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

Play Play Laaaaah Agency: Studio Bang-Gu Client: Personal Category: Experimental / Single
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, 8th Edition Agency: Studio Saber / The Hague 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
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
Prospero Agency: Principal Client: Prospero 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
Neubad — Jazz Agency: Fons Hickmann M23 / Berlin Client: Neubad 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
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
Fergus Agency: Principal Client: Fergus Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Strawberry Western Branding Agency: R&M / Brooklyn Client: Strawberry Western Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Bourgie Hall 10th Anniversary Agency: Paprika / Montreal Client: Arte Musica Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
ANÔNIMA — Art Gallery Agency: Renata Moroni Design / Porto Alegre Client: ANÔNIMA — A Galeria Herself Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Cartier Art Dialogues Agency: Anton Fedorov & Dmitry Jakovlev / MOSCOW + Dazzling creative studio / MOSCOW Client: Cartier Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Short Waves Festival 2021 Agency: Uniforma s.c. / Poznan + Uniforma Client: Short Waves Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
VESHCH! Exhibition Visual Identity Agency: Design Studio Baklazanas / Moscow + All-Russian Decorative Art Museum / Moscow Client: Russian Decorative Art Museum Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Neufquatre Editions Agency: Tian Bai + Neufquatre Editions Paris / Paris Client: Neufquatre Editions Paris Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Berkeley Rep Agency: Pentagram / New York Client: Berkeley Rep Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Dutch Design Week Agency: Thonik / Amsterdam + The Foundry Types / London Client: Dutch Design Week Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Offer of Admission Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Agency: TEN BUTTONS / Guangzhou Client: Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Spark the new "Choy"? Agency: M-N Associates / Ho Chi Minh City Client: PetChoy Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Piedmont Art Walk Agency: Mucho / San Francisco Client: Piedmont Art Walk Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Deep Fakes Agency: Lamm & Kirch / Leipzig / Berlin + Knoth & Renner / Halle an der Saale / Berlin Client: EPFl Pavilions Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Lubeznik Center for the Arts Agency: Firebelly Design / Chicago, IL Client: Lubeznik Center for the Arts Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Blü Hotel Agency: Bruch—Idee&Form / Graz Client: Blü Hotel Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Identity for Historisk museum Agency: Bleed Design Studio / Oslo Client: Historisk museum Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
tyrol university college of teacher education Agency: büro uebele visuelle kommunikation / Stuttgart Client: tyrol university college of teacher education Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Eulji-Gil Agency: Sejong University / Seoul + Eulji University / Seongnamsi Client: Eulji Medical Center Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Art + Environment Conference Identity Agency: Brad Bartlett Design / Los Angeles, CA Client: Nevada Museum of Art Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
China Shadow Play Museum(中国皮影博物馆) Agency: Liangxiang(良相设计) / Chengdu(成都) Client: Chengdu Museum(成都博物馆) Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
2021 GUARDIAN ART BOOK FAIR Agency: MINT BRAND DESIGN / BEIJING Client: GUARDIAN Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
National Women’s History Museum Agency: Pentagram / New York Client: National Women’s History Museum Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Carnegie Hall Brand Identity Agency: Champions Design / New York + Carnegie Hall Marketing and Creative Services + Frere-Jones Type + XYZ Type Client: Carnegie Hall Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
PARADISE Agency: BRUTUS / New York Client: PARADISE Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Rohrbach Gruppe Brand Agency: Ina Bauer Kommunikationsdesign / Stuttgart Client: Rohrbach Gruppe Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Studio Bang-Gu

Personal

Play Play Laaaaah

Experimental / Single

TDC68_002C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Daan Rietbergen / Utrecht

Daan Rietbergen

Nespor type specimen book

Experimental / Single

TDC68_013C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

cindymode / Taipei

Taichung Blossom Pavilion, Taiwan

Drinking Alone with the Moon

Experimental / Single

TDC68_015C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Zhejiang Gongshang University / Hangzhou + China Academy of Art / Hangzhou

Hanzi Club

Hundred Family Names

Experimental / Single

TDC68_061C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Studio Saber / The Hague

N/A

36 Days of Type, 8th Edition

Experimental / Single

TDC68_065C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Khyati Trehan / New Delhi

Personal

36 Days of Type 2021

Experimental / Single

TDC68_068C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Valentina Casali / Jesi + Sunday Büro / Jesi

Personal project

Believe

Experimental / Single

TDC68_080C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

N/A / San Francisco and São Paulo

Personal

Multigramas

Experimental / Single

TDC68_083C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Daniel Frumhoff Design / New York

N/A

Architectural Type Studies: Light + Shadow

Experimental / Single

TDC68_096C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Sunday Afternoon / New York

Canal Magazine

Canal Magazine

Experimental / Single

TDC68_159C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Centre Design / ZHONGSHAN

Caobu Public Library

The Five Great Mountains of China Revamp

Posters / Campaign

TDC68_020C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Theater Erlangen / Erlangen + Neue Gestaltung GmbH / Berlin

