TDC Awards
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Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID
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)
Burn Baby Burn: The Black Cat
Agency: PAOLA VECCO / Lima
Client: Paola Vecco / Burn Baby Burn Category: Print / Packaging Design - Single
Evert Font Family
Agency: Foundry5 / Cambridge
Client: Foundry5 Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Protest Signs Against Fascists
Agency: All Things Letters / Hamburg
Client: Personal Category: Environmental Design / Sign Painting - Series
Talheen
Agency: Ethar Elnour Mohamed Elaagib / Seoul
Client: Personal Category: Single Style Typeface
Greeting card set
Agency: Doufu design / shanghai
Client: N/A Category: Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Series
La Divina Commedia
Agency: Macau University of Science and Technology / Macau + Shuguang Gu / Nanjing
Client: Macau University of Science and Technology Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Series
Lettering Greeting Cards
Agency: Frieda Ruh
Client: Main Client OHH DEER (Licensing) Category: Print or Digital / Invitations / Announcements / Cards - Series
Gauche
Agency: Studio Céline Hurka / The Hague
Client: Personal Category: Superfamily (non-related styles)
https://gerhardkirchschlaeger.at
Agency: Gerhard Kirchschläger / Wels + Ivan Sukhov / Linz
Client: Gerhard Kirchschlaeger Category: Digital / Technology / Website / Microsite - Single
BRUT
Agency: Huichun Pan
Client: Personal Category: Digital / Technology / Website / Microsite - Single
Letraço
Agency: Bernardo Sek / Belo Horizonte
Client: Bernardo Sek Category: Environmental Design / Graffiti - Series
The interpretation power of memories
Agency: Yunqi Peng
Client: N/A Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
BlockFace
Agency: Will Mower / London + Open Press Project / Cologne
Client: Will Mower Category: Best of Lettering
Live Visuals Don G
Agency: S&Co / Bogotá
Client: Don G Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series
Over, Again
Agency: Studio Nopqrst / London + Jason Chow / London
Client: Hong Kong Museum of Art / Kimhung Design Category: Motion / Animated Posters - Series
THE SWAP SHOW EDITION 2
Agency: Foreign Policy Design Group / Singapore
Client: THE SWAP SHOW Category: Motion / Animated Posters - Series
26 Pilzfont
Agency: Patrick Bittner / Saarbrücken
Client: Patrick Bittner Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Series
Loes
Agency: Duong Tran / Hanoi
Client: Personal Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Tonka
Agency: Studio Céline Hurka / The Hague + Huw Williams / The Hague
Client: Personal Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
RST Thermal
Agency: Reset Type Studio / Montevideo
Client: Reset Type Studio Category: Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Repetition Poems
Agency: 2xlab / New Haven
Client: Non-Client Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Illegibility project
Agency: Joanna Tyborowska / Cracow
Client: N/A Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
THE SWAP SHOW EDITION 2
Agency: Foreign Policy Design Group / Singapore
Client: THE SWAP SHOW Category: Print / Posters - Series
Variations of Heart Whispers
Agency: Qiuyu Li / Osaka + TOMBO Inc. / Osaka
Client: Personal Category: Print / Posters - Series
Sound Type
Agency: Jonathan Mak / Hong Kong
Client: Personal Category: Digital / Technology / Distortion (Analog or Digital) - Series
Mercurial type
Agency: Svetlana Turkina / Barcelona
Client: Personal Category: Industrial / Wearable Design / Jewelry / Accessories - Series
BIGGER
Agency: StudioSpass / Rotterdam
Client: BIGGER art book exhibition Category: Environmental Design / Interactive / Experiential Design
Crow Script
Agency: Cinketype / Budapest
Client: cinketype Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Ese-Unen
Agency: Tengis Type / Hohhot
Client: Personal Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Moulin
Agency: Sandrine Nugue / Montpellier
Client: Sandrine Nuge Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Leopardo
Agency: Alexandre Bassi / Lyon + 205TF / Lyon
Client: Personal Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
36 Days of Sound Type
Agency: Jonathan Mak / Hong Kong
Client: Personal Category: Print or Digital / 36 Days of Type
36 Days of Type Cakes
Agency: Alexa Edgerton / Grand Rapids, MI
Client: Personal Category: Print or Digital / 36 Days of Type
36 NYC Matchboxes
Agency: Lily Boyce / Brooklyn
Client: personal Category: Print or Digital / 36 Days of Type
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
BlockFace
Agency: Will Mower / London + Open Press Project / Cologne
Client: Will Mower Category: Other
36 Days of Type
Agency: ricardodesign / Wörgl + Ricardo Gantschnigg / Wörgl
Client: Personal Category: Digital / Technology / Social Media - Series
Seed Packet Greetings
Agency: KDP Letters / Halifax
Client: To & From Gift Co. Category: Print / Packaging Design - Series
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:
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:
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 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Junyan Hu / New York
Client:
N/A
Title:
Greave
Category:
Other / Non-traditional Media - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD102
Award:
2025 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
PAOLA VECCO / Lima
Client:
Paola Vecco / Burn Baby Burn
Title:
Burn Baby Burn: The Black Cat
Category:
Print / Packaging Design - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_LT017
Award:
2025 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Foundry5 / Cambridge
Client:
Foundry5
Title:
Evert Font Family
Category:
Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD029
Award:
2025 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
All Things Letters / Hamburg
Client:
Personal
Title:
Protest Signs Against Fascists
Category:
Environmental Design / Sign Painting - Series
Annual ID:
TDC71_LT024
Award:
2025 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Dan Forster Studio / Leeds
Client:
Personal
Title:
Hello Handsome
Category:
Other
Annual ID:
TDC71_LT029
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:
Ethar Elnour Mohamed Elaagib / Seoul
Client:
Personal
Title:
Talheen
Category:
Single Style Typeface
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD003
Award:
2025 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Shiraz Foundry
Client:
Personal
Title:
Gofteh Font
Category:
Single Style Typeface
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD006
