The global 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. The work also won Best of Discipline in Advertising, two ADC Gold Cubes, four Bronze and two Merits, says ADC.

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 'Kyikatejê'.

According to ADC, the 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 and 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.

According to ADC, the 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 and 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, says ADC.

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 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', says ADC.

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, says ADC.

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 Thursday, May 21, adds ADC.

The new category, which was free to enter and made possible by ADC's exclusive partnership with Dreamina AI, part of ByteDance, aimed to recognise 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.

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