TDC Awards
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Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID
Stanford d.school Yearbook ’23
Agency: Daniel Frumhoff Design + Stanford University d.school
Client: Stanford University d.school Category: Best of Lettering
New York City FC Brand Identity
Agency: Gretel / Brooklyn + Frere-Jones Type / Brooklyn + New York City FC
Client: New York City FC Category: Best of Communication Design
Marjoree
Agency: Show Me Fonts / Berlin + Catalogtree / Arnhem
Client: Catalogtree & Show Me Fonts Category: Variable Font
Flux, a Low Poly Paradimensional Font
Agency: Underware / Den Haag
Client: Underware self initiated Category: Variable Font
Ramboia
Agency: R-Typography / Porto - Portugal
Client: N/A Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Pristine
Agency: Typotheque / The Hague
Client: Typotheque Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Bibubator Typeface
Agency: Yevhen Spizh
Client: Personal Project Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Seasummer
Agency: Studio Céline Hurka / The Hague
Client: Adrian Pourviseh / Avant Verlag Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Rosalie
Agency: My-Lan Thuong / Nantes + Sharp Type Co / Woodacre
Client: N/A Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
New York City FC Crest
Agency: Gretel / Brooklyn + Frere-Jones Type / Brooklyn
Client: New York City FC Category: Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Series
New York City FC Brand Identity
Agency: Gretel / Brooklyn + Frere-Jones Type / Brooklyn + New York City FC
Client: New York City FC Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
6th Guanzhong Mangba Arts Festival
Agency: Untitled Macao / Macau + Chon Hin Au + Guanzhong Mangba Arts Festival / Xi'an
Client: Guanzhong Mangba Arts Festival Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Motion & Graphic Typography Design Exhibition
Agency: THE END DESIGN® / Guangzhou
Client: Shenzhen Graphic Design Association Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Barco de Papel
Agency: Pentagram / New York
Client: Barco de Papel Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Brooklyn Museum Visual Identity
Agency: Other Means / Brooklyn + Brooklyn Museum
Client: Brooklyn Museum Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
MAPP Festival
Agency: Baillat Studio / Montreal
Client: MAPP Festival Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Single
Common Sounds
Agency: Jonathan Mak / Hong Kong + GATE33 Gallery@AIRSIDE / Hong Kong + Moving Image Studio / Hong Kong + Curious Events / Hong Kong
Client: GATE33 Gallery Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Single
Brand Lettering Antonieta
Agency: ESTUDIO PALOMA / LIMA + PAOLA VECCO / Lima
Client: Antonieta Category: Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single
Euchre
Agency: Okay Type / Chicago
Client: Okay Type Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Sans thème
Agency: LG2 / Montreal
Client: LG2 Category: Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Series
Stanford d.school Yearbook ’23
Agency: Daniel Frumhoff Design + Stanford University d.school
Client: Stanford University d.school Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Haraka Baraka
Agency: Pentagram / London + Skatepal / London
Client: SkatePal Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Lettering Greeting Cards
Agency: Frieda Ruh
Client: Main Client OHH DEER (Licensing) Category: Print or Digital / Invitations / Announcements / Cards - Series
https://gerhardkirchschlaeger.at
Agency: Gerhard Kirchschläger / Wels + Ivan Sukhov / Linz
Client: Gerhard Kirchschlaeger Category: Digital / Technology / Website / Microsite - Single
Letraço
Agency: Bernardo Sek / Belo Horizonte
Client: Bernardo Sek Category: Environmental Design / Graffiti - Series
Loco Mosquito clothing display
Agency: Sketchedbuk / Bangkok + Loco Mosquito / Bangkok + LERT / Chiangmai
Client: Loco Mosquito Category: Environmental Design / Sign Painting - Single
Nuo Opera Cultural Font
Agency: 杨杰 YANGJIE / 成都市
Client: One Egg Studio Category: Print or Digital / 36 Days of Type
TheMet Arabic Logo Adaptation
Agency: Morcos Key
Client: TheMet Category: Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single
Innumerable · Jumping He
Agency: Jumping He
Client: ZiWU Gallery Shanghai Category: Print / Posters - Single
Sigurd Bronger. Wearables
Agency: Ina Bauer Kommunikationsdesign / Stuttgart
Client: Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
System Process Form
Agency: MuirMcNeil / London
Client: MuirMcNeil Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Calligraphic jewellery
Agency: Tatiana Iakovleva / Tallinn
Client: Personal Category: Industrial / Wearable Design / Jewelry / Accessories - Series
THE ZIPPO: Hot Rod Collection
Agency: Ogilvy / New York
Client: Zippo Category: Print / Posters - Series
Khwabgah: Culture Kitchen
Agency: Naveed Hussain / Delhi
Client: Khwabgah: Culture Kitchen Category: Print / Posters - Series
Fuzzy Feelings
Agency: TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles
Client: Apple Category: Motion / Film / Movie / TV - Single
THE SWAP SHOW EDITION 2
Agency: Foreign Policy Design Group / Singapore
Client: THE SWAP SHOW Category: Motion / Animated Posters - Series
Canal Magazine Issue 2
Agency: Sunday Afternoon / New York
Client: Canal Magazine Category: Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Series
The New York Times for Kids Covers
Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York City
Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Series
The Unsceen
Agency: Agentur XY GmbH / Berlin + Netflix / Berlin
Client: Netflix Category: Other / Non-traditional Media - Single
TieXian Kaishu Family
Agency: Ricloud Type / Dalian
Client: Hanyi Fonts Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
If Shehrazad Drew; Critical Writings on Arab Comic
Agency: Sawaf Center for Arab Comics Studies at the American University of Beirut + AUB Press
