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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Award
Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID
Podcast Identity
Agency: A.A. Trabucco-Campos / Brooklyn, New York
Client: SEARCH For Arts Leadership Category: Miscellaneous / Campaign
Letterform Variations
Agency: Nigel Cottier / London + Slanted Publishers / Karlsruhe
Category: Books / Single
HERE – A world poem by Tishani Doshi
Agency: Atelier Carvalho Bernau / Porto
Client: Typotheque Category: Books / Single
Letterform Variations
Agency: Slanted Publishers / Karlsruhe
Client: Personal Category: Books / Single
Support Independent Type
Agency: Slanted Publishers / Karlsruhe
Client: Personal Category: Books / Single
The Best German Book Design 2021
Agency: Daniel Wiesmann Büro für Gestaltung / Berlin + Stiftung Buchkunst / Frankfurt am Main
Client: Stiftung Buchkunst Category: Books / Single
Something Like A Phenomenon
Agency: Hagen Verleger • Typography, Book Design, Research / Berlin + Damien & The Love Guru / Brussels
Client: Damien & The Love Guru Category: Books / Single
Summer Reading
Agency: Ben Denzer + Center for Book Arts / New York
Client: Center for Book Arts Category: Books / Single
Hanbooks 17
Agency: Nanjing Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client: Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing Category: Books / Single
Shape Grammars
Agency: Jannis Maroscheck / Berlin + Slanted Publishers / Karlsruhe
Category: Books / Single
History of Chinese Character Design
Agency: Research Center of Ancient Chinese Characters Art, Tsinghua Univeristy / Beijing + Six Sense Studio / Beijing + Chen Nan / Beijing
Client: Personal Category: Books / Single
Data Centers
Agency: Hubertus / Zürich
Client: Hannes Rickli, Monika Dommann, Max Stadler Category: Books / Single
Season Booklet 2021/22
Agency: Theater Erlangen / Erlangen + Neue Gestaltung GmbH / Berlin
Client: Theater Erlangen Category: Books / Single
Euclid – Typeface Mystery Nr.1
Agency: Hubertus / Zürich + Swiss Typefaces / Vevey
Client: Swiss Typefaces Category: Books / Single
Machine-Learning-Generated-Audio-Reactive-Type
Agency: Dev Valladares / Baltimore
Category: Motion/TV / Unscreened/Experimental - Single
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 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
Poster for The Scientist’s Coffee Bean Products
Agency: HDU²³ Lab / Wuxi
Client: The Scientist Coffee Category: Posters / Campaign
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
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
S&Co / BOGOTA
Client:
Masa
Title:
Batidos Masa
Category:
Packaging / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_162C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
A.A. Trabucco-Campos / Brooklyn, New York
Client:
SEARCH For Arts Leadership
Title:
Podcast Identity
Category:
Miscellaneous / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_136C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Studio Bang-Gu
Client:
Personal
Title:
Play Play Laaaaah
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_006C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Nigel Cottier / London + Slanted Publishers / Karlsruhe
Client:
N/A
Title:
Letterform Variations
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_030C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Atelier Carvalho Bernau / Porto
Client:
Typotheque
Title:
HERE – A world poem by Tishani Doshi
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_033C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
hesign / Berlin
Client:
Jumping He
Title:
daydream
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_044C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
STONES DESIGN Lab. / Beijing
Client:
N/A
Title:
FORM OF LOVE
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_046C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Slanted Publishers / Karlsruhe
Client:
Personal
Title:
Letterform Variations
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_052C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Slanted Publishers / Karlsruhe
Client:
Personal
Title:
Support Independent Type
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_053C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
collect / Stuttgart
Client:
Ansbach Theater
Title:
It’s us again
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_054C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Daniel Wiesmann Büro für Gestaltung / Berlin + Stiftung Buchkunst / Frankfurt am Main
Client:
Stiftung Buchkunst
Title:
The Best German Book Design 2021
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_056C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Hagen Verleger • Typography, Book Design, Research / Berlin + Damien & The Love Guru / Brussels
Client:
Damien & The Love Guru
Title:
Something Like A Phenomenon
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_069C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Ben Denzer + Center for Book Arts / New York
Client:
Center for Book Arts
Title:
Summer Reading
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_072C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Nanjing Han Qing Tang Design / Nanjing
Client:
Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing
Title:
Hanbooks 17
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_076C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Jannis Maroscheck / Berlin + Slanted Publishers / Karlsruhe
Client:
N/A
Title:
Shape Grammars
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_081C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Research Center of Ancient Chinese Characters Art, Tsinghua Univeristy / Beijing + Six Sense Studio / Beijing + Chen Nan / Beijing
Client:
Personal
Title:
History of Chinese Character Design
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_147C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
BANK™ / Berlin
Client:
Galerie Michael Haas
Title:
Frank Gerritz: Kompass
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_158C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Hubertus / Zürich
Client:
Hannes Rickli, Monika Dommann, Max Stadler
Title:
Data Centers
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_196C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Theater Erlangen / Erlangen + Neue Gestaltung GmbH / Berlin
Client:
Theater Erlangen
Title:
Season Booklet 2021/22
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_198C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Hubertus / Zürich + Swiss Typefaces / Vevey
Client:
Swiss Typefaces
Title:
Euclid – Typeface Mystery Nr.1
Category:
Books / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_200C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Dev Valladares / Baltimore
Client:
N/A
Title:
Machine-Learning-Generated-Audio-Reactive-Type
Category:
Motion/TV / Unscreened/Experimental - Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_137C
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:
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
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
HDU²³ Lab / Wuxi
Client:
The Scientist Coffee
Title:
Poster for The Scientist’s Coffee Bean Products
Category:
Posters / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_187C
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
