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

Ilai Agency: Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík Client: N/A Category: Best of Type Design
Jardins de Métis Poster 2022 Agency: Principal / Montreal + Jardins de Métis / Grand-Métis Client: Jardins de Métis Category: Best of Lettering
I WANT SKY Agency: Morcos Key / New York Client: Mizna Category: Best of Typography
Denton Family Agency: Peregrin Studio / London Client: Peregrin Studio Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Nouveau Agency: Poem / Frankfurt am Main Client: Poem Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
SF Arabic Rounded Agency: Apple Design Team / Cupertino Client: Apple Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Cupidus Agency: Just Another Foundry GmbH / Garching Client: N/A Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Rainer Agency: Vectro / Portland + Philipp Neumeyer / Berlin Client: N/A Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
29LT Ada Sharp, Flat, and Round Agency: 29Letters Type Foundry [29LT] / Madrid Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
RISD Serif and RISD Sans Agency: Ryan Bugden / Brooklyn + Gretel / Brooklyn Client: RISD Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
November Georgian Agency: Typotheque / The Hague Client: Typotheque Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Fagun Agency: The Northern Block Client: The Northern Block Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Grounded in Their Roots, Growing Into the Future Agency: Wolff Olins / New York + Jolin Ras + Ryan Bugden + Stephanie Gonot Client: Instacart Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Kindness and Sharpness Agency: HOOOLY DESIGN / Hangzhou City + Jin Chuang Space / Nanjing Client: Jin Chuang Space Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
GDC Award 30 Years Agency: LiaoDesign Client: Shenzhen Graphic Design Association Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Identity for Oslo’s Natural History Museum Agency: Bleed Design Studio / Oslo Client: Naturhistorisk museum Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Identity for annual conference ‘Språk er makt’ Agency: Bleed Design Studio / Oslo Client: Kulturrådet Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Legion Labs Visual Identity Agency: LG2 Client: Legion Labs Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
BeanBean Coffee Agency: BangBang / Montreal + BeanBean Coffee / Montreal Client: BangBang Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
RISD Identity Agency: Gretel / Brooklyn + Ryan Bugden / Brooklyn + On Road / London Client: RISD Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
GALLERY 64 Agency: DESIGN ARMY / Washington DC Client: LOWE Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Festival Filmar en América Latina 2022 Agency: WePlayDesign / Grandvaux Client: Filmar en América Latina Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
IIT Institute of Design Agency: COLLINS / New York Client: IIT Institute of Design Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Bismut logo Agency: perfectly boring studio / Kyiv + Anastasiia Shcherban / Kyiv Client: Bismut Category: Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single
Samson Agency: Seven / Auckland Client: Samson Category: Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single
Yasar Agency: Reina Akkoush Client: Personal Category: Variable Font
Atlante Agency: TypeTogether Client: TypeTogether Category: Variable Font
Ilai Agency: Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík Client: N/A Category: Variable Font
Marienlyst Display Agency: ANTI / Oslo + The Pyte Foundry / Ellmer Stefan / Oslo / Oslo Client: Ferd / Marienlyst Category: Variable Font
The Workshop Series on “Science, Media and Art” Agency: Jun Design / Guangzhou, Guangdong Client: School of Intermedia Art, China Academy of Art Category: Print or Digital / Invitations / Announcements / Cards - Series
Post it Notes Agency: JMMP – Julian Mader Max Prediger / Hamburg + Montez Press Radio / New York City Client: Montez Press Radio Category: Print or Digital / Invitations / Announcements / Cards - Series
Statement edition cards pack Agency: Balmer Hählen / Lausanne + Sonderegger AG / Bronschhofen Client: Sonderegger x Balmer Hählen Category: Print or Digital / Invitations / Announcements / Cards - Series
The Big A: The Atlantic 2022 Fall Sales Summit Agency: Atlantic Re:think / New York, New York Client: The Atlantic Category: Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Series
Analog:Shift Brand Identity Agency: GrandArmy / New York Client: Analog:Shift Category: Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Series
Go Go Glyphs Agency: Fictionist Studio / Kuala Lumpur + Huruf / Kuala Lumpur + Mossery / Petaling Jaya Client: Fictionist & Huruf Category: Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Series
ACT Agency: gggrafik / heidelberg Client: Goethe Institut Category: Print / Posters - Single
Calendário, Ltda. 2023 Agency: Polar, Ltda. / São Paulo Client: Polar, Ltda. Category: Print / Posters - Single
Kaleidoscopic Home Exhibition Identity Agency: Joseph Han Client: SPACE 10 Category: Print / Posters - Single
Grab a book. Find a nook. Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York, New York + The New York Times for Kids / New York, New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Single
The Secrets Issue Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York, New York + The New York Times for Kids / New York, New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Single
The Black Experience in Design Agency: renald Louissaint / New York, New York + Kelly Walters / Stamford, CT + Anne H. Berry / Cleveland, OH Client: Skyhorse Publishing / Allworth Press Category: Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Single
A24 Zine — American Hu$tlers Agency: Shira Inbar / New York + A24 Films / New York Client: A24 Films Category: Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Single
Slanted Magazine #40—Experimental Type Agency: Slanted Publishers / Karlsruhe Client: Slanted Publishers Category: Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Single
Alex and Lilani discover the world of letters Agency: Punkt, Punkt, Komma, Strich PPKS + Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg Blinden- und Sehbehindertenpädagogik + Hochschule der Künste Bern Institute of Design Research Client: Dot, dot, comma, dash (Punkt, Punkt, Komma, Strich PPKS) Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Series
BIFT GRADUATION WORKS BA, CLASS OF 2022 Agency: mintbrand / Beijing Client: BIFT Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Series
36 Days of Type 2022 Agency: Daniel Pelavin / New York City Client: N/A Category: Print or Digital / 36 Days of Type
36 Days of Type 2022 Agency: Brinda Desai / Bangalore Client: 36 Days of Type Category: Print or Digital / 36 Days of Type
36 Days of Type, 9th Edition Agency: Studio Saber / The Hague Client: N/A Category: Print or Digital / 36 Days of Type
Muhulife Agency: BOND / Tallinn + Muhulife Client: Muhulife Category: Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single
Queso Pera Agency: Bastarda Type / Bogota + Siegenthaler & Co / Bogota Client: Alpina Category: Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single

