Winners in Fashion Design and Illustration were revealed on this first day of the week-long online ADC 99th Annual Awards, part of The One Club for Creativity and the world’s longest continually-running program celebrating excellence in craft and innovation in all forms of design and advertising.
Best of Discipline is Fashion Design went to Xiaotu Tang London for her own “Containers” in Traditional – Accessories. In Illustration, the Best of Discipline was awarded to Impact BBDO Dubai with BBDO Pakistan Lahore and Samar Minallah Khan Islamabad for “Truck Art Childfinder” on behalf of Berger Paints.
Winners in other disciplines will be announced each day this week, accompanied by daily Instagram Live conversations between ADC 99th jury members and the creatives behind the biggest winning works.
The complete list of Cube winners for the first day of the ADC 99th Annual Awards is as follows. Please go here to download a pdf of all Cube and Merit winners for the day.
Fashion Design (2 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze and 12 Merit)
Gold Cube:
- Africa, São Paulo, “Life Print” for Ampara ANIMAL in Sustainable/Eco-friendly Fashion
- Xiaotu Tang London for her own “Containers” in Traditional – Accessories
Silver Cube:
- TAXI in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and New York “Mental Fatigues” for Canadian Mental Health Association in Craft – Illustration
- The Martin Agency Richmond with Musictoday Crozet “83 Futures” for Donate Life America in Design for Good – Fashion Design
- Zulu Alpha Kilo Toronto “#UnravelHate” for Peace Collective in Design for Good – Fashion Design.
Bronze Cube:
- Arteaga Brooklyn for its own “Arteaga: Ethical + Sustainable + Exquisite” in Sustainable/Eco-friendly Fashion
- Jung von Matt Hamburg with 2WEI Music Hamburg “The adidas Wendejacket ‘Breaking Walls’ “ for adidas in Promotional Apparel
- La Sonmai Hanoi for its own “Traditional Lacquer Phone-case” in Traditional – Accessories
Illustration (6 Gold, 8 Silver, 14 Bronze and 53 Merit)
Gold Cube:
- Casa Rex São Paulo “Muito Esquisito” for Pulo do Gato in Book – Series
- Edward Kinsella Illustration St. Louis “Us Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” for Waxwork Records in Packaging – Series
- Goodby Silverstein & Partners with GS&P Social and Elevel, all in San Francisco “Lessons in Herstory” for Daughters of the Evolution in Digital – Series
- Impact BBDO Dubai with BBDO Pakistan Lahore and Samar Minallah Khan Islamabad “Truck Art Childfinder” for Berger Paints in Design for Good – Illustration – Series
- Kadir Nelson, Inc. Los Angeles “Flight of the Clotilda” for National Geographic in Editorial – Front Page – Single
- Spotify USA, Inc. New York for its own “All The Moods” in Animation – Single
Silver Cube:
- Elastic Santa Monica “ ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ Main Title” for Neil Kellerhouse in Animation – Single
- Eugenia Mello Brooklyn “Moving” for Victionary in Book – Series
- Gallegos United Los Angeles “The Art of Storytelling” for Comcast in Promotional / Collateral – Series
- Goodby Silverstein & Partners San Francisco “Creativity for All” for Adobe in Animation – Single
- Head Gear Animation Toronto “Staffless Libraries” for Toronto Public Library Workers Union in Animation – Series
- Nicolas Ortega Brooklyn “ ‘Human Scum’ and Trump’s Tortured English” for The New York Times in Editorial – Spread – Single
- Spotify USA, Inc. New York for its own “All The Moods” in Animation – Series
- Yidong Cai Shanghai for his own “C-MOJI” in Personal / Unpublished – Series
Bronze Cube:
- 360i New York “Flavor Drop” for Truly Hard Seltzer in Packaging – Single
- Airbnb Magazine New York and San Francisco with Kadir Nelson, Inc. Los Angeles for its own “Letter From Rome” in Editorial – Spread – Single
