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

Variations of Heart Whispers Agency: Qiuyu Li / Osaka + TOMBO Inc. / Osaka Client: Personal Category: Print / Posters - Series
Patterns+Insights: Issue 01, Unbound Agency: Amazon Device and Services Group / Seattle + North / London + Rational Beauty / Austin Client: Amazon Device and Services Design Group Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
ART ATHINA Agency: G Design Studio / Athens Client: PSAT Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
The Puberty Issue Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York City Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
The Halloween Issue Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York City Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
The Lives They Lived Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York City Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Prime Matter BSS Agency: SEMIOTIK DESIGN AGENCY / Athens Client: BSS Consulting Company Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
The Hip Hop Issue Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York City Client: The New York Times Magazine Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Can-Tini: Espresso Martini in a can Agency: Saint-Urbain Client: Can-Tini Category: Print / Packaging Design - Single
BlockFace Agency: Will Mower / London + Open Press Project / Cologne Client: Will Mower Category: Other
Analog Market 2023 Agency: Ligh. / Tokyo Client: Audio-Technica Corporation Category: Other
Live-Typography for iM A STUDiO Agency: Katya Slobodskaia Client: iM A STUDIO Category: Other
Handy Type Agency: Rozi Zhu & Haocheng Zhang Client: N/A Category: Other
Dash Agency: Typotheque / The Hague Client: N/A Category: Variable Font
Dupincel Agency: Plau / Rio de Janeiro + Noo Works / Rio de Janeiro + Consoante / Belo Horizonte Client: Plau Category: Variable Font
Metawhat? Agency: Sharaf Studio + Khajag Apelian Client: The Media Majlis at Northwestern University Qatar Category: Variable Font
Honk Agency: Ek Type / Mumbai Client: Google Fonts Category: Variable Font
Signage as playful educational interaction Agency: Atelier Andrea Gassner / 6800 Feldkirch Client: Altenstadt Elementary School, Feldkirch Category: Environmental Design / Signage / Wayfinding - Series
Canela Aarbic Agency: Morcos Key / New York, NY + Debakir / Beirut Client: Commercial Type Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
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)
Decutto Agency: Michael Rafailyk Foundry / Sumy Client: Retail markets Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Darvish Agency: Standard font Client: Personal Category: Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)
Intel One Mono Agency: VML / Kansas City + Intel / Santa Clara + Frere-Jones Type / New York Client: Intel 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)
Ricloud XiuWu Family Agency: Ricloud Type / Dalian + Hanyi Fonts / Beijing Client: Hanyi Fonts 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 Type Agency: ricardodesign / Wörgl + Ricardo Gantschnigg / Wörgl Client: Personal Category: Digital / Technology / Social Media - Series
Quasi: Experimental Writing Systems Agency: The Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography / Pasadena, CA Client: The Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography (HMCT) Category: Environmental Design / Interactive / Experiential Design
BIGGER Agency: StudioSpass / Rotterdam Client: BIGGER art book exhibition Category: Environmental Design / Interactive / Experiential 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
Live Wired Motion visuals Agency: Mònica Losada / Brooklyn, NY Client: Wired Magazine Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Single
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Agency: Landor / Milan Client: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Single
Aeroplan motion Agency: TypeTogether Client: TypeTogether Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Single
Guns and Gulaabs - Credit Titles Agency: Aarushi Jain + Netflix India + D2R Films / Mumbai Client: D2R Films Category: Motion / Credits or Titles
Design Diplomacy: On the Road Agency: Foreign Policy Design Group / Singapore Client: Design Diplomacy: On the Road Category: Motion / Credits or Titles
Raindogs Agency: Pentagram / New York City Client: Sid Gentle Films Category: Motion / Credits or Titles
Title sequence for TV show "Blackwater" Agency: GunLab + Snøhetta + Apple Tree Productions Client: SVT Category: Motion / Credits or Titles
RTS Cambridge Convention: Too Much To Watch Agency: Studio Kiln / Falmouth + 4creative / London Client: Royal Television Society / Channel 4 Television Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series
Magnetic Field Brand Identity Agency: Sunday Afternoon / New York Client: Magnetic Field Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series
SNKRS Showcase Agency: Something Special Studios* / New York, NY + Nike / Portland, OR Client: Nike Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series
Furniture that fits. For people that don’t. Agency: Studio Dumbar/DEPT® / Rotterdam + Grey London Client: Tylko Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series
Live Visuals Don G Agency: S&Co / Bogotá Client: Don G Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series
FILA's 50th FBOX anniversary Agency: Thonik / Amsterdam Client: FILA Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series
VECTOR Agency: Donald Zhu / Toronto Client: Self Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Rebrand: Viz ID & Motion Agency: Base Design / New York + Rock & Roll Hall of Fame / Cleveland Client: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Category: Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series
Tag der offenen Tür Agency: Neeser Müller Görner / Basel Client: Schule für Gestaltung Basel Category: Print / Posters - Single
Taiping Market Agency: United Design Lab Client: Art Field Nanhai Category: Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Series
THC NYC Brand Creation & Launch Agency: Base Design / New York + THC NYC / New York Client: THC NYC (The House of Cannabis New York) Category: Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Series
Tabrizi Jali Agency: Borna Izadpanah Client: Personal Category: Single Style Typeface

