Finalists from 40 Countries Announced for ADC 104th Annual Awards
The One Club for Creativity today announced the finalists entries from 40 countries for the global ADC 104th Annual Awards.
Founded in 1920, the ADC Annual Awards is the world’s longest continuously running awards program recognising global excellence in craft and innovation in all forms of advertising and design.
Klick Health Toronto has the most finalists globally with 39, including 18 for Café Joyeux '47', 11 for KVI Brave Fund 'Voice 2 Diabetes', six for Change the Ref 'American Cancer Story', and four for Retiro dos Artistas 'The Steamboat Willie Story'.
FCB New York is close behind with 36 finalists, including 18 for AB InBev - Michelob ULTRA 'Lap of Legends', 17 for Spotify 'Spreadbeats', and one for Pringles 'Call of the Mustaches'.
With 29 ADC 104th Annual Awards finalists is Serviceplan Germany Munich. They include eight for Penny 'Price Packs', seven for Anzen Health '855-HOW-TO-QUIT-(OPIOIDS)', six for Privateer Space 'Space Trash Signs', five for PetPace 'Animal Alerts', and three for Schäferei Stücke 'Rainbow Wool'.
Apple Cupertino has 22 finalists, including seven for 'AirPods Pro 2 Hearing Health', and six for 'Submerged'. Rethink Canada has 17, including four for Molson Coors Beverage Company 'See My Name'.
Other top ADC 104th Annual Awards finalists are The New York Times Magazine with 15, Scholz & Friends Berlin, Squarespace New York and TBWA\Media Arts Lab Los Angeles with 14 each, New York Magazine New York with 13, Area 23 New York with 12, and Verizon New York with 11.
A total of 772 finalists from 40 countries were selected by this year’s esteemed ADC 104th Annual Awards jury. The complete searchable list of this year’s finalists is available here.
All finalists will win a Gold, Silver or Bronze Cube or Merit, to be announced on May 14th, 2025. ADC Gold and special award winners will be celebrated that evening at the gala awards ceremony at Gotham Hall during Creative Week in New York.
Now in its 15th year, Creative Week (May 12-16th, 2025) 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.
In addition to the ADC 104th Annual Awards, Creative Week 2025 includes awards ceremonies for the Young Ones Student Awards on May 12th, Type Directors ClubTDC71 Best of Discipline winners and exhibition on May 13th,The One Show 2025 winners on May 16th, exclusive Executive Creative Summit-New York on May 15-16th, and the first-ever Creative Week AI Creative Challenge on May 15th.
Please visit Creative Week 2025 for more information and tickets.
The One Club for Creativity – home of The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE) awards, ONE Asia Awards, Type Directors Club and competition, TDC Ascenders, Young Guns, Young Ones Student Awards, Next Creative Leaders, ONE Screen Short Film Festival, and more – is the world’s foremost non-profit organisation whose mission is to support and celebrate the success of the global creative community. Revenue generated from entries to its global awards shows goes back into the industry to fund programming under the organisation’s four pillars: Education, Inclusion & Diversity, Gender Equality, and Creative Development.
