The 2026 glboal ADC Awards have been announced at the ADC 105th Annual Awards ceremony, held at Capitale in New York during The One Club for Creativity’s Creative Week 2026. The ADC Awards received entries from 60 countries 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.

The ADC Black Cube for Best of Show was won by HeimatTBWA\ Berlin, working with Tempomedia Berlin, for No Project Without Drama, on behalf of Hornbach.

Based on cumulative points for all awards won this year, Area 23 New York was crowned ADC 105th Annual Awards Agency of the Year.

Area 23 New York led the world this year with eight ADC Gold Cube wins, followed by Squarespace New York with six, The New York Times Magazine New York with five, and NOMINT London and VML Health Spain Madrid with four each.

Agencies in Australia won three ADC Cubes and four Merits.

+61 Sydney was awarded one ADC Gold and one Silver Cube, both working with Bear Meets Eagle On Fire Sydney and OMD Sydney for client Telstra.  The Gold Cube was for Into Art in Experiential Design, Live Experience Design – Installations. The Silver was for Codemates in Interactive, Digital Craft – Use of Technology.

Denomination Sydney won an ADC Bronze Cube for Cape Hauy Whisky. Made in Tasmania, on behalf of Cape Hauy in Packaging Design, Limited Edition.

Australia’s Merits were:

Bear Meets Eagle On Fire Sydney with Revolver Sydney and Mathematic Paris, The Girl and Ghost, for Telstra in Motion/Film Craft, Craft in Motion/Film – Animation

SPAN Sydney Skimpies for M Ellen Burns/Burns Books in Typography/Lettering, Publication

Universal Favourite Sydney Saintly for Saintly in Brand/Communication Design, Branding – Rebranding

Universal Favourite Sydney Saintly for Saintly in Illustration, Branded Identity – Single

ADC 105th Annual Awards “of the Year” winners are:

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:

• 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

The 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.

View the complete showcase of all ADC 105th Annual Awards Cube winners here.

ADC Cube and cash prize winners in the inaugural ADC AI Visual Design-Dreamina AI category, in partnership with Dreamina AI to honour the frontier of generative craft, will be announced on May 21, 2026.

The new category, which was free to enter and made possible by ADC’s exclusive partnership with Dreamina AI, part of ByteDance, recognises evolving creative craft and modern creators who are using AI as a creative partner to expand the boundaries of visual expression.  

The ADC Annual Awards 2026 Global Creative Rankings will be announced on May 20, 2026.