Agencies, studios, brands and freelancers in 39 countries came up winners at the ADC 105th Annual Awards ceremony, held at Capitale in New York during The One Club for Creativity’s Creative Week 2026.
The global jury awarded this year’s prestigious ADC Black Cube for Best of Show to HeimatTBWA\ Berlin, working with Tempomedia Berlin, for “No Project Without Drama” on behalf of Hornbach. The work also won Best of Discipline in Advertising, two ADC Gold Cubes, four Bronze, and two Merits.
Based on cumulative points for all awards won this year, Area 23 New York was crowned ADC 105th Annual Awards Agency of the Year. The wins included Best of Discipline in Pharma with Aardman Animations Bristol for “The EarliShow” on behalf of EarliTec Diagnostics, and this year’s ADC Fusion Cube for Gavião Kyikatejê FC’s “Kyikatejê.”
ADC 105th Annual Awards “of the Year” winners are as follows.
Agency of the Year: Area 23 New York
Boutique Agency of the Year: The Nine Shanghai
Brand-Side Agency of the Year: Squarespace New York
Design Team of the Year: The New York Times Magazine New York
Boutique Design Studio of the Year: Established New York
Music & Sound Company of the Year: Wave Studios New York
Network of the Year: Omnicom Health
Production Company of the Year: Superprime Los Angeles
Brand of the Year: Squarespace New York
Non-Profit Client of the Year: Second Nurture
Freelancer of the Year (as selected by a vote of The One Club freelance members): Tomato Kosir Ljubljana, Todd Antony London (tie)
Members Choice Award: Omnicom Chicago with Omnicom Production Chicago and Pes Motion Studio Chicago “Caption with Intention” for Rakish Entertainment
ADC 105th Annual Awards Best of Discipline winners are as follows.
Advertising: HeimatTBWA\ Berlin with Tempomedia Berlin “No Project Without Drama” for Hornbach
Architecture/Interior/Environmental Design: V&A London with Diller Scofidio + Renfro New York, Austin-Smith:Lord London and Fieldwork Facility London “V&A East Storehouse: The Future of Museums” for V&A / V&A East Storehouse
Artificial Intelligence: Google Creative Team Mountain View “Thomas’ Story” for Google
Brand/Communication Design: SMLXL New York with Mallandrich Barcelona “Spatial Festival 2025 Visual Identity” for Monom Studios
Brand-Side/In-House: Squarespace New York with One Of Us London, Trim Editing New York and Superprime Los Angeles “Unavailable” for Squarespace
Experiential Design: LG2 Montréal with REF Digital Montréal and Parade Montréal “Power at Your Fingertips” for Hydro-Québec
Gaming: 72andSunny Los Angeles with Nomad Editing Co. New York and UnderWonder Content Los Angeles “The Guild” for Activision | Call of Duty
Health/Wellness: McCann New York “Own Your Flow” for Kotex
Illustration: The New York Times Magazine New York “How A.I. Sees Us” for The New York Times Magazine
Interactive: Serviceplan Germany Munich “Breastmilk Money” for Herconomy
Magazine/Newspaper Design: Tomato Kosir Ljubljana “Objektiv covers” for Objektiv by Dnevnik
Motion/Film Craft: Wizz @Quad Group Clichy with Romance Paris and Divine Paris “Unloved” for Intermarché
Packaging Design: Established New York “Tilt” for Tilt
Pharma: Area 23 New York with Aardman Animations Bristol “The EarliShow” for EarliTec Diagnostics
Photography: Todd Antony London “Buzkashi” self promotion
Product Design: TBWA\Hakuhodo Tokyo with Amana Tokyo and Taki Corporation Tokyo “Smart Eye Camera” for OUI
Typography/Lettering: Omnicom Chicago with Omnicom Production Chicago and Pes Motion Studio Chicago “Caption with Intention” for Rakish Entertainment
ADC Designism Cube, presented annually to the entry that best encourages positive societal and political change, went to Established New York for packaging design on behalf of Tilt.
This year’s Best of Non-Profit went to FCB Canada (TBWA\Canada) Toronto for “The Count” on behalf of Sickkids Foundation.
Area 23 New York led the world this year with eight ADC Gold Cube wins, including four with Dalmatian Cow Los Angeles, Bumblebeat São Paulo and Rapport New York for “The Zip Code Exam” on behalf of Equality Health Foundation.
Squarespace New York had six Gold Cube wins, all with One Of Us London, Trim Editing New York and Superprime Los Angeles for their own “Unavailable.”
Other top ADC 105th Gold Cube winners were The New York Times Magazine New York with five, and NOMINT London and VML Health Spain Madrid with four each.
Entries were received from 60 countries and regions this year. Agencies, studios, freelancers, brands and production companies in 39 countries were awarded a total of 90 ADC Gold Cubes, 114 Silver, 166 Bronze, and 296 Merits this year.
ADC Cube and cash prize winners in the inaugural ADC AI Visual Design-Dreamina AI category, in partnership with Dreamina AI to honor the frontier of generative craft, will be announced on May 21. The new category, which was free to enter and made possible by ADC’s exclusive partnership with Dreamina AI, part of ByteDance, recognizes evolving creative craft and honors modern creators who are using AI as a creative partner to expand the boundaries of visual expression.
A complete showcase of all ADC 105th Annual Awards Cube winners can be viewed here.
The ADC Annual Awards 2026 Global Creative Rankings will be announced on May 20.
