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
Canal Magazine
Agency: Sunday Afternoon / New York
Client: Canal Magazine Category: Self-Promotion / Single
Postcards, letterpress
Agency: Olga Pankova / Moscow + Demonpress / Moscow
Client: Personal Category: Self-Promotion / 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
Sueurs froides Collection – Éditions Denoël
Agency: Paprika / Montreal
Client: Éditions Denoël Category: Book Jackets / Campaign
Chengdu Art Museum
Agency: Happy Brand / chengdu
Client: chengdu art museum Category: Logotypes / Campaign
Logo
Agency: Interbrand / New York
Client: Connectivity Standards Alliance Category: Logotypes / Campaign
Paige Smythe Studio Branding
Agency: Kristmar Muldrow / Charleston, SC
Client: Paige Smythe Studio Category: Logotypes / 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: Logotypes / Campaign
TCM Logo
Agency: Sibling Rivalry / New York + Turner Classic Movies / Atlanta + Made Music Studio / New York
Client: Turner Classic Movies Category: Logotypes / Campaign
f(u)=formule CAFÉ
Agency: BY-ENJOY DESIGN / FUJIAN + f(u)=formule CAFÉ / FUJIAN
Client: f(u)=formule CAFÉ Category: Logotypes / Campaign
Hello Screen Saver
Agency: Apple Design Team / Cupertino
Client: Apple Category: Digital Media / Other - Campaign
Podcast Identity
Agency: A.A. Trabucco-Campos / Brooklyn, New York
Client: SEARCH For Arts Leadership Category: Miscellaneous / Campaign
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
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
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 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
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:
Sunday Afternoon / New York
Client:
Canal Magazine
Title:
Canal Magazine
Category:
Self-Promotion / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_118C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Olga Pankova / Moscow + Demonpress / Moscow
Client:
Personal
Title:
Postcards, letterpress
Category:
Self-Promotion / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_144C
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:
Paprika / Montreal
Client:
Éditions Denoël
Title:
Sueurs froides Collection – Éditions Denoël
Category:
Book Jackets / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_090C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Happy Brand / chengdu
Client:
chengdu art museum
Title:
Chengdu Art Museum
Category:
Logotypes / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_062C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Interbrand / New York
Client:
Connectivity Standards Alliance
Title:
Logo
Category:
Logotypes / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_128C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Kristmar Muldrow / Charleston, SC
Client:
Paige Smythe Studio
Title:
Paige Smythe Studio Branding
Category:
Logotypes / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_134C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Champions Design / New York + Carnegie Hall Marketing and Creative Services + Frere-Jones Type + XYZ Type
Client:
Carnegie Hall
Title:
Carnegie Hall Brand Identity
Category:
Logotypes / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_145C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Sibling Rivalry / New York + Turner Classic Movies / Atlanta + Made Music Studio / New York
Client:
Turner Classic Movies
Title:
TCM Logo
Category:
Logotypes / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_148C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
BY-ENJOY DESIGN / FUJIAN + f(u)=formule CAFÉ / FUJIAN
Client:
f(u)=formule CAFÉ
Title:
f(u)=formule CAFÉ
Category:
Logotypes / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_156C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Kristmar Muldrow / Charleston, SC
Client:
Folk
Title:
Folk Branding
Category:
Logotypes / Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_181C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Apple Design Team / Cupertino
Client:
Apple
Title:
Hello Screen Saver
Category:
Digital Media / Other - Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_075C
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:
Take It Easy Films + Cimbalino Filmes + Atelier d'Alves & Nuno Leites / Porto + Nuno Leites / Porto
Client:
Take It Easy Films and Cimbalino Filmes
Title:
Cassandra - Opening Title
Category:
Motion/TV / Opening Titles - Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_014C
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:
Studio Bang-Gu
Client:
Personal
Title:
Play Play Laaaaah
Category:
Experimental / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_002C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Daan Rietbergen / Utrecht
Client:
Daan Rietbergen
Title:
Nespor type specimen book
Category:
Experimental / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_013C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
cindymode / Taipei
Client:
Taichung Blossom Pavilion, Taiwan
Title:
Drinking Alone with the Moon
Category:
Experimental / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_015C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Zhejiang Gongshang University / Hangzhou + China Academy of Art / Hangzhou
Client:
Hanzi Club
Title:
Hundred Family Names
Category:
Experimental / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_061C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Studio Saber / The Hague
Client:
N/A
Title:
36 Days of Type, 8th Edition
Category:
Experimental / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_065C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Khyati Trehan / New Delhi
Client:
Personal
Title:
36 Days of Type 2021
Category:
Experimental / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_068C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Valentina Casali / Jesi + Sunday Büro / Jesi
Client:
Personal project
Title:
Believe
Category:
Experimental / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_080C
