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

I WANT SKY Agency: Morcos Key / New York Client: Mizna Category: Best of Typography
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
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
Generative January Agency: afterimage / Zagreb Client: Type Today Category: Other
Folke Nikanor – A Typographic Table Setting Agency: Bedow / Stockholm Client: Sing a Song Fighter Records Category: Other
The Painting Biography of the Mustard Seed Garden Agency: Beijing Artron Art Printing co.,ltd Client: Chongqing University Press Category: Other
Typespace Agency: RAJSHREE SARAF / Brooklyn Client: N/A Category: Other
Giallo Agency: W studio / Paris Client: Personal Category: Other
The Alphabetical Room Agency: Liad Shadmi Client: N/A Category: Other
Wild Flowers Agency: Morcos Key / New York Client: Self initiated Category: Other
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
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
Zebra Beer Agency: ShenZhen Lingyun creative packaging design Co.,Ltd. / ShenZhen Client: Kadenburg Beer (China) Co., Ltd. Category: Print / Packaging Design - Series
Gracemoon Scented Tea Series Agency: YiFei Hu / Chengdu + Muchuan Gracemoon Tea Industry Co., Ltd. / Chengdu Client: Muchuan Gracemoon Tea Industry Co., Ltd. Category: Print / Packaging Design - Series
Happy Birthday Agency: YiFei Hu / Chengdu + Design Out Lab. / Chengdu Client: YiFei Hu Category: Print / Packaging Design - Series
Goshen Packaging Agency: TOKY / St. Louis Client: Goshen Coffee Roasters Category: Print / Packaging Design - Series
Amour Liquide Agency: Land / Austin + Caserne / Montreal Client: Amour Liquide Category: Print / Packaging Design - Series
Ipso Napkins Agency: Fresh Produce / Sioux Falls Client: Ipso Gallery Category: Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Single
Hopescotch Agency: Thinking*Room / Jakarta Client: Thinking Room Category: Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Single
What is design? 7th Anniversary Handbook Agency: ALINE STUDIO / Beijing (北京) Client: ALINE STUDIO Category: Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - 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
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
NAN NI WAN APPLE Agency: IDEAFINE / XI'AN Client: NAN NI WAN Category: Print / Packaging Design - Single
Bernard’s Cuvée Agency: CF Napa Brand Design / Napa, CA Client: Clos du Val Category: Print / Packaging Design - Single
"What's in the Box" Agency: Studio Marina Veziko / Helsinki Client: Packhelp Category: Print / Packaging Design - Single
DIA ELIS Agency: G Design Studio / Athens Client: DIA ELIS Category: Print / Packaging Design - 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
Sneaks Up Coming Soon Agency: InformalProject / İstanbul Client: Sneaks Up Category: Print or Digital / Street Advertising - Single
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

2023 Typography TDC Best of Discipline

Morcos Key / New York

Mizna

I WANT SKY

Best of Typography

TDC69_TY000T

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 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 Typography TDC Winner

afterimage / Zagreb

Type Today

Generative January

Other

TDC69_TY125T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Bedow / Stockholm

Sing a Song Fighter Records

Folke Nikanor – A Typographic Table Setting

Other

TDC69_TY126T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Beijing Artron Art Printing co.,ltd

Chongqing University Press

The Painting Biography of the Mustard Seed Garden

Other

TDC69_TY127T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

RAJSHREE SARAF / Brooklyn

N/A

Typespace

Other

TDC69_TY128T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

W studio / Paris

Personal

Giallo

Other

TDC69_TY129T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Liad Shadmi

N/A

The Alphabetical Room

Other

TDC69_TY130T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Morcos Key / New York

Self initiated

Wild Flowers

Other

TDC69_TY131T

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

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

ShenZhen Lingyun creative packaging design Co.,Ltd. / ShenZhen

Kadenburg Beer (China) Co., Ltd.

Zebra Beer

Print / Packaging Design - Series

TDC69_TY060T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

YiFei Hu / Chengdu + Muchuan Gracemoon Tea Industry Co., Ltd. / Chengdu

Muchuan Gracemoon Tea Industry Co., Ltd.

Gracemoon Scented Tea Series

Print / Packaging Design - Series

TDC69_TY061T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

YiFei Hu / Chengdu + Design Out Lab. / Chengdu

YiFei Hu

Happy Birthday

Print / Packaging Design - Series

TDC69_TY062T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

TOKY / St. Louis

Goshen Coffee Roasters

Goshen Packaging

Print / Packaging Design - Series

TDC69_TY063T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Land / Austin + Caserne / Montreal

Amour Liquide

Amour Liquide

Print / Packaging Design - Series

TDC69_TY065T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Fresh Produce / Sioux Falls

Ipso Gallery

Ipso Napkins

Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Single

TDC69_TY050T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Thinking*Room / Jakarta

Thinking Room

Hopescotch

Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Single

TDC69_TY051T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

ALINE STUDIO / Beijing (北京)

ALINE STUDIO

What is design? 7th Anniversary Handbook

Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Single

TDC69_TY052T

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

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

IDEAFINE / XI'AN

NAN NI WAN

NAN NI WAN APPLE

Print / Packaging Design - Single

TDC69_TY056T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

CF Napa Brand Design / Napa, CA

Clos du Val

Bernard’s Cuvée

Print / Packaging Design - Single

TDC69_TY057T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

Studio Marina Veziko / Helsinki

Packhelp

"What's in the Box"

Print / Packaging Design - Single

TDC69_TY058T

2023 Typography TDC Winner

G Design Studio / Athens

DIA ELIS

DIA ELIS

Print / Packaging Design - Single

TDC69_TY059T

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 Typography TDC Winner

InformalProject / İstanbul

Sneaks Up

Sneaks Up Coming Soon

Print or Digital / Street Advertising - Single

TDC69_TY022T

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

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