New York: Indian agencies delivered a strong showing at the prestigious ADC 105th Annual Awards ceremony, held at Capitale in New York during The One Club for Creativity’s Creative Week 2026. Agencies and studios from India collectively won five ADC Cubes and three Merits — with 22Feet Tribal Worldwide Mumbai leading the country’s performance with one Silver Cube, two Bronze Cubes, and two Merits.
22Feet Tribal Worldwide Mumbai, working in collaboration with Butterfly Cannon London, spearheaded India’s wins with their campaign “The Art of Survival” on behalf of Diageo. The work earned a Silver Cube in Design for Good — Packaging Design, and two Bronze Cubes — one in Illustration, Packaging — Series, and another in Packaging Design, Limited Edition. The campaign also picked up two Merits in Packaging Design — Beverage Series and Packaging Design — Luxury.
Lodha Developers Mumbai was awarded an ADC Bronze Cube for “Children’s Colouring/Activity Book by Lodha” — a self-promotion entry in the Book Design, Children’s Books category.
Studio Eeksaurus Productions Pvt. Ltd. Mumbai also won a Bronze Cube for “Desi Oon” on behalf of Centre for Pastoralism in the Motion/Film Craft, Craft in Motion/Film — Animation category. The studio also received a Merit in Design for Good — Motion/Film Craft for the same work.
On the global stage, the prestigious ADC Black Cube for Best of Show was awarded to HeimatTBWA\ Berlin, working with Tempomedia Berlin, for “No Project Without Drama” on behalf of Hornbach. Area 23 New York was crowned ADC 105th Annual Awards Agency of the Year based on cumulative points for all awards won. Other major global honours included Squarespace New York as Brand of the Year, The New York Times Magazine New York as Design Team of the Year, and Omnicom Health as Network 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, and The New York Times Magazine New York with five.
This year’s ceremony received entries from 60 countries, with agencies, studios, freelancers, brands, and production companies in 39 countries awarded a total of 90 ADC Gold Cubes, 114 Silver, 166 Bronze, and 296 Merits. The ADC Annual Awards 2026 Global Creative Rankings will be announced on May 20, 2026.
In a notable first, the ADC has also launched an inaugural AI Visual Design category — the ADC AI Visual Design-Dreamina AI — in partnership with Dreamina AI, part of ByteDance, to honour the frontier of generative craft. Winners in this category will be announced on May 21, 2026.
Now in its 17th year, Creative Week is a premier annual gathering for the advertising and design industries, celebrating the creative excellence showcased in The One Club’s leading global awards shows — including the ADC Annual Awards, The One Show, and Young Ones Student Awards.
