The 34th edition of the ADCE Awards impressively demonstrates the diversity and quality of creative work on the continent. From over 653 submissions from 25 countries, a total of 315 works were honored: 32 gold, 58 silver, 92 bronze and 133 finalists.

The jury, on which Switzerland was represented by Manuel Wenzel (TBWA Zurich, Jury President for the «Print & Outdoor» category), Stefanie Huber (the «Design» category), Raul Serrat (the «Film & Audio» category), and Adrian Merz (the «Interactive & Mobile» category), honored the following Swiss entries:

• Gold in the «Integrated & Innovation – Integrated Campaigns for Commercial Brands» category for «Steal Marina’s Artwork» by SiR MaRY for the Kunsthaus Zürich. The campaign also won double silver in the categories «Brand Experience – PR/Events» and «Interactive & Mobile – Social Media Campaigns.».
• Silver in the «Interactive & Mobile – Social Media Campaigns» category for «Nemo broke the Trophy» by Jung von Matt LIMMAT for the
• Silver in the «Design – Photography» category for «Unplug the icon» by Studio Geissbühler for ZERMATT UNPLUGGED.
• Bronze in the «Print & Outdoor – Outdoor (Including posters and billboards)» category for «Save on the rest» by thjnk Zurich for Denner AG.
• Bronze in the «Film Craft – Animation, VFX, CGI, and 3D» category for «Child’s World In Danger» by Neu Creative Agency for Child Protection Switzerland.

The success of the Swiss Young Creatives provides yet another reason to celebrate: ADC Young Members Josephine Jeanguenin and Patricia Schneider won this year’s ADCE Greatness Challenge. With a compelling fundraising project, they not only secured their spot in this year’s ADCE judging process but also prevailed against strong international competition with their idea—a testament to the high quality of Switzerland’s up-and-coming creative talent.

The complete list of winners and the four Special Award Winners can be found on the ADCE website: adceurope.awardhub.org

The Creative Week 2025 of the Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE) has come to a successful end after three intensive days full of creativity, inspiration and exchange. On Friday evening, November 21, the winners of the ADCE Awards 2025 were announced at the Gala and Final Party in Barcelona: 1x Gold, 4x Silver as well as 2 Bronze awards and 14 shortlist places went to Switzerland.

Strong competition on the European stage

The 34th edition of the ADCE Awards impressively demonstrates the diversity and quality of creative work on the continent. From over 653 submissions from 25 countries, a total of 315 works were honored: 32 gold, 58 silver, 92 bronze and 133 finalists.

The jury, in which Switzerland was represented by Manuel Wenzel (TBWA Zurich, Jury President "Print & Outdoor" category), Stefanie Huber ("Design" category), Raul Serrat ("Film & Audio" category) and Adrian Merz ("Interactive & Mobile" category), awarded prizes to various Swiss works.

Swiss winners at a glance

Gold in the category "Integrated & Innovation - Integrated Campaigns for commercial brands" went to "Steal Marina's Artwork" by SiR Mary for the Kunsthaus Zürich. The work also won double silver in the categories "Brand Experience - PR/Events" and "Interactive & Mobile - Social Media Campaigns".

Silver in the "Interactive & Mobile - Social Media Campaigns" category went to "Nemo broke the Trophy" by Jung von Matt Limmat for Mobiliar. Silver was also awarded to "Unplug the icon" by Studio Geissbühler for Zermatt Unplugged in the "Design - Photography" category.

Bronze in the "Print & Outdoor - Outdoor (Including poster and billboard)" category went to "Save on the rest" by Thjnk Zurich for Denner. Another bronze was awarded to "Child's World In Danger" by Neu Creative Agency for Child Protection Switzerland in the category "Film Craft - animation, VFX, CGI and 3D".

The complete list of winners and the four Special Award Winners can be found on the ADCE website: adceurope.awardhub.org

Young Creatives convince internationally

The success of the Swiss Young Creatives is another reason to celebrate: ADC Young Members Josephine Jeanguenin and Patricia Schneider won this year's ADCE Greatness Challenge. With a convincing fundraising project, they not only secured their participation in this year's ADCE judging, but also prevailed against strong international competition with their idea - proof of the high quality of young creative talent from Switzerland.

The Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE) is an association based in Barcelona that brings together 24 professional clubs and associations from 23 European countries. Founded in 1990, ADCE promotes excellence in graphic design and advertising creativity across Europe, representing over 7,000 creative professionals and showcasing outstanding local work. The current president is Alexander Schill, Global Chief Creative Officer of the Serviceplan Group.

The ADCE is part of The One Club for Creativity, based in New York, which organizes The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, ADCE Awards, ONE Asia Awards, Type Directors Club, TDC Ascenders, Young Guns, Young Ones Student Awards, Next Creative Leaders and the ONE Screen Short Film Festival, among others. The One Club is the world's leading not-for-profit organization with a mission to support and celebrate the global creative community.

The international jury of 60 leading creatives from 23 countries - including Manuel Wenzel (Jury President category "Print & Outdoor"), Stefanie Huber (category "Brand Experience"), Raul Serrat (category "Film & Audio") and Adrian Merz (category "Interactive & Mobile") from Switzerland - evaluated a total of 653 submissions from 25 European countries.

