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

26 Pilzfont Agency: Patrick Bittner / Saarbrücken Client: Patrick Bittner Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Series
Stanford d.school Yearbook ’22 Agency: Daniel Frumhoff Design + Stanford University d.school Client: Stanford University d.school Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - 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)
Sandals and Beaches Resorts Logos Agency: House Industries / Wilmington, Delaware + Sandals Resorts International / Montego Bay Client: Sandals and Beaches Resorts Category: Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Series
La Connessa Identity Agency: Office / San Francisco + Bacchus Management Group / San Francisco Client: Bacchus Management Group Category: Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - 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
Happy Font & Happy Script. Agency: Yorgo&Co / Paris + Happy Socks / Stockholm Client: Happy Socks Category: Superfamily (non-related styles)
Geste Agency: Hirbod Lotfian / Amiens Client: N/A Category: Superfamily (non-related styles)
YouTube Sans Tamil Agency: YouTube Art Department + Ek Type / Mumbai Client: YouTube Category: Superfamily (non-related styles)
YouTube Sans Devanagari Agency: YouTube Art Department + Ek Type / Mumbai Client: YouTube Category: Superfamily (non-related styles)
YouTube Sans Korean Agency: YouTube Art Department + YMG Type Foundry Client: YouTube Category: Superfamily (non-related styles)
Panel Family Agency: ps.type / Orlando + pprwrk studio / Orlando Client: ps.type.lab Category: Superfamily (non-related styles)
Dina Typefamily Agency: Baldinger•Vu-Huu / Paris + BVH Type / Paris Client: City of Chaumont Category: Superfamily (non-related styles)
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
TypeFlexi Agency: Class Tao / Shanghai Client: Personal Category: Digital / Technology / Website / Microsite - Single
Kowloon Type Website design Agency: Nippon Design Center, Inc. / Tokyo Client: Kowloon Type Category: Digital / Technology / Website / Microsite - Single
Bad Bunny Conquered the World Agency: Rolling Stone Client: Rolling Stone Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
How to have sex in 2023 Agency: Cyla Costa Studio / Curitiba Client: Women's Health Magazine Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
Calligraphic Editorial Agency: Maria Montes / Melbourne + Middlebury Magazine / Middlebury, Vermont 05753 + Pentagram / Austin Client: Middlebury Magazine Category: Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
A Wild Promise Agency: Plankton Art Co. / Mount Holly, NJ Client: Tin House Category: Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Series
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
Canal Magazine Issue 2 Agency: Sunday Afternoon / New York Client: Canal Magazine Category: Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Series
The New York Times for Kids Covers Agency: The New York Times Magazine / New York City Client: The New York Times for Kids Category: Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Series
Classics Agency: Casa Rex / São Paulo Client: Panda Books Category: Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Series
Symbol Liangshan Agency: 王伟朴 / Chengdu China Client: Personal project Category: Print or Digital / Clock / Calendar
Season Type Calendar Agency: Haocheng Zhang / Ruiying Zeng / Xinyuan Li / Melbourne Client: N/A Category: Print or Digital / Clock / Calendar
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
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
Seed Packet Greetings Agency: KDP Letters / Halifax Client: To & From Gift Co. Category: Print / Packaging Design - Series
Thorn & Burrow Wines Agency: TRÜF / Los Angeles, CA Client: Thorn & Burrow Wines Category: Print / Packaging Design - Series
Maxine Agency: Associate Studio / Brooklyn, NY Client: Maxine Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Cultural Talents Tournament Agency: Milk Network / Jeddah Client: Ministry of Culture Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System
Courses and Workshops 2023 Agency: Thiago Lacaz / Rio de Janeiro Client: Sesc Avenida Paulista Category: Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Patrick Bittner / Saarbrücken

Patrick Bittner

26 Pilzfont

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Series

TDC70_CD097

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Daniel Frumhoff Design + Stanford University d.school

Stanford University d.school

Stanford d.school Yearbook ’22

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Series

TDC70_CD098

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

House Industries / Wilmington, Delaware + Sandals Resorts International / Montego Bay

Sandals and Beaches Resorts

Sandals and Beaches Resorts Logos

Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Series

TDC70_LT008

2024 Lettering TDC Winner

Office / San Francisco + Bacchus Management Group / San Francisco

Bacchus Management Group

La Connessa Identity

Print or Digital / Logotype / Monogram - Series

TDC70_LT009

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 Type Design TDC Winner

Yorgo&Co / Paris + Happy Socks / Stockholm

Happy Socks

Happy Font & Happy Script.

