Agencies and designers in South Africa and Egypt were among the global winners at the ADC 104th Annual Awards ceremony. A total of 10,935 pieces were entered from 59 countries and regions in the ADC 104th Annual Awards. Agencies, studios, freelancers, brands and production companies in 41 countries were awarded a total of 102 ADC Gold Cubes, 133 Silvers, 189 Bronze, and 347 Merits this year.
ADC 104th Annual Awards winners:
South Africa
Bronze: Pola Maneli Port Elizabeth ‘Narrating Slavery’s Wake’ for The Smithsonian Institute in Illustration, Wildcard – Series.
Merit: BCKRDS Johannesburg ’54 Collective Rebrand’ for 54 Collective in Brand/Communication Design, Rebranding.
Egypt
Merit:
– Bahia Shehab Cairo ‘Bear Witness’ for NUART Aberdeen in Typography/Lettering, Environmental.
– Islam Hassan Cairo ‘Odoriko Logo’ for Odoriko in Typography/Lettering, Brand/Communication Design.
A complete showcase of all ADC 104th Annual Awards Cube winners can be viewed here. The ADC Annual Awards Global Creative Rankings will be announced on May 21, 2025.
Globally, this year’s esteemed jury awarded this year’s prestigious ADC Black Cube for Best of Show to FCB New York for ‘Spreadbeats’ on behalf of Spotify. The work received three Best of Discipline honours, eight ADC Gold Cubes, four Silver, four Bronze, and one Merit. It was also the entry to receive the most ADC Gold Cubes this year.
Based on cumulative points for all ADC awards this year, the ADC 104th Annual Awards ‘of the Year’ winners are:
– Agency of the Year: FCB New York.
– Boutique Agency of the Year: L&C New York.
– Brand-Side Agency of the Year: Squarespace New York.
– Design Team of the Year: The New York Times Magazine New York.
– Boutique Design Studio of the Year: Auge Design Florence.
– Music and Sound Company of the Year: Canja Audio Culture Curitiba.
– Network of the Year: FCB Global.
– Production Company of the Year: Zombie Studio São Paulo.
– Brand of the Year: Spotify.
– Non-profit Client of the Year: WWF.
– Freelancer of the Year (as selected by a vote of The One Club freelance members): Fengkun Bai Beijing.
– Members’ Choice Award: Cossette Toronto with Septième Montréal and GRDN Québec ‘Roses’ for Les Roses FC de Montréal.
ADC 104th Annual Awards Best of Discipline winners are as follows:
– Advertising: FCB New York ‘Spreadbeats’ for Spotify.
– Architecture/Interior/Environmental Design: Kossmanndejong Exhibition Design Amsterdam ‘Health First’ for Stapferhaus.
– Artificial Intelligence: FCB New York ‘Lap of Legends’ for AB InBev – Michelob ULTRA.
– Book Design: Fengkun Bai Beijing ‘ShiQi’s Calligraphy’ for Beijing Times Chinese Press.
– Brand/Communication Design: Serviceplan Germany Munich ‘Price Packs’ for Penny.
– Brand-Side/In-House: The Kitchen North America Toronto with Cashmere Los Angeles ‘Heinz Mustard X Mustard’ for Kraft Heinz Mustard.
– Experiential Design: FCB New York ‘Spreadbeats’ for Spotify.
– Gaming: R/GA Japan Tokyo ‘Cat God Helpline’ for PONOS The Battle Cats.
– Illustration: The New York Times Magazine New York ‘Walnut and Me’.
– Interactive: FCB New York ‘Spreadbeats’ for Spotify.
– Magazine/Newspaper Design: The New York Times Magazine New York ‘Whitewash’.
– Motion/Film Craft: Hornet New York with Warner Records Los Angeles, Stim Paris and Wobbly Way Paris ‘Balloonerism’ for Mac Miller.
– Packaging Design: Auge Design Florence ‘Nazionale – Spirito Italiano’ for Liquori Nazionali.
– Pharma/Health/Wellness: FCB Chicago with Rakish Los Angeles, 360PR Boston and The Shipyard Columbus ‘The Last Barf Bag’ for Dramamine.
– Photography: The New York Times Magazine New York ‘Escape From Gaza’.
– Product Design: Klick Health Toronto ‘Voice 2 Diabetes’ for KVI Brave Fund.
– Typography/Lettering: Cossette Toronto with Septième Montréal and GRDN Québec ‘Roses’ for Les Roses FC de Montréal.
– ADC Designism Cube, presented annually to the entry that best encourages positive societal and political change, went to Scholz & Friend Berlin for ‘The 100th Edition’ on behalf of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
The ADC Fusion Cube, established in 2021 along with The One Show Fusion Pencil as the industry’s first global award to recognise great work that best incorporates underrepresented groups in both the content of the ad and the team that made it, was presented to Aster San Francisco with Area 23 New York for ‘Impossible Journey’ on behalf of Aster.
This year’s Best of Non-Profit went to NOMINT London with Sine Audio London, Twelve Decibels London, and Black Kite London for ‘In Hot Water’ on behalf of WWF.
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