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.
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Agency
Client
Title
Category
Annual ID
Jardins de Métis Poster 2022
Agency: Principal / Montreal + Jardins de Métis / Grand-Métis
Client: Jardins de Métis Category: Best of Lettering
Die Mysterien der Zeichen
Agency: Ina Bauer Kommunikationsdesign / Stuttgart
Client: Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
da nyet—yes no
Agency: Berlin School of Design and Communication / Berlin
Client: Private Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual Report 2021
Agency: République Studio / Paris
Client: Centre National des Arts Plastiques Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Essence – Stars of the Rhön
Agency: collect / Stuttgart
Client: Frank Kayser Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
All good things
Agency: collect / Stuttgart
Client: Ansbach Theater Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Arizona Type Specimen
Agency: Hanzer Liccini / Berlin + DInamo Typefaces
Client: Dinamo Editions Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Nature Loves to Hide
Agency: Shihong Chen / Beijing
Client: Hanyu Cui & IS A GALLERY Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Redaction
Agency: Practise / Auckland
Client: W. W. Norton & Company Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Cyberfeminism Index
Agency: Laura Coombs / New York + Mindy Seu / New York
Client: Cyberfeminism Index Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
INDEX—2 'Free'
Agency: INDEX / Brooklyn, New York + Rote Press / Brooklyn, New York
Client: Rote Press Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
A History for the Future: MOCA, LA, 1979-2000
Agency: Brad Bartlett Design / Los Angeles
Client: Sam Francis Foundation Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Handy Handbook of Hands
Agency: Yasmin Çakır / Berlin
Client: Personal Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
The Nest
Agency: Nohawk + Slanted Publishers / Nördliche Uferstraße, Karlsruhe
Client: Slanted Publishers Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
A Guide to Measure Life in Points
Agency: Studio Woork / Jakarta
Client: Studio Woork Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Pomological Series Vol 2
Agency: A.A. Trabucco-Campos / Brooklyn, New York
Client: Pomological Series Category: Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Samson
Agency: Seven / Auckland
Client: Samson Category: Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design
Folke Nikanor – A Typographic Table Setting
Agency: Bedow / Stockholm
Client: Sing a Song Fighter Records Category: Other
The Painting Biography of the Mustard Seed Garden
Agency: Beijing Artron Art Printing co.,ltd
Client: Chongqing University Press Category: Other
Farsi Alternative Type Design Yearbook 2022
Agency: Frontline Typo + Studio Metaphor
Client: Frontline Typo Platform Category: Print / Printed Ephemera - Single
Numerals of Injustice Daily Planner 2022
Agency: Frontline Typo + Studio Metaphor
Client: Frontline Typo Platform Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
2022 Contents of the Year
Agency: Heejae Kim / New York City
Client: GQ Korea Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
29 Words for 29 Letters
Agency: Samar Maakaroun / London + Miguel Desport / London + Right to Left / London
Client: Personal Category: Print or Digital / Infographics / Maps - Single
Marienlyst Display
Agency: ANTI / Oslo + The Pyte Foundry / Ellmer Stefan / Oslo / Oslo
Client: Ferd / Marienlyst Category: Variable Font
Kindness and Sharpness
Agency: HOOOLY DESIGN / Hangzhou City + Jin Chuang Space / Nanjing
Client: Jin Chuang Space Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
GDC Award 30 Years
Agency: LiaoDesign
Client: Shenzhen Graphic Design Association Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Identity for Oslo’s Natural History Museum
Agency: Bleed Design Studio / Oslo
Client: Naturhistorisk museum Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Identity for annual conference ‘Språk er makt’
Agency: Bleed Design Studio / Oslo
Client: Kulturrådet Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Legion Labs Visual Identity
Agency: LG2
Client: Legion Labs Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
BeanBean Coffee
Agency: BangBang / Montreal + BeanBean Coffee / Montreal
Client: BangBang Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
RISD Identity
Agency: Gretel / Brooklyn + Ryan Bugden / Brooklyn + On Road / London
Client: RISD Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
GALLERY 64
Agency: DESIGN ARMY / Washington DC
Client: LOWE Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Festival Filmar en América Latina 2022
Agency: WePlayDesign / Grandvaux
Client: Filmar en América Latina Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
IIT Institute of Design
Agency: COLLINS / New York
Client: IIT Institute of Design Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Ipso Napkins
Agency: Fresh Produce / Sioux Falls
Client: Ipso Gallery Category: Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Single
