TDC Awards
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Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID
Flux, a Low Poly Paradimensional Font
Agency: Underware / Den Haag
Client: Underware self initiated Category: Variable Font
Rapida Hebrew + Arabic
Agency: Typotheque / The Hague + Hagilda / Tel Aviv
Client: Typotheque Den Haag / Hagilda Tel Aviv Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
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
Williamstown
Agency: Pentagram / New York
Client: Williamstown 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
CHOSMOS
Agency: Typozon + Typozon.xyz
Client: Typozon.xyz Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
9th 2024 O! Daejeon X Soje-dong: Material
Agency: Daejeon University Department of Communication Design / Daejeon City
Client: Daejeon University, Daejeon City, CNCT energy Category: Print / Posters - Series
Grasstraw Festival Visual Design
Agency: ONE.1O Society / Taipei
Client: Our Theatre Category: Motion / Animated Posters - Single
Efthimis Fillipou – Screenwriter
Agency: MNP / Athens
Client: Efthimis Fillipou Category: Digital / Technology / Website / Microsite - Single
Manif 11
Agency: Criterium / Quebec City
Client: Manif d'art Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Calligraphic jewellery
Agency: Tatiana Iakovleva / Tallinn
Client: Personal Category: Industrial / Wearable Design / Jewelry / Accessories - Series
WWW Monthly Schedule Animation
Agency: Zin Nagao + DopeCoara
Client: WWW Category: Motion / Animated Posters - Single
Live Visuals Don G
Agency: S&Co / Bogotá
Client: Don G Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series
Global Spread of Sun Tzu's Art of War
Agency: Phoenix Education Publishing,Ltd / Nanjing
Client: 江苏凤凰教育出版社 Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
2023–2024 Campaign - Diving Inward
Agency: Paprika / Montreal
Client: National Arts Centre French Theatre Category: Print / Posters - Series
Darvish
Agency: Standard font
Client: Personal Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Folger Shakespare Library Signage
Agency: Pentagram / New York City
Client: Folger Shakespeare Library Category: Environmental Design / Signage / Wayfinding - Series
Baden-Württemberg Music Centre signage system
Agency: büro uebele visuelle kommunikation / Stuttgart
Client: Blasmusikverband Baden-Württemberg Category: Environmental Design / Signage / Wayfinding - Series
O lieb’, solang du lieben kannst!
Agency: 易鸣/Ming Yi / Karlsruhe + Bauhaus Universität Weimar / Weimar + Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe / Karlsruhe
Client: Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe Category: Other
Francos de Montréal
Agency: LG2 / Montreal + Équipe Spectra / Montreal
Client: Spectra Category: Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design
I Want Festival 2023
Agency: STUDIO KEKFENG / kuala lumpur + Huruf / kuala lumpur + Adrble Studio / kuala lumpur
Client: Hi-Lighter Category: Print or Digital / Instructional Design / Forms / Information Design - Series
Ludowy Theatre Signage and Wayfinding
Agency: Studio Otwarte / Kraków + BB Media / Skarżysko-Kamienna + Spoiwo Studio / Kraków + Ludowy Theatre / Kraków
Client: Ludowy Theatre Category: Environmental Design / Signage / Wayfinding - Single
Identity for Ludowy Theatre
Agency: Studio Otwarte / Kraków + Ludowy Theatre / Kraków + BB Media / Skarżysko-Kamienna + Spoiwo Studio / Kraków
Client: Ludowy Theatre Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Dansekampen Logo
Agency: TRY / Oslo
Client: Norges Danseforbund Category: Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single
Identity for annual conference ‘Språk er makt’
Agency: Bleed Design Studio / Oslo
Client: Kulturrådet Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Geopolitics
Agency: Burrow / Berlin
Client: IDOLONSTUDIO (Chun-chi Wang) Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
The Irregular Times
Agency: Irregulars Alliance LLP / New Delhi
Client: Personal Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Folke Nikanor – A Typographic Table Setting
Agency: Bedow / Stockholm
Client: Sing a Song Fighter Records Category: Other
MyKali
Agency: Morcos Key / New York + MyKali
Client: MyKali Category: Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single
Rompe
Agency: S&Co / BOGOTA + Bastarda Type / BOGOTA
Client: Paramo Presenta Category: Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single
Teacher Daisy / Spectacle
Agency: Jaemin Lee / Seoul
Client: 9 and the Numbers Category: Print / Packaging Design - Single
Fagun
Agency: The Northern Block
Client: The Northern Block Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Music Tour Visual Identity
Agency: Maram Al Refaei / Cairo + Kid Simius / Berlin + Tender Games / Berlin
