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.

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Award

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
Naatak Agency: Ek Type Client: N/A Category: Best of Type Design
Roses. In Full Bloom: A Type with Spikes Agency: Cossette / Montreal + GRDN / Montreal + Les Roses FC de Montréal Client: Les Roses FC de Montréal Category: Variable Font
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
Are awards candy or poison? Agency: Ken-Tsai Lee Design Lab / Taipei Client: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Category: Environmental Design / Interactive / Experiential Design
Naatak Agency: Ek Type Client: N/A Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Saboneta Agency: Workhorse Type Foundry + Cantrell Type Client: Workhorse Type Foundry Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
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)
Ploquine Agency: TypeTogether + Emma Marichal Client: TypeTogether 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)
Sharp Roman Agency: Sharp Type Co / Woodacre Client: N/A Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
State of The Times Agency: The New York Times + Daisy Chain Studio / London Client: The New York Times Category: Motion / Credits or Titles
Club Kokomo Spirits Packaging Agency: Kevin Cantrell Studio / Mantua, Utah Client: Club Kokomo Spirits Category: Print / Packaging Design - Series
The Nauvoo & British Pageants Rebrand Agency: Kevin Cantrell Studio / Mantua, Utah + Design Farm / Salt Lake City, Utah Client: The Nauvoo & British Pageants Category: Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Series
New York City FC Crest Agency: Gretel / Brooklyn + Frere-Jones Type / Brooklyn Client: New York City FC Category: Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Series
Greave Agency: Junyan Hu / New York Client: N/A Category: Other / Non-traditional Media - Single
Sistine Spritz Packaging Agency: Melia Tandiono + David Bate + Black Ink Projects Client: Sistine Spritz Category: Print / Packaging Design - Single
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
Motion & Graphic Typography Design Exhibition Agency: THE END DESIGN® / Guangzhou Client: Shenzhen Graphic Design Association Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
China TDC 2024 Agency: THE END DESIGN® / Guangzhou Client: Shenzhen Graphic Design Association Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
MAPP Festival Agency: Baillat Studio / Montreal Client: MAPP Festival Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Zum Hirschen Hotel Agency: Bruch—Idee&Form / Graz Client: Zum Hirschen Hotel Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Identity for Solab Films Agency: Bleed Design Studio Client: Solab Films Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Identity for Avo Consulting Agency: Bleed Design Studio Client: Avo Consulting Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
ADCC Awards Campaign 2024 Agency: Principal / Montreal Client: The Advertising & Design Club of Canada Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Park Solo Agency: for&st / hong kong + hong kong visual art center / hong kong Client: Hong Kong Visual art centre Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
The Preview Seongsu Art Fair Agency: jun.works / Seoul + Fall Min / Seoul + Dan Ah Studio / Seoul Client: ARTMEETSLIFE Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
State of The Times Agency: The New York Times + Daisy Chain Studio / London Client: The New York Times Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Amazon Brand Architecture Agency: Amazon XCM + Koto Client: Amazon Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Low Polygon Agency: Federico Agnelli / Milan + Riccardo De Capitani / Milan + Giorgio Corna / Milan Client: Low Polygon Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies Agency: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago / Chicago Client: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago 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
Residential Rehbühl Agency: mdbuero / Zurich Client: Sonnenbühl Genossenschaft Category: Environmental Design / Signage / Wayfinding - Series
Paul Cadmus: 49 Drawings Agency: Damien Saatdjian / Brooklyn + Monacelli Press / New York Client: Monacelli Press Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Standort Freigabe Agency: Marcel Saidov / Weimar + Spacing / Bremen + Verlag Marian Arnd Client: Spacing Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
MAPP Festival Agency: Baillat Studio / Montreal Client: MAPP Festival Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Single
Flux Watch Face Agency: Apple Design Team / Cupertino Client: Apple Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Single
The Preview Seongsu Art Fair Agency: jun.works / Seoul + Fall Min / Seoul + Dan Ah Studio / Seoul Client: ARTMEETSLIFE 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
The Goldsmith Playing Cards Agency: Kevin Cantrell Studio / Mantua, Utah Client: The Gentlemen Wake Category: Print / Packaging Design - Single
Burn Baby Burn: The Black Cat Agency: PAOLA VECCO / Lima Client: Paola Vecco / Burn Baby Burn Category: Print / Packaging Design - Single
Abracadabra Agency: David Beauchemin and Julien Hébert / Montreal Client: Klô Pelgag Category: Other
Barra Monospaced Experimental Typography Agency: Pedro De Sousa / Óbidos Client: Pedro De Sousa Category: Other
The Wall Live House Rebranding Agency: Local Remote / Taipei Client: The Wall Taipei Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series
Environnement Entends-tu ? Agency: Paprika / Montreal + Festival Art Souterrain / Montreal Client: Festival Art Souterrain Category: Environmental Design / Signage / Wayfinding - Single
Cordon Bleu Agency: LG2 / Montreal + Aliments Ouimet-Cordon Bleu Client: Aliments Ouimet-Cordon Bleu Category: Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single

