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NEW YORK, November 5, 2026 — The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization, has announced this year’s winners for its three annual global student scholarship programs.
Adé Hogue Scholarship
Winning the 2026 Adé Hogue Scholarship, sponsored by Monotype in commemoration of gifted young Chicago-based art director, designer, letterer, and avid cyclist Adé Hogue, was Maya Cisneros, a student at School of Visual Arts studying Typography, Branding, and Motion.
She receives the $5,000 scholarship, which goes to an outstanding BIPOC student globally in their junior year of college or first year of graduate or postgraduate school who demonstrates exceptional talent and promise in the design or use of letterforms.
“As a mixed-race woman, I have often felt like I exist between worlds,” said Cisneros. “My identity has taught me that rules are fluid, and having insight into two rich, distinct cultures allows me to look at design through an unconventional lens. I like to experiment and juxtapose components, bring together things that shouldn’t exist together, and make them work using typography and layouts to bridge these gaps.”
Beatrice Warde Scholarship
This year’s $5,000 Beatrice Warde Scholarship, also sponsored by Monotype and named after the journalist, typographical scholar, and communicator on typography who was the first female member of the TDC, was awarded to Sanem Sari at University of Central Florida, studying Studio Art and Graphic Design.
The scholarship recognizes a woman or nonbinary individual college student globally in their junior year of undergraduate study whose work demonstrates exceptional talent, sophistication, and aptitude for typography, lettering, and/or type design.
“What interests me about branding is how it brings together multiple areas of design, including typography, print, and visual storytelling,” said Sari. “I aim to create designs that are both expressive and functional, while continuing to grow across different media and deepen my practice of typography.”
TDC Scholarships
The annual TDC Scholarship Program is open to juniors worldwide going into their senior year of college who demonstrate exceptional talent, sophistication, and skill in typography.
This year, five $1,000 and four $500 TDC scholarships were awarded as follows.
$1,000:
- Adrien Bachelart, École Nationale Supérieure d’Art et de Design de Nancy, studying Graphic Design, Typography, and Photography
- Ziru Lin, School of Visual Arts, studying Graphic Design, Visual Communication, Interaction Design and Typography
- Manas Shah, MIT Institute of Design, studying Communications Design
- Andres Barreto, University of Central Florida, studying Graphic Design
- Giseok (Ryan) Jang, The Cooper Union, studying Fine Art, Graphic Design, History, and Theory of Art
$500.
- Luise Motsch, Bauhaus University Weimar, studying Typography and Graphic Design
- Ziyi Wang, School of Visual Arts, studying Graphic Design, Typography, and Branding
- Hannah Thiel, Hochschule Düsseldorf Peter Behrens School of Arts (HSD PBSA), studying Typography, Editorial Design, and Poster Design
- Jennifer Lee, School of Visual Arts, studying Graphic Design, Motion Design, and Typography.
A complete list of past TDC scholarship recipients can be viewed here.
In addition to the financial awards, the winners of each scholarship receive a one-year TDC student membership, which includes a copy of the TDC Annual The World’s Best Typography®, and complimentary admission for all TDC events.
“A core value of TDC is to remain a beacon of support to the craft,” said David Jon Walker, Principal at Rhealistic, Associate Professor at Yale University, and TDC Advisory Board member. “These scholarships reward student pursuit of typographic excellence, and contribute to the preservation of knowledge and the growth of the discipline. TDC’s ability to lighten the financial burden in a field that’s indirectly under attack academically, and threatened professionally by the presence of AI, is of the utmost importance.”
Founded in 1946, the Type Directors Club is part of The One Club for Creativity, the foremost nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the global creative community. Follow TDC at @typedirectors.