TDC Awards
The TDC competition, established in 1953, is the longest running, most prestigious, global typography and type design competition. Now in its 69th 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
International Center of Photography
Agency: Pentagram / New York
Client: International Center of Photography Category: Best of Show
FZ GuoMeiJinDao
Agency: FounderType / Beijing + China Academy of Art / Hangzhou
Client: China Academy of Art Category: Single Typeface
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Agency: Damoon Khanjanzadeh
Client: Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Category: Single Typeface
Mithaq Typeface
Agency: Yara Khoury Nammour / Beirut + AlMohtaraf Design House / Jeddah
Client: Yara Khoury Nammour Category: Single Typeface
Contour Watch Face
Agency: Apple Design Team / Cupertino, California
Client: Apple Category: Digital Media / Apps - Campaign
Lettering Large: A Bilingual Lenticular Mural
Agency: American University of Sharjah / Sharjah + Hala Al Ani / Sharjah + Riem Ibrahim / Sharjah + Bishoy Girgis / Sharjah
Client: USA Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020 Category: Exhibits/Signage / Single
Gwangju Biennale
Agency: Pentagram / New York
Client: Gwangju Biennale Category: Exhibits/Signage / Single
Omotesando Curtains and Flags
Agency: Harley Johnston Design / Sydney
Client: Omotesando North Sydney Category: Exhibits/Signage / Single
tuttlingen district council offices signage system
Agency: büro uebele visuelle kommunikation / Stuttgart
Client: stadt tuttlingen Category: Exhibits/Signage / Single
"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
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
With Teeth
Agency: Riverhead Books / New York City + Lauren Peters-Collaer
Client: Riverhead Books Category: Book Jackets / Single
Uirapuru
Agency: Thiago Lacaz / Rio de Janeiro
Client: Febraro de Oliveira Category: Book Jackets / Single
Granger High School Yearbook Cover
Agency: Kevin Cantrell Studio / Mantua
Client: Granger High School Category: Book Jackets / Single
My Year Abroad
Agency: Riverhead Books / New York City + Grace Han
Client: Riverhead Books Category: Book Jackets / Single
Unheimlich
Agency: Mikhail Lychkovskiy / Minsk + Artur Novikov / Minsk
Client: Artur Novikov Category: Book Jackets / 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
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
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
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 Typeface Design TDC Winner
Agency:
HYS Design / Redmond
Client:
HYS Design
Title:
Shinbakusai Reisho
Category:
Single Typeface
Annual ID:
TD25_001T
Award:
2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Mallikātype / Hangzhou
Client:
Mallikātype
Title:
Jinhua Mincho
Category:
Single Typeface
Annual ID:
TD25_002T
Award:
2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner
Agency:
FounderType / Beijing + China Academy of Art / Hangzhou
Client:
China Academy of Art
Title:
FZ GuoMeiJinDao
Category:
Single Typeface
Annual ID:
TD25_003T
Award:
2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Damoon Khanjanzadeh
Client:
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Title:
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art
Category:
Single Typeface
Annual ID:
TD25_005T
Award:
2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Yara Khoury Nammour / Beirut + AlMohtaraf Design House / Jeddah
Client:
Yara Khoury Nammour
Title:
Mithaq Typeface
Category:
Single Typeface
Annual ID:
TD25_010T
Award:
2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Hanyi fonts / Beijing
Client:
Hanyi fonts
Title:
Hanyi yihexianjing
Category:
Single Typeface
Annual ID:
TD25_021T
Award:
2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Hisashi Iwai / Tokyo
Client:
N/A
Title:
Uwabami
Category:
Single Typeface
Annual ID:
TD25_023T
Award:
2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner
Agency:
HYS Design / Redmond
Client:
HYS Design
Title:
Qing Mocai Lishu
Category:
Single Typeface
Annual ID:
TD25_024T
Award:
2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner
Agency:
FounderType / Beijing
Client:
FounderType
Title:
FZ QianLongXingShu
Category:
Single Typeface
Annual ID:
TD25_030T
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Apple Design Team / Cupertino, California
Client:
Apple
Title:
Contour Watch Face
Category:
Digital Media / Apps - Campaign
Annual ID:
TDC68_105C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
American University of Sharjah / Sharjah + Hala Al Ani / Sharjah + Riem Ibrahim / Sharjah + Bishoy Girgis / Sharjah
Client:
USA Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020
Title:
Lettering Large: A Bilingual Lenticular Mural
Category:
Exhibits/Signage / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_017C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Pentagram / New York
Client:
Gwangju Biennale
Title:
Gwangju Biennale
Category:
Exhibits/Signage / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_079C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Harley Johnston Design / Sydney
Client:
Omotesando North Sydney
Title:
Omotesando Curtains and Flags
Category:
Exhibits/Signage / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_149C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
büro uebele visuelle kommunikation / Stuttgart
Client:
stadt tuttlingen
Title:
tuttlingen district council offices signage system
Category:
Exhibits/Signage / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_166C
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 Typeface Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Omega Type Foundry / London
Client:
Omega Type Foundry
Title:
Klaket
Category:
Type Family
Annual ID:
TD25_004T
Award:
2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Hirbod Lotfian / Amiens
Client:
Charisma Capital Market Services
Title:
Charisma Typeface
Category:
Type Family
Annual ID:
TD25_009T
Award:
2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Eyal Holtzman / The Hague + Bold Monday / The Hague
Client:
Bold Monday
Title:
Kristal
Category:
Type Family
Annual ID:
TD25_019T
Award:
2022 Typeface Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Jasper de Waard / Amsterdam + Bold Monday / Eindhoven
Client:
Bold Monday
Title:
Goldich
Category:
Type Family
Annual ID:
TD25_020T
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Riverhead Books / New York City + Lauren Peters-Collaer
Client:
Riverhead Books
Title:
With Teeth
Category:
Book Jackets / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_034C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Thiago Lacaz / Rio de Janeiro
Client:
Febraro de Oliveira
Title:
Uirapuru
Category:
Book Jackets / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_078C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Kevin Cantrell Studio / Mantua
Client:
Granger High School
Title:
Granger High School Yearbook Cover
Category:
Book Jackets / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_092C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Riverhead Books / New York City + Grace Han
Client:
Riverhead Books
Title:
My Year Abroad
Category:
Book Jackets / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_110C
Award:
2022 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Mikhail Lychkovskiy / Minsk + Artur Novikov / Minsk
Client:
Artur Novikov
Title:
Unheimlich
Category:
Book Jackets / Single
Annual ID:
TDC68_129C
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:
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