2025 Lettering TDC Best of Discipline

Daniel Frumhoff Design + Stanford University d.school

Stanford University d.school

Stanford d.school Yearbook ’23

Best of Lettering

TDC71_LT001

2025 Communication Design TDC Best of Discipline

Gretel / Brooklyn + Frere-Jones Type / Brooklyn + New York City FC

New York City FC

New York City FC Brand Identity

Best of Communication Design

TDC71_CD001

2025 Type Design TDC Best of Discipline

Ek Type

N/A

Naatak

Best of Type Design

TDC71_TD001

2025 Type Design TDC Winner

Cossette / Montreal + GRDN / Montreal + Les Roses FC de Montréal

Les Roses FC de Montréal

Roses. In Full Bloom: A Type with Spikes

Variable Font

TDC71_TD033

2025 Type Design TDC Winner

Show Me Fonts / Berlin + Catalogtree / Arnhem

Catalogtree & Show Me Fonts

Marjoree

Variable Font

TDC71_TD034

2025 Type Design TDC Winner

Underware / Den Haag

Underware self initiated

Flux, a Low Poly Paradimensional Font

Variable Font

TDC71_TD035

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Ken-Tsai Lee Design Lab / Taipei

National Taiwan University of Science and Technology

Are awards candy or poison?

Environmental Design / Interactive / Experiential Design

TDC71_CD098

2025 Type Design TDC Winner

Ek Type

N/A

Naatak

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC71_TD001

2025 Type Design TDC Winner

Workhorse Type Foundry + Cantrell Type

Workhorse Type Foundry

Saboneta

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC71_TD009

2025 Type Design TDC Winner

R-Typography / Porto - Portugal

N/A

Ramboia

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC71_TD011

2025 Type Design TDC Winner

Typotheque / The Hague

Typotheque

Pristine

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC71_TD012

2025 Type Design TDC Winner

TypeTogether + Emma Marichal

TypeTogether

Ploquine

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC71_TD015

2025 Type Design TDC Winner

Studio Céline Hurka / The Hague

Adrian Pourviseh / Avant Verlag

Seasummer

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC71_TD016

2025 Type Design TDC Winner

My-Lan Thuong / Nantes + Sharp Type Co / Woodacre

N/A

Rosalie

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC71_TD017

2025 Type Design TDC Winner

Sharp Type Co / Woodacre

N/A

Sharp Roman

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC71_TD018

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

The New York Times + Daisy Chain Studio / London

The New York Times

State of The Times

Motion / Credits or Titles

TDC71_CD012

2025 Lettering TDC Winner

Kevin Cantrell Studio / Mantua, Utah

Club Kokomo Spirits

Club Kokomo Spirits Packaging

Print / Packaging Design - Series

TDC71_LT018

2025 Lettering TDC Winner

Kevin Cantrell Studio / Mantua, Utah + Design Farm / Salt Lake City, Utah

The Nauvoo & British Pageants

The Nauvoo & British Pageants Rebrand

Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Series

TDC71_LT010

2025 Lettering TDC Winner

Gretel / Brooklyn + Frere-Jones Type / Brooklyn

New York City FC

New York City FC Crest

Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Series

TDC71_LT011

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Junyan Hu / New York

N/A

Greave

Other / Non-traditional Media - Single

TDC71_CD102

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Melia Tandiono + David Bate + Black Ink Projects

Sistine Spritz

Sistine Spritz Packaging

Print / Packaging Design - Single

TDC71_CD062

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Gretel / Brooklyn + Frere-Jones Type / Brooklyn + New York City FC

