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.

2023 TDC Awards - Typography

D&AD : Be Part of More

Agency Studio Dumbar/DEPT / Rotterdam

Client D&AD

Category

Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series

Annual ID

TDC69_TY003T

Description

In 2022, celebrating the 60th year since its foundation, D&AD sought to highlight the inclusive spirit of its awards, inviting creatives around the world to be part of more by sharing their work, expertise and innovations with the broader creative community. The first touchpoint, a short video calling for entries, contains the building blocks for the whole identity. A river of typography and images that visualises the endless stream of creative work. The early stages of an awards campaign are message-led, so typography plays an important role. We reverted to ITC Franklin Gothic: instantly recognizable as D&AD’s primary typeface. From there we introduced the keystone of our motion-led identity: a static tagline seen in isolation, before expanding and multiplying to reveal a myriad of energetic letterforms, all in motion. As the timeline progressed, the dynamic, mantra-like repetition of the identity evolved: from theatrical, gradient-rich visuals for the ceremonies, to the

2023 Awards

Total Points: 20

TDC Winner

Credits

Agency

Studio Dumbar/DEPT® / Rotterdam

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