Client: Sawaf Center For Arab Comics Studies at the Americ Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
How to have sex in 2023
Agency: Cyla Costa Studio / Curitiba
Client: Women's Health Magazine Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Mercurial type
Agency: Svetlana Turkina / Barcelona
Client: Personal Category: Industrial / Wearable Design / Jewelry / Accessories - Series
Ese-Unen
Agency: Tengis Type / Hohhot
Client: Personal Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Intel One Mono
Agency: VML / Kansas City + Intel / Santa Clara + Frere-Jones Type / New York
Client: Intel Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Award:
2025 Lettering TDC Best of Discipline
Agency:
Daniel Frumhoff Design + Stanford University d.school
Client:
Stanford University d.school
Title:
Stanford d.school Yearbook ’23
Category:
Best of Lettering
Annual ID:
TDC71_LT001
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Best of Discipline
Agency:
Gretel / Brooklyn + Frere-Jones Type / Brooklyn + New York City FC
Client:
New York City FC
Title:
New York City FC Brand Identity
Category:
Best of Communication Design
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD001
Award:
2025 Type Design TDC Best of Discipline
Agency:
Ek Type
Client:
N/A
Title:
Naatak
Category:
Best of Type Design
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD001
Award:
2025 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Show Me Fonts / Berlin + Catalogtree / Arnhem
Client:
Catalogtree & Show Me Fonts
Title:
Marjoree
Category:
Variable Font
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD034
Award:
2025 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Underware / Den Haag
Client:
Underware self initiated
Title:
Flux, a Low Poly Paradimensional Font
Category:
Variable Font
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD035
Award:
2025 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Ek Type
Client:
N/A
Title:
Naatak
Category:
Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD001
Award:
2025 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
R-Typography / Porto - Portugal
Client:
N/A
Title:
Ramboia
Category:
Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD011
Award:
2025 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Typotheque / The Hague
Client:
Typotheque
Title:
Pristine
Category:
Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD012
Award:
2025 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Yevhen Spizh
Client:
Personal Project
Title:
Bibubator Typeface
Category:
Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD014
Award:
2025 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Studio Céline Hurka / The Hague
Client:
Adrian Pourviseh / Avant Verlag
Title:
Seasummer
Category:
Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD016
Award:
2025 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
My-Lan Thuong / Nantes + Sharp Type Co / Woodacre
Client:
N/A
Title:
Rosalie
Category:
Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD017
Award:
2025 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Gretel / Brooklyn + Frere-Jones Type / Brooklyn
Client:
New York City FC
Title:
New York City FC Crest
Category:
Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Series
Annual ID:
TDC71_LT011
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Gretel / Brooklyn + Frere-Jones Type / Brooklyn + New York City FC
Client:
New York City FC
Title:
New York City FC Brand Identity
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD001
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Untitled Macao / Macau + Chon Hin Au + Guanzhong Mangba Arts Festival / Xi'an
Client:
Guanzhong Mangba Arts Festival
Title:
6th Guanzhong Mangba Arts Festival
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD029
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
THE END DESIGN® / Guangzhou
Client:
Shenzhen Graphic Design Association
Title:
Motion & Graphic Typography Design Exhibition
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD032
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Pentagram / New York
Client:
Barco de Papel
Title:
Barco de Papel
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD036
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Other Means / Brooklyn + Brooklyn Museum
Client:
Brooklyn Museum
Title:
Brooklyn Museum Visual Identity
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD052
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Baillat Studio / Montreal
Client:
MAPP Festival
Title:
MAPP Festival
Category:
Motion / Kinetic Typography - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD002
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Jonathan Mak / Hong Kong + GATE33 Gallery@AIRSIDE / Hong Kong + Moving Image Studio / Hong Kong + Curious Events / Hong Kong
Client:
GATE33 Gallery
Title:
Common Sounds
Category:
Motion / Kinetic Typography - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD005
Award:
2025 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
ESTUDIO PALOMA / LIMA + PAOLA VECCO / Lima
Client:
Antonieta
Title:
Brand Lettering Antonieta
Category:
Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_LT009
Award:
2025 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Okay Type / Chicago
Client:
Okay Type
Title:
Euchre
Category:
Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD028
Award:
2025 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Manic Type / Toronto
Client:
Manic Type
Title:
Banger
Category:
Single Style Typeface
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD002
Award:
2025 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Shiraz Foundry
Client:
N/A
Title:
Mahal Font
Category:
Single Style Typeface
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD004
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
LG2 / Montreal
Client:
LG2
Title:
Sans thème
Category:
Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Series
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD060
