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

Jardins de Métis Poster 2022 Agency: Principal / Montreal + Jardins de Métis / Grand-Métis Client: Jardins de Métis Category: Best of Lettering
Ilai Agency: Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík Client: N/A Category: Best of Type Design
I WANT SKY Agency: Morcos Key / New York Client: Mizna Category: Best of Typography
Juma Color Font Agency: Cyla Costa Studio + Naipe Foundry Client: Personal Category: Color Font
Salome Bey Agency: Paprika / Montreal Client: Canada Posts Category: Other / Non-traditional Media - Series
BJDW-The 4th exhibition of contemporary ink design Agency: BEIJING Artings Cultural Media Co. LTD / BEIJING Client: Organizing Committee of BJDW Category: Motion / Music Video - Single
SF Symbols 4 Agency: Apple Design Team / Cupertino Client: Apple Category: Software - Other
Tiger Chopstick Stand Set Agency: STONES DESIGN Lab. / Beijing + UDL / Beijing Client: Personal Project Category: Other / Non-traditional Media - Single
NIO EP9 Art Car Agency: Ornamental Conifer / Los Angeles + Race Services / Los Angeles + House Industries / Wilmington, Delaware + Petersen Automotive Museum / Los Angeles Client: NIO / Petersen Museum Category: Other / Non-traditional Media - Single
ᎧᎹᎹ "Kamama" - Woven Sketchbook cover Agency: Monique Ortman / Harrah Client: Personal Category: Other / Non-traditional Media - Single
2023 Holiday Self Promotion Agency: Danny Wu / Toronto Client: Danny Wu Category: Print or Digital / Invitations / Announcements / Cards - Single
The Glyph Collection Agency: House Industries / Wilmington, Delaware + Arc-Com / New York, NY Client: Arc-Com Category: Industrial / Wearable Design / Fabric Loom / Jaquard / Embroidery - Series
LTR Principia* Agency: LettError / The Hague Client: Personal Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Grandiflora Agency: JAMO Client: Google Fonts Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Uvas Display Agency: Nils Dam Nordlund / Copenhagen Client: Personal Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Zaatar Typeface Agency: Boharat type foundry / Cairo Client: Boharat type foundry Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Cumbre Agency: Antipixel type studio / Buenos Aires Client: N/A Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
PF Expo Agency: Parachute Typefoundry / Athens Client: Parachute Typefoundry Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Sakkal Saad Arabic Typeface Agency: Sakkal Design / Bothell Client: Sakkal Design Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Ouma Agency: Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík Client: N/A Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Shorai Sans Agency: Monotype / Woburn Client: Monotype Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
TPTQ Sans CJK Agency: Typotheque / The Hague Client: Typotheque Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Lava Georgian Agency: Typotheque / The Hague Client: Typotheque Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Nyght Serif Agency: Maksym Kobuzan / Kyiv Client: Personal Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Keratine Agency: Zetafonts / Firenze Client: N/A Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
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
Typescapes Agency: Daniel Frumhoff Design / New York Client: Personal Category: Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design
Silvana typeface exhibition Agency: Formal Settings / Berlin + Paleworks / Berlin + Blaze Type / Lyon Client: Buchstabenmuseum (Berlin Letter Museum) Category: Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design
Shapa Soweto Agency: Futura Joburg / Johannesburg Client: Nike Category: Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design
Degrees of Love in Arabic Language Agency: Zayed University / Dubai Client: Personal Category: Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design
A Mountain of History. Agency: SEIBIDO Co.,Ltd. / Tokyo + sora inc. / Tokyo + NIHON LITERAL Co.,Ltd. / Tokyo Client: SEIBIDO Co.,Ltd. / SEIBIDO Category: Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design
The Year of Language 2022 Agency: Ariane Spanier Design / Berlin + Franke | Steinert / Berlin Client: Klassikstiftung Weimar Category: Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design
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
Read Seoul Agency: SUN YAO / Seoul Client: Department of Visual Design, Hongik University Category: Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Series
The Glass Ceiling Agency: Rebekka Hausmann / Zurich Client: Personal Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Stargazine Agency: Thinking*Room / Jakarta Client: Thinking*Room Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
REFERENCE Agency: out.o studio / Beijing Client: REFERENCE Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
The Health Issue Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York, New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
The Black Wallstreet Times: Greenwood One Hundred Agency: Morcos Key / New York Client: The Black Wallstreet Times Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
I WANT SKY Agency: Morcos Key / New York Client: Mizna Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Geopolitics Agency: Burrow / Berlin Client: IDOLONSTUDIO (Chun-chi Wang) Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
The Irregular Times Agency: Irregulars Alliance LLP / New Delhi Client: Personal Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
The Games Issue Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York, New York Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
ÉMIGRÉ. Type and typography in emigration. Agency: Ilya Bazhanov / Prague Client: Personal Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Tíscar Espadas Lookbook 2022 Agency: Massimiliano Audretsch / Bern + Tíscar Espadas / Madrid + Gruppo Due / Karlsruhe Client: Tíscar Espadas Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Imagine Agency: Andrea Tinnes with Burg Verlag / Halle + Print Workshop Burg Giebichenstein / Halle + 28 students of the design department at Burg Giebichenstein / Halle Client: Burg Verlag Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

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 Type Design TDC Best of Discipline

Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík

N/A

Ilai

Best of Type Design

TDC69_TD000T

2023 Typography TDC Best of Discipline

Morcos Key / New York

Mizna

I WANT SKY

Best of Typography

TDC69_TY000T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Cyla Costa Studio + Naipe Foundry

Personal

Juma Color Font

Color Font

TDC69_TD030T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Paprika / Montreal

Canada Posts

Salome Bey

Other / Non-traditional Media - Series

TDC69_TY124T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

BEIJING Artings Cultural Media Co. LTD / BEIJING

Organizing Committee of BJDW

BJDW-The 4th exhibition of contemporary ink design

Motion / Music Video - Single

TDC69_TY012T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Apple Design Team / Cupertino

Apple

SF Symbols 4

Software - Other

TDC69_TD054T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

STONES DESIGN Lab. / Beijing + UDL / Beijing

Personal Project

Tiger Chopstick Stand Set

Other / Non-traditional Media - Single

TDC69_TY121T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Ornamental Conifer / Los Angeles + Race Services / Los Angeles + House Industries / Wilmington, Delaware + Petersen Automotive Museum / Los Angeles

NIO / Petersen Museum

NIO EP9 Art Car

Other / Non-traditional Media - Single

TDC69_TY122T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Monique Ortman / Harrah

Personal

ᎧᎹᎹ "Kamama" - Woven Sketchbook cover

Other / Non-traditional Media - Single

TDC69_TY123T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Danny Wu / Toronto

Danny Wu

2023 Holiday Self Promotion

Print or Digital / Invitations / Announcements / Cards - Single

TDC69_TY023T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

House Industries / Wilmington, Delaware + Arc-Com / New York, NY

Arc-Com

The Glyph Collection

Industrial / Wearable Design / Fabric Loom / Jaquard / Embroidery - Series

TDC69_TY113T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

LettError / The Hague

Personal

LTR Principia*

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD015T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

JAMO

Google Fonts

Grandiflora

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD016T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Nils Dam Nordlund / Copenhagen

Personal

Uvas Display

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD017T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Boharat type foundry / Cairo

Boharat type foundry

Zaatar Typeface

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD018T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Antipixel type studio / Buenos Aires

N/A

Cumbre

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD019T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Parachute Typefoundry / Athens

Parachute Typefoundry

PF Expo

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD021T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Sakkal Design / Bothell

Sakkal Design

Sakkal Saad Arabic Typeface

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD022T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík

N/A

Ouma

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD023T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Monotype / Woburn

Monotype

Shorai Sans

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD024T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Typotheque / The Hague

Typotheque

TPTQ Sans CJK

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD025T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Typotheque / The Hague

Typotheque

Lava Georgian

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD026T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Maksym Kobuzan / Kyiv

Personal

Nyght Serif

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD027T

2023 Type Design TDC Winner

Zetafonts / Firenze

N/A

Keratine

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC69_TD028T

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

Daniel Frumhoff Design / New York

Personal

Typescapes

Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design

TDC69_TY114T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Formal Settings / Berlin + Paleworks / Berlin + Blaze Type / Lyon

Buchstabenmuseum (Berlin Letter Museum)

Silvana typeface exhibition

Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design

TDC69_TY115T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Futura Joburg / Johannesburg

Nike

Shapa Soweto

Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design

TDC69_TY116T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Zayed University / Dubai

Personal

Degrees of Love in Arabic Language

Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design

TDC69_TY117T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

SEIBIDO Co.,Ltd. / Tokyo + sora inc. / Tokyo + NIHON LITERAL Co.,Ltd. / Tokyo

SEIBIDO Co.,Ltd. / SEIBIDO

A Mountain of History.

Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design

TDC69_TY118T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Ariane Spanier Design / Berlin + Franke | Steinert / Berlin

Klassikstiftung Weimar

The Year of Language 2022

Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design

TDC69_TY119T

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

SUN YAO / Seoul

Department of Visual Design, Hongik University

Read Seoul

Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Series

TDC69_TY072T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Rebekka Hausmann / Zurich

Personal

The Glass Ceiling

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY073T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Thinking*Room / Jakarta

Thinking*Room

Stargazine

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY074T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

out.o studio / Beijing

REFERENCE

REFERENCE

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY075T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

The New York Times Magazine / New York, New York

The New York Times Magazine

The Health Issue

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY076T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Morcos Key / New York

The Black Wallstreet Times

The Black Wallstreet Times: Greenwood One Hundred

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY077T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Morcos Key / New York

Mizna

I WANT SKY

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY078T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Burrow / Berlin

IDOLONSTUDIO (Chun-chi Wang)

Geopolitics

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY079T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Irregulars Alliance LLP / New Delhi

Personal

The Irregular Times

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY080T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

The New York Times Magazine / New York, New York

The New York Times for Kids

The Games Issue

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY081T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Ilya Bazhanov / Prague

Personal

ÉMIGRÉ. Type and typography in emigration.

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY082T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Massimiliano Audretsch / Bern + Tíscar Espadas / Madrid + Gruppo Due / Karlsruhe

Tíscar Espadas

Tíscar Espadas Lookbook 2022

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY083T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Andrea Tinnes with Burg Verlag / Halle + Print Workshop Burg Giebichenstein / Halle + 28 students of the design department at Burg Giebichenstein / Halle

Burg Verlag

Imagine

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC69_TY084T

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