2023 Type Design TDC Best of Discipline

Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík

N/A

Ilai

Best of Type Design

TDC69_TD000T

2023 Lettering TDC Best of Discipline

Principal / Montreal + Jardins de Métis / Grand-Métis

Jardins de Métis

Jardins de Métis Poster 2022

Best of Lettering

TDC69_LT000T

2023 Typography TDC Best of Discipline

Morcos Key / New York

Mizna

I WANT SKY

Best of Typography

TDC69_TY000T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Peregrin Studio / London

Peregrin Studio

Denton Family

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD031T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Poem / Frankfurt am Main

Poem

Nouveau

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD032T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Apple Design Team / Cupertino

Apple

SF Arabic Rounded

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD033T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Just Another Foundry GmbH / Garching

N/A

Cupidus

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD034T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Vectro / Portland + Philipp Neumeyer / Berlin

N/A

Rainer

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD035T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

29Letters Type Foundry [29LT] / Madrid

N/A

29LT Ada Sharp, Flat, and Round

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD036T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Ryan Bugden / Brooklyn + Gretel / Brooklyn

RISD

RISD Serif and RISD Sans

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD038T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Typotheque / The Hague

Typotheque

November Georgian

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD039T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

The Northern Block

The Northern Block

Fagun

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD040T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Wolff Olins / New York + Jolin Ras + Ryan Bugden + Stephanie Gonot

Instacart

Grounded in Their Roots, Growing Into the Future

Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

TDC69_TD042T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

HOOOLY DESIGN / Hangzhou City + Jin Chuang Space / Nanjing

Jin Chuang Space

Kindness and Sharpness

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC69_TY029T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

LiaoDesign

Shenzhen Graphic Design Association

GDC Award 30 Years

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC69_TY030T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Bleed Design Studio / Oslo

Naturhistorisk museum

Identity for Oslo’s Natural History Museum

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC69_TY031T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Bleed Design Studio / Oslo

Kulturrådet

Identity for annual conference ‘Språk er makt’

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC69_TY032T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

LG2

Legion Labs

Legion Labs Visual Identity

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC69_TY033T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

BangBang / Montreal + BeanBean Coffee / Montreal

BangBang

BeanBean Coffee

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC69_TY034T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Gretel / Brooklyn + Ryan Bugden / Brooklyn + On Road / London

RISD

RISD Identity

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC69_TY035T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

DESIGN ARMY / Washington DC

LOWE

GALLERY 64

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC69_TY036T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

WePlayDesign / Grandvaux

Filmar en América Latina

Festival Filmar en América Latina 2022

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC69_TY039T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

