TDC Awards

The TDC competition, established in 1953, is the longest running, most prestigious, global typography and type design competition. Now in its 70th year, these awards are all about how letterforms are used and drawn, recognizing typographic excellence and celebrating new typeface designs in all global languages.

Award

Agency

Client

Title

Category

Annual ID

San Francisco Symphony Brand Identity Agency: Collins / San Francisco + Dinamo / Basel Client: San Francisco Symphony Category: Best of Show
Signifier Agency: Klim Type Foundry / Wellington Client: Klim Type Foundry Category: Super Family
SF Symbols 2 Agency: Apple / Cupertino Client: Apple Category: Super Family
Lyon Arabic Agency: Morcos Key / Brooklyn + Debakir / Beirut Client: Commercial Type Category: Super Family
Hebrew/Latin Extended Type Family Agency: Hagilda / Tel Aviv Category: Super Family
Good is like Water Agency: Zhejiang Gongshang University / Hangzhou Client: Gwangju Design Biennale Category: Posters / Single
Musical Theatre Poster Design Agency: betterbuero / Berlin Client: MINZ Internationale Kulturprojekte Category: Posters / Single
Just tape it! Agency: Niklaus Troxler Design / Willisau Client: A-Z presents, Berlin Category: Posters / Single
Read More Agency: Underline Studio / Toronto Client: Personal Category: Posters / Single
Fellini ½ Agency: Fons Hickmann M23 / Berlin Client: University of Missouri Category: Posters / Single
Das Plakat (The Poster) Agency: Fons Hickmann M23 / Berlin Client: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg Category: Posters / Single
Join the Cult of Type Agency: babyinktwice / Näfels Client: Typographic Summer Program Category: Posters / Single
JOY & GRIEF Agency: Bing Chen / Hangzhou Client: Personal Category: Posters / Single
good vibes Agency: gggrafik / Heidelberg Client: karlstorbahnhof heidelberg Category: Posters / Single
Butti Agency: hesign / Berlin Client: Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione Category: Posters / Single
Li Bin Yuan Solo Exhibition Agency: hesign / Berlin Client: Pingshan Art Museum Category: Posters / Single
Typomania 2020 Agency: CBR Graphic Lab / Seoul Client: Alexander Vasin Category: Posters / Single
Governors Ball 2020 Agency: David Leutert / Berlin, Germany + Founders Entertainment / New York, NY Client: Founders Entertainment Category: Posters / Single
Fragmented Gardens Agency: S&Co / BOGOTA Client: Offline Ventures Category: Posters / Single
EGO Agency: Marta Cerdà Alimbau / Barcelona Client: W+K Category: Posters / Single
CHECKPOINT Exhibition Agency: Atelier Poisson / Chavannes-près-Renens Client: LA FERME DES TILLEULS Cultural space Category: Posters / Single
"Pieces" - Solo Photography Exhibition by Mingmei Meng Agency: T9 Brand / Shanghai Client: May Art Foundation Category: Posters / Single
Mailchimp 2020 Annual Report Agency: Mailchimp Client: Mailchimp Category: Annual Reports / Single
Great Performers Agency: The Times Magazine / New York Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Editorial / Campaign
Uno Due Vol. 3 It's Personal Agency: Andrea A. Trabucco-Campos / Brooklyn + Lorenzo Fanton / Brooklyn Client: Uno Due Category: Editorial / Campaign
2021 Calendar Agency: STONES DESIGN Lab. / Beijing Category: Calendars / Single
Grid Calendar 2021 Agency: Quinsay Design / Hang Zhou Category: Calendars / Single
The 101 Best Movies of the 2010s Agency: Ananya Khaitan / New Delhi Client: Battleship Pretension Category: Book Jackets / Single
Almond Agency: HarperCollins Publishers / New York Client: HarperVia / HarperCollins Publishers Category: Book Jackets / Single
The American Fiancee Agency: HarperCollins Publishers / New York Client: HarperVia / HarperCollins Publishers Category: Book Jackets / Single
The Autobiography of Eikoh Hosoe Trilogy Agency: Wang Zhi-Hong Studio / Taipei Client: Faces Publications Category: Book Jackets / Single
Fukt magazine #19 Storylines Agency: Ariane Spanier / Berlin Client: Fukt magazine for drawing Category: Book Jackets / Single
On the Road Agency: Moker Ontwerp / Amsterdam Client: De Bezige Bij Category: Book Jackets / Single
Ingredients Agency: Penguin Random House / New York Client: Penguin Random House Category: Book Jackets / Single
Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter Agency: Champions Design / New York Client: Tilbury House Publishers Category: Book Jackets / Single
Ad Algea Agency: Marta Cerdà Alimbau / Barcelona Client: Josep Maria Martí Duran Category: Book Jackets / Single
San Francisco Symphony Brand Identity Agency: Collins / San Francisco + Dinamo / Basel Client: San Francisco Symphony Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
XTAD象渡 Agency: 开眼壹果 / 杭州市 Client: XTAD 象渡 Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Post-Information Era —Guangzhou International Chinese Character Creative Conference Agency: TEN BUTTONS / Guangzhou Client: Ihsoat Creative Lab Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
GAFA Degree Show 2020 Agency: TEN BUTTONS / Guangzhou Client: Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Future Format brand identity Agency: Semiotik Design Agency / Thessaloniki Client: Future Format Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
c/o pop Festival 2020 Agency: Neue Gestaltung GmbH / Berlin Client: cologne on pop Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Jetlag Books Brand Design Agency: L3branding / Beijing Client: Jetlag Books Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Palmer Beverage Systems Rebrand Agency: Kevin Cantrell Studio / Mantua Client: Palmer Beverage Systems Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Profi Rebrand Agency: Kevin Cantrell Studio / Mantua Client: Profi Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
The Château Grande Hotel Branding Agency: Kevin Cantrell Studio / Mantua Client: The Château Grande Hotel Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Irvington Theater Brand Identity Agency: Andrea A. Trabucco-Campos / Brooklyn + Pràctica / Brooklyn Client: Irvington Theater Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Identity & Website for a Print Production Studio Agency: Andrea A. Trabucco-Campos / Brooklyn Client: A2A Studio Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
Re-Source Agency: Pentagram / New York Client: Storefront for Art and Architecture Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign
The New Republic Agency: Pentagram / New York + The New Republic / New York Client: The New Republic Category: Identity/Branding / Campaign

