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
Chinese New Year
Agency: China Academy of Art / Hang Zhou
Client: Crafts Museum of Caa Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Lípa Art Collection Brand Identity
Agency: Kumi Studio + Offhand Type
Client: Lípa Art Collection Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Hello Screen Saver
Agency: Apple Design Team / Cupertino
Client: Apple Category: Digital Media / Other - 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
One Michigan Rebrand
Agency: Beatriz Lozano / New York
Client: One Michigan Category: Design for Social Good
Let Parents Stay (Han Embroidery Typeface)
Agency: Yu Chen
Client: Hubei Han Embroidery Association Category: Design for Social Good
ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE
Agency: Blackbird Revolt / Minneapolis
Client: Personal Category: Design for Social Good
New ways of search reading magazines by students
Agency: Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) / Brussels + READSEARCH (MAD-Research & Hasselt University) / Hasselt
Client: Research Foundation - Flanders / READSEARCH Category: Design for Social Good
Social Distancing: Animated Type
Agency: Daniel Frumhoff Design / New York + Lineto Type Foundry
Category: Design for Social Good
Planting bamboo in the south in the name of poster
Agency: BY-ENJOY DESIGN / FUJIAN + Half of the mountain Art Space / FUJIAN + Southern Living Arts Festival / FUJIAN
Client: Southern Living Arts Festival Category: Design for Social Good
The Issue Within The Issue
Agency: Havas / New York + Ali Forney Center / New York
Client: the Ali Forney Center Category: Design for Social Good
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
BIFT GRADUATION WORKS BA, CLASS OF 2021
Agency: MINT BRAND DESIGN / BEIJING
Client: BIFT Category: Books / Campaign
"The Music Issue" March 14, Full Issue
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Single
Trick or Treat?
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Editorial / Single
Learning/Unlearning from Bauhaus
Agency: Andrea Tinnes and Pierre Pané-Farré / Halle (Saale) + 130 students of the design department at Burg Giebichenstein, Fall 2018/19 / Halle (Saale) + Burg Printing Workshop / Halle (Saale) + Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design / Halle (Saale)
Client: Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle Category: Editorial / Single
Pittogramma 01 – Caratteri Inediti
Agency: Fabio Mario Rizzotti / Milano + Santiago Villa / Milano
Client: Pittogramma Category: Editorial / Single
The Money Issue
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Editorial / Single
Fashion Issue Typography
Agency: A.A. Trabucco-Campos / Brooklyn, New York + Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine / Munich
Client: Süddeutsche Zeitung Category: Editorial / Single
"The Excavations of Pedro Almodovar" Dec 19 Opener
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Single
Sociotype Journal
Agency: Sociotype / London + Socio / London
Client: Sociotype Category: Editorial / Single
FEW magazine
Agency: Tino Nyman & Marina Veziko / Helsinki + Jaakko Suomalainen / Helsinki + ABC Dinamo / Basel + Matter of Sorts / Collingwood
Client: FEW magazine Category: Editorial / Single
Movement Research Performance Journal #55
Agency: Yotam Hadar / Brooklyn, NY + Sean Yendrys / Berlin
Client: Movement Research Category: Editorial / Single
Festival Rümlingen Programmbuch
Agency: Neeser & Müller / Basel
Client: Neue Musik Rümlingen Category: Editorial / Single
The Issue Within The Issue
Agency: Havas / New York + Ali Forney Center / New York
Client: the Ali Forney Center Category: Editorial / Single
The Five Great Mountains of China Revamp
Agency: Centre Design / ZHONGSHAN
Client: Caobu Public Library Category: Posters / Campaign
Theater Posters
Agency: Theater Erlangen / Erlangen + Neue Gestaltung GmbH / Berlin
Client: Theater Erlangen Category: Posters / Campaign
YouFab Global Creative Awards 2021
Agency: SHA inc. / Tokyo
Client: FabCafe Category: Posters / Campaign
100 years of Russian Constructivism
Agency: RT Creative Lab / Moscow + Bankov Posters / Prague
Client: RT Creative Lab / Vkhutemas.academy / Peter Bankov Category: Posters / Campaign
VKHUTEMAS.ACADEMY: Poster-series
Agency: RT Creative Lab / Moscow + Bankov Posters / Prague
Client: RT Creative Lab / Vkhutemas.academy / Peter Bankov Category: Posters / Campaign
Skewes' Number
Agency: Yan-Ting Chen / Taipei City
Client: Yan-Ting Chen Category: Posters / Campaign
Concert Posters
Agency: collect / Stuttgart
Client: University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switze Category: Posters / Campaign
Te Wheke
Agency: Osborne Shiwan / Auckland
Client: Atamira Dance Company Category: Posters / Campaign
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
China Academy of Art / Hang Zhou
Client:
Crafts Museum of Caa
Title:
Chinese New Year
Category:
Identity/Branding / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_184C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Seven / Auckland
Client:
35a
Title:
Identity
Category:
Identity/Branding / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_190C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Kumi Studio + Offhand Type
Client:
Lípa Art Collection
Title:
Lípa Art Collection Brand Identity
Category:
Identity/Branding / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_192C
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:
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:
Beatriz Lozano / New York
Client:
One Michigan
Title:
One Michigan Rebrand
Category:
Design for Social Good
Annual ID:
TDC68_060C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Yu Chen
Client:
Hubei Han Embroidery Association
Title:
Let Parents Stay (Han Embroidery Typeface)
Category:
Design for Social Good
Annual ID:
TDC68_093C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Blackbird Revolt / Minneapolis
Client:
Personal
Title:
ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE
Category:
Design for Social Good
Annual ID:
TDC68_140C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) / Brussels + READSEARCH (MAD-Research & Hasselt University) / Hasselt
Client:
Research Foundation - Flanders / READSEARCH
Title:
New ways of search reading magazines by students
Category:
Design for Social Good
Annual ID:
TDC68_152C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Daniel Frumhoff Design / New York + Lineto Type Foundry
Client:
N/A
Title:
Social Distancing: Animated Type
Category:
Design for Social Good
Annual ID:
TDC68_169C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
