The Art Directors Club, the premier organization for integrated media and the first global creative collective of its kind, announced the winners of the ADC 88th Annual Awards program tonight at its Awards Gala, held at the ADC Gallery in New York.
Pentagram Design took top honors as ADC Design Firm of the Year for most cumulative ADC Cubes in the category. Pentagram nabbed six awards, including an ADC Design Sphere award for sustained work for The Public Theater, a Gold Cube for their identity program for the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), two Bronze Cubes (“A.magazine” for AkzoNobel and “365: AIGA Year in Design 29” for AIGA) and two Merit (for “2wice: False Start” for 2wice Arts Foundation and “Brno Echo: Ornament and Crime from Adolph Loos to Now” for The Moravian Gallery).
Ogilvy & Mather, Frankfurt had an impressive showing in the Design category, landing two ADC Gold Cubes – one for the “Bigger Store Ideas” series for IKEA Germany (also a Gold winner in the Advertising category), and one for the “Begging Sculptures” series for German Foundation of Monument Protection (a Silver winner in Advertising). The agency also landed a Silver Cube in both Design and Advertising categories for “Women’s Rights Campaign” on behalf of Action Group for World Solidarity.
The New York Times received seven Cubes and one Merit award in Design, including a Gold, two Silvers and a Bronze for The New York Times Magazine, a Gold and two Bronze for T – The New York Times Style Magazine, and a Merit for Key - The New York Times Real Estate Magazine.
There were no winners of the newly created ADC Black Cube for best-in-show in a category.
“A surprising development of the ADC Black Cube’s inaugural year is that none were awarded by the advertising, design or interactive juries, which reflects a rigorous judging process that does not separate the idea from execution or innovation or art direction,” said Ami Brophy, CEO, ADC. “Our newly minted ADC Black Cube was introduced to elevate the best-in-show by channel – the ‘goldest’ or ‘uber gold’. Now, we’ll have to wait till the ADC 89th Annual Awards to see what work captures ADC Black.”
All Gold, Silver and Bronze medalists and Merit winners will be included in the Art Directors Annual 88, a hardcover book to be published by RotoVision SA in November 2009. To view the complete list of ADC 88th Annual Awards, ADC Design Sphere and ADC Hybrid winners, please visit http://www.adcawards.org/winners/.
ADC Design Sphere and ADC Design category Gold Cube winners are listed below.
ADC Design Sphere: 1 ADC Design Sphere Cube awarded, 1 Merit
Now in its second year, ADC Design Sphere honors a comprehensive and sustained program of design, by a single design firm for a single client. This category recognizes those who set the standard for excellence in consistent, innovative and relevant design communications for a period of 3-10 years and/or beyond.
This year’s ADC Design Sphere Cube goes to:
Pentagram Design, New York, USA, “The Public Theater” for The Public Theater (client also receives an ADC Design Sphere Cube)
Design: 103 ADC Cubes awarded (29 Gold, 36 Silver, 38 Bronze, 29 Merit)
- ADC Gold Cube Design winners in their respective categories were:
- Alt Group Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand, corporate and promotional design, corporate identity program, series, “Hudson Gavin Martin” for Hudson Gavin Martin
- Aperture Foundation, New York, NY, USA, photo, book, “The Transparent City” for Aperture Foundation
- Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, USA, poster design, promotional, series, student, “Vive Latino” for Art Center College of Design
- ART+COM, Berlin, Germany, environmental design, gallery/museum exhibit or installation, series, “The ‘Kinetic Sculpture’ for the BMW Museum, Munich” for BMW Group
- BBDO, New York, NY, USA, poster design, electronic billboard, series, “ ‘Big Love’ Mural Campaign” for HBO/”Big Love”
- Dentsu, Tokyo, Japan, package design, food/beverage, series, “NEWSPAPER to NEW PAPER project” for Ichida Garden
- Hachette Book Group, New York, NY, USA, book design, book jacket, “Columbine” for Hachette Book Group
- Leo Burnett, London, UK, TV and cinema design, art direction, series, “Tales of the Road” for Department of Transport
- Mainstudio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, editorial design, consumer magazine full issue, “Mark Magazine – Another Architecture” for Mark Publishers
- MARK, Manchester, UK, poster design, promotional, series, “Manchester Comedy Festival 08” for The Comedy Store
- Marmalade, Melbourne, Australia, TV and cinema design, art direction, “License Town” for VicRoads
- New York Magazine, New York, NY, USA, editorial design, consumer magazine cover, “Brain” for new York Magazine
- Ogilvy & Mather Werbeagentur GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany, environmental design, environment, series, “Bigger Store Ideas” for IKEA Germany
- Ogilvy & Mather Werbeagentur GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany, environmental design, environment, series, “Begging Sculptures” for German Foundation of Monument Protection
- Pentagram Design, New York, NY, USA, corporate and promotional design, corporate identity program, series, “Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) Identity Design” for Museum of Arts and Design (MAD)
- Rightning, Inc., Tokyo, Japan, product design, electronics, appliances, house wares, etc., “GRiD TAG” for Rightning, Inc.
