TBWA\India Mumbai Wins Two Bronze, WATConsult Mumbai Wins One at The One Club’s ADC 98th Annual Awards,
Ananya Khaitan New Delhi and Black Swan Life Communications pick up Merits.
TBWA\India Mumbai won a pair of Bronze Cubes and WATConsult Mumbai picked up one Bronze at The One Club for Creativity’s global ADC 98th Annual Awards ceremony in New York.
TBWA\India Mumbai won both of their ADC Bronze Cubes in Product Design for “Blink to Speak” on behalf of NeuroGen Brain and Spine Institute/Asha Ek Hope Foundation. One Bronze was given for Design for Good – Product Design – Single , and the other for Science/Medical – Single or Series. The work also won a Merit in Publication Design, Design for Good – Publication Design – Single.
WATConsult Mumbai also won a Bronze Cube for Project Nanhi Kali “#PowerlessQueen” in Interactive, Games – Web/Social Media – Single.
Ananya Khaitan New Delhi won an ADC Merit for “From Addict to Convict” on behalf of Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy in Publication Design, Books – Limited Edition/Private Press/Special Format – Single.
A Merit was also awarded to Black Swan Life Communications Mumbai for Amar Tea “Tea Society” in Photography, Product/Commercial – Series.
Global awards results
ADC 98th Annual Awards Black Cube for Best of Show went to Final Cut New York and Furlined Santa Monica with Droga5 New York for “The Truth Is Worth It” on behalf of The New York Times. The stellar work also received Best of Disciplines honors in both Advertising and Motion/Film Craft, as well as three Gold Cubes in Advertising and a Gold and Bronze in Motion/Film Craft.
Top honors at the ADC 98th Annual Awards, based upon cumulative ADC Cubes and Merits won across all disciplines, are:
Agency of the Year — TBWA\Hakuhodo Tokyo
Network of the Year — TBWA Worldwide
Boutique Agency of the Year — Akestam Holst Stockholm
Design Studio of the Year — The New York Times Magazine New York
Production Company of the Year — Furlined Santa Monica
Brand of the Year — AIG
ADC 98th Annual Awards Best of Discipline winners are as follows:
Advertising: Furlined Santa Monica with Droga5 New York with “The Truth Is Worth It” for The New York Times
Brand/Communication Design: TBWA\Hakuhodo Tokyo “Pride Jersey” for AIG
Experiential Design: BBDO Atlanta “Stop Traffick” for Street Grace
Fashion Design: TBWA\Hakuhodo Tokyo “Pride Jersey” for AIG
Illustration: Nora Krug Brooklyn “Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home” for Scribner
Integrated: DDB Chicago “Broadway the Rainbow “ for Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Interactive: Akestam Holst Stockholm “Billboards Beyond Borders” for Reporters Beyond Borders
Motion/Film Craft: Final Cut New York with Significant Others New York, Furlined Santa Monica and Droga5 New York for “The Truth Is Worth It” for The New York Times
Packaging Design: TBWA\Chiat\Day New York with Design by Disruption New York “Unboxing the Truth” for Thomson Reuters
Photography: The New York Times Magazine New York “Losing Earth” for The New York Times Magazine
Product Design: TBWA\Hakuhodo Tokyo “Pride Jersey” for AIG
Publication Design: TBWA\Chiat\Day New York with Design by Disruption New York and Rebel & Rogue New York “The Fake News Stand” for Columbia Journalism Review
Spatial Design: Studio Cadena Brooklyn “Masa Cafe & Bakery” for Masa
Typography: TBWA\Chiat\Day New York with Design by Disruption New York and Rebel & Rogue New York “The Fake News Stand” for Columbia Journalism Review
The ADC Designism Award for work that best promotes social good went to McCann New York for “Planet or Plastic” on behalf of National Geographic.
TBWA\Hakuhodo Tokyo won the most ADC Gold Cubes from an agency this year with eight, all for “Pride Jersey” on behalf of AIG. TBWA\Media Arts Lab Los Angeles with OMD Worldwide Los Angeles was next with six Golds, all for Apple “Welcome Home”.
The number of entries for the ADC 98th Annual Awards increased 11% over last year, received from 48 countries. There were 76 ADC Gold Cubes presented, 107 Silver Cubes, 152 Bronze Cubes and 376 Merits for work from 34 countries. The complete list of all ADC 98th Annual Awards winners sorted by agency can be downloaded here.
The ADC 98th Annual Awards is made possible in part by the generous support of sponsors, including Shutterstock.
“Shutterstock is proud to be a longtime sponsor of the ADC Annual Awards and other One Club programming,” said Lou Weiss, CMO, Shutterstock. “Our shared goal of nurturing and propelling the global creative community forward makes this partnership a natural fit, and we look forward to working with the organization to produce programming that identifies and elevates excellence in creative storytelling.”
Snapchat also served as a sponsor of a pair of ADC 98th Annual Awards submission categories: Interactive-AR/VR and Experiential Design-Digital Experiences. In addition, new ADC Annual Awards subcategories were created this year for Snapchat single and campaign entries for posts, ads or campaigns utilizing the platform’s individual qualities and strengths.
Other sponsors of Creative Week 2019 include Facebook, Pinterest and Musicbed.