Client: Kid Simius Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series
A24 Zine — American Hu$tlers
Agency: Shira Inbar / New York + A24 Films / New York
Client: A24 Films Category: Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Single
Post it Notes
Agency: JMMP – Julian Mader Max Prediger / Hamburg + Montez Press Radio / New York City
Client: Montez Press Radio Category: Print or Digital / Invitations / Announcements / Cards - Series
The Ukrainian: Life and Culture
Agency: Panic Design / Kharkiv
Client: The magazine "The Ukrainian: Life and Culture" Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Series
"RECYCLED EVERYTHING"
Agency: Otog Studio / Kyiv
Client: Otog Studio Category: Digital / Technology / Virtual Reality
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:
Typotheque / The Hague + Hagilda / Tel Aviv
Client:
Typotheque Den Haag / Hagilda Tel Aviv
Title:
Rapida Hebrew + Arabic
Category:
Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD013
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:
Pentagram / New York
Client:
Williamstown
Title:
Williamstown
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD037
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Federico Agnelli / Milan + Riccardo De Capitani / Milan + Giorgio Corna / Milan
Client:
Low Polygon
Title:
Low Polygon
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD049
Award:
2025 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Typozon + Typozon.xyz
Client:
Typozon.xyz
Title:
CHOSMOS
Category:
Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD026
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Daejeon University Department of Communication Design / Daejeon City
Client:
Daejeon University, Daejeon City, CNCT energy
Title:
9th 2024 O! Daejeon X Soje-dong: Material
Category:
Print / Posters - Series
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD059
Award:
2025 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Elie Kupsc / Geneva
Client:
N/A
Title:
Plagialphabet: 30 frames of stolen time
Category:
Other
Annual ID:
TDC71_LT028
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
ONE.1O Society / Taipei
Client:
Our Theatre
Title:
Grasstraw Festival Visual Design
Category:
Motion / Animated Posters - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD011
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
MNP / Athens
Client:
Efthimis Fillipou
Title:
Efthimis Fillipou – Screenwriter
Category:
Digital / Technology / Website / Microsite - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD015
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Criterium / Quebec City
Client:
Manif d'art
Title:
Manif 11
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD087
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:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Zin Nagao + DopeCoara
Client:
WWW
Title:
WWW Monthly Schedule Animation
Category:
Motion / Animated Posters - Single
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD012
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
S&Co / Bogotá
Client:
Don G
Title:
Live Visuals Don G
Category:
Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD008
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Phoenix Education Publishing,Ltd / Nanjing
Client:
江苏凤凰教育出版社
Title:
Global Spread of Sun Tzu's Art of War
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD111
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Paprika / Montreal
Client:
National Arts Centre French Theatre
Title:
2023–2024 Campaign - Diving Inward
Category:
Print / Posters - Series
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD067
Award:
2024 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Standard font
Client:
Personal
Title:
Darvish
Category:
Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Annual ID:
TDC70_TD012
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Pentagram / New York City
Client:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Title:
Folger Shakespare Library Signage
Category:
Environmental Design / Signage / Wayfinding - Series
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD129
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
büro uebele visuelle kommunikation / Stuttgart
Client:
Blasmusikverband Baden-Württemberg
Title:
Baden-Württemberg Music Centre signage system
Category:
Environmental Design / Signage / Wayfinding - Series
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD131
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
易鸣/Ming Yi / Karlsruhe + Bauhaus Universität Weimar / Weimar + Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe / Karlsruhe
Client:
Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe
Title:
O lieb’, solang du lieben kannst!
