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.
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Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID
Kunststipendien der Stadt Zürich
Agency: Baby Ink Twice / Näfels + Helmhaus / Zürich
Client: Helmhaus Zürich Category: Posters / Single
The 52nd Togakushi Soba Festival
Agency: Togakushi Soba Festival Executive Committee / Togakushi, Nagano + nishigraph / Togakushi, Nagano
Client: Togakushi Soba Festival Executive Committee Category: Posters / Single
Tag der offenen Tür 2021
Agency: Neeser & Müller / Basel
Client: Schule für Gestaltung Basel Category: Posters / Single
BAKUB 2 / Making from East to West
Agency: Kornhaus Atelier / Bern + Vereins Basis Kunst und Bau / Bern + JCM Werbedruck AG / Schlieren
Client: Verein Basis Kunst und Bau Bern Category: Posters / Single
Daoke Road Fashion Road
Agency: KEN TSAI LEE DESIGN LAB / Taipei
Client: Zuni Icosahedron Category: Posters / Single
GIVE IT A SHOT
Agency: TODOT / MACAU + JUN CAI / Macau
Client: Macau Experimental Theatre Category: Posters / Single
Stones Do Remember
Agency: ERMAN YILMAZ / ISTANBUL
Client: Ordu Taşbaşı Art Space Category: Posters / Single
Tape it easy!
Agency: Niklaus Troxler Design / Willisau
Client: KKLB Beromünster Category: Posters / Single
Door open Door closed
Agency: Erich Brechbühl [Mixer] / Lucerne
Client: Theater Aeternam Category: Posters / Single
TDC 2021 : ginza graphic gallery
Agency: hesign / Berlin
Client: TOKYO TDC Category: Posters / Single
"on going" art exhibition visual identity
Agency: bytoby / Hangzhou
Client: Hunan Changde Art Museum Category: Posters / Single
Bynow x Creater
Agency: Tao Graphic Design Studio
Client: Bynow x Creater Category: Posters / Single
NEU
Agency: Baby Ink Twice / Näfels + Grafikmagazin / München
Client: Grafikmagazin Category: Posters / Single
동해 바다 EAST SEA
Agency: Youngha Park / Seoul
Client: East Sea International Art Pre-Biennale 2021 Category: Posters / Single
Zero Poster Design Exhibition
Agency: Shinnoske Design / Osaka
Client: Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts Category: Posters / Single
Drift
Agency: Fons Hickmann M23 / Berlin
Client: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg Category: Posters / Single
RE:RISO Naughty Roll Featured Works Exhibition
Agency: indego design / macau
Client: Naughty Roll Category: Motion/TV / Visual Design - Campaign
Nespor type specimen book
Agency: Daan Rietbergen / Utrecht
Client: Daan Rietbergen Category: Experimental / Single
Drinking Alone with the Moon
Agency: cindymode / Taipei
Client: Taichung Blossom Pavilion, Taiwan Category: Experimental / Single
Hundred Family Names
Agency: Zhejiang Gongshang University / Hangzhou + China Academy of Art / Hangzhou
Client: Hanzi Club Category: Experimental / Single
36 Days of Type 2021
Agency: Khyati Trehan / New Delhi
Client: Personal Category: Experimental / Single
Believe
Agency: Valentina Casali / Jesi + Sunday Büro / Jesi
Client: Personal project Category: Experimental / Single
Multigramas
Agency: N/A / San Francisco and São Paulo
Client: Personal Category: Experimental / Single
Architectural Type Studies: Light + Shadow
Agency: Daniel Frumhoff Design / New York
Category: Experimental / Single
Canal Magazine
Agency: Sunday Afternoon / New York
Client: Canal Magazine Category: Experimental / Single
Hey Barista Publishing Platform
Agency: Isometric Studio / Brooklyn, New York
Client: Oatly Category: Digital Media / Websites - Campaign
100 Years Joseph Beuys
Agency: Brighten the Corners / Aschaffenburg
Client: German Ministry of Finance / Post Office Category: Miscellaneous / Single
Postage Stamps
Agency: Gerhard Kirchschlaeger / Wels
Client: Personal Category: Miscellaneous / Single
Cassandra - Opening Title
Agency: Take It Easy Films + Cimbalino Filmes + Atelier d'Alves & Nuno Leites / Porto + Nuno Leites / Porto
Client: Take It Easy Films and Cimbalino Filmes Category: Motion/TV / Opening Titles - Single
Chisinau address plates
Agency: Anatolie Micaliuc / Chisinau + Ilya Birman / Chelyabinsk
