Agencies and studios in India won five ADC Cubes and three Merits at the global Art Directors Club ADC 105th Annual Awards ceremony, held at Capitale in New York during The One Club for Creativity’s Creative Week 2026.
22Feet Tribal Worldwide Mumbai, working with Butterfly Cannon London, led the country with one ADC Silver Cube, two Bronze, and two Merits, all for ‘The Art of Survival’ on behalf of Diageo. The work won a Silver Cube in ‘Design for Good, Design for Good’ - Packaging Design, and the two Bronze Cubes, one in Illustration, Packaging - Series, and the other in Packaging Design, Limited Edition.
Lodha Developers Mumbai was awarded an ADC Bronze Cube for ‘Children's Colouring/Activity Book by Lodha’ self-promotion in Book Design, Children's Books.
Also winning a Bronze was Studio Eeksaurus Productions. Mumbai for ‘Desi Oon’ on behalf of Centre for Pastoralism in Motion/Film Craft, Craft in Motion/Film - Animation.
ADC 105th Merits form India went to:
- Studio Eeksaurus Productions Mumbai ‘Desi Oon’ for Centre for Pastoralism in Design for Good, Design for Good - Motion/Film Craft
- 22Feet Tribal Worldwide Mumbai with Butterfly Cannon London ‘The Art of Survival’ for Diageo In Packaging Design, Beverage - Series
- 22Feet Tribal Worldwide Mumbai with Butterfly Cannon London ‘The Art of Survival’ for Diageo In Packaging Design, Luxury
Globally, the ADC 105th jury awarded this year’s ADC Black Cube for Best of Show to 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.
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, 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.
Entries were received 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 this year.
The ADC Annual Awards 2026 Global Creative Rankings will be announced on May 20, 2026.