Bear Meets Eagle On Fire and M&C Saatchi lead Aussie pack in shortlist stage of ADC 102nd Annual Awards

Agencies and brands in Australia have scored 14 shortlist entries and New Zealand has landed four in the global ADC 102nd Annual Awards, as announced by The One Club for Creativity.

Shortlisted entries were selected by this year’s esteemed jury to move into the second round of judging, which is taking place now.  This year’s finalists — entries which will win a Gold, Silver or Bronze Cube or Merit — will be announced later this month.

Leading Australia is Bear Meets Eagle On Fire and M&C Saatchi Sydney with four on the shortlist. Bear Meets Eagle On Fire has three for IAG/NRMA Insurance “Until Then” and one for Rivalry “PM Fighter”, whilst M&C Saatchi Sydney has four for Tourism Australia “G’Day”. 

Thinkerbell has three for Lion’s Furphy “Furphy What The Truck?!” Universal Favourite Sydney has two on the shortlist, including illustration work for Flaus and “Reframing Art” for The Other Art Fair.  Blurr Bureau Melbourne has one for “Toaster Pastries – Logo & Brandmark” on behalf of Flings.

Four shops in New Zealand have one shortlisted entry each: Matt Grantham Auckland “Cuthill Spiced Rum” packing design for Kingsliquor; Monolith Auckland “Stuff Type Suite” typography for Stuff; Osborne Shiwan Auckland “Kaha” typography for Altamira Dance Company; and Practise Auckland for “Redaction” publication design for W. W. Norton.

Globally, Rethink in Toronto, Montréal and Vancouver leads the way with 35 shortlisted entries, including six for IKEA “The Troll” and five each for Kraft Heinz “AI Ketchup”, and Penguin Random House “The Unburnable Book”.  Squarespace New York has 32 entries on the shortlist, including 11 each for “The Singularity” and “The Singularity BTS”.  

A total of 2,216 entries from 52 counties and regions are shortlisted this year.  The top five countries for shortlisted entries are the US with 977, Canada with 242, Germany with 210, mainland China with 180, and Japan with 116.

The complete ADC 102nd Annual Awards shortlist is available here.

Tickets are on sale now for the ADC 102nd Annual Awards ceremony, taking place on Wednesday, May 17 at Terminal 5 in New York during Creative Week 2023.