- Google Brand Studio with Animade and Jungle Studios, all in London “Bauhaus Everywhere” for Google Arts and Culture in Animation – Series
- IC4DESIGN Hiroshima “Kakuichi Yokocho” for Hiroshima Kakuichi Yokocho in Digital – Single
- Philipp und Keuntje Berlin with Carioca Studio Budapest “Plastic Legacy” for Greenpeace in Design for Good – Illustration – Series
- Ran Zheng Jersey City “What Parents Can Do About Gendered Toys” for NPR in Digital – Single
- RPA Santa Monica “#VaccinesWork” for Unicef Global in Design for Good – Illustration – Series
- Sally Deng Los Angeles “Yusra Swims” for Creative Editions in Book – Single
- Square Pixel Rio de Janeiro with Saatchi & Saatchi Dubai “Planet or Plastic?” for National Geographic in Design for Good – Illustration – Series
- Tatsuro Kiuchi Tokyo “The Art Of Tatsuro Kiuchi” for Genkosha in Book – Series
- Te Hu San Francisco for his own “Parade of Six-Armed Maṇi-Padme” in Personal / Unpublished – Single
- The Folio Society London with Francis Vallejo Detroit “Anansi Boys” for The Folio Society in Book – Series
- The New York Times Magazine New York for its own “Putting a Price on the End of the World” in Editorial – Front Page – Single
- Yuke Li New York for her own “The Tiger In My Yard” in Book – Series
ADC Winners in Fashion Design and Illustration
Country | Award Type | Primary Company Name | Entry Title | Client | Discipline | Category |
Brazil | Merit | Africa / Sao Paulo | Life Print | Ampara Animal | Fashion Design | Craft – Patterns / Textiles |
Brazil | Gold | Africa / Sao Paulo | Life Print | Ampara ANIMAL | Fashion Design | Sustainable / Eco-friendly Fashion |
United States | Bronze | Arteaga / BROOKLYN | Arteaga: Ethical + Sustainable + Exquisite | Arteaga | Fashion Design | Sustainable / Eco-friendly Fashion |
Germany | Merit | BBDO Berlin GmbH / Berlin + CraftWork – a brand of ad agencyservices GmbH / Duesseldorf | The 7th Star for Germany | Nike Deutschland GmbH | Fashion Design | Promotional Apparel |
Japan | Merit | CHIMASKI / Kyoto | HANAO SHOES | Whole Love Kyoto | Fashion Design | Traditional – Footwear |
Japan | Merit | CHIMASKI / Kyoto | TOCHU | Whole Love Kyoto | Fashion Design | Traditional – Collection |
United States | Merit | Gucci / Milan + Marc Burckhardt / Austin | Gucci Cheetahorse Dress | Gucci | Fashion Design | Craft – Patterns / Textiles |
Germany | Bronze | Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + 2WEI Music GmbH / Hamburg + adidas / Herzogenaurach | The adidas Wendejacket „Breaking Walls“ | adidas | Fashion Design | Promotional Apparel |
Germany | Merit | Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + 2WEI Music GmbH / Hamburg + adidas / Herzogenaurach | The adidas Wendejacket „Breaking Walls“ | adidas | Fashion Design | Traditional – Single |
Germany | Merit | Jung von Matt AG / Hamburg + 2WEI Music GmbH / Hamburg + adidas / Herzogenaurach | The adidas Wendejacket „Breaking Walls“ | adidas | Fashion Design | Design for Good – Fashion Design |
Vietnam | Bronze | La Sonmai / Hanoi | Traditional Lacquer Phone-case | La Sonmai | Fashion Design | Traditional – Accessories |
United States | Merit | Leo Burnett / Chicago | Coolest Kicks | Serta | Fashion Design | Promotional Apparel |
United States | Merit | Leo Burnett / Chicago | Coolest Kicks | Serta | Fashion Design | Traditional – Footwear |
Canada | Merit | TAXI / Toronto/Canada + Canadian Mental Health Association / Toronto | Mental Fatigues | Canadian Mental Health Association | Fashion Design | Craft – Patterns / Textiles |
Canada | Silver | TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York | Mental Fatigues | Canadian Mental Health Association | Fashion Design | Craft – Illustration |
Canada | Merit | TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York + Rick Hansen Foundation / Richmond | Mental Fatigues | Canadian Mental Health Association | Fashion Design | Design for Good – Fashion Design |