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Qiuyu Li / Osaka + TOMBO Inc. / Osaka

Personal

Variations of Heart Whispers

Print / Posters - Series

TDC70_CD071

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Amazon Device and Services Group / Seattle + North / London + Rational Beauty / Austin

Amazon Device and Services Design Group

Patterns+Insights: Issue 01, Unbound

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC70_CD090

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

G Design Studio / Athens

PSAT

ART ATHINA

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC70_CD091

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

The New York Times Magazine / New York City

The New York Times for Kids

The Puberty Issue

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC70_CD092

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

The New York Times Magazine / New York City

The New York Times for Kids

The Halloween Issue

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC70_CD093

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

The New York Times Magazine / New York City

The New York Times Magazine

The Lives They Lived

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC70_CD094

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

SEMIOTIK DESIGN AGENCY / Athens

BSS Consulting Company

Prime Matter BSS

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC70_CD095

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

The New York Times Magazine / New York City

The New York Times Magazine

The Hip Hop Issue

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC70_CD096

2024 Lettering TDC Winner

Saint-Urbain

Can-Tini

Can-Tini: Espresso Martini in a can

Print / Packaging Design - Single

TDC70_LT015

2024 Lettering TDC Winner

Will Mower / London + Open Press Project / Cologne

Will Mower

BlockFace

Other

TDC70_LT001

2024 Lettering TDC Winner

Ligh. / Tokyo

Audio-Technica Corporation

Analog Market 2023

Other

TDC70_LT026

2024 Lettering TDC Winner

Katya Slobodskaia

iM A STUDIO

Live-Typography for iM A STUDiO

Other

TDC70_LT027

2024 Lettering TDC Winner

Rozi Zhu & Haocheng Zhang

N/A

Handy Type

Other

TDC70_LT028

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

Typotheque / The Hague

N/A

Dash

Variable Font

TDC70_TD033

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

Plau / Rio de Janeiro + Noo Works / Rio de Janeiro + Consoante / Belo Horizonte

Plau

Dupincel

Variable Font

TDC70_TD034

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

Sharaf Studio + Khajag Apelian

The Media Majlis at Northwestern University Qatar

Metawhat?

Variable Font

TDC70_TD035

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

Ek Type / Mumbai

Google Fonts

Honk

Variable Font

TDC70_TD036

2024 Lettering TDC Winner

Atelier Andrea Gassner / 6800 Feldkirch

Altenstadt Elementary School, Feldkirch

Signage as playful educational interaction

Environmental Design / Signage / Wayfinding - Series

TDC70_LT025

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

Morcos Key / New York, NY + Debakir / Beirut

Commercial Type

Canela Aarbic

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC70_TD008

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

Cinketype / Budapest

cinketype

Crow Script

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC70_TD009

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

Tengis Type / Hohhot

Personal

Ese-Unen

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC70_TD010

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

Michael Rafailyk Foundry / Sumy

Retail markets

Decutto

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC70_TD011

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

Standard font

Personal

Darvish

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC70_TD012

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

VML / Kansas City + Intel / Santa Clara + Frere-Jones Type / New York

Intel

Intel One Mono

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC70_TD013

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

Sandrine Nugue / Montpellier

Sandrine Nuge

Moulin

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC70_TD014

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

Ricloud Type / Dalian + Hanyi Fonts / Beijing

Hanyi Fonts

Ricloud XiuWu Family

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC70_TD015

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

Alexandre Bassi / Lyon + 205TF / Lyon

Personal

Leopardo

Single Axis Type Family (ie weight or width)

