TDC Awards

Established in 1953, the TDC competition is the longest running, most prestigious, global typography and type design competition. For over 70 years, it has recognized typographic excellence and celebrated new typeface designs in all global languages.

2024 TDC Awards - Lettering

BlockFace

Agency Will Mower / London + Open Press Project / Cologne

Client Will Mower

Category

Best of Lettering

Annual ID

TDC70_LT001

BlockFace is a 24-piece rubber stamp typography kit based on an open-ended modular system. The kit offers type and printmaking enthusiasts of all abilities the opportunity to experiment with printing typographic pieces and creating letterforms. BlockFace began as a personal project (under the original name AlphaSet) and was developed over several years before the final set was released as a Kickstarter in 2023. During the Covid-19 lockdowns, an early iteration of the kit was used as a basis for a series of online briefs with a focus on community and togetherness with submissions received from users around the world. These collaborative exercises helped shape the design and purpose of the set and BlockFace is now run as an open-source project meaning institutions or individuals with access to laser-cutting or 3D printing facilities can produce sets for free for personal or educational use.

2024 Awards

TDC Best of Discipline

Credits

Studio

Will Mower / London
Open Press Project / Cologne

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