2026 Design Winners Gallery - Now Live
What Lasts is Built
May 26, 2026
Image Credit: REF Digital, a 2026 Design Awards winner, LG2 and REF Digital.
The 2026 Design Winners Gallery is now live.
This year’s winning work goes beyond trend or surface. It shows design with staying power — ideas, systems, brands and visual communication built to continue mattering after the moment they were made for.
The strongest work rarely stays still. It shifts with culture, changes how we move through the world, and becomes part of how we see, speak, and connect.
Spend time with it. Look closer. See what stays.
The 2026 Design Winners Gallery is now live.
The 2026 Design Awards winners will also appear in the Summer issue alongside the Photography & Illustration Awards winners and in the Awards Annuals.
Don’t miss out—get the winners in your hands. Subscribe to Applied Arts for just $4 CAD* per month (including two Awards Annuals), or pre-order a single copy to have it delivered straight to your door. The Summer issue will also be available at select newsstands this August.
Thank you to our award sponsors, VISTEK; association partners CAPIC, DesCan, RGD and our print and paper partner Mi5 Print Intelligence Service for their support!
And most importantly, thank you to all our winners, entrants, and this year’s 16 jurors—your creativity, discernment, and dedication continue to inspire us.
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