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
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
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
YouFab Global Creative Awards 2021
Agency: SHA inc. / Tokyo
Client: FabCafe Category: Advertisements / Campaign
CARTIER ART DIALOGUES. International Conference
Agency: Anton Fedorov & Dmitry Jakovlev / MOSCOW + Dazzling creative studio / MOSCOW
Client: Cartier Category: Advertisements / Campaign
The Issue Within The Issue
Agency: Havas / New York + Ali Forney Center / New York
Client: the Ali Forney Center Category: Advertisements / 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
Hey Barista Publishing Platform
Agency: Isometric Studio / Brooklyn, New York
Client: Oatly Category: Digital Media / Websites - 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
International Center of Photography
Agency: Pentagram / New York
Client: International Center of Photography Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
MAH – Musee d'Art et d'Histoire
Agency: Hubertus / Zürich
Client: MAH – Musee d'Art et d'Histoire Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
fun pot
Agency: shanghai version design group / shanghai
Client: fun pot Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
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:
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:
SHA inc. / Tokyo
Client:
FabCafe
Title:
YouFab Global Creative Awards 2021
Category:
Advertisements / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_049C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Anton Fedorov & Dmitry Jakovlev / MOSCOW + Dazzling creative studio / MOSCOW
Client:
Cartier
Title:
CARTIER ART DIALOGUES. International Conference
Category:
Advertisements / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_103C
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:
Advertisements / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_167C
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:
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:
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:
Pentagram / New York
Client:
International Center of Photography
Title:
International Center of Photography
Category:
Identity/Branding / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_001C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Hubertus / Zürich
Client:
MAH – Musee d'Art et d'Histoire
Title:
MAH – Musee d'Art et d'Histoire
Category:
Identity/Branding / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_008C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
shanghai version design group / shanghai
Client:
fun pot
Title:
fun pot
Category:
Identity/Branding / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_009C