2021 Best of Show TDC Best of Show

Collins / San Francisco + Dinamo / Basel

San Francisco Symphony

San Francisco Symphony Brand Identity

Best of Show

TDC67_001C

2021 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Klim Type Foundry / Wellington

Klim Type Foundry

Signifier

Super Family

TD24_012T

2021 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Apple / Cupertino

Apple

SF Symbols 2

Super Family

TD24_013T

2021 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Morcos Key / Brooklyn + Debakir / Beirut

Commercial Type

Lyon Arabic

Super Family

TD24_014T

2021 Typeface Design TDC Winner

Hagilda / Tel Aviv

N/A

Hebrew/Latin Extended Type Family

Super Family

TD24_015T

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Zhejiang Gongshang University / Hangzhou

Gwangju Design Biennale

Good is like Water

Posters / Single

TDC67_175C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

betterbuero / Berlin

MINZ Internationale Kulturprojekte

Musical Theatre Poster Design

Posters / Single

TDC67_176C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Niklaus Troxler Design / Willisau

A-Z presents, Berlin

Just tape it!

Posters / Single

TDC67_177C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Underline Studio / Toronto

Personal

Read More

Posters / Single

TDC67_178C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Fons Hickmann M23 / Berlin

University of Missouri

Fellini ½

Posters / Single

TDC67_179C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Fons Hickmann M23 / Berlin

Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg

Das Plakat (The Poster)

Posters / Single

TDC67_180C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

babyinktwice / Näfels

Typographic Summer Program

Join the Cult of Type

Posters / Single

TDC67_181C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Bing Chen / Hangzhou

