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

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
Read Between The Lines Agency: PLEA / Palma 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
flibbertigibbet Agency: Siyu Mao / Berlin Client: unknown location Category: Posters / Single
U&I Agency: Code Switch / Northampton Client: What Unites Us Category: Posters / Single
Tag der offenen Tür 2021 Agency: Neeser & Müller / Basel Client: Schule für Gestaltung Basel Category: Posters / Single
Flamenco Biënnale Agency: Thonik / Amsterdam Client: Flamenco Biënnale 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
Booom Agency: Studio Daniel Peter / Bern Client: Kofmehl 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
The Displaced Agency: Ritual + Miguel Vasquez Client: Personal Category: Posters / Single
calendar Agency: bytoby / Hangzhou 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
Output Human Agency: drawrope / Aichi Client: Personal Category: Posters / Single
RE:RISO Naughty Roll Featured Works Exhibition Agency: indego design / macau Client: Naughty Roll Category: Motion/TV / Visual Design - Campaign
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
Hey Barista Publishing Platform Agency: Isometric Studio / Brooklyn, New York Client: Oatly Category: Digital Media / Websites - Campaign
100 Years Joseph Beuys Agency: Brighten the Corners / Aschaffenburg Client: German Ministry of Finance / Post Office Category: Miscellaneous / Single
Postage Stamps Agency: Gerhard Kirchschlaeger / Wels Client: Personal Category: Miscellaneous / Single
Cassandra - Opening Title Agency: Take It Easy Films + Cimbalino Filmes + Atelier d'Alves & Nuno Leites / Porto + Nuno Leites / Porto Client: Take It Easy Films and Cimbalino Filmes Category: Motion/TV / Opening Titles - Single
Klaket Agency: Omega Type Foundry / London Client: Omega Type Foundry Category: Type Family
Charisma Typeface Agency: Hirbod Lotfian / Amiens Client: Charisma Capital Market Services Category: Type Family
Kristal Agency: Eyal Holtzman / The Hague + Bold Monday / The Hague Client: Bold Monday Category: Type Family
Goldich Agency: Jasper de Waard / Amsterdam + Bold Monday / Eindhoven Client: Bold Monday Category: Type Family
Chisinau address plates Agency: Anatolie Micaliuc / Chisinau + Ilya Birman / Chelyabinsk Client: Personal Category: Exhibits/Signage / Campaign
SF Arabic Agency: Apple Design Team / Cupertino Client: Apple Category: Super Family / Type System / Variable Font
YouTube Sans Arabic Agency: YouTube Art Department / San Bruno + Lara Captan / Amsterdam Client: YouTube Category: Super Family / Type System / Variable Font
Amaala Arabic Agency: Bahman Eslami / The Hague + Interval Type / Paris Client: Landor Paris Category: Super Family / Type System / Variable Font
Norbert Agency: Philipp Neumeyer / Berlin + TypeMates Client: TypeMates Category: Super Family / Type System / Variable Font
Oceanic Agency: Interval Type / Paris Client: Interval Type Category: Super Family / Type System / Variable Font

2022 Best of Show TDC Best of Show

Pentagram / New York

International Center of Photography

International Center of Photography

Best of Show

TDC68_001C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Baby Ink Twice / Näfels + Helmhaus / Zürich

Helmhaus Zürich

Kunststipendien der Stadt Zürich

Posters / Single

TDC68_018C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

PLEA / Palma

N/A

Read Between The Lines

Posters / Single

TDC68_026C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Togakushi Soba Festival Executive Committee / Togakushi, Nagano + nishigraph / Togakushi, Nagano

Togakushi Soba Festival Executive Committee

The 52nd Togakushi Soba Festival

Posters / Single

TDC68_027C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Siyu Mao / Berlin

unknown location

flibbertigibbet

Posters / Single

TDC68_032C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Code Switch / Northampton

What Unites Us

U&I

Posters / Single

TDC68_047C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Neeser & Müller / Basel

Schule für Gestaltung Basel

Tag der offenen Tür 2021

Posters / Single

TDC68_051C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Thonik / Amsterdam

Flamenco Biënnale

Flamenco Biënnale

Posters / Single

TDC68_094C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Kornhaus Atelier / Bern + Vereins Basis Kunst und Bau / Bern + JCM Werbedruck AG / Schlieren

Verein Basis Kunst und Bau Bern

BAKUB 2 / Making from East to West

Posters / Single

TDC68_095C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

KEN TSAI LEE DESIGN LAB / Taipei

Zuni Icosahedron

Daoke Road Fashion Road

Posters / Single

TDC68_106C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Studio Daniel Peter / Bern

Kofmehl

Booom

Posters / Single

TDC68_109C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

TODOT / MACAU + JUN CAI / Macau

Macau Experimental Theatre

GIVE IT A SHOT

Posters / Single

TDC68_111C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

ERMAN YILMAZ / ISTANBUL

Ordu Taşbaşı Art Space

Stones Do Remember

Posters / Single

TDC68_114C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Niklaus Troxler Design / Willisau

KKLB Beromünster

Tape it easy!

Posters / Single

TDC68_124C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Erich Brechbühl [Mixer] / Lucerne

Theater Aeternam

Door open Door closed

Posters / Single

TDC68_125C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

hesign / Berlin

TOKYO TDC

TDC 2021 : ginza graphic gallery

Posters / Single

TDC68_135C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

bytoby / Hangzhou

Hunan Changde Art Museum

"on going" art exhibition visual identity

Posters / Single

TDC68_142C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Tao Graphic Design Studio

Bynow x Creater

Bynow x Creater

Posters / Single

TDC68_146C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Baby Ink Twice / Näfels + Grafikmagazin / München

Grafikmagazin

NEU

Posters / Single

TDC68_150C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Ritual + Miguel Vasquez

Personal

The Displaced

Posters / Single

TDC68_161C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

bytoby / Hangzhou

N/A

calendar

Posters / Single

TDC68_183C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Youngha Park / Seoul

East Sea International Art Pre-Biennale 2021

동해 바다 EAST SEA

Posters / Single

TDC68_186C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Shinnoske Design / Osaka

Osaka City Museum of Fine Arts

Zero Poster Design Exhibition

Posters / Single

TDC68_191C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Fons Hickmann M23 / Berlin

Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg

Drift

Posters / Single

TDC68_193C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

drawrope / Aichi

Personal

Output Human

Posters / Single

TDC68_194C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

indego design / macau

Naughty Roll

RE:RISO Naughty Roll Featured Works Exhibition

Motion/TV / Visual Design - Campaign

TDC68_038C

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

Isometric Studio / Brooklyn, New York

Oatly

Hey Barista Publishing Platform

Digital Media / Websites - Campaign

TDC68_197C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Brighten the Corners / Aschaffenburg

German Ministry of Finance / Post Office

100 Years Joseph Beuys

Miscellaneous / Single

TDC68_025C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Gerhard Kirchschlaeger / Wels

Personal

Postage Stamps

Miscellaneous / Single

TDC68_036C

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Take It Easy Films + Cimbalino Filmes + Atelier d'Alves & Nuno Leites / Porto + Nuno Leites / Porto

Take It Easy Films and Cimbalino Filmes

Cassandra - Opening Title

Motion/TV / Opening Titles - Single

TDC68_014C

2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Omega Type Foundry / London

Omega Type Foundry

Klaket

Type Family

TD25_004T

2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Hirbod Lotfian / Amiens

Charisma Capital Market Services

Charisma Typeface

Type Family

TD25_009T

2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Eyal Holtzman / The Hague + Bold Monday / The Hague

Bold Monday

Kristal

Type Family

TD25_019T

2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Jasper de Waard / Amsterdam + Bold Monday / Eindhoven

Bold Monday

Goldich

Type Family

TD25_020T

2022 Communication Design TDC Winner

Anatolie Micaliuc / Chisinau + Ilya Birman / Chelyabinsk

Personal

Chisinau address plates

Exhibits/Signage / Campaign

TDC68_115C

2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Apple Design Team / Cupertino

Apple

SF Arabic

Super Family / Type System / Variable Font

TD25_006T

2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner

YouTube Art Department / San Bruno + Lara Captan / Amsterdam

YouTube

YouTube Sans Arabic

Super Family / Type System / Variable Font

TD25_007T

2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Bahman Eslami / The Hague + Interval Type / Paris

Landor Paris

Amaala Arabic

Super Family / Type System / Variable Font

TD25_008T

2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Philipp Neumeyer / Berlin + TypeMates

TypeMates

Norbert

Super Family / Type System / Variable Font

TD25_011T

2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Interval Type / Paris

Interval Type

Oceanic

Super Family / Type System / Variable Font

TD25_012T

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