Award:
2025 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
TPTQ Arabic
Client:
NA
Title:
Shekanj
Category:
Single Style Typeface
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD007
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Doufu design / shanghai
Client:
N/A
Title:
Greeting card set
Category:
Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Series
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD061
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Macau University of Science and Technology / Macau + Shuguang Gu / Nanjing
Client:
Macau University of Science and Technology
Title:
La Divina Commedia
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Series
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD095
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 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Studio Céline Hurka / The Hague
Client:
Personal
Title:
Gauche
Category:
Superfamily (non-related styles)
Annual ID:
TDC71_TD032
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 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Huichun Pan
Client:
Personal
Title:
BRUT
Category:
Digital / Technology / Website / Microsite - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD016
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 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Yunqi Peng
Client:
N/A
Title:
The interpretation power of memories
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD080
Award:
2025 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Food / New York
Client:
Personal
Title:
NUTS
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC71_CD092
Award:
2024 Lettering TDC Best of Discipline
Agency:
Will Mower / London + Open Press Project / Cologne
Client:
Will Mower
Title:
BlockFace
Category:
Best of Lettering
Annual ID:
TDC70_LT001
Award:
2024 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Hirbod Lotfian / Amiens
Client:
N/A
Title:
Geste
Category:
Superfamily (non-related styles)
Annual ID:
TDC70_TD027
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:
Donald Zhu / Toronto
Client:
Self
Title:
VECTOR
Category:
Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD010
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Studio Nopqrst / London + Jason Chow / London
Client:
Hong Kong Museum of Art / Kimhung Design
Title:
Over, Again
Category:
Motion / Animated Posters - Series
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD015
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:
Patrick Bittner / Saarbrücken
Client:
Patrick Bittner
Title:
26 Pilzfont
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Series
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD097
Award:
2024 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Duong Tran / Hanoi
Client:
Personal
Title:
Loes
Category:
Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Annual ID:
TDC70_TD022
Award:
2024 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Studio Céline Hurka / The Hague + Huw Williams / The Hague
Client:
Personal
Title:
Tonka
Category:
Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Annual ID:
TDC70_TD023
Award:
2024 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Reset Type Studio / Montevideo
Client:
Reset Type Studio
Title:
RST Thermal
Category:
Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
Annual ID:
TDC70_TD024
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
2xlab / New Haven
Client:
Non-Client
Title:
Repetition Poems
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD103
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Joanna Tyborowska / Cracow
Client:
N/A
Title:
Illegibility project
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD110
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Foreign Policy Design Group / Singapore
Client:
THE SWAP SHOW
Title:
THE SWAP SHOW EDITION 2
Category:
Print / Posters - Series
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD065
Award:
2024 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Qiuyu Li / Osaka + TOMBO Inc. / Osaka
Client:
Personal
Title:
Variations of Heart Whispers
Category:
Print / Posters - Series
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD071
Award:
2024 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Jonathan Mak / Hong Kong
Client:
Personal
Title:
Sound Type
Category:
Digital / Technology / Distortion (Analog or Digital) - Series
Annual ID:
TDC70_LT006
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 Communication Design TDC Winner
Agency:
StudioSpass / Rotterdam
Client:
BIGGER art book exhibition
Title:
BIGGER
Category:
Environmental Design / Interactive / Experiential Design
Annual ID:
TDC70_CD126
Award:
2024 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Cinketype / Budapest
Client:
cinketype
Title:
Crow Script
Category:
Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Annual ID:
TDC70_TD009
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:
Sandrine Nugue / Montpellier
Client:
Sandrine Nuge
Title:
Moulin
Category:
Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Annual ID:
TDC70_TD014
Award:
2024 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Alexandre Bassi / Lyon + 205TF / Lyon
Client:
Personal
Title:
Leopardo
Category:
Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Annual ID:
TDC70_TD016
Award:
2024 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Jonathan Mak / Hong Kong
Client:
Personal
Title:
36 Days of Sound Type
Category:
Print or Digital / 36 Days of Type
Annual ID:
TDC70_LT010
Award:
2024 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Alexa Edgerton / Grand Rapids, MI
Client:
Personal
Title:
36 Days of Type Cakes
Category:
Print or Digital / 36 Days of Type
Annual ID:
TDC70_LT012
Award:
2024 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Lily Boyce / Brooklyn
Client:
personal
Title:
36 NYC Matchboxes
Category:
Print or Digital / 36 Days of Type
Annual ID:
TDC70_LT013
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:
Will Mower / London + Open Press Project / Cologne
Client:
Will Mower
Title:
BlockFace
Category:
Other
Annual ID:
TDC70_LT001
Award:
2024 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
ricardodesign / Wörgl + Ricardo Gantschnigg / Wörgl
Client:
Personal
Title:
36 Days of Type
Category:
Digital / Technology / Social Media - Series
Annual ID:
TDC70_LT004
Award:
2024 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
KDP Letters / Halifax
Client:
To & From Gift Co.
Title:
Seed Packet Greetings
Category:
Print / Packaging Design - Series
Annual ID:
TDC70_LT016
