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2 South African agencies awarded in Global ADC 104th Annual Awards

27 May, 2025 12 mins read 49 views

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2 South African agencies awarded in Global ADC 104th Annual Awards

Pola Maneli, Port Elizabeth and BCKRDS Johannesburg are among the global winners in the ADC 104th Annual Awards Middle East & Africa Region, along with agencies and designers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.

They were among those in 41 countries named winners in the Awards.

Publicis Middle East Dubai is the region’s only ADC Gold Cube winner this year, working with Mango Jam Dubai, Melt Dubai and Prodigious Dubai on ColourCheck on behalf of Babyshop in Product Design, Children's Products.

The ADC Annual Awards celebrate excellence in design and craft and honours the best creative talent and groundbreaking work across many different creative disciplines, including advertising, digital media, graphic and publication design, packaging and product design, motion, gaming, experiential and architecture, photography, illustration and all points in between.

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Middle East & Africa region winners
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Turkey
United Arab Emirates

Middle East & Africa region winners

ADC 104th Annual Awards winners in the Middle East & Africa region, by country.

Egypt

Merit: Bahia Shehab Cairo Bear Witness for NUART Aberdeen in Typography/Lettering, Environmental
Merit: Islam Hassan Cairo Odoriko Logo for Odoriko in Typography/Lettering, Brand/Communication Design

Saudi Arabia

- Silver: BigTime Creative Shop Riyadh 4th Judge for the ring magazine in Artificial Intelligence - Application
- Merit: BigTime Creative Shop Riyadh 4th Judge for the ring magazine in Artificial Intelligence, AI - Idea
- Merit: BigTime Creative Shop Riyadh 4th Judge for the ring magazine in Artificial Intelligence, AI - Application

South Africa

- Bronze: Pola Maneli, Port Elizabeth Narrating Slavery's Wake for The Smithsonian Institute in Illustration, Wildcard - Series
- Merit: BCKRDS Johannesburg 54 Collective Rebrand for 54 Collective in Brand/Communication Design, Rebranding

Turkey

- Bronze: Sadi Akbudak İstanbul TUGFO 24 for The Turkish National Youth Philharmonic Orchestra in Typography/Lettering, Use of Typography
- Merit: Sadi Akbudak İstanbul TUGFO 24 for The Turkish National Youth Philharmonic Orchestra in Typography/Lettering, Innovation

United Arab Emirates

- Gold: Publicis Middle East Dubai with Mango Jam Dubai, Melt Dubai and Prodigious Dubai ColourCheck for Babyshop in Product Design, Children's Products
- Silver: Publicis Middle East Dubai with Mango Jam Dubai, Melt Dubai and Prodigious Dubai ColourCheck for Babyshop in Product Design, Inclusive Products
- Merit: Publicis Middle East Dubai with Mango Jam Dubai, Melt Dubai and Prodigious Dubai ColourCheck for Babyshop in Pharma/Health/Wellness, Brand / Communication Design - Product Design
- Merit: Publicis Middle East Dubai with Mango Jam Dubai, Melt Dubai and Prodigious Dubai ColourCheck for Babyshop in Product Design, Brand Partnerships

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