Theater Erlangen

Theater Posters

Posters / Campaign

TDC68_028C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Principal

Prospero

Prospero

Posters / Campaign

TDC68_042C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

SHA inc. / Tokyo

FabCafe

YouFab Global Creative Awards 2021

Posters / Campaign

TDC68_059C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

RT Creative Lab / Moscow + Bankov Posters / Prague

RT Creative Lab / Vkhutemas.academy / Peter Bankov

100 years of Russian Constructivism

Posters / Campaign

TDC68_070C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Fons Hickmann M23 / Berlin

Neubad

Neubad — Jazz

Posters / Campaign

TDC68_086C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

RT Creative Lab / Moscow + Bankov Posters / Prague

RT Creative Lab / Vkhutemas.academy / Peter Bankov

VKHUTEMAS.ACADEMY: Poster-series

Posters / Campaign

TDC68_100C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Yan-Ting Chen / Taipei City

Yan-Ting Chen

Skewes' Number

Posters / Campaign

TDC68_102C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

collect / Stuttgart

University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switze

Concert Posters

Posters / Campaign

TDC68_127C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Osborne Shiwan / Auckland

Atamira Dance Company

Te Wheke

Posters / Campaign

TDC68_163C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

HDU²³ Lab / Wuxi

The Scientist Coffee

Poster for The Scientist’s Coffee Bean Products

Posters / Campaign

TDC68_187C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Pentagram / New York

International Center of Photography

International Center of Photography

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_001C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Hubertus / Zürich

MAH – Musee d'Art et d'Histoire

MAH – Musee d'Art et d'Histoire

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_008C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

shanghai version design group / shanghai

fun pot

fun pot

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_009C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Principal

Fergus

Fergus

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_010C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

R&M / Brooklyn

Strawberry Western

Strawberry Western Branding

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_022C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Paprika / Montreal

Arte Musica

Bourgie Hall 10th Anniversary

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_023C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Renata Moroni Design / Porto Alegre

ANÔNIMA — A Galeria Herself

ANÔNIMA — Art Gallery

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_024C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Anton Fedorov & Dmitry Jakovlev / MOSCOW + Dazzling creative studio / MOSCOW

Cartier

Cartier Art Dialogues

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_031C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Uniforma s.c. / Poznan + Uniforma

Short Waves

Short Waves Festival 2021

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_037C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Design Studio Baklazanas / Moscow + All-Russian Decorative Art Museum / Moscow

Russian Decorative Art Museum

VESHCH! Exhibition Visual Identity

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_039C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Tian Bai + Neufquatre Editions Paris / Paris

Neufquatre Editions Paris

Neufquatre Editions

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_050C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Pentagram / New York

Berkeley Rep

Berkeley Rep

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_055C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Thonik / Amsterdam + The Foundry Types / London

Dutch Design Week

Dutch Design Week

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_064C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

TEN BUTTONS / Guangzhou

Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

Offer of Admission Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_073C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

M-N Associates / Ho Chi Minh City

PetChoy

Spark the new "Choy"?

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_084C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Mucho / San Francisco

Piedmont Art Walk

Piedmont Art Walk

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_087C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Lamm & Kirch / Leipzig / Berlin + Knoth & Renner / Halle an der Saale / Berlin

EPFl Pavilions

Deep Fakes

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_088C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Firebelly Design / Chicago, IL

Lubeznik Center for the Arts

Lubeznik Center for the Arts

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_089C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Bruch—Idee&Form / Graz

Blü Hotel

Blü Hotel

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_104C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Bleed Design Studio / Oslo

Historisk museum

Identity for Historisk museum

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_107C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

büro uebele visuelle kommunikation / Stuttgart

tyrol university college of teacher education

tyrol university college of teacher education

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_112C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Sejong University / Seoul + Eulji University / Seongnamsi

Eulji Medical Center

Eulji-Gil

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_122C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Brad Bartlett Design / Los Angeles, CA

Nevada Museum of Art

Art + Environment Conference Identity

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_132C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Liangxiang(良相设计) / Chengdu(成都)

Chengdu Museum(成都博物馆)

China Shadow Play Museum(中国皮影博物馆)

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_141C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

MINT BRAND DESIGN / BEIJING

GUARDIAN

2021 GUARDIAN ART BOOK FAIR

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_143C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Pentagram / New York

National Women’s History Museum

National Women’s History Museum

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_155C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Champions Design / New York + Carnegie Hall Marketing and Creative Services + Frere-Jones Type + XYZ Type

Carnegie Hall

Carnegie Hall Brand Identity

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_157C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

BRUTUS / New York

PARADISE

PARADISE

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_160C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Ina Bauer Kommunikationsdesign / Stuttgart

Rohrbach Gruppe

Rohrbach Gruppe Brand

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC68_164C

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