Superfamily (non-related styles)

TDC70_TD026

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

Hirbod Lotfian / Amiens

N/A

Geste

Superfamily (non-related styles)

TDC70_TD027

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

YouTube Art Department + Ek Type / Mumbai

YouTube

YouTube Sans Tamil

Superfamily (non-related styles)

TDC70_TD028

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

YouTube Art Department + Ek Type / Mumbai

YouTube

YouTube Sans Devanagari

Superfamily (non-related styles)

TDC70_TD029

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

YouTube Art Department + YMG Type Foundry

YouTube

YouTube Sans Korean

Superfamily (non-related styles)

TDC70_TD030

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

ps.type / Orlando + pprwrk studio / Orlando

ps.type.lab

Panel Family

Superfamily (non-related styles)

TDC70_TD031

2024 Type Design TDC Winner

Baldinger•Vu-Huu / Paris + BVH Type / Paris

City of Chaumont

Dina Typefamily

Superfamily (non-related styles)

TDC70_TD032

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

Class Tao / Shanghai

Personal

TypeFlexi

Digital / Technology / Website / Microsite - Single

TDC70_CD023

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Nippon Design Center, Inc. / Tokyo

Kowloon Type

Kowloon Type Website design

Digital / Technology / Website / Microsite - Single

TDC70_CD024

2024 Lettering TDC Winner

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Bad Bunny Conquered the World

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC70_LT019

2024 Lettering TDC Winner

Cyla Costa Studio / Curitiba

Women's Health Magazine

How to have sex in 2023

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC70_LT020

2024 Lettering TDC Winner

Maria Montes / Melbourne + Middlebury Magazine / Middlebury, Vermont 05753 + Pentagram / Austin

Middlebury Magazine

Calligraphic Editorial

Publication / Editorial / Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

TDC70_LT021

2024 Lettering TDC Winner

Plankton Art Co. / Mount Holly, NJ

Tin House

A Wild Promise

Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Series

TDC70_LT018

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

Canal Magazine

Canal Magazine Issue 2

Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Series

TDC70_CD001

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

The New York Times Magazine / New York City

The New York Times for Kids

The New York Times for Kids Covers

Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Series

TDC70_CD088

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Casa Rex / São Paulo

Panda Books

Classics

Publication / Editorial / Book / Magazine Cover - Series

TDC70_CD089

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

王伟朴 / Chengdu China

Personal project

Symbol Liangshan

Print or Digital / Clock / Calendar

TDC70_CD026

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Haocheng Zhang / Ruiying Zeng / Xinyuan Li / Melbourne

N/A

Season Type Calendar

Print or Digital / Clock / Calendar

TDC70_CD027

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Studio Otwarte / Kraków + BB Media / Skarżysko-Kamienna + Spoiwo Studio / Kraków + Ludowy Theatre / Kraków

Ludowy Theatre

Ludowy Theatre Signage and Wayfinding

Environmental Design / Signage / Wayfinding - Single

TDC70_CD127

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

KDP Letters / Halifax

To & From Gift Co.

Seed Packet Greetings

Print / Packaging Design - Series

TDC70_LT016

2024 Lettering TDC Winner

TRÜF / Los Angeles, CA

Thorn & Burrow Wines

Thorn & Burrow Wines

Print / Packaging Design - Series

TDC70_LT017

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Associate Studio / Brooklyn, NY

Maxine

Maxine

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC70_CD038

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Milk Network / Jeddah

Ministry of Culture

Cultural Talents Tournament

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC70_CD039

2024 Communication Design TDC Winner

Thiago Lacaz / Rio de Janeiro

Sesc Avenida Paulista

Courses and Workshops 2023

Print or Digital / Brand Identity System

TDC70_CD040

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