TDC Awards

The TDC competition, established in 1953, is the longest running, most prestigious, global typography and type design competition. Now in its 70th year, these awards are all about how letterforms are used and drawn, recognizing typographic excellence and celebrating new typeface designs in all global languages.

Award

Agency

Client

Title

Category

Annual ID

San Francisco Symphony Brand Identity Agency: Collins / San Francisco + Dinamo / Basel Client: San Francisco Symphony Category: Best of Show
Unprecedented Rhymes for Unprecedented Times Agency: Ananya Khaitan / New Delhi Client: Ananya Khaitan Category: Experimental / Campaign
Hopersand Agency: UFHO / Singapore Client: BÜRO UFHO Category: Experimental / Campaign
Resilience Type Agency: UFHO / Singapore Category: Experimental / Campaign
Type Beast Agency: kissmiklos / Budapest Client: Personal Category: Experimental / Campaign
The Ampersand Series Agency: Bianca Dumitrascu / Bucharest Client: Personal Category: Experimental / Campaign
Confronting Unjust Policing: A Primer for Systemic Reimagining Agency: Isometric Studio / Brooklyn Client: Personal Category: Experimental / Campaign
Emograms Agency: kissmiklos / Budapest Client: Personal Category: Self-Promotion / Campaign
The 101 Best Movies of the 2010s Agency: Ananya Khaitan / New Delhi Client: Battleship Pretension Category: Book Jackets / Single
Almond Agency: HarperCollins Publishers / New York Client: HarperVia / HarperCollins Publishers Category: Book Jackets / Single
The American Fiancee Agency: HarperCollins Publishers / New York Client: HarperVia / HarperCollins Publishers Category: Book Jackets / Single
The Autobiography of Eikoh Hosoe Trilogy Agency: Wang Zhi-Hong Studio / Taipei Client: Faces Publications Category: Book Jackets / Single
Fukt magazine #19 Storylines Agency: Ariane Spanier / Berlin Client: Fukt magazine for drawing Category: Book Jackets / Single
On the Road Agency: Moker Ontwerp / Amsterdam Client: De Bezige Bij Category: Book Jackets / Single
Ingredients Agency: Penguin Random House / New York Client: Penguin Random House Category: Book Jackets / Single
Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter Agency: Champions Design / New York Client: Tilbury House Publishers Category: Book Jackets / Single
Ad Algea Agency: Marta Cerdà Alimbau / Barcelona Client: Josep Maria Martí Duran Category: Book Jackets / Single
Future Format logotype Agency: Semiotik Design Agency / Thessaloniki Client: Future Format Category: Logotypes / Single
Telegraph Media Group Agency: The Telegraph / London + Commercial Type / New York Client: Telegraph Media Group Category: Logotypes / Single
The New Republic Agency: Pentagram / New York Client: The New Republic Category: Logotypes / Single
Singapore International Photography Festival - Logotype Agency: Foreign Policy Design Group / Singapore Client: Singapore International Photography Festival Category: Logotypes / Single
Bossette Agency: kissmiklos / Budapest Client: Bossette Category: Logotypes / Single
Crane Paper Company Logotype Agency: COLLINS / New York Client: Crane Category: Logotypes / Single
Brand identity where movement fuses with the typography used to portray it, creating a dynamic system. Agency: Migue Martí / Valencia Client: Societat Sardina Toné Franché Category: Logotypes / Single
Caobu Public Library Logo Agency: Centre Design / Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province Client: Caobu Public Library Category: Logotypes / Single
Unquarantine Your Creative Agency: Zulu Alpha Kilo / Toronto Client: Advertising and Design Club of Canada Category: Motion/TV / Online Titles - Single
Tablet Agency: Pentagram / New York Client: Tablet Category: Digital Media / Websites - Single
IRRGARTEN Agency: Alisch Berlec Hönow / Stuttgart Client: Musik der Jahrhunderte Stuttgart e.V. Category: Digital Media / Websites - Single
sona studio website Agency: 2 design / Cooks Hill Client: sona studio Category: Digital Media / Websites - Single
Medium Website Agency: COLLINS / New York Client: Medium Category: Digital Media / Websites - Single
Mailchimp 2020 Annual Report Agency: Mailchimp Client: Mailchimp Category: Digital Media / Websites - Single
OM130 Agency: Tuman studio / Moscow Category: Digital Media / Websites - Single
Mailchimp 2020 Annual Report Agency: Mailchimp Client: Mailchimp Category: Advertisements / Single
Barcelona Poesia Agency: Marta Cerdà Alimbau / Amsterdam Client: Ajuntament de Barcelona Category: Advertisements / Single
Naturiste - Packaging Agency: Paprika / Montreal Client: Naturiste Category: Packaging / Campaign
Kankitsu-yama Agency: MARU / Nakano-ku, Tokyo Client: Kadoya Category: Packaging / Campaign
Beneduce Classic Series Agency: Work by Lule / New York Client: Beneduce Vineyards Category: Packaging / Campaign
Dark Matter Coffee Core Brands Redesign Agency: Zimmer-Design / Louisville Client: Dark Matter Coffee Category: Packaging / Campaign
The All-Seeing Eye Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Category: Editorial / Single
The New York Times for Kids November: How It Works Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Editorial / Single
The New York Times Magazine Labs: The Day Deacon King Kong Got A Gun Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Labs Category: Editorial / Single
The Monolith Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Single
The Decameron Project Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Single
The Culture Issue Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Single
Well done Agency: Kirchschlaeger Grafikbüro / Wels Client: Karin Stöttinger – Geschmacksmomente Category: Editorial / Single
The State of Black Hollywood Cover Agency: Variety Magazine / Los Angeles Client: Variety Magazine Category: Editorial / Single
Power of Young Hollywood Package Agency: Variety Magazine / Los Angeles Client: Variety Magazine Category: Editorial / Single
Citizen Fincher Agency: Variety Magazine / Los Angeles Client: Variety Magazine Category: Editorial / Single
My 2020 in Data (So Far) Agency: Pentagram / New York Client: The New York Times Category: Editorial / Single
Annual Program 2021 Agency: TGG Hafen Senn Stieger / St.Gallen Client: Kunstmuseum St.Gallen Category: Editorial / Single

2021 Best of Show TDC Best of Show

Collins / San Francisco + Dinamo / Basel

San Francisco Symphony

San Francisco Symphony Brand Identity

Best of Show

TDC67_001C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Ananya Khaitan / New Delhi

Ananya Khaitan

Unprecedented Rhymes for Unprecedented Times

Experimental / Campaign

TDC67_087C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

UFHO / Singapore

BÜRO UFHO

Hopersand

Experimental / Campaign

TDC67_088C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

UFHO / Singapore

N/A

Resilience Type

Experimental / Campaign

TDC67_089C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

kissmiklos / Budapest

Personal

Type Beast

Experimental / Campaign

TDC67_090C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Bianca Dumitrascu / Bucharest

Personal

The Ampersand Series

Experimental / Campaign

TDC67_091C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Isometric Studio / Brooklyn

Personal

Confronting Unjust Policing: A Primer for Systemic Reimagining

Experimental / Campaign

TDC67_092C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

kissmiklos / Budapest

Personal

Emograms

Self-Promotion / Campaign

TDC67_208C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Ananya Khaitan / New Delhi

Battleship Pretension

The 101 Best Movies of the 2010s

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_005C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

HarperCollins Publishers / New York

HarperVia / HarperCollins Publishers

Almond

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_006C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

HarperCollins Publishers / New York

HarperVia / HarperCollins Publishers

The American Fiancee

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_007C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Wang Zhi-Hong Studio / Taipei

Faces Publications

The Autobiography of Eikoh Hosoe Trilogy

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_008C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Ariane Spanier / Berlin

Fukt magazine for drawing

Fukt magazine #19 Storylines

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_009C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Moker Ontwerp / Amsterdam

De Bezige Bij

On the Road

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_010C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Penguin Random House / New York

Penguin Random House

Ingredients

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_011C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Champions Design / New York

Tilbury House Publishers

Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_012C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Marta Cerdà Alimbau / Barcelona

Josep Maria Martí Duran

Ad Algea

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_013C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Semiotik Design Agency / Thessaloniki

Future Format

Future Format logotype

Logotypes / Single

TDC67_139C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

The Telegraph / London + Commercial Type / New York

Telegraph Media Group

Telegraph Media Group

Logotypes / Single

TDC67_140C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Pentagram / New York

The New Republic

The New Republic

Logotypes / Single

TDC67_141C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Foreign Policy Design Group / Singapore

Singapore International Photography Festival

Singapore International Photography Festival - Logotype

Logotypes / Single

TDC67_142C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

kissmiklos / Budapest

Bossette

Bossette

Logotypes / Single

TDC67_143C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

COLLINS / New York

Crane

Crane Paper Company Logotype

Logotypes / Single

TDC67_144C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Migue Martí / Valencia

Societat Sardina Toné Franché

Brand identity where movement fuses with the typography used to portray it, creating a dynamic system.

Logotypes / Single

TDC67_145C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Centre Design / Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province

Caobu Public Library

Caobu Public Library Logo

Logotypes / Single

TDC67_146C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Zulu Alpha Kilo / Toronto

Advertising and Design Club of Canada

Unquarantine Your Creative

Motion/TV / Online Titles - Single

TDC67_162C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Pentagram / New York

Tablet

Tablet

Digital Media / Websites - Single

TDC67_050C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Alisch Berlec Hönow / Stuttgart

Musik der Jahrhunderte Stuttgart e.V.

IRRGARTEN

Digital Media / Websites - Single

TDC67_051C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

2 design / Cooks Hill

sona studio

sona studio website

Digital Media / Websites - Single

TDC67_052C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

COLLINS / New York

Medium

Medium Website

Digital Media / Websites - Single

TDC67_053C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Mailchimp

Mailchimp

Mailchimp 2020 Annual Report

Digital Media / Websites - Single

TDC67_054C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Tuman studio / Moscow

N/A

OM130

Digital Media / Websites - Single

TDC67_055C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Mailchimp

Mailchimp

Mailchimp 2020 Annual Report

Advertisements / Single

TDC67_002C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Marta Cerdà Alimbau / Amsterdam

Ajuntament de Barcelona

Barcelona Poesia

Advertisements / Single

TDC67_003C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Paprika / Montreal

Naturiste

Naturiste - Packaging

Packaging / Campaign

TDC67_171C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

MARU / Nakano-ku, Tokyo

Kadoya

Kankitsu-yama

Packaging / Campaign

TDC67_172C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Work by Lule / New York

Beneduce Vineyards

Beneduce Classic Series

Packaging / Campaign

TDC67_173C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Zimmer-Design / Louisville

Dark Matter Coffee

Dark Matter Coffee Core Brands Redesign

Packaging / Campaign

TDC67_174C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

The Times Magazine / New York

N/A

The All-Seeing Eye

Editorial / Single

TDC67_057C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times for Kids

The New York Times for Kids November: How It Works

Editorial / Single

TDC67_058C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine Labs

The New York Times Magazine Labs: The Day Deacon King Kong Got A Gun

Editorial / Single

TDC67_059C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

The Monolith

Editorial / Single

TDC67_060C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

The Decameron Project

Editorial / Single

TDC67_061C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

The Culture Issue

Editorial / Single

TDC67_062C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Kirchschlaeger Grafikbüro / Wels

Karin Stöttinger – Geschmacksmomente

Well done

Editorial / Single

TDC67_063C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Variety Magazine / Los Angeles

Variety Magazine

The State of Black Hollywood Cover

Editorial / Single

TDC67_064C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Variety Magazine / Los Angeles

Variety Magazine

Power of Young Hollywood Package

Editorial / Single

TDC67_065C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Variety Magazine / Los Angeles

Variety Magazine

Citizen Fincher

Editorial / Single

TDC67_066C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Pentagram / New York

The New York Times

My 2020 in Data (So Far)

Editorial / Single

TDC67_067C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

TGG Hafen Senn Stieger / St.Gallen

Kunstmuseum St.Gallen

Annual Program 2021

Editorial / Single

TDC67_068C

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