New York City FC

New York City FC Brand Identity

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC71_CD001

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

THE END DESIGN® / Guangzhou

Shenzhen Graphic Design Association

Motion & Graphic Typography Design Exhibition

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC71_CD032

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

THE END DESIGN® / Guangzhou

Shenzhen Graphic Design Association

China TDC 2024

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC71_CD033

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Baillat Studio / Montreal

MAPP Festival

MAPP Festival

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC71_CD034

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Bruch—Idee&Form / Graz

Zum Hirschen Hotel

Zum Hirschen Hotel

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC71_CD040

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Bleed Design Studio

Solab Films

Identity for Solab Films

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC71_CD041

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Bleed Design Studio

Avo Consulting

Identity for Avo Consulting

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC71_CD042

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Principal / Montreal

The Advertising & Design Club of Canada

ADCC Awards Campaign 2024

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC71_CD043

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

for&st / hong kong + hong kong visual art center / hong kong

Hong Kong Visual art centre

Park Solo

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC71_CD045

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

jun.works / Seoul + Fall Min / Seoul + Dan Ah Studio / Seoul

ARTMEETSLIFE

The Preview Seongsu Art Fair

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC71_CD046

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

The New York Times + Daisy Chain Studio / London

The New York Times

State of The Times

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC71_CD047

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Amazon XCM + Koto

Amazon

Amazon Brand Architecture

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC71_CD048

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Federico Agnelli / Milan + Riccardo De Capitani / Milan + Giorgio Corna / Milan

Low Polygon

Low Polygon

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC71_CD049

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago / Chicago

Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

The Living End: Painting and Other Technologies

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC71_CD050

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Other Means / Brooklyn + Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum Visual Identity

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC71_CD052

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

mdbuero / Zurich

Sonnenbühl Genossenschaft

Residential Rehbühl

Environmental Design / Signage / Wayfinding - Series

TDC71_CD100

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Damien Saatdjian / Brooklyn + Monacelli Press / New York

Monacelli Press

Paul Cadmus: 49 Drawings

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC71_CD068

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Marcel Saidov / Weimar + Spacing / Bremen + Verlag Marian Arnd

Spacing

Standort Freigabe

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC71_CD069

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Baillat Studio / Montreal

MAPP Festival

MAPP Festival

Motion / Kinetic Typography - Single

TDC71_CD002

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Apple Design Team / Cupertino

Apple

Flux Watch Face

Motion / Kinetic Typography - Single

TDC71_CD003

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

jun.works / Seoul + Fall Min / Seoul + Dan Ah Studio / Seoul

ARTMEETSLIFE

The Preview Seongsu Art Fair

Motion / Kinetic Typography - Single

TDC71_CD004

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Jonathan Mak / Hong Kong + GATE33 Gallery@AIRSIDE / Hong Kong + Moving Image Studio / Hong Kong + Curious Events / Hong Kong

GATE33 Gallery

Common Sounds

Motion / Kinetic Typography - Single

TDC71_CD005

2025 Lettering TDC Winner

Kevin Cantrell Studio / Mantua, Utah

The Gentlemen Wake

The Goldsmith Playing Cards

Print / Packaging Design - Single

TDC71_LT016

2025 Lettering TDC Winner

PAOLA VECCO / Lima

Paola Vecco / Burn Baby Burn

Burn Baby Burn: The Black Cat

Print / Packaging Design - Single

TDC71_LT017

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

David Beauchemin and Julien Hébert / Montreal

Klô Pelgag

Abracadabra

Other

TDC71_CD103

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Pedro De Sousa / Óbidos

Pedro De Sousa

Barra Monospaced Experimental Typography

Other

TDC71_CD104

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Local Remote / Taipei

The Wall Taipei

The Wall Live House Rebranding

Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series

TDC71_CD007

2025 Communication Design TDC Winner

Paprika / Montreal + Festival Art Souterrain / Montreal

Festival Art Souterrain

Environnement Entends-tu ?

Environmental Design / Signage / Wayfinding - Single

TDC71_CD099

2025 Lettering TDC Winner

LG2 / Montreal + Aliments Ouimet-Cordon Bleu

Aliments Ouimet-Cordon Bleu

Cordon Bleu

Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single

TDC71_LT005

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