Hopescotch
Agency: Thinking*Room / Jakarta
Client: Thinking Room Category: Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Single
What is design? 7th Anniversary Handbook
Agency: ALINE STUDIO / Beijing (北京)
Client: ALINE STUDIO Category: Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Single
LTR Principia*
Agency: LettError / The Hague
Client: Personal Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Award:
2023 Type Design TDC Best of Discipline
Agency:
Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík
Client:
N/A
Title:
Ilai
Category:
Best of Type Design
Annual ID:
TDC69_TD000T
Award:
2023 Lettering TDC Best of Discipline
Agency:
Principal / Montreal + Jardins de Métis / Grand-Métis
Client:
Jardins de Métis
Title:
Jardins de Métis Poster 2022
Category:
Best of Lettering
Annual ID:
TDC69_LT000T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Best of Discipline
Agency:
Morcos Key / New York
Client:
Mizna
Title:
I WANT SKY
Category:
Best of Typography
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY000T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Ina Bauer Kommunikationsdesign / Stuttgart
Client:
Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim
Title:
Die Mysterien der Zeichen
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY094T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Berlin School of Design and Communication / Berlin
Client:
Private
Title:
da nyet—yes no
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY095T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
République Studio / Paris
Client:
Centre National des Arts Plastiques
Title:
Annual Report 2021
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY096T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
collect / Stuttgart
Client:
Frank Kayser
Title:
Essence – Stars of the Rhön
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY097T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
collect / Stuttgart
Client:
Ansbach Theater
Title:
All good things
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY098T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Hanzer Liccini / Berlin + DInamo Typefaces
Client:
Dinamo Editions
Title:
Arizona Type Specimen
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY099T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Shihong Chen / Beijing
Client:
Hanyu Cui & IS A GALLERY
Title:
Nature Loves to Hide
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY100T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Practise / Auckland
Client:
W. W. Norton & Company
Title:
Redaction
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY101T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Laura Coombs / New York + Mindy Seu / New York
Client:
Cyberfeminism Index
Title:
Cyberfeminism Index
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY102T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
INDEX / Brooklyn, New York + Rote Press / Brooklyn, New York
Client:
Rote Press
Title:
INDEX—2 'Free'
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY103T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Brad Bartlett Design / Los Angeles
Client:
Sam Francis Foundation
Title:
A History for the Future: MOCA, LA, 1979-2000
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY104T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
MNP / Athens
Client:
De Film Freak
Title:
NOON
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY105T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Yasmin Çakır / Berlin
Client:
Personal
Title:
Handy Handbook of Hands
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY106T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Nohawk + Slanted Publishers / Nördliche Uferstraße, Karlsruhe
Client:
Slanted Publishers
Title:
The Nest
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY107T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Studio Woork / Jakarta
Client:
Studio Woork
Title:
A Guide to Measure Life in Points
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY108T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Jiawei Zhu / Guangdong
Client:
personal
Title:
@
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY109T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
A.A. Trabucco-Campos / Brooklyn, New York
Client:
Pomological Series
Title:
Pomological Series Vol 2
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Book - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY110T
Award:
2023 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Seven / Auckland
Client:
Samson
Title:
Samson
Category:
Environmental Design / Installation / Environmental Design
Annual ID:
TDC69_LT030T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
afterimage / Zagreb
Client:
Type Today
Title:
Generative January
Category:
Other
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY125T
Award:
2023 Typography 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 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Beijing Artron Art Printing co.,ltd
Client:
Chongqing University Press
Title:
The Painting Biography of the Mustard Seed Garden
Category:
Other
