Dupincel—Type Design
Plau / Rio de Janeiro
We host annual competitions in support of emerging, early career, and world-renowned typographic talent, showcasing each year’s winning work in an exhibition at New York’s Cooper Union. After their initial debut, exhibitions travel to museums, schools, and design organizations around the US and 50 cities in 20 countries across the globe.
Winning work is honored in the pages of our beautifully designed annuals, distributed to TDC members worldwide.
Students are encouraged to enter the Communication and Typeface Design competitions. We offer a separate category for student submissions.
Dupincel—Type Design
Plau / Rio de Janeiro
Metawhat?—Type Design
Sharaf Studio
Honk—Type Design
Ek Type / Mumbai
Hamster—Type Design
Fontwerk GmbH / Berlin
Dash—Type Design
Typotheque / The Hague
SF Georgian—Type Design
Apple Design Team / Cupertino
What is design? 7th Anniversary Handbook
ALINE STUDIO / Beijing (北京)
Wild Flowers
Morcos Key / New York
World Cup 2022 Posters
Underline Studio / Toronto
Zebra Beer
ShenZhen Lingyun creative packaging design Co.,Ltd. / ShenZhen
ᎧᎹᎹ “Kamama” – Woven Sketchbook cover
Monique Ortman / Harrah
We are the Freedom
Grafprom / Kharkiv
Handy Type—Lettering
Rozi Zhu & Haocheng Zhang
Analog Market 2023—Lettering
Ligh. / Tokyo
Live-Typography for iM A STUDiO—Lettering
Katya Slobodskaia
36 Days of Type Cakes—Lettering
Alexa Edgerton / Grand Rapids, MI
36 NYC Matchboxes—Lettering
Lily Boyce / Brooklyn
John Chester Ross & Sons 2nd Batch—Lettering
Holy Studio / Porto Alegre
Our signature competition, established in 1955, regularly attracts upwards of 2,000 submissions from 50+ countries.
Baloney Suicide—Communication Design
David Beauchemin et Julien hébert / Montreal
Magnetizdat DDR – Eastgerman tape underground 1979—Communication Design
José Mendes
Deus Mini—Communication Design
Pentagram / New York City
O lieb’, solang du lieben kannst!—Communication Design
易鸣/Ming Yi / Karlsruhe
Baden-Württemberg Music Centre signage system—Communication Design
büro uebele visuelle kommunikation / Stuttgart
DOTSSS CHILDREN’S MUSEUM SIGNAGE—Communication Design
PRISM DESIGN STUDIO / Chengdu
Created in 1998, the Typeface Design competition recognizes work from independent designers, agencies and foundries.
AMAALA ARABIC—Typeface Design
Bahman Eslami / The Hague + Interval type / Paris
FZ Qianlongxingshu—Judge’s Choice
FounderType / Beijing
Greta Armenian—Typeface Design
Typotheque / The Hague
SF Symbols 3—Typeface Design
Apple Design Team / Cupertino, California
Lava Syllabics—Typeface Design
Typotheque / The Hague
November Tamil—Typeface Design
Typotheque / The Hague
Created in 2018, Ascenders honors type-based portfolios of designers who are 35 years of age and under.
Ximena Amaya
Cecilia del Castillo Daza
Carlos Oliveras Colom
Carlos Mignot Cordeiro
Julia Martinez Diana
Fernanda Didini