China | Merit | Tencent / Shenzhen + ZHENG&Co. / Guangzhou | Dome To Home | Mogao Cave | Fashion Design | Promotional Apparel |
United States | Silver | The Martin Agency / Richmond, VA + Donate Life America / Richmond, VA + Musictoday / Crozet, VA | 83 Futures | Donate Life America | Fashion Design | Design for Good – Fashion Design |
China | Gold | Xiaotu Tang / London | Containers | Personal project | Fashion Design | Traditional – Accessories |
Canada | Silver | Zulu Alpha Kilo / Toronto + Peace Collective / Toronto | #UnravelHate | Peace Collective | Fashion Design | Design for Good – Fashion Design |
United States | Merit | 360i / New York + HBO / New York | Create #ForTheThrone | HBO | Illustration | Wildcard – Single |
United States | Bronze | 360i / New York + Truly Hard Seltzer / Boston | Flavor Drop | Truly Hard Seltzer | Illustration | Packaging – Single |
Spain | Merit | aaa&niiiiice / Madrid | Chemistry Masters | Salesians School | Illustration | Design for Good – Illustration – Series |
United States | Merit | Airbnb Magazine / New York + Airbnb / San Francisco | Enchanted Lands | Airbnb Magazine | Illustration | Editorial – Spread – Single |
United States | Bronze | Airbnb Magazine / New York + Airbnb Magazine / San Francisco | Letter From Rome | Airbnb Magazine | Illustration | Editorial – Spread – Single |
Germany | Merit | Aiste Stancikaite / Berlin | Giannina | Aiste Stancikaite | Illustration | Personal / Unpublished – Single |
United Kingdom | Merit | Anomaly / London + The Line / London | Every U Does Good Campaign | Unilever | Illustration | Animation – Single |
United States | Merit | Bloomberg LP / New York + Bloomberg Markets / New York | Bloomberg Markets covers | Bloomberg LP | Illustration | Editorial – Front Page – Series |
United States | Merit | Brian Stauffer Illustration + Animation / Novato + The New York Times / NYC | Harvey Weinstein Convicted | The New York Times | Illustration | Editorial – Spread – Single |
Brazil | Merit | Camila Rosa / Sao Paulo + Society6 / Los Angeles + The Other Art Fair / London | Representation Matters Mural | Society6 / The Other Art Fair | Illustration | Mural / Graffiti / Street Art – Single |
Brazil | Gold | Casa Rex / São Paulo | Muito Esquisito | Pulo do Gato | Illustration | Book – Series |
United States | Merit | Dan Bejar Illustration / Brooklyn + Imagination / Washington DC | Control | Engineering Inc. Magazine | Illustration | Editorial – Spread – Single |
Germany | Merit | DDB GROUP GERMANY / Berlin | Gutenberg Press | Reporters without Borders | Illustration | Design for Good – Illustration – Series |
Japan | Merit | DENTSU INC. / Tokyo | “SHISEIDO KARAKUSA” | Shiseido Company, Limited | Illustration | Innovation |
Japan | Merit | Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Digital Inc. / Tokyo + TYO Inc. / Tokyo + AID-DCC Inc. / Tokyo | Diversity in Disaster Preparation | Yahoo Japan Corporation | Illustration | Wildcard – Series |
Japan | Merit | Dentsu Inc. / Tokyo + Dentsu Digital Inc. / Tokyo + TYO Inc. / Tokyo + AID-DCC Inc. / Tokyo | Diversity in Disaster Preparation | Yahoo Japan Corporation | Illustration | Design for Good – Illustration – Series |
Japan | Merit | DENTSU INC. / Tokyo + Dentsu Live Inc. / Tokyo + TYO MONSTER / Tokyo | TOKYO MOTOR SHOW 2019 | Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA) | Illustration | Wildcard – Series |
United States | Gold | Edward Kinsella Illustration / Saint Louis + Waxwork Records / New Orleans | Us Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Waxwork Records | Illustration | Packaging – Series |
United States | Silver | Elastic / Santa Monica + Niel Kellerhouse / Los Angeles | "Velvet Buzzsaw" Main Title | Neil Kellerhouse | Illustration | Animation – Single |