Personal

JOY & GRIEF

Posters / Single

TDC67_182C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

gggrafik / Heidelberg

karlstorbahnhof heidelberg

good vibes

Posters / Single

TDC67_183C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

hesign / Berlin

Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione

Butti

Posters / Single

TDC67_184C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

hesign / Berlin

Pingshan Art Museum

Li Bin Yuan Solo Exhibition

Posters / Single

TDC67_185C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

CBR Graphic Lab / Seoul

Alexander Vasin

Typomania 2020

Posters / Single

TDC67_186C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

David Leutert / Berlin, Germany + Founders Entertainment / New York, NY

Founders Entertainment

Governors Ball 2020

Posters / Single

TDC67_187C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

S&Co / BOGOTA

Offline Ventures

Fragmented Gardens

Posters / Single

TDC67_188C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Marta Cerdà Alimbau / Barcelona

W+K

EGO

Posters / Single

TDC67_189C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Atelier Poisson / Chavannes-près-Renens

LA FERME DES TILLEULS Cultural space

CHECKPOINT Exhibition

Posters / Single

TDC67_190C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

T9 Brand / Shanghai

May Art Foundation

"Pieces" - Solo Photography Exhibition by Mingmei Meng

Posters / Single

TDC67_191C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Mailchimp

Mailchimp

Mailchimp 2020 Annual Report

Annual Reports / Single

TDC67_004C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

The Times Magazine / New York

The New York Times Magazine

Great Performers

Editorial / Campaign

TDC67_074C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Andrea A. Trabucco-Campos / Brooklyn + Lorenzo Fanton / Brooklyn

Uno Due

Uno Due Vol. 3 It's Personal

Editorial / Campaign

TDC67_075C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

STONES DESIGN Lab. / Beijing

N/A

2021 Calendar

Calendars / Single

TDC67_044C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Quinsay Design / Hang Zhou

N/A

Grid Calendar 2021

Calendars / Single

TDC67_045C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Ananya Khaitan / New Delhi

Battleship Pretension

The 101 Best Movies of the 2010s

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_005C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

HarperCollins Publishers / New York

HarperVia / HarperCollins Publishers

Almond

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_006C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

HarperCollins Publishers / New York

HarperVia / HarperCollins Publishers

The American Fiancee

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_007C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Wang Zhi-Hong Studio / Taipei

Faces Publications

The Autobiography of Eikoh Hosoe Trilogy

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_008C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Ariane Spanier / Berlin

Fukt magazine for drawing

Fukt magazine #19 Storylines

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_009C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Moker Ontwerp / Amsterdam

De Bezige Bij

On the Road

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_010C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Penguin Random House / New York

Penguin Random House

Ingredients

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_011C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Champions Design / New York

Tilbury House Publishers

Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_012C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Marta Cerdà Alimbau / Barcelona

Josep Maria Martí Duran

Ad Algea

Book Jackets / Single

TDC67_013C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Collins / San Francisco + Dinamo / Basel

San Francisco Symphony

San Francisco Symphony Brand Identity

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC67_001C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

开眼壹果 / 杭州市

XTAD 象渡

XTAD象渡

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC67_093C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

TEN BUTTONS / Guangzhou

Ihsoat Creative Lab

Post-Information Era —Guangzhou International Chinese Character Creative Conference

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC67_094C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

TEN BUTTONS / Guangzhou

Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts

GAFA Degree Show 2020

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC67_095C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Semiotik Design Agency / Thessaloniki

Future Format

Future Format brand identity

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC67_096C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Neue Gestaltung GmbH / Berlin

cologne on pop

c/o pop Festival 2020

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC67_097C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

L3branding / Beijing

Jetlag Books

Jetlag Books Brand Design

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC67_098C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Kevin Cantrell Studio / Mantua

Palmer Beverage Systems

Palmer Beverage Systems Rebrand

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC67_099C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Kevin Cantrell Studio / Mantua

Profi

Profi Rebrand

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC67_100C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Kevin Cantrell Studio / Mantua

The Château Grande Hotel

The Château Grande Hotel Branding

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC67_101C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Andrea A. Trabucco-Campos / Brooklyn + Pràctica / Brooklyn

Irvington Theater

Irvington Theater Brand Identity

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC67_102C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Andrea A. Trabucco-Campos / Brooklyn

A2A Studio

Identity & Website for a Print Production Studio

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC67_103C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Pentagram / New York

Storefront for Art and Architecture

Re-Source

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC67_104C

2021 Communication Design TDC Winner

Pentagram / New York + The New Republic / New York

The New Republic

The New Republic

Identity/Branding / Campaign

TDC67_105C

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