The New York Times Magazine Tops Winners In Global TDC70 Competition

NEW YORK — The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization, announced the winners from 41 countries in its prestigious TDC70 Competition.

Leading the way with five TDC70 Certificates of Typographic Excellence is The New York Times Magazine New York with five, as follows:

• “The Halloween Issue” for The New York Times for Kids in Communication Design, Publication / Editorial - Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
• “The New York Times for Kids Covers” for The New York Times for Kids in Communication Design, Publication / Editorial - Book / Magazine Cover - Series
• “The Puberty Issue” for The New York Times for Kids in Communication Design, Publication / Editorial - Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
• “The Hip Hop Issue” for The New York Times Magazine in Communication Design, Publication / Editorial - Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
• “The Lives They Lived” for The New York Times Magazine in Communication Design, Publication / Editorial - Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single

Entrants with three TDC70 Certificate wins each are: 

Apple Design Team Cupertino

• “SF Armenian” in Type Design, Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
• “SF Georgian” in Type Design, Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)
• “SF Hebrew” in Type Design, Multiple Axis Type Family (ie weight + width)

büro uebele visuelle kommunikation Stuttgart

• "Tyrol University College of Teacher Education” for ARSP Architekten in Communication Design, Environmental Design - Signage / Wayfinding - Series
• “Baden-Württemberg Music Centre signage system” for Blasmusikverband Baden-Württemberg in Communication Design, Environmental Design - Signage / Wayfinding - Series 
• "Non Nobis Vol 2” for Werner Sobek in Communication Design, Publication / Editorial - Book - Series

Foreign Policy Design Group Singapore

• “The Swap Show Edition 2” for The Swap Show in Communication Design, Motion - Animated Posters - Series 
• “The Swap Show Edition 2” for The Swap Show in Communication Design, Print - Posters - Series
• “Design Diplomacy: On the Road” in Communication Design, Motion - Credits or Titles

G Design Studio Athens

• “Art Athina” for PSAT in Communications Design, Publication / Editorial - Editorial / Catalog / Magazine - Single
• “Art Athina” for PSAT in Communication Design, Publication / Editorial - Book - Single
• “Monument” in Communication Design, Print or Digital - Logotype / Monogram - Single

Landor Paris

• “MYOM fluid identity” for MYOM in Communication Design, Motion - Animated Posters - Series, Print or Digital - Logotype / Monogram - Single
• “MYOM fluid identity” for MYOM in Communication Design, Print or Digital - Logotype / Monogram - Single
• “MYOM fluid identity” for MYOM in Communication Design, Print - Posters - Series

Milk Network Jeddah

• “Cultural Talents Tournament” for Ministry of Culture in Communication Design, Print or Digital - Logotype / Monogram - Single
• “Cultural Talents Tournament” for Ministry of Culture in Communication Design, Print or Digital - Brand Identity System
• “Cultural Talents Tournament” for Ministry of Culture in Communication Design, Print - Posters - Series

Pentagram New York

• “Deus Mini” for Deus in Communication Design, Other
• “Folger Shakespeare Library signage” for Folger Shakespeare Library in Communication Design, Environmental Design - Signage / Wayfinding - Series
• “Raindogs” for Sid Gentle Films in Communication Design, Motion - Credits or Titles

This year’s esteemed global jury awarded a total of 203 TDC70 certificates to entrants in 41 countries in three disciplines: Communication Design, Lettering, and Type Design.  A showcase of all TDC70 Certificate winners can be viewed here.

TDC70 Best of Discipline and Judges’ Choice recipients will be announced on May 14 during The One Club for Creativity’s Creative Week 2024 in New York.  That’s also the date for a special TDC70 Exhibition of winning work, from 7:00 pm-9:00 pm at Location05, 450 West 31st St, 7th floor.

All TDC70 winners receive a Certificate of Typographic Excellence and digital seal certifying their work is among the world’s best of the year.  Winning work will also be featured in the highly respected TDC Annual, The World’s Best Typography®, and showcased in eight exhibitions that travel to museums, schools and design organizations around the world. 

TDC70 winners are also part of The One Club’s prestigious Global Creative Rankings, earning points alongside winners in The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, ONE Asia, and Art Directors Club of Europe competitions to chart the world’s leading independent creatives, ad agencies, production companies, and brands.

Across its three juries, TDC70 had native experts for writing systems spanning Arabic, Cyrillic, Indic, CJK, Thai, and select African scripts.  The addition of these and other judges in recent years is a reflection of TDC’s commitment to have a greater number of the most appropriate experts judging designs for which they have a deep knowledge.

This year’s TDC70 competition committee was co-chaired by Eric Q. Liu, typographer, editor, podcaster and writer with The Type in Tokyo, and Trisha Tan, VP Experience Design Lead, Chase Travel, JP Morgan Chase, New York. 

Branding for this year’s competition was created by Wolff Olins, with fonts generously donated by Neubau, based in Berlin.

About Creative Week 2024

Now in its 15th year, Creative Week (May 13-17, 2024) is a premier annual gathering for the advertising and design industries to come together and celebrate the creative excellence showcased in four of the club’s leading global awards shows, and discuss the latest creative trends and issues.

In addition to the TDC70 exhibition and Best of Discipline and Judges’ Choice announcements, Creative Week 2024 also includes a TDC Lettering Walk from New York’s City Hall to the Battery.  The walk takes place on May 16 from 10:30 am-2:00 pm and will be led by designer, calligrapher, and historian Paul Shaw.

Other Creative Week programming includes awards ceremonies for the Young Ones Student Awards on May 13, ADC 103rd Annual Awards on May 15, the exclusive Executive Creative Summit-New York on May 16, and The One Show 2024 awards ceremony on May 17.

Please visit Creative Week 2024 for more information and to buy tickets.

The One Club for Creativity – home of The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE) awards, ONE Asia Awards, Type Directors Club and competition, TDC Ascenders, Young Guns, Young Ones Student Awards, Next Creative Leaders, ONE Screen Short Film Festival, and more – is the world’s foremost non-profit organization whose mission is to support and celebrate the success of the global creative community. Revenue generated from entries to its global awards shows goes back into the industry to fund programming under the organization’s four pillars: Education, Inclusion & Diversity, Gender Equality, and Creative Development.