Category:
Other
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD138
Award:
2024 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
LG2 / Montreal + Équipe Spectra / Montreal
Client:
Spectra
Title:
Francos de Montréal
Category:
Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design
Annual ID:
TDC70_LT024
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
STUDIO KEKFENG / kuala lumpur + Huruf / kuala lumpur + Adrble Studio / kuala lumpur
Client:
Hi-Lighter
Title:
I Want Festival 2023
Category:
Print or Digital / Instructional Design / Forms / Information Design - Series
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD025
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Studio Otwarte / Kraków + BB Media / Skarżysko-Kamienna + Spoiwo Studio / Kraków + Ludowy Theatre / Kraków
Client:
Ludowy Theatre
Title:
Ludowy Theatre Signage and Wayfinding
Category:
Environmental Design / Signage / Wayfinding - Single
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD127
Award:
2024 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Ameri Type
Client:
Personal
Title:
Gramophone Font
Category:
Single Style Typeface
Annual ID:
TDC70_TD006
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Studio Otwarte / Kraków + Ludowy Theatre / Kraków + BB Media / Skarżysko-Kamienna + Spoiwo Studio / Kraków
Client:
Ludowy Theatre
Title:
Identity for Ludowy Theatre
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD046
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
TRY / Oslo
Client:
Norges Danseforbund
Title:
Dansekampen Logo
Category:
Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD032
Award:
2023 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Bleed Design Studio / Oslo
Client:
Kulturrådet
Title:
Identity for annual conference ‘Språk er makt’
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY032T
Award:
2023 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Burrow / Berlin
Client:
IDOLONSTUDIO (Chun-chi Wang)
Title:
Geopolitics
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY079T
Award:
2023 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Irregulars Alliance LLP / New Delhi
Client:
Personal
Title:
The Irregular Times
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY080T
Award:
2023 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Bedow / Stockholm
Client:
Sing a Song Fighter Records
Title:
Folke Nikanor – A Typographic Table Setting
Category:
Other
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY126T
Award:
2023 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Morcos Key / New York + MyKali
Client:
MyKali
Title:
MyKali
Category:
Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_LT007T
Award:
2023 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
S&Co / BOGOTA + Bastarda Type / BOGOTA
Client:
Paramo Presenta
Title:
Rompe
Category:
Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_LT011T
Award:
2023 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Jaemin Lee / Seoul
Client:
9 and the Numbers
Title:
Teacher Daisy / Spectacle
Category:
Print / Packaging Design - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_LT026T
Award:
2023 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
The Northern Block
Client:
The Northern Block
Title:
Fagun
Category:
Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Annual ID:
TDC69_TD040T
Award:
2023 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Maram Al Refaei / Cairo + Kid Simius / Berlin + Tender Games / Berlin
Client:
Kid Simius
Title:
Music Tour Visual Identity
Category:
Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY007T
Award:
2023 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Shira Inbar / New York + A24 Films / New York
Client:
A24 Films
Title:
A24 Zine — American Hu$tlers
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY069T
Award:
2023 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
JMMP – Julian Mader Max Prediger / Hamburg + Montez Press Radio / New York City
Client:
Montez Press Radio
Title:
Post it Notes
Category:
Print or Digital / Invitations / Announcements / Cards - Series
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY025T
Award:
2023 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Panic Design / Kharkiv
Client:
The magazine "The Ukrainian: Life and Culture"
Title:
The Ukrainian: Life and Culture
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Series
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY093T
Award:
2023 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Clément Cases / London
Client:
Personal
Title:
36 days of type 2022
Category:
Other
Annual ID:
TDC69_LT037T
Award:
2023 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Hye Yeon Nam / Baton Rouge
Client:
Self-promotion
Title:
Living Typography
Category:
Other
Annual ID:
TDC69_LT043T
Award:
2023 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
gggrafik / heidelberg
Client:
Goethe Institut
Title:
ACT
Category:
Print / Posters - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY041T