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02/15/2025

Enter Communication Design link in bio. Accepting mail-in physical entries by Feb 28 ✉️📦
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TDC67 | 2021 WINNER
Title: WFH Reader: Norms, Dystopias, & Utopias Collide
Discipline: Communication Design
Category: Books/Single
Agency: Google/Mountain View
Client: Personal
Designer: Anna Sera Garcia, Megan Lynch
Director: Chris Morabito

10/03/2023

TDC70 is now open for entries! Take a look at last year's winner, TOKY from St. Louis, for their work with Goshen Coffee Roasters. With two decades of expertly roasted coffee under their belt, Goshen had a devoted following and promising growth potential. However, they needed a visual identity that would resonate with their audience and a brand concept to inspire it.

To help Goshen Coffee Roasters stand out on highly competitive retail shelves and attract more cafe visitors, TOKY injected a surprising depth of meaning into the brand name. "Goshen" was transformed into a symbolic fusion of "Good S**t Energy," serving as a guiding light for the brand's unapologetically positive vibe

09/21/2023

Let's take a moment to applaud last year's winner, Brinda Desai | Bangalore, who wowed us with "36 Days of Type" in the lettering category.

Brinda's submission for "36 Days of Type 2022" was a captivating exploration of experimental visual forms and dynamic motion typography. Even as a C4D beginner, she maintained consistency in executing simple yet impactful concepts. Some letterforms drew inspiration from anatomy and construction (such as 'B' and 'F'), while others were context-driven (like 'C' for Clinical and '6' denoting a timer).

This project blended various palettes, styles, and effects seamlessly to deliver a playful and engaging A-Z, 0-9 set. Congratulations to Brinda Desai on her outstanding work, and we look forward to discovering more creative brilliance in TDC 70!

09/12/2023

The Type Directors Club is proud to announce that TDC70 is now open for your submissions!

This competition has been celebrating outstanding creativity in the worlds of type and lettering for a full seven decades. The iconic TDC annuals continue to line the bookshelves of some of the most inspiring designers in the world; here is your opportunity for your work to be added to the next one, in this milestone year,

The early bird deadline (with the lowest fees) is November 2nd. And the competition now accepts a greater range of entries than ever before.

Murals? Generative software? Type tattoos? If it has type in it, we want to see and celebrate it. https://enter.tdc.org/

09/08/2023

The Type Directors Club is proud to announce the latest iteration of its renowned Type Drives Culture series — Multilingüe: Writing and Typography for Native Languages from Latin America, taking place virtually on November 9–11.

Over three days, Multilingüe will celebrate those who write, research, and design typefaces for the native languages of Latin America, from Mexico to Chile and all points in between. Its mission will be to discuss how communities work in modernity and the tools and resources they employ to promote and revitalize native languages, helping preserve the American continent’s rich linguistic diversity. Register Here - https://www.typedrivesculture.com/

08/16/2023

Get your design groove on! 🎉 The Type Directors Club invites you to the ultimate typographic bash – Ascenders 2023! Join us on September 7th at NYC's The One Club for Creativity Gallery. We're celebrating under-35 design prodigies in style. Meet the brightest type talents, mingle with our TDC Advisory Board, and witness the Ascenders awardees in the spotlight. Sip on Other Half Brewing's finest, savor light bites, and immerse yourself in the font-astic vibes. Don't miss this chance to dive into the design frenzy, make new connections, and raise a glass to design's rising stars!

The judges deliberated. The winners, declared. Now join us as we officially award and celebrate this year’s batch of Ascenders in NYC!

04/26/2023

The winners have been announced!!

Congratulations to everyone that made it in The Book. We received more entries from across the world than ever before in TDC history. 77 countries participated, with 42 of them winning the TDC Certificate of Typographic Excellence.

Follow the hashtag —and look for the red TDC seal—across different channels to explore the winning entries.

04/13/2023

Join the ranks of the top ascending typographers — get your applications started by APRIL 15th to be considered. Last chance before another year passes by.

💥💥💥 ascenders.tdc.org 💥💥💥

For your cohort pleasure, and because we’ll use any excuse to show off our past Ascenders winners, below you’re seeing work from Abraham Lule, Juan Carlos Pagan, Valerio Monopoli, Tina Smith, Gemma O'Brien, Asal Farshchi, Ben Johnson, and Daniel Brockstad.

03/26/2023

April 5th — Join us in a free virtual panel with Ascenders judges Golnar Kat Rahmani and Matthew Tapia, moderated by Parasto Backman.

And enter the portfolio competition—for all those on the rise, age 35 and under. ➡️➡️➡️ ascenders.tdc.org by April 15.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ascenders-judges-golnar-kat-rahmani-and-matthew-tapia-tickets-594836621347
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Born in Iran, Golnar Kat Rahmani is a Berlin-based creative director and artist. Her studio features a strong expertise in multilingual design with a focus on Persian/Arabic typography. Her recent initiative project “Type & Politics” aims at freeing Persian/Arabic Type from its ideological and negative connotations.

Matthew is a self-taught artist and designer born and raised in Hawaii with more than 15 years of experience working in New York and Honolulu. His passion for art and hard work extends his capacity to a wide range of projects: from custom type and lettering, identity design, and art direction; to illustration, mural installation, and more.

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Established in 1946, the Type Directors Club is a professional association that today curates a calendar of typographic intrigues designed to:

—build a community through public events and platforms —support the growth of students and early-career professionals —recognize excellence in type design across the world.

In connection with our landmark yearly competitions, we produce and publish a Typography Annual and coordinate eight traveling exhibits of award-winning work. We host and sponsor numerous events—conferences, courses, workshops, exhibitions, and frequent Type Salons—both in our New York City home and at supportive institutions near and far.

The membership of TDC includes graphic designers, art directors, editors, media makers, students, and entrepreneurs, anyone who loves typography, letterforms, and the written word… join us!

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