BY-ENJOY DESIGN / FUJIAN + Half of the mountain Art Space / FUJIAN + Southern Living Arts Festival / FUJIAN
Client:
Southern Living Arts Festival
Title:
Planting bamboo in the south in the name of poster
Category:
Design for Social Good
Annual ID:
TDC68_170C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Havas / New York + Ali Forney Center / New York
Client:
the Ali Forney Center
Title:
The Issue Within The Issue
Category:
Design for Social Good
Annual ID:
TDC68_188C
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
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
MINT BRAND DESIGN / BEIJING
Client:
BIFT
Title:
BIFT GRADUATION WORKS BA, CLASS OF 2021
Category:
Books / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_189C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Studio Bang-Gu
Client:
Personal
Title:
Play Play Laaaaah
Category:
Editorial / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_003C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
"The Music Issue" March 14, Full Issue
Category:
Editorial / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_004C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times for Kids
Title:
Trick or Treat?
Category:
Editorial / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_007C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Andrea Tinnes and Pierre Pané-Farré / Halle (Saale) + 130 students of the design department at Burg Giebichenstein, Fall 2018/19 / Halle (Saale) + Burg Printing Workshop / Halle (Saale) + Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design / Halle (Saale)
Client:
Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle
Title:
Learning/Unlearning from Bauhaus
Category:
Editorial / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_011C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Fabio Mario Rizzotti / Milano + Santiago Villa / Milano
Client:
Pittogramma
Title:
Pittogramma 01 – Caratteri Inediti
Category:
Editorial / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_067C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times for Kids
Title:
The Money Issue
Category:
Editorial / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_077C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
A.A. Trabucco-Campos / Brooklyn, New York + Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine / Munich
Client:
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Title:
Fashion Issue Typography
Category:
Editorial / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_082C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York
Client:
The New York Times Magazine
Title:
"The Excavations of Pedro Almodovar" Dec 19 Opener
Category:
Editorial / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_101C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Sociotype / London + Socio / London
Client:
Sociotype
Title:
Sociotype Journal
Category:
Editorial / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_117C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Tino Nyman & Marina Veziko / Helsinki + Jaakko Suomalainen / Helsinki + ABC Dinamo / Basel + Matter of Sorts / Collingwood
Client:
FEW magazine
Title:
FEW magazine
Category:
Editorial / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_139C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Yotam Hadar / Brooklyn, NY + Sean Yendrys / Berlin
Client:
Movement Research
Title:
Movement Research Performance Journal #55
Category:
Editorial / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_153C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Neeser & Müller / Basel
Client:
Neue Musik Rümlingen
Title:
Festival Rümlingen Programmbuch
Category:
Editorial / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_171C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Faith / Mississauga
Client:
Vanity Teen Magazine
Title:
Various
Category:
Editorial / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_172C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Havas / New York + Ali Forney Center / New York
Client:
the Ali Forney Center
Title:
The Issue Within The Issue
Category:
Editorial / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_176C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Maria João Vilaverde
Client:
N/A
Title:
Choreographie
Category:
Editorial / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_201C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Centre Design / ZHONGSHAN
Client:
Caobu Public Library
Title:
The Five Great Mountains of China Revamp
Category:
Posters / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_020C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Theater Erlangen / Erlangen + Neue Gestaltung GmbH / Berlin
Client:
Theater Erlangen
Title:
Theater Posters
Category:
Posters / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_028C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Principal
Client:
Prospero
Title:
Prospero
Category:
Posters / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_042C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
SHA inc. / Tokyo
Client:
FabCafe
Title:
YouFab Global Creative Awards 2021
Category:
Posters / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_059C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
RT Creative Lab / Moscow + Bankov Posters / Prague
Client:
RT Creative Lab / Vkhutemas.academy / Peter Bankov
Title:
100 years of Russian Constructivism
Category:
Posters / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_070C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Fons Hickmann M23 / Berlin
Client:
Neubad
Title:
Neubad — Jazz
Category:
Posters / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_086C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
RT Creative Lab / Moscow + Bankov Posters / Prague
Client:
RT Creative Lab / Vkhutemas.academy / Peter Bankov
Title:
VKHUTEMAS.ACADEMY: Poster-series
Category:
Posters / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_100C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Yan-Ting Chen / Taipei City
Client:
Yan-Ting Chen
Title:
Skewes' Number
Category:
Posters / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_102C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
collect / Stuttgart
Client:
University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switze
Title:
Concert Posters
Category:
Posters / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_127C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Osborne Shiwan / Auckland
Client:
Atamira Dance Company
Title:
Te Wheke
Category:
Posters / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_163C