TDC70_TD016

2024 Lettering TDC Winner

ricardodesign / Wörgl + Ricardo Gantschnigg / Wörgl

Personal

36 Days of Type

Digital / Technology / Social Media - Series

TDC70_LT004

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

The Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography / Pasadena, CA

The Hoffmitz Milken Center for Typography (HMCT)

Quasi: Experimental Writing Systems

Environmental Design / Interactive / Experiential Design

TDC70_CD125

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

StudioSpass / Rotterdam

BIGGER art book exhibition

BIGGER

Environmental Design / Interactive / Experiential Design

TDC70_CD126

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

STUDIO KEKFENG / kuala lumpur + Huruf / kuala lumpur + Adrble Studio / kuala lumpur

Hi-Lighter

I Want Festival 2023

Print or Digital / Instructional Design / Forms / Information Design - Series

TDC70_CD025

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Mònica Losada / Brooklyn, NY

Wired Magazine

Live Wired Motion visuals

Motion / Kinetic Typography - Single

TDC70_CD002

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Landor / Milan

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano

Motion / Kinetic Typography - Single

TDC70_CD003

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

TypeTogether

TypeTogether

Aeroplan motion

Motion / Kinetic Typography - Single

TDC70_CD004

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Aarushi Jain + Netflix India + D2R Films / Mumbai

D2R Films

Guns and Gulaabs - Credit Titles

Motion / Credits or Titles

TDC70_CD019

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Foreign Policy Design Group / Singapore

Design Diplomacy: On the Road

Design Diplomacy: On the Road

Motion / Credits or Titles

TDC70_CD020

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Pentagram / New York City

Sid Gentle Films

Raindogs

Motion / Credits or Titles

TDC70_CD021

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

GunLab + Snøhetta + Apple Tree Productions

SVT

Title sequence for TV show "Blackwater"

Motion / Credits or Titles

TDC70_CD022

2024 Lettering TDC Winner

Studio Kiln / Falmouth + 4creative / London

Royal Television Society / Channel 4 Television

RTS Cambridge Convention: Too Much To Watch

Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series

TDC70_LT002

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Sunday Afternoon / New York

Magnetic Field

Magnetic Field Brand Identity

Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series

TDC70_CD005

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Something Special Studios* / New York, NY + Nike / Portland, OR

Nike

SNKRS Showcase

Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series

TDC70_CD006

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Studio Dumbar/DEPT® / Rotterdam + Grey London

Tylko

Furniture that fits. For people that don’t.

Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series

TDC70_CD007

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

S&Co / Bogotá

Don G

Live Visuals Don G

Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series

TDC70_CD008

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Thonik / Amsterdam

FILA

FILA's 50th FBOX anniversary

Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series

TDC70_CD009

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Donald Zhu / Toronto

Self

VECTOR

Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series

TDC70_CD010

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Base Design / New York + Rock & Roll Hall of Fame / Cleveland

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Rebrand: Viz ID & Motion

Motion / Kinetic Typography - Series

TDC70_CD011

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Neeser Müller Görner / Basel

Schule für Gestaltung Basel

Tag der offenen Tür

Print / Posters - Single

TDC70_CD063

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

United Design Lab

Art Field Nanhai

Taiping Market

Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Series

TDC70_CD036

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Base Design / New York + THC NYC / New York

THC NYC (The House of Cannabis New York)

THC NYC Brand Creation & Launch

Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Series

TDC70_CD037

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

Borna Izadpanah

Personal

Tabrizi Jali

Single Style Typeface

TDC70_TD001

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