Spain | Merit | ESTUDIO JAVIER JAEN / BARCELONA | One Small Step | The New York Times | Illustration | Editorial – Spread – Single |
United States | Silver | Eugenia Mello / Brooklyn | Moving | Victionary | Illustration | Book – Series |
United States | Merit | FCB Chicago / Chicago + Lord and Thomas / Chicago + FCB Global / New York + Ad Age / New York | Carol H. Williams and the Rejected Script | Ad Age | Illustration | Animation – Single |
United States | Merit | Gallegos United / Los Angeles | The Art of Storytelling | Comcast | Illustration | Mural / Graffiti / Street Art – Single |
United States | Merit | Gallegos United / Los Angeles | Tasty Truths | California Milk Processor Board (CMPB) | Illustration | Animation – Series |
United States | Silver | Gallegos United / Los Angeles | The Art of Storytelling | Comcast | Illustration | Promotional / Collateral – Series |
Canada | Merit | Giant Ant / Vancouver + Smäll / Barcelona | Padel World Tour 2019 | Estrella Damm | Illustration | Animation – Single |
United States | Silver | Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco | Creativity for All | Adobe | Illustration | Animation – Single |
United States | Gold | Goodby Silverstein & Partners / San Francisco + GS&P Social / San Francisco + Elevel / San Francisco | Lessons in Herstory | Daughters of the Evolution | Illustration | Digital – Series |
United Kingdom | Bronze | Google Brand Studio / London + Animade / London + Jungle Studios / London | Bauhaus Everywhere | Google Arts and Culture | Illustration | Animation – Series |
United Kingdom | Merit | Google Brand Studio / London + Animade / London + Jungle Studios / London | Bauhaus Everywhere | Google Arts and Culture | Illustration | Animation – Single |
United States | Merit | Gucci / Milan + Marc Burckhardt / Austin | Gucci Tiger | Gucci | Illustration | Promotional / Collateral – Single |
United States | Merit | Harrison & Star / New York | Dreams Add Up | Dream Foundation | Illustration | Digital – Series |
Canada | Silver | Head Gear Animation / Toronto Ontario | Staffless Libraries | Toronto Public Library Workers Union | Illustration | Animation – Series |
Japan | Bronze | IC4DESIGN / Hiroshima | KAKUICHI YOKOCHO | HIROSHIMA KAKUICHI YOKOCHO | Illustration | Digital – Single |
Japan | Merit | IC4DESIGN / Hiroshima + Hakuhodo Product's Inc. / Tokyo | SHARAN | VOLKSWAGEN Group Japan | Illustration | Book – Series |
United States | Merit | Igor Bastidas Studio / Brooklyn + The New Yorker / New York | Athleisure Time | The New Yorker | Illustration | Editorial – Spread – Single |
United Arab Emirates | Gold | Impact BBDO Dubai / Dubai + BBDO Pakistan / Lahore + Samar Minallah Khan / Islamabad | Truck Art Childfinder | Berger Paints | Illustration | Design for Good – Illustration – Series |
United States | Bronze | KADIR NELSON, INC. / Los Angeles + AIR B N B MAGAZINE / New York | LEONARDO DAVID | AIR B N B MAGAZINE | Illustration | Editorial – Spread – Single |
United States | Merit | KADIR NELSON, INC. / Los Angeles + HOUGHTON MIFFLIN / New York | THE UNDEFEATED | HOUGHTON MIFFLIN/VERSIFY | Illustration | Book – Single |
United States | Gold | KADIR NELSON, INC. / Los Angeles + NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC / WASHINGTON DC | FLIGHT OF THE CLOTILDA | KADIR NELSON, INC. | Illustration | Editorial – Front Page – Single |
United States | Merit | KADIR NELSON, INC. / Los Angeles + THE NEW YORKER / New York | ART CONNOISSEURS | THE NEW YORKER | Illustration | Editorial – Front Page – Single |
United States | Merit | Leonardo Santamaria / Los Angeles + Believer Magazine / Las Vegas | Beating the Bounds: The Case for Ethical Borders | Believer Magazine | Illustration | Editorial – Spread – Single |
United States | Merit | Leonardo Santamaria / Los Angeles + O, The Oprah Magazine / New York City | My Sister, Myself | O, The Oprah Magazine | Illustration | Editorial – Spread – Single |
