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
International Center of Photography
Agency: Pentagram / New York
Client: International Center of Photography Category: Best of Show
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
Hey Barista Publishing Platform
Agency: Isometric Studio / Brooklyn, New York
Client: Oatly Category: Digital Media / Websites - Campaign
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
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
Chisinau address plates
Agency: Anatolie Micaliuc / Chisinau + Ilya Birman / Chelyabinsk
Client: Personal Category: Exhibits/Signage / Campaign
Western Calligraphy Annual Exhibition: POP & ART
Agency: indego design / macau
Client: The Lettering Artists Association of Macau Category: Motion/TV / Visual Design - 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
Award:
2022 Best of Show TDC Best of Show
Agency:
Pentagram / New York
Client:
International Center of Photography
Title:
International Center of Photography
Category:
Best of Show
Annual ID:
TDC68_001C
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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
indego design / macau
Client:
The Lettering Artists Association of Macau
Title:
Western Calligraphy Annual Exhibition: POP & ART
Category:
Motion/TV / Visual Design - Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_041C
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
