All finalists will win a Gold, Silver or Bronze Cube or Merit, and will be announced on Wednesday, 15 May.  

ADC Gold and special award winners will be celebrated at the gala awards ceremony at Gotham Hall during Creative Week in New York.

With 21 finalists is Serviceplan Germany Munich, including:

  • eight for Aizome 'Wastecare: Industrial Waste — Certified as Skincare'
  • six for Lufthansa 'Every Story Starts with a Yes', and
  • five for Aizome 'Aizome Ultra: Healthcare You Can Wear'.

With 19 ADC 103rd Annual Awards finalists is FCB New York, 16 for AB InBev, Michelob ULTRA 'Dreamcaster'. That entry is also the piece of work with the most finalist selections this year.

The New York Times Magazine has 18 finalists for 17 different entries, including two for 'A Boy's Life on the Front Lines'. Dentsu Tokyo has 17 ADC 103rd Annual Awards finalists, including five for 'My Japan Railway' on behalf of JR Group, Japan Railway 150th anniversary campaign. Also with 17 finalists is FCB Chicago, with 15 of them for Digital Public Library of America 'Banned Book Club'.

A total of 13 finalists go to Google Mountain View, including:

  • five for '25 Years in Search'
  • four for 'Google Search Playground', and
  • three for 'Black-Owned Friday 2023'. 

Other top ADC 103rd Annual Awards finalists are:

  • TBWA \ Media Arts Lab Los Angeles and VML New York with 12 each
  • SIX Inc. Tokyo with 10, and
  • LANDIA Mexico City, Spotify New York, Squarespace New York, and VML Colombia Bogotá with nine each.

A total of 769 finalists from 38 countries were selected by the ADC 103rd Annual Awards jury.  The complete searchable list of 2024's finalists is available here.

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