- Saatchi & Saatchi GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany, illustration, magazine advertisement, series, “Can’t get it out of your head” for Head & Shoulders
- School of Visual Arts, Livingston, NJ, USA, TV and cinema design, TV identities, openings, teasers, student, “Rothko at Tate Modern” for Tate Modern
- Shimada Design Inc., Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, Japan, book design, museum, gallery or library book, “Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams” for Suntry Museum
- Shimada Design Inc., Miyakojima-ku, Osaka, Japan, poster design, promotional, series, “Less and More: The Design Ethos of Dieter Rams” for Suntry Museum
- T-The New York Times Style Magazine, New York, NY, USA, editorial design, consumer magazine self-promotion, series, “T Pages” for T-The New York Times Style Magazine
- Taku Satoh Design Office Inc., Tokyo, Japan, package design, fashion/apparel/wearable, “PLEATS PLEASE limited box” for ISSEY MIYAKI INC.
- The New York Times Magazine, New York, NY, USA, photo, magazine editorial, series, “My Game Face” for The New York Times Magazine
- Turner Duckworth: London & San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA, package design, food/beverage, “Coca-Cola Aluminum Bottle” for The Coca-Cola Company
- University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Faculty of Design, Darmstadt, Germany, book design, public service/non-profit book, student, “Farben on Demand” for University of Applied Sciences, Darmstadt
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA, book design, limited edition, private press or special book format, student, “Designing a typeface for the Chicago 2016 Olympic Games” for Thesis Project
- Wired Magazine, San Francisco, CA, USA, editorial design, consumer magazine self-promotion, “Screw Organic” for Conde Nast/WIRED
- Wired Magazine, San Francisco, CA, USA, editorial design, consumer magazine self-promotion, “Feed the World” for Conde Nast/WIRED
- Zoo Film Productions, Los Angeles, CA, USA, TV and cinema design, music video, “Radiohead ‘House of Cards’ ” for TBD Records
In other awards, YouTube was selected to receive the ADC Vision Award, presented by the ADC Board to a company or individual whose work embodies the ADC mission to connect in new and exciting ways, provoke the industry, address important issues and presents breakthrough ideas. Past recipients of the ADC Vision Award, established in 1954, include IBM, Volkswagen, RCA, Levi-Straus, Ford, MTV Music Television and Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.
Corbis Creativity for Social Justice Award & Scholarship
Now in its third year, the Corbis Creativity for Social Justice Award & Scholarship was presented in two categories: professional (for professional work entered in any public service/non-profit/education category created on a pro bono basis to benefit those in need) and student (student work created for an existing non-profit organization.) The scholarship is presented by Corbis (www.corbis.com), a leading visual media provider for the creative community, and the awards are presented by ADC.
This year’s Corbis Creativity for Social Justice Award & Scholarship go to:
- Ogilvy & Mather Werbeagentur GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany, environmental design, environment, series, “Begging Sculptures” for German Foundation of Monument Protection
- Designmatters at Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, USA, corporate/institutional, annual reports, brochures, etc., “Images Speak – The Mpala Health Education Projects” for Designmatters at Art Center College of Design and Mpala.
As part of the award, Corbis presents a $10,000 cash prize to the German Foundation of Monument Protection. The five Art Center College of Design students responsible for their winning entry -- Sara Hofmann, Rawn Trinidad, Melissa Galaviz Rocamora, Andrew Behr and Ching Ching Cheng – receive a $2,500 scholarship from Corbis for the top student entry created for an existing non-profit organization.
ADC 88th Annual Awards Gala theme: “sustainable creativity”
David Angelo, chairman and COO of David&Goliath in Los Angeles, ADC Board member and Annual Awards Gala committee chair, together with NY-based Daniel Blank, creative director at Bureau Blank, and their respective agency teams collaborated on this year’s ADC 88th Annual Awards Gala theme honoring “sustainable creativity” for work that’s relevant today, yesterday and in the future.
