- 20. BBDO Minneapolis
- 21. BETC Paris
- 22. Jones Knowles Ritchie London
- 23. No Fixed Address Toronto
- 24. Jung von Matt Hamburg
- 25. Serviceplan Korea Seoul
ADC 2020 Global Creative Ranking:
- 1. Matthias Spaetgens, Scholz & Friends Berlin
- 2. Greg Hahn, formerly BBDO New York
- 3. David Lubars, BBDO Worldwide
- 4. Oliver Handlos, Scholz & Friends Berlin, Robert Krause, Scholz & Friends Berlin (tied)
- 6. Gail Bichler, The New York Times New York
- Six creatives tied at 7th
ADC 2020 Global Top 10 In-House Agency/Studio Creative Ranking:
- 1. Spotify In-House New York
- 2. Google Brand Studio San Francisco
- 3. RT Moscow
- 4. Squarespace New York
- 5. National Theater London
- 6. Creative X San Francisco
- 7. IBM Originals New York, O, The Oprah Magazine New York, Pepsico Design & Innovation New York, Verizon New York (tied)
ADC 2020 Global Top 10 Network Creative Ranking:
- 1. TBWA Worldwide
- 2, BBDO Worldwide
- 3. Commarco
- 4. FCB Global
- 5. DAS
- 6. McCann Worldgroup
- 7. Dentsu
- 8. MDC Partners
- 9. DDB Worldwide
- 10. Hakuhodo
ADC 2020 Top 10 Country Creative Ranking:
- 1. United States
- 2. Germany
- 3. Canada
- 4. Mainland China
- 5. Japan
- 6. United Kingdom
- 7. France
- 8. Brazil
- 9. United Arab Emirates
- 10. Sweden
“These results are particularly significant because the ADC Annual Awards is one of the only shows to have a recognized global awards ranking this year,” said Kevin Swanepoel, CEO, The One Club for Creativity. “The creative community around the world will look to this ranking to see how they measure up in terms of excellence in craft and innovation, as decided by a leading global jury of their peers.”
The ADC 99th Annual Awards is the world’s longest continually-running global awards program honoring excellence in craft and innovation. It is part of The One Club for Creativity, the nonprofit organization supporting and celebrating the global creative community.
The One Club awards shows each have their distinct focus. ADC Annual Awards juries maintain their long-running concentration as the champion for craft, design and innovation, while The One Show judges focus on creativity of ideas and quality of execution.
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
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