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The TDC celebrates and amplifies the undeniable power of typography. We are a global community united The shape of langauge. #TDC68 #TDCAscenders
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
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!
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/
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!
TDC Ascenders Award Ceremony & Reception 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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03/24/2023
TDC Scholarships (and Native/First Nations grant) deadline is extended by one week—through March 31st.
Scholarships - The Type Directors Club Adé Hogue Scholarship Broderick “Adé” Hogue was a Chicago-based art director and letterer as passionate about the sport of cycling as he was about the intricacies of design — and with a drive to foster diversity in both worlds. Tragically, he was killed last October at the age of 32, after ...
03/09/2023
Your opinions, dictating the direction the TDC competition and subsequent showcases take. Only requires 2-3 minutes of your time.
https://bj0weojb82l.typeform.com/to/ctFC3oNT
02/23/2023
Next week! Join us for , a typographic wonderment of Latin America’s hidden secrets. A virtual conference, with an option of attending a local party if you’re located within proximity to Brooklyn, Pasadena, Belo Horizonte, or São Paulo.
https://www.typedrivesculture.com/chachechi
Speakers include Alejandro Magallanes, Carga Máxima Perú (Alinder Espada & Azucena del Carmen Cabezas León), Beatriz Lozano, Carlos Braverman Bocai, Cyla Costa, Daniel Sabino, Eduarda Nieto, Fer Cozzi, Fred Gelli, Guille Vizzari, Gustavo Greco, Julia B Aguiar, Julieta Ulanovsky, Laureano Menéndez, Marco Avilez, Nubia Navarro, Oliver Siegenthaler, Raphaël Verona, Rodrigo Saiani, Bastarda Type (Seb de la Hoz & Jason Guzman Munevar), Susana Machicao, Tony de Marco, Tulio Cerquize, Ximena Jiménez, and Yanina Arabena.
Curated by Sol Matas & Laura Scofield.
02/08/2023
Tomorrow — TDC talks with Best-in-Show winners Michael Bierut and Jonny Sikov of Pentagram. Free, online.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tdc68-best-in-show-panel-with-michael-bierut-and-jonny-sikov-of-pentagram-tickets-501359629147
01/31/2023
awards are back, and open for entries! Join the ranks of the leading designers and typographers today, and get on everyone’s talent-to-watch list. Ascenders is a portfolio competition for individuals and duos 35-and-under, celebrating the best-of-the-best who are defining the shape of our industry today.
Judging this year are design superstars, including past Ascenders, Alia Bright, Chris Campe, Claudia Rubín, Cyla Costa, David Barnett, Frank Adebiaye, Golnar Kat Rahmani, Kenneth Kuh, Kiel Mutschelknaus, Li Zhiqian, Liza Enebeis, Marina Chaccur, Masashi Murakami, Matthew Tapia, Shivani Paresh Parasnis, Susana Machicao Pacheco, Tré Seals, Vincent Chan.
Branding by Anıl Aykan.
Deadline — March 15
Extended Deadline — April 15
➡️ https://ascenders.tdc.org/
01/25/2023
Tomorrow!! Join us in conversation with lettering and typographic talents Hussein Alazaat (Amman, Jordan), Ximena Jiménez (Bogotá, Colombia), and Huston Wilson (Johannesburg, South Africa). Three of the spectacular judges we have for this year’s competition. (Pssst, still accepting entries until March 3, 2023: enter.tdc.org).
The rest of the judges for the newly minted discipline in the competition are Nick Misani, Seb Lester, Giorgia Lupi, Lauren Hom, and Milo Kossowski. An overwhelmingly swoon-worthy line-up, and exactly who you want to be seen by.
🎟️ RSVP https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tdc69-lettering-judges-online-panel-tickets-501356670297
💼 enter.tdc.org for the competition
The next conference is right around the corner, and we couldn’t be more excited with anticipation. Curated by Sol Matas and Laura Scofield, with branding by Nubikini, “Cha Che Chi” will be all about the typography and lettering arts of Latin America and its diaspora.
Join us on March 3-4. All online.
🟧 🟪 🟨 tdc.org/chachechi 🟪 🟧 🟨
01/15/2023
Reguar deadline is Tuesday, January 17th! Get your entries in NOW for the lower fees—or finish them up by March 3rd to be part of the competition. Now bigger, and more global, than ever. 💙
One more week of early bird pricing for . Enter your best work from 2022, and help us write the next canon of exceptional typography.
💥 enter.tdc.org 💥
11/05/2022
Taking place this week! All online, so register now for , TDC’s Native North American Typography conference.
https://www.typedrivesculture.com/ezhishin/
Come watch 20 incredible panels and presentations, and an option of any of four free workshops for those that register. Learn what you’ve been missing, ask the questions you’ve been wanting to ask, and watch your world expand.
The competition is now open! Get ’er entries, get published, send your work off on a global tour.
The earlybird deadline (with the lowest fees) is November 22nd. And the competition now accepts a greater range of entries than ever before.
Murals? project? Generative software? Type tattoos? If it has type in it, we want to see and celebrate it.
💚💛 enter.tdc.org
10/10/2022
As you’re celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day— take this opportunity to sign up for and learn about Native North American art, design, and typography. Co-curated with Neebinnaukzhik Southall, we’ve a truly stellar two days of leading Native designers, followed by a day of workshops.
Register:
tdc.org/ezhishin
Friday to Sunday, November 11—13
$35—$95
09/19/2022
Join us! Person Place Thing host Randy Cohen will interview graphic designer and art director Steve Heller on Monday, Oct 17th.
Steve Heller’s upcoming book GROWING UP UNDERGROUND: A Memoir of Counter Culture New York discusses the earlier years of his 50+ year career as an art director, graphic designer, educator, and writer. His work often looks through the lens of design, type, and ephemera.
Person Place Thing is an interview show based on the idea that people are incredibly engaging when they speak about something they care about. Guests are invited to talk about one person, one place, and one thing with particular meaning to them. The result: surprising stories from great talkers and thinkers.
📅 Oct 17 / 🕖 6:30—8:30PM / 📍The One Club For Creativity, 450 W 31st St
To register visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/person-place-thing-with-steven-heller-tickets-411393909257
Person Place Thing with Steven Heller Randy Cohen interviews renowned graphic designer and art director, Steven Heller, in a live recording.
08/15/2022
Twenty-five hours from now, twenty-five ☄️blazing typographic talents will be honored and celebrated. Live and in-person. NYC.
Grab your ticket before it’s too late: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tdc-ascenders-exhibition-party-tickets-362079839547
TDC Ascenders Exhibition + Party The judges deliberated. The winners, declared. Now join us as we officially award and celebrate this year’s batch of Ascenders in NYC!
Just FIVE more sleeps before our biggest typographic event of the summer! Come celebrate with this year’s industry-leading, most inspiring winners at the opening ceremony and party.
MC’d by past Ascender, judge, and type queen Fer Cozzi (dialing in from Argentina) + the designer-du-jour of Dazzle Studio, Zipeng Zhu -- you won’t want to miss this one.
Drinks will be graciousy provided by Other Half Brewery, Something or Nothing seltzers, and Ghia. And naturally the highly regarded cheese sticks will be making their debut again (iykyk)
August 16th / 6PM-9PM / The One Club For Creