Agencies, studios, and independent designers in the Middle East and Africa won seven Cubes and five Merits at the ADC 103rd Annual Awards ceremony, held at Gotham Hall in New York during The One Club for Creativity’s Creative Week 2024.
‿ and us Dubai was awarded the only ADC Gold Cube for the region, for ‘One-Star Cookbook’ on behalf of Deliveroo in Publication Design.
The complete list of Cube and Merit winners this year is as follows:
South Africa
– Silver: Promise Johannesburg, ‘Finding the Forgotten Graduate’ for PPS in Interactive, Online/Mobile Websites – Campaign Site.
– Merit: Promise Johannesburg, ‘Finding the Forgotten Graduate’ for PPS in Interactive, Digital Craft- Copywriting for Digital.
Egypt
– Bronze: Ntsal Cairo ‘Manshaa – Noise Record’ for Noise Records and Scene Noise in Brand/Communication Design, Branding – Branding Systems/Identities – Integrated.
Jordan
– Merit: Hey Porter! Amman ‘Kahaza Typeface’ in Typography, Display Typeface.
Saudi Arabia
– Bronze: BigTime Creative Shop Riyadh with Academy Films London and The Mill Paris ‘Knockout Chaos’ for Riyadh Season in Advertising, Craft in Video – Animation – Single.
– Bronze: BigTime Creative Shop Riyadh ‘Knockout Chaos’ for Riyadh Season in Advertising, Craft in Video – Direction – Single.
United Arab Emirates
– Gold: ‿ and us Dubai ‘One-Star Cookbook’ for Deliveroo in Publication Design, Books – Limited Edition/ Private Press/Special Format.
– Silver: ‿ and us Dubai with Jack The Maker Lisbon and Zanad Cairo ‘Sole Music’ for Anghami in Product Design, Inclusion.
– Bronze: ‿ and us Dubai with Jack The Maker Lisbon and Zanad Cairo ‘Sole Music’ for Anghami in Apparel / Accessory / Footwear Design, Inclusive Attire.
– Merit: ‿ and us Dubai with Magali Polverino Buenos Aires ‘One-Star Cookbook’ for Deliveroo in Advertising, Direct – Mail.
– Merit: ‿ and us Dubai with Magali Polverino Buenos Aires ‘One-Star Cookbook’ for Deliveroo in Advertising, Craft in Writing – Direct.
– Merit: ‿ and us Dubai with Jack The Maker Lisbon and Zanad Cairo ‘Sole Music’ for Anghami in Apparel/Accessory/Footwear Design, Craft – Use of Technology.
A complete showcase of all ADC 103rd Annual Awards Cube winners can be viewed here.
Globally, this year’s prestigious ADC Black Cube for Best of Show was awarded to McCann New York for ‘ADLaM’, done on behalf of Microsoft. The work also won Best of Discipline in Typography, and the coveted ADC Designism Cube for the entry that best encourages positive societal and political change.
Based on cumulative points for all awards won, FCB New York was crowned ADC 103rd Annual Awards Agency of the Year. The agency won a total of three Best of Disciplines, nine Gold Cubes, three Silver, three Bronze, and four Merits.
This year’s ADC 103rd Annual Awards of the Year winners are:
– Agency of the Year: FCB New York.
– Boutique Agency of the Year: Banana Balloon Shenzhen.
– Brand-Side Agency of the Year: Google Brand Studio San Francisco.
– Design Team of the Year: The New York Times Magazine New York.
– Boutique Design Studio of the Year (tie): OlssønBarbieri Oslo, and PILLS Beijing.
– Network of the Year: FCB Global.
– Production Company of the Year: Helo West Hollywood.
– Music and Sound Company of the Year (tie): Citizen Music New York, and DaHouse Audio Los Angeles.
– Brand of the Year: AB InBev, Michelob ULTRA.
– Non-profit Client of the Year: Digital Public Library of America.
– Freelancer of the Year (as selected by The One Club and Working Not Working): Michelle Watt Brooklyn.
– Members’ Choice Award: TBWA\Media Arts Lab Los Angeles ‘Fuzzy Feelings’ for Apple.
The ADC Fusion Cube, established in 2021 along with The One Show Fusion Pencil as the industry’s first global award to recognize great work that best incorporates underrepresented groups in both the content of the ad and the team that made it, went to FCB Chicago with 456 Studios Chicago for “Banned Book Club” on behalf of Digital Public Library of America.
FCB New York led this year in ADC Gold Cube wins with nine, all for AB InBev, Michelob ULTRA ‘Dreamcaster’. That was also the entry to win the most Golds.
A total of 11,309 pieces were entered from 62 countries and regions in the ADC 102nd Annual Awards. Agencies, studios, freelancers, brands and production companies in 38 countries were awarded a total of 92 ADC Gold Cubes, 130 Silvers, 184 Bronze and 363 Merits this year.
ADC 103rd Annual Awards winners were announced in the middle of Creative Week 2024 in New York, May 13-17.
Now in its 15th year, Creative Week is a premier annual gathering for the advertising and design industries to come together and celebrate the creative excellence showcased in four of the club’s leading global awards shows, and discuss the latest creative trends and issues.
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