Client: Personal Category: Exhibits/Signage / Campaign
Hello Screen Saver
Agency: Apple Design Team / Cupertino
Client: Apple Category: Digital Media / Other - Campaign
Chinese traditional culture Poster
Agency: Communication University of Zhejiang / hangzhou
Client: hangzhou muke cultural creativity Category: Advertisements / Single
Built to Host
Agency: THERE IS STUDIO / London + 360i / New York + New Orleans Tourism / New Orleans
Client: New Orleans Tourism Category: Advertisements / Single
Lettering Large: A Bilingual Lenticular Mural
Agency: American University of Sharjah / Sharjah + Hala Al Ani / Sharjah + Riem Ibrahim / Sharjah + Bishoy Girgis / Sharjah
Client: USA Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020 Category: Exhibits/Signage / Single
Gwangju Biennale
Agency: Pentagram / New York
Client: Gwangju Biennale Category: Exhibits/Signage / Single
Omotesando Curtains and Flags
Agency: Harley Johnston Design / Sydney
Client: Omotesando North Sydney Category: Exhibits/Signage / Single
tuttlingen district council offices signage system
Agency: büro uebele visuelle kommunikation / Stuttgart
Client: stadt tuttlingen Category: Exhibits/Signage / Single
The Lyrics, Paul McCartney
Agency: Liveright / New York, NY + MPL / London + W. W. Norton & Company / New York, NY
Client: Liveright / W. W. Norton & Company Category: Books / Campaign
Crisis of Now
Agency: Burrow / Berlin
Client: IDOLONSTUDIO (Chun-chi Wang) Category: Books / Campaign
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Baby Ink Twice / Näfels + Helmhaus / Zürich
Client:
Helmhaus Zürich
Title:
Kunststipendien der Stadt Zürich
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_018C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
PLEA / Palma
Client:
N/A
Title:
Read Between The Lines
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_026C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Togakushi Soba Festival Executive Committee / Togakushi, Nagano + nishigraph / Togakushi, Nagano
Client:
Togakushi Soba Festival Executive Committee
Title:
The 52nd Togakushi Soba Festival
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_027C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Siyu Mao / Berlin
Client:
unknown location
Title:
flibbertigibbet
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_032C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Code Switch / Northampton
Client:
What Unites Us
Title:
U&I
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_047C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Neeser & Müller / Basel
Client:
Schule für Gestaltung Basel
Title:
Tag der offenen Tür 2021
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_051C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Thonik / Amsterdam
Client:
Flamenco Biënnale
Title:
Flamenco Biënnale
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_094C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Kornhaus Atelier / Bern + Vereins Basis Kunst und Bau / Bern + JCM Werbedruck AG / Schlieren
Client:
Verein Basis Kunst und Bau Bern
Title:
BAKUB 2 / Making from East to West
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_095C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
KEN TSAI LEE DESIGN LAB / Taipei
Client:
Zuni Icosahedron
Title:
Daoke Road Fashion Road
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_106C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Studio Daniel Peter / Bern
Client:
Kofmehl
Title:
Booom
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_109C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
TODOT / MACAU + JUN CAI / Macau
Client:
Macau Experimental Theatre
Title:
GIVE IT A SHOT
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_111C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
ERMAN YILMAZ / ISTANBUL
Client:
Ordu Taşbaşı Art Space
Title:
Stones Do Remember
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_114C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Niklaus Troxler Design / Willisau
Client:
KKLB Beromünster
Title:
Tape it easy!