United States | Merit | Leonardo Santamaria / Los Angeles + The New Yorker / New York City | The New Yorker's Film and Theatre Reviews | The New Yorker | Illustration | Editorial – Spread – Series |
United Kingdom | Merit | Magpie Studio / London | Senser Spirits -Lift Your Mind and Mood | Senser Spirits | Illustration | Packaging – Series |
China | Merit | N/A / Shanghai | A man in hat | N/A | Illustration | Personal / Unpublished – Series |
United Kingdom | Merit | NB Studio / London + Royal Mail LTD / London | Royal Mail: Curious Customs stamps | Royal Mail LTD | Illustration | Wildcard – Series |
United States | Merit | Nick Levesque / San Francisco | Red Hot | Nick Levesque | Illustration | Personal / Unpublished – Single |
United States | Merit | Nicolas Ortega / Brooklyn | What The U.S. Gets Wrong About China | Barron's | Illustration | Editorial – Spread – Single |
United States | Silver | Nicolas Ortega / Brooklyn | ‘Human Scum’ and Trump’s Tortured English | The New York Times | Illustration | Editorial – Spread – Single |
United States | Merit | Nicole Rifkin / Jersey City + The New York Times / New York | Deconstructing Bong Joon-ho | The New York Times | Illustration | Editorial – Front Page – Single |
Japan | Merit | Ogilvy Japan / Tokyo | 88 Reasons | JFOODO | Illustration | Digital – Series |
United States | Merit | Oscar Bastidas / Brooklyn | Wynwood Fox | Wynwood Brewing | Illustration | Packaging – Series |
United States | Merit | Party of One Studio / Brooklyn + Washington Post / Washington DC | Washington Post Spring Cleaning 11th Annual | Washington Post | Illustration | Editorial – Front Page – Series |
Germany | Bronze | Philipp und Keuntje / Berlin + Carioca Studio / Budapest | Plastic Legacy | Greenpeace | Illustration | Design for Good – Illustration – Series |
Germany | Merit | Pixel Square / Rio de Janeiro + Saatchi & Saatchi / Dubai | Planet or Plastic? | national geographic | Illustration | Wildcard – Series |
United States | Bronze | Ran Zheng / Jersey City + NPR / Washington, D.C. | What Parents Can Do About Gendered Toys | NPR | Illustration | Digital – Single |
United States | Bronze | RPA / Santa Monica | #VaccinesWork | Unicef Globle | Illustration | Design for Good – Illustration – Series |
United States | Merit | Sagmeister & Walsh / New York + Vilcek Foundation / New York | The Vilcek Prize for Excellence | The Vilcek Foundation | Illustration | Packaging – Series |
United States | Bronze | Sally Deng / Los Angeles | Yusra Swims | Creative Editions | Illustration | Book – Single |
Japan | Merit | SIX INC. / Tokyo + Hakuhodo / Tokyo + Headlight / Tokyo | Neo Japan To The World | Sony Interactive Entertainment | Illustration | Promotional / Collateral – Single |
United States | Gold | Spotify USA, Inc. / New York | All The Moods | Spotify In-House | Illustration | Animation – Single |
United States | Silver | Spotify USA, Inc. / New York | All The Moods | Spotify In-House | Illustration | Animation – Series |
Germany | Bronze | Square Pixel / Rio de Janeiro + Saatchi & Saatchi / Dubai | Planet or Plastic? | national geographic | Illustration | Design for Good – Illustration – Series |
United Kingdom | Merit | Studio Bliink / Brighton + Yukai Du / London | Shaw Contract – Smarter Impact | Shaw Contract | Illustration | Animation – Single |
United States | Merit | Sunday Afternoon / New York + The New York Times / New York | 50 Years of Pride | New York Times | Illustration | Editorial – Front Page – Single |
Japan | Bronze | Tatsuro Kiuchi / Tokyo + Genkosha / Tokyo | The Art Of Tatsuro Kiuchi | Genkosha | Illustration | Book – Series |
Japan | Merit | Tatsuro Kiuchi / Tokyo + Uniqlo / Tokyo | UNIQLO Sustainability | UNIQLO | Illustration | Promotional / Collateral – Series |