Award:
2025 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Daniel Frumhoff Design + Stanford University d.school
Client:
Stanford University d.school
Title:
Stanford d.school Yearbook ’23
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_LT001
Award:
2025 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Pentagram / London + Skatepal / London
Client:
SkatePal
Title:
Haraka Baraka
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_LT021
Award:
2025 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Frieda Ruh
Client:
Main Client OHH DEER (Licensing)
Title:
Lettering Greeting Cards
Category:
Print or Digital / Invitations / Announcements / Cards - Series
Annual ID:
TDC71_LT004
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Gerhard Kirchschläger / Wels + Ivan Sukhov / Linz
Client:
Gerhard Kirchschlaeger
Title:
https://gerhardkirchschlaeger.at
Category:
Digital / Technology / Website / Microsite - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD013
Award:
2025 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Bernardo Sek / Belo Horizonte
Client:
Bernardo Sek
Title:
Letraço
Category:
Environmental Design / Graffiti - Series
Annual ID:
TDC71_LT026
Award:
2025 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Sketchedbuk / Bangkok + Loco Mosquito / Bangkok + LERT / Chiangmai
Client:
Loco Mosquito
Title:
Loco Mosquito clothing display
Category:
Environmental Design / Sign Painting - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_LT023
Award:
2025 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
杨杰 YANGJIE / 成都市
Client:
One Egg Studio
Title:
Nuo Opera Cultural Font
Category:
Print or Digital / 36 Days of Type
Annual ID:
TDC71_LT012
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Morcos Key
Client:
TheMet
Title:
TheMet Arabic Logo Adaptation
Category:
Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD022
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Jumping He
Client:
ZiWU Gallery Shanghai
Title:
Innumerable · Jumping He
Category:
Print / Posters - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD055
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Ina Bauer Kommunikationsdesign / Stuttgart
Client:
Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum
Title:
Sigurd Bronger. Wearables
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD081
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
MuirMcNeil / London
Client:
MuirMcNeil
Title:
System Process Form
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD090
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Food / New York
Client:
Personal
Title:
NUTS
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD092
Award:
2025 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Tatiana Iakovleva / Tallinn
Client:
Personal
Title:
Calligraphic jewellery
Category:
Industrial / Wearable Design / Jewelry / Accessories - Series
Annual ID:
TDC71_LT022
Award:
2025 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Ogilvy / New York
Client:
Zippo
Title:
THE ZIPPO: Hot Rod Collection
Category:
Print / Posters - Series
Annual ID:
TDC71_LT014
Award:
2025 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Naveed Hussain / Delhi
Client:
Khwabgah: Culture Kitchen
Title:
Khwabgah: Culture Kitchen
Category:
Print / Posters - Series
Annual ID:
TDC71_LT015
Award:
2024 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Los Angeles
Client:
Apple
Title:
Fuzzy Feelings
Category:
Motion / Film / Movie / TV - Single
Annual ID:
TDC70_LT003
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Foreign Policy Design Group / Singapore
Client:
THE SWAP SHOW
Title:
THE SWAP SHOW EDITION 2
Category:
Motion / Animated Posters - Series
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD016
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Sunday Afternoon / New York
Client:
Canal Magazine
Title:
Canal Magazine Issue 2
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Series
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD001
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
The New York Times Magazine / New York City
Client:
The New York Times for Kids
Title:
The New York Times for Kids Covers
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Series
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD088
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Agentur XY GmbH / Berlin + Netflix / Berlin
Client:
Netflix
Title:
The Unsceen
Category:
Other / Non-traditional Media - Single
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD133
Award:
2024 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Ricloud Type / Dalian
Client:
Hanyi Fonts
Title:
TieXian Kaishu Family
Category:
Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Annual ID:
TDC70_TD025
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Sawaf Center for Arab Comics Studies at the American University of Beirut + AUB Press
Client:
Sawaf Center For Arab Comics Studies at the Americ
Title:
If Shehrazad Drew; Critical Writings on Arab Comic
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD104
Award:
2024 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Cyla Costa Studio / Curitiba
Client:
Women's Health Magazine
Title:
How to have sex in 2023
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Annual ID:
TDC70_LT020
Award:
2024 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Svetlana Turkina / Barcelona
Client:
Personal
Title:
Mercurial type
Category:
Industrial / Wearable Design / Jewelry / Accessories - Series
Annual ID:
TDC70_LT023
Award:
2024 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Tengis Type / Hohhot
Client:
Personal
Title:
Ese-Unen
Category:
Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Annual ID:
TDC70_TD010
Award:
2024 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
VML / Kansas City + Intel / Santa Clara + Frere-Jones Type / New York
Client:
Intel
Title:
Intel One Mono
Category:
Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Annual ID:
TDC70_TD013