COLLINS / New York

IIT Institute of Design

IIT Institute of Design

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC69_TY040T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

perfectly boring studio / Kyiv + Anastasiia Shcherban / Kyiv

Bismut

Bismut logo

Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single

TDC69_TY027T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Seven / Auckland

Samson

Samson

Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single

TDC69_TY028T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Reina Akkoush

Personal

Yasar

Variable Font

TDC69_TD049T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

TypeTogether

TypeTogether

Atlante

Variable Font

TDC69_TD051T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík

N/A

Ilai

Variable Font

TDC69_TD052T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

ANTI / Oslo + The Pyte Foundry / Ellmer Stefan / Oslo / Oslo

Ferd / Marienlyst

Marienlyst Display

Variable Font

TDC69_TD053T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Jun Design / Guangzhou, Guangdong

School of Intermedia Art, China Academy of Art

The Workshop Series on “Science, Media and Art”

Print or Digital / Invitations / Announcements / Cards - Series

TDC69_TY024T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

JMMP – Julian Mader Max Prediger / Hamburg + Montez Press Radio / New York City

Montez Press Radio

Post it Notes

Print or Digital / Invitations / Announcements / Cards - Series

TDC69_TY025T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Balmer Hählen / Lausanne + Sonderegger AG / Bronschhofen

Sonderegger x Balmer Hählen

Statement edition cards pack

Print or Digital / Invitations / Announcements / Cards - Series

TDC69_TY026T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Atlantic Re:think / New York, New York

The Atlantic

The Big A: The Atlantic 2022 Fall Sales Summit

Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Series

TDC69_TY053T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

GrandArmy / New York

Analog:Shift

Analog:Shift Brand Identity

Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Series

TDC69_TY054T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Fictionist Studio / Kuala Lumpur + Huruf / Kuala Lumpur + Mossery / Petaling Jaya

Fictionist & Huruf

Go Go Glyphs

Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Series

TDC69_TY055T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

gggrafik / heidelberg

Goethe Institut

ACT

Print / Posters - Single

TDC69_TY041T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Polar, Ltda. / São Paulo

Polar, Ltda.

Calendário, Ltda. 2023

Print / Posters - Single

TDC69_TY042T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Joseph Han

SPACE 10

Kaleidoscopic Home Exhibition Identity

Print / Posters - Single

TDC69_TY043T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

The New York Times Magazine / New York, New York + The New York Times for Kids / New York, New York

The New York Times Magazine

Grab a book. Find a nook.

Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Single

TDC69_TY066T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

The New York Times Magazine / New York, New York + The New York Times for Kids / New York, New York

The New York Times Magazine

The Secrets Issue

Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Single

TDC69_TY067T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

renald Louissaint / New York, New York + Kelly Walters / Stamford, CT + Anne H. Berry / Cleveland, OH

Skyhorse Publishing / Allworth Press

The Black Experience in Design

Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Single

TDC69_TY068T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Shira Inbar / New York + A24 Films / New York

A24 Films

A24 Zine — American Hu$tlers

Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Single

TDC69_TY069T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Slanted Publishers / Karlsruhe

Slanted Publishers

Slanted Magazine #40—Experimental Type

Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Single

TDC69_TY070T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Punkt, Punkt, Komma, Strich PPKS + Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg Blinden- und Sehbehindertenpädagogik + Hochschule der Künste Bern Institute of Design Research

Dot, dot, comma, dash (Punkt, Punkt, Komma, Strich PPKS)

Alex and Lilani discover the world of letters

Publication / Editorial / Book - Series

TDC69_TY111T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

mintbrand / Beijing

BIFT

BIFT GRADUATION WORKS BA, CLASS OF 2022

Publication / Editorial / Book - Series

TDC69_TY112T

2023 Lettering TDC Winner

Daniel Pelavin / New York City

N/A

36 Days of Type 2022

Print or Digital / 36 Days of Type

TDC69_LT013T

2023 Lettering TDC Winner

Brinda Desai / Bangalore

36 Days of Type

36 Days of Type 2022

Print or Digital / 36 Days of Type

TDC69_LT014T

2023 Lettering TDC Winner

Studio Saber / The Hague

N/A

36 Days of Type, 9th Edition

Print or Digital / 36 Days of Type

TDC69_LT015T

2023 Lettering TDC Winner

BOND / Tallinn + Muhulife

Muhulife

Muhulife

Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single

TDC69_LT005T

2023 Lettering TDC Winner

Bastarda Type / Bogota + Siegenthaler & Co / Bogota

Alpina

Queso Pera

Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single

TDC69_LT006T

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