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_124C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Erich Brechbühl [Mixer] / Lucerne
Client:
Theater Aeternam
Title:
Door open Door closed
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_125C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
hesign / Berlin
Client:
TOKYO TDC
Title:
TDC 2021 : ginza graphic gallery
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_135C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
bytoby / Hangzhou
Client:
Hunan Changde Art Museum
Title:
"on going" art exhibition visual identity
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_142C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Tao Graphic Design Studio
Client:
Bynow x Creater
Title:
Bynow x Creater
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_146C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Baby Ink Twice / Näfels + Grafikmagazin / München
Client:
Grafikmagazin
Title:
NEU
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_150C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Ritual + Miguel Vasquez
Client:
Personal
Title:
The Displaced
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_161C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
bytoby / Hangzhou
Client:
N/A
Title:
calendar
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_183C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Youngha Park / Seoul
Client:
East Sea International Art Pre-Biennale 2021
Title:
동해 바다 EAST SEA
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_186C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Shinnoske Design / Osaka
Client:
Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts
Title:
Zero Poster Design Exhibition
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_191C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Fons Hickmann M23 / Berlin
Client:
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Title:
Drift
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_193C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
drawrope / Aichi
Client:
Personal
Title:
Output Human
Category:
Posters / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_194C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
indego design / macau
Client:
Naughty Roll
Title:
RE:RISO Naughty Roll Featured Works Exhibition
Category:
Motion/TV / Visual Design - Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_038C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Studio Bang-Gu
Client:
Personal
Title:
Play Play Laaaaah
Category:
Experimental / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_002C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Daan Rietbergen / Utrecht
Client:
Daan Rietbergen
Title:
Nespor type specimen book
Category:
Experimental / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_013C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
cindymode / Taipei
Client:
Taichung Blossom Pavilion, Taiwan
Title:
Drinking Alone with the Moon
Category:
Experimental / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_015C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Zhejiang Gongshang University / Hangzhou + China Academy of Art / Hangzhou
Client:
Hanzi Club
Title:
Hundred Family Names
Category:
Experimental / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_061C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Studio Saber / The Hague
Client:
N/A
Title:
36 Days of Type, 8th Edition
Category:
Experimental / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_065C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Khyati Trehan / New Delhi
Client:
Personal
Title:
36 Days of Type 2021
Category:
Experimental / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_068C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Valentina Casali / Jesi + Sunday Büro / Jesi
Client:
Personal project
Title:
Believe
Category:
Experimental / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_080C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
N/A / San Francisco and São Paulo
Client:
Personal
Title:
Multigramas
Category:
Experimental / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_083C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Daniel Frumhoff Design / New York
Client:
N/A
Title:
Architectural Type Studies: Light + Shadow
Category:
Experimental / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_096C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Sunday Afternoon / New York
Client:
Canal Magazine
Title:
Canal Magazine
Category:
Experimental / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_159C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Isometric Studio / Brooklyn, New York
Client:
Oatly
Title:
Hey Barista Publishing Platform
Category:
Digital Media / Websites - Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_197C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Brighten the Corners / Aschaffenburg
Client:
German Ministry of Finance / Post Office
Title:
100 Years Joseph Beuys
Category:
Miscellaneous / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_025C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Gerhard Kirchschlaeger / Wels
Client:
Personal
Title:
Postage Stamps
Category:
Miscellaneous / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_036C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Take It Easy Films + Cimbalino Filmes + Atelier d'Alves & Nuno Leites / Porto + Nuno Leites / Porto
Client:
Take It Easy Films and Cimbalino Filmes
Title:
Cassandra - Opening Title
Category:
Motion/TV / Opening Titles - Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_014C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Anatolie Micaliuc / Chisinau + Ilya Birman / Chelyabinsk
Client:
Personal
Title:
Chisinau address plates
Category:
Exhibits/Signage / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_115C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Apple Design Team / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Hello Screen Saver
Category:
Digital Media / Other - Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_075C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Communication University of Zhejiang / hangzhou
Client:
hangzhou muke cultural creativity
Title:
Chinese traditional culture Poster
Category:
Advertisements / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_045C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
THERE IS STUDIO / London + 360i / New York + New Orleans Tourism / New Orleans
Client:
New Orleans Tourism
Title:
Built to Host
Category:
Advertisements / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_120C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
American University of Sharjah / Sharjah + Hala Al Ani / Sharjah + Riem Ibrahim / Sharjah + Bishoy Girgis / Sharjah
Client:
USA Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020
Title:
Lettering Large: A Bilingual Lenticular Mural
Category:
Exhibits/Signage / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_017C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Pentagram / New York
Client:
Gwangju Biennale
Title:
Gwangju Biennale
Category:
Exhibits/Signage / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_079C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Harley Johnston Design / Sydney
Client:
Omotesando North Sydney
Title:
Omotesando Curtains and Flags
Category:
Exhibits/Signage / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_149C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
büro uebele visuelle kommunikation / Stuttgart
Client:
stadt tuttlingen
Title:
tuttlingen district council offices signage system
Category:
Exhibits/Signage / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_166C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Liveright / New York, NY + MPL / London + W. W. Norton & Company / New York, NY
Client:
Liveright / W. W. Norton & Company
Title:
The Lyrics, Paul McCartney
Category:
Books / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_098C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Novel / New Delhi
Client:
Offset Projects
Title:
Guftgu
Category:
Books / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_119C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Burrow / Berlin
Client:
IDOLONSTUDIO (Chun-chi Wang)
Title:
Crisis of Now
Category:
Books / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_174C