Canada | Merit | TAXI / Toronto/Montreal/Vancouver/New York + Rick Hansen Foundation / Richmond/Canada | No Way In | Rick Hansen Foundation | Illustration | Design for Good – Illustration – Series |
China | Merit | TBWA Shanghai / Shanghai | adidas Z.N.E. | adidas China | Illustration | Animation – Single |
United States | Bronze | Te Hu / San Francisco | Parade of six-armed Maṇi-Padme | Self-Promotion | Illustration | Personal / Unpublished – Single |
United States | Bronze | The Folio Society / London + Francis Vallejo / Detroit | Anansi Boys | The Folio Society | Illustration | Book – Series |
United States | Bronze | The New York Times Magazine / New York | Putting a Price on the End of the World | The New York Times Magazine | Illustration | Editorial – Front Page – Single |
China | Merit | The Nine / Shanghai | The Brass Instruments Band | Hengzheng Dental | Illustration | Promotional / Collateral – Series |
China | Merit | The Nine / Shanghai | Guess Which Book Is It? | Yan Ji You Bookstores | Illustration | Digital – Series |
China | Merit | The Nine / Shanghai | The Powerful Human Battery | Nanfu Battery | Illustration | Packaging – Series |
Switzerland | Merit | Till Lauer / Lucerne + The New Yorker / New York City | Student Debt | The New Yorker | Illustration | Editorial – Spread – Single |
United States | Merit | Tom Gauld / London / UK + The New Yorker / New York / USA | Cover Artworks For The New Yorker | The New Yorker | Illustration | Editorial – Front Page – Series |
France | Merit | Tribal Paris / Paris + L'Occitane / Paris + MERCI-MICHEL / Paris | Seeds Of Dreams | L'Occitane | Illustration | Digital – Single |
China | Silver | Yidong Cai / Shanghai | C-MOJI | Yidong cai | Illustration | Personal / Unpublished – Series |
China | Merit | YU ZHANG / Shanghai | Feelings | Personal | Illustration | Digital – Series |
United States | Bronze | YUKE LI / NEW YORK | The Tiger In My Yard | YUKE | Illustration | Book – Series |
The ADC 99th Annual Awards is part of The One Club for Creativity, the world’s leading 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.
“For almost 100 years, ADC has been the leader in recognizing excellence in innovation, design and craft from around the world,” said Brian Collins, chief creative officer, COLLINS New York and One Club Board member. “As we all live through this challenging moment, I think it’s important to give our creative communities some good news, shine a bright light on the very best of what we do and encourage us all to look to the future.”
Creative Month 2020
This year’s ADC 99th Annual Awards comes during the third week of The One Club’s Creative Month 2020, an expansive streaming event running free of charge May 4-29 featuring a wide range of original creative inspiration, education, gender equality, inclusion & diversity and professional development content specifically developed for a global online audience.
In place of annual in-person Creative Week programming in NYC, The One Club worked with more than 60 top global creative leaders to produce a month of entertaining and engaging original content designed to inform and inspire the global creative community. Sessions will stream at three set times each day and are viewable at any time later from the Creative Month archive.
The One Club for Creativity, producer of The One Show, ADC Annual Awards and Creative Week, is the world's foremost non-profit organization whose mission is to support and celebrate the success of the global creative community. The One Show is a top global awards show for advertising, design and digital marketing, focusing on the creativity of ideas and quality of execution. The global ADC Annual Awards honors creative excellence in craft, design and innovation across all disciplines. Creative Week takes place in New York every May, and is the preeminent festival celebrating the intersection of art and commerce.