This year's ADCE Awards were presented on Friday as part of the ADCE European Creativity Festival in Barcelona. A total of 375 projects were honored from 924 submissions from 24 countries. Projects from Switzerland also impressed the jury, which was made up of 58 leading creatives from all over Europe.

There was also an ADCE Student Award: The team from Graubünden University of Applied Sciences received bronze for their project Starrk. for Rosannis in the Interactive category.

This year, a total of 963 works from 28 countries were submitted, according to a press release from the Art Directors Club of Europe. Of the 43 Gold Awards presented, one goes to Wirz for the Migros beer in the Integrated & Innovation category. The agency also won bronze twice: in the Print & Outdoor category, also for Migros beer, and in the Film & Audio category for Switzerland Tourism's Grand Tour of Switzerland.

This year's other winners include Bellprat Partner, Foundry, Freundliche Grüsse, Ruf Lanz, Stories, TBWA\Zürich and IWC Schaffhausen

The jurors for the ADCE Awards 2023, the "Champions League of Creativity", have been announced: A total of 56 creatives from 21 European countries will debate the best creative work from across Europe and award gold, silver and bronze as well as the Grand Prix, the European Star-Johannes Newrkla, the Genius Loci, the Green Star and the new Equal Star Award. Among them are three Swiss ADC members.

Stefanie Huber, ADC Switzerland Vice President and independent Creative Director, judges the entries in the "Integrated & Innovation" category. Dominique Magnusson, ADC Switzerland member and Creative Director at Jung von Matt Limmat, will judge the entries in the "Design" category. And Michael Hinderling, ADC Switzerland Board Member, founder and Creative Director at Dept & Hinderling.com, will act as a jury member in the "Interactive & Mobile" category.

The juries will meet in Barcelona on Thursday and Friday to deliberate on the best creative work from across Europe. The medals will be announced during the ADCE Festival on Friday, December 1, 2023.

Stefanie Huber, ADC Vice President and herself a jury member of the ADC Awards 2022, is delighted about the great success for Switzerland: "The jury composition at ADCE is not only international, but also very diverse due to the different cultural backgrounds of the various European countries. I am all the more pleased that Switzerland was able to convince and inspire with outstanding works on relevant clients in almost all categories. Congratulations to all the winners!"

The jury awarded gold to "Pistenfarbe" by Swisscom and Andy Lusti for Swisscom in the category "Integrated & Innovation - Integrated Campaigns for commercial brands". The work also picked up a bronze award in the "Interactive & Mobile - Social Media Campaigns" category.

The second Gold for Switzerland goes to the viral hit "No Drama" by Wirz Group for Switzerland Tourism in the category "Film & Audio - Online Videos".

Ruf Lanz and Welti-Furrer Fine Art Transport won two silver medals for "When art has to move" in the "Outdoor" and "Print Advertising" categories. With this campaign, Ruf Lanz has already been honored at the Epica Awards and the Eurobest excellent.

Thjnk Zurich and Hamburg can be pleased about no less than four awards: "Runtime" for Ochsner Sport takes silver in the "Film & Audio" category and bronze in the "Interactive & Mobile - Interactive campaigns" and "Integrated & Innovation - Branded Content" categories. "Share Your Fire" for Ochsner Sport receives a bronze award in the category "Film & Audio - Craft - music and sound".

Three awards go to "Handbutts" by Wunderman Thompson Switzerland for Geberit International: Silver in the category "Interactive & Mobile - Social Media Campaigns" and bronze in the categories "Film & Audio - Online Videos" and "Print & Outdoor - Digital Screens". In addition, there is a bronze award for "Lakers Red" for Schützengarten Brewery and Lakers Sport in the category "Integrated & Innovation - Product / Service innovation".

TBWA\Switzerland wins three bronze medals: With "Born Equal" for Terre des Femmes in the category "Film & Audio - Craft - animation, VFX, CGI and 3D", "Comment Contest" for McDonald's in the category "Interactive & Mobile - Social Media Campaigns" and "Porsche Taycan - Tesla Targeting" for Porsche Switzerland in the category "Integrated & Innovation - Best use of data".

With "Recipes Rewritten" for Krebsliga Schweiz, Farner won bronze twice in the categories "Interactive & Mobile - Interactive & Mobile for non-profit/public service/NGO" and "Integrated & Innovation - Integrated and Innovation for non-profit/public service/NGO".

Also winning two bronze medals is "La Punition (The Punishment)" by Havas Village Geneva for Canal+, in the categories "Film & Audio - TV/Cinema Commercials" and "Film & Audio - Craft - direction, cinematography and editing".

Sir Mary can be happy about bronze for "Epic Mode" for Samsung Switzerland in the category "Interactive & Mobile - Interactive campaigns" and "Share your fire" for Allianz Suisse in the category "Integrated & Innovation - Product / Service innovation".

"Filmar en América Latina 2021" by WePlayDesign for Filmar en América Latina receives a bronze in the category "Design - Graphic Communication".

The same applies to the work "Zurich Film Festival - Eye to the World" by Great Garbo for Zurich Film Festival in the category "Film & Audio - Craft - music and sound.