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY127T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
RAJSHREE SARAF / Brooklyn
Client:
N/A
Title:
Typespace
Category:
Other
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY128T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
W studio / Paris
Client:
Personal
Title:
Giallo
Category:
Other
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY129T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Liad Shadmi
Client:
N/A
Title:
The Alphabetical Room
Category:
Other
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY130T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Morcos Key / New York
Client:
Self initiated
Title:
Wild Flowers
Category:
Other
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY131T
Award:
2023 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Frontline Typo + Studio Metaphor
Client:
Frontline Typo Platform
Title:
Farsi Alternative Type Design Yearbook 2022
Category:
Print / Printed Ephemera - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_LT028T
Award:
2023 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Frontline Typo + Studio Metaphor
Client:
Frontline Typo Platform
Title:
Numerals of Injustice Daily Planner 2022
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_LT025T
Award:
2023 Lettering TDC Winner
Agency:
Heejae Kim / New York City
Client:
GQ Korea
Title:
2022 Contents of the Year
Category:
Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_LT029T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Samar Maakaroun / London + Miguel Desport / London + Right to Left / London
Client:
Personal
Title:
29 Words for 29 Letters
Category:
Print or Digital / Infographics / Maps - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY020T
Award:
2023 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Reina Akkoush
Client:
Personal
Title:
Yasar
Category:
Variable Font
Annual ID:
TDC69_TD049T
Award:
2023 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
TypeTogether
Client:
TypeTogether
Title:
Atlante
Category:
Variable Font
Annual ID:
TDC69_TD051T
Award:
2023 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
Universal Thirst / Bangalore/Reykjavík
Client:
N/A
Title:
Ilai
Category:
Variable Font
Annual ID:
TDC69_TD052T
Award:
2023 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
ANTI / Oslo + The Pyte Foundry / Ellmer Stefan / Oslo / Oslo
Client:
Ferd / Marienlyst
Title:
Marienlyst Display
Category:
Variable Font
Annual ID:
TDC69_TD053T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
HOOOLY DESIGN / Hangzhou City + Jin Chuang Space / Nanjing
Client:
Jin Chuang Space
Title:
Kindness and Sharpness
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY029T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
LiaoDesign
Client:
Shenzhen Graphic Design Association
Title:
GDC Award 30 Years
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY030T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Bleed Design Studio / Oslo
Client:
Naturhistorisk museum
Title:
Identity for Oslo’s Natural History Museum
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY031T
Award:
2023 Typography 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 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
LG2
Client:
Legion Labs
Title:
Legion Labs Visual Identity
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY033T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
BangBang / Montreal + BeanBean Coffee / Montreal
Client:
BangBang
Title:
BeanBean Coffee
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY034T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Gretel / Brooklyn + Ryan Bugden / Brooklyn + On Road / London
Client:
RISD
Title:
RISD Identity
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY035T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
DESIGN ARMY / Washington DC
Client:
LOWE
Title:
GALLERY 64
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY036T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
WePlayDesign / Grandvaux
Client:
Filmar en América Latina
Title:
Festival Filmar en América Latina 2022
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY039T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
COLLINS / New York
Client:
IIT Institute of Design
Title:
IIT Institute of Design
Category:
Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY040T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Fresh Produce / Sioux Falls
Client:
Ipso Gallery
Title:
Ipso Napkins
Category:
Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY050T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
Thinking*Room / Jakarta
Client:
Thinking Room
Title:
Hopescotch
Category:
Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY051T
Award:
2023 Typography TDC Winner
Agency:
ALINE STUDIO / Beijing (北京)
Client:
ALINE STUDIO
Title:
What is design? 7th Anniversary Handbook
Category:
Print / Printed Ephemera / Cards / Stickers - Single
Annual ID:
TDC69_TY052T
Award:
2023 Type Design TDC Winner
Agency:
LettError / The Hague
Client:
Personal
Title:
LTR Principia*
Category:
Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Annual ID:
TDC69_TD015T
