The Type Directors Club

TDC Medal

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

Scholarships

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 2008 winners:

Florian Brozek
The Cooper Union

James Dunphy
Parsons School of Design

Magdalena Fumagalli
Universidad de Buenos Aires

Joshua Hearn
Fashion Institute of Technology

Sarah Nguyen
School of Visual Arts

Michelle Park
CalArts

Natasha R. Rodriguez-Bacchus
Pratt Institute*

*The scholarship presented to Pratt Institute is named in honor of Mr. Mahlon Cline, who bequeathed a substantial amount to the TDC Scholarship Fund and was a very active Pratt faculty member and alumnus.

Past Scholarship Recipients

TDC Scholarships 2007
TDC Scholarships 2006
TDC Scholarships 2005
TDC Scholarships 2004
TDC Scholarships 2003
TDC Scholarships 2002
TDC Scholarships 2001
TDC Scholarships 2000

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

Agnes Wartner
Hochshule für Gestaltung und Kunst
Basel CH

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

Past Award Winners

TDC53 Student Awards 2007
TDC52 Student Awards 2006
TDC51 Student Awards 2005
TDC50 Student Awards 2004
TDC49 Student Awards 2003
TDC48 Student Awards 2002
TDC47 Student Awards 2001