The Type Directors Club Medal

The Type Directors Club Medal is awarded to individuals and institutions that have made significant advances for, contributions to, and achievements in the art and craft of type and typography.

  • Paula Scher

    2006

  • Martin Solomon

    2003

  • Günther Gerhard Lange

    2000

  • Colin Brignall

    2000

  • Rolling Stone magazine

    1997

  • Matthew Carter

    1997

  • Lou Dorfsman

    1995

  • Gene Federico

    1991

  • Ed Benguiat

    1989

  • Freeman Craw

    1988

  • Adrian Frutiger

    1987

  • Bradbury Thompson

    1986

  • Aaron Burns

    1985

  • Paul Rand

    1984

  • Herb Lubalin

    1984 (posthumously)

  • Paul Standard

    1983

  • Georg Trump

    1982

  • Arnold Bank

    1979

  • Edward Rondthaler

    1975

  • Robert Leslie

    1972

  • Frank Powers

    1971

  • R. Hunter Middleton

    1968

  • Hermann Zapf

    1967

TDC Medal Winners

2008 Scholarship Winners

The Type Directors Club is proud to support design education throughout the world. Since 1994, the TDC has awarded scholarships to promising students of typography. Here are the 2009 winners:

Rafael Almonte
Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic

Marie Castiglione
Fashion Institute of Technology

Sam Chun
The Cooper Union School of Art

Grant Gold
School of Visual Arts

Skip Hursh
Pratt Institute

Grace Lee
Parsons New School for Design

Calvin Waterman
Rhode Island School of Design

Past Scholarship Recipients

Scholarships

Student Awards

TDC54 Student Awards 2008

The TDC typography competition contains a separate category for excellent typographic work by students. Below, are the student awards for the TDC54 Typography Competition:

1st place — $500
Iran Narges
California College of the Arts

2nd place — $300

Agnes Wartner
Hochshule für Gestaltung und Kunst
Basel CH

3rd Place — $200
Stina Carlberg
Yale School of Art
New Haven CT

Past Award Winners

Student Awards