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
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
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
Typograph Watch Face Agency: Apple / Cupertino Client: Apple Category: Digital Media / Apps - Single
Mailchimp 2020 Annual Report Agency: Mailchimp Client: Mailchimp Category: Annual Reports / Single
Vazeh Classic Quranic Typeface Agency: Reza Bakhtiarifard / Tehran + Omid Emamian / Tehran Client: Ofogh Rooydad Co. Category: Type Family
Huai Agency: Potch Auacherdkul / Bangkok Client: Self Initiated Category: Type Family
Baryton Agency: Coppers and Brasses / Montreal Category: Type Family
Arabic Protest Display Typeface Agency: ArabicType / London Category: Type Family
Rail Alphabet 2 Agency: Henrik Kubel (A2-TYPE) / London + Margaret Calvert / London Client: Network Rail Category: Type Family
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
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
Bird Machine Vol. 1 Agency: Turnstyle / Seattle, WA, USA Client: Oiselle Category: Catalogs / Single
Paradisoterrestre Catalog Agency: Andrea Guccini and Giulia Bardelli / Bologna and Milan Client: Paradisoterrestre Category: Catalogs / Single
57 Sheets of Paper Agency: STONES DESIGN Lab. / Beijing Client: Antalis (China) Category: Catalogs / Single
A fell B lost Agency: Tuman Studio / Moscow Client: International Memorial Category: Catalogs / Single
Saturday Night Live Agency: Pentagram / New York Client: Saturday Night Live Category: Motion/TV / Opening Titles - Campaign
Emograms Agency: kissmiklos / Budapest Client: Personal Category: Self-Promotion / Campaign
2021 Calendar Agency: STONES DESIGN Lab. / Beijing Category: Calendars / Single
Grid Calendar 2021 Agency: Quinsay Design / Hang Zhou Category: Calendars / Single
Perry Mason Agency: Shine / Los Angeles Client: HBO Category: Movie Titles/Feature Film / Opening Titles - Single
Le Rosart Text & Display Agency: Revolver Type Foundry / Frankfurt am Main, Germany Client: Personal Category: Type System
Garaje Agency: 205TF / Lyon Category: Type System
Grab Community Agency: hrftype / Kuala Lumpur Client: Grab Category: Type System
Retail Typeface Design Agency: Frere-Jones Type / Brooklyn Category: Type System
Vote for Change Agency: ThinkOver / New York Category: Self-Promotion / Single
characters#02 – NewsSerif specimen Agency: Character Type / Hamburg, Germany Category: Self-Promotion / Single
Ox in a Box Agency: Fictionist Studio / KUALA LUMPUR Client: Personal Category: Self-Promotion / Single
Mailchimp 2020 Annual Report Agency: Mailchimp Client: Mailchimp Category: Self-Promotion / 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

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

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

Apple / Cupertino

Apple

Typograph Watch Face

Digital Media / Apps - Single

TDC67_056C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Mailchimp

Mailchimp

Mailchimp 2020 Annual Report

Annual Reports / Single

TDC67_004C

2021 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Reza Bakhtiarifard / Tehran + Omid Emamian / Tehran

Ofogh Rooydad Co.

Vazeh Classic Quranic Typeface

Type Family

TD24_007T

2021 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Potch Auacherdkul / Bangkok

Self Initiated

Huai

Type Family

TD24_008T

2021 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Coppers and Brasses / Montreal

N/A

Baryton

Type Family

TD24_009T

2021 Typeface Design TDC Winner

ArabicType / London

N/A

Arabic Protest Display Typeface

Type Family

TD24_010T

2021 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Henrik Kubel (A2-TYPE) / London + Margaret Calvert / London

Network Rail

Rail Alphabet 2

Type Family

TD24_011T

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

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

Turnstyle / Seattle, WA, USA

Oiselle

Bird Machine Vol. 1

Catalogs / Single

TDC67_046C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Andrea Guccini and Giulia Bardelli / Bologna and Milan

Paradisoterrestre

Paradisoterrestre Catalog

Catalogs / Single

TDC67_047C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

STONES DESIGN Lab. / Beijing

Antalis (China)

57 Sheets of Paper

Catalogs / Single

TDC67_048C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Tuman Studio / Moscow

International Memorial

A fell B lost

Catalogs / Single

TDC67_049C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Pentagram / New York

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

Motion/TV / Opening Titles - Campaign

TDC67_161C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

kissmiklos / Budapest

Personal

Emograms

Self-Promotion / Campaign

TDC67_208C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

STONES DESIGN Lab. / Beijing

N/A

2021 Calendar

Calendars / Single

TDC67_044C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Quinsay Design / Hang Zhou

N/A

Grid Calendar 2021

Calendars / Single

TDC67_045C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Shine / Los Angeles

HBO

Perry Mason

Movie Titles/Feature Film / Opening Titles - Single

TDC67_164C

2021 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Revolver Type Foundry / Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Personal

Le Rosart Text & Display

Type System

TD24_016T

2021 Typeface Design TDC Winner

205TF / Lyon

N/A

Garaje

Type System

TD24_017T

2021 Typeface Design TDC Winner

hrftype / Kuala Lumpur

Grab

Grab Community

Type System

TD24_018T

2021 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Frere-Jones Type / Brooklyn

N/A

Retail Typeface Design

Type System

TD24_019T

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

ThinkOver / New York

N/A

Vote for Change

Self-Promotion / Single

TDC67_203C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Character Type / Hamburg, Germany

N/A

characters#02 – NewsSerif specimen

Self-Promotion / Single

TDC67_204C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Fictionist Studio / KUALA LUMPUR

Personal

Ox in a Box

Self-Promotion / Single

TDC67_205C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Mailchimp

Mailchimp

Mailchimp 2020 Annual Report

Self-Promotion / Single

TDC67_206C

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