NEW YORK, May 2026 — Agencies, studios, brands and freelancers in 11 countries and regions in APAC were selected as Cube and Merits winners 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.
Highlighting the region, The Nine Shanghai was named ADC 105th Boutique Agency of the Year, based on cumulative points for all awards won this year: one Silver Cube, two Bronze and three Merit. Most of the wins – the Silver Cube, one Bronze, and two Merits – were for “Fascinating” on behalf of Shenzhen Tourism Bureau, China.
In addition, Best of Discipline in Product Design was awarded to TBWA\Hakuhodo Inc. Tokyo, working with Amana Tokyo and Taki Corporation Tokyo, for “Smart Eye Camera” on behalf of OUI. The work also won two ADC Gold Cubes, one Bronze, and one Merit.
Overall, entrants from the region were awarded a total of 10 Gold Cubes, 23 Silver, 47 Bronze, and 66 Merits.
ADC 105th Annual Awards Gold Cube winners from APAC are as follows.
Australia
- +61 Sydney with Bear Meets Eagle On Fire Sydney and OMD Sydney “Into Art” for Telstra in Experiential Design, Live Experience Design – Installations
China
- Our LEGO Agency Shanghai with Our LEGO Agency Billund “Build to Move” for The LEGO Group in Brand-Side/In-House, Experiential Design – Environmental Design
- Yanrong Pan Nanjing with Xiangrong Pan Nanjing “Illustrated Primer of the Chengzhong School” for CITIC Press in Book Design, Text-Driven Books
- Zhengshan Rao Shanghai with Shanghai Toneking Digital Printing Co, Ltd. Shanghai “The 13th Poster Design Competition of FAC” for Fine Arts College, Shanghai Normal University in Brand/Communication Design, Posters – Traditional – Single
Japan
- Dentsu Inc.Tokyo “No Labels” for Asahi Breweries, Ltd./The Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. Ltd/Nikka Whisky in Advertising, Press – Newspaper – Series
- Dentsu Inc. Tokyo with Think & Craft Tokyo and Ceedee Tokyo “Play the Preservation” for Nagasaki City in Design for Good, Design for Good – Interactive
- Maru Tokyo “I (Eye) am Kankitsu” for Kadoya in Packaging Design, Food – Series
- TBWA\Hakuhodo Inc. Tokyo with Amana Tokyo and Taki Corporation Tokyo “Smart Eye Camera” for OUI Inc. in Design for Good, Design for Good – Health / Wellness
- TBWA\Hakuhodo Inc. Tokyo with Amana Tokyo and Taki Corporation Tokyo “Smart Eye Camera” for OUI Inc. in Product Design, Science / Medical Products
Vietnam
- Base Design Saigon, with Rice Studios Ho Chi Minh City “AGI 2025 ĐÂY” for Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) in Brand/Communication Design, Promotional – Products
A complete showcase of all ADC 105th Annual Awards Cube winners can be viewed here.
Globally, the esteemed ADC 105th 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.
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
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.
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.
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, 2026.
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.
The ADC Annual Awards 2026 Global Creative Rankings will be announced on May 20, 2026.
Creative Week 2026
Now in its 17th year, Creative Week is a premier annual gathering for the advertising and design industries to come together and celebrate the creative excellence showcased in The One Club’s leading global awards shows: ADC Annual Awards, The One Show, and Young Ones Student Awards.
Other Creative Week 2026 programming includes The One Club AI Creative Challenge, exclusive Executive Creative Summit 2026, Client Pitch Competition, in person and virtual Portfolio Reviews, Type Directors Club TDC Lettering Walk, and informative daily Morning Buzz panels.
For details and to register, please visit the Creative Week 2026 website.
This year’s global ADC 105th Annual Awards branding campaign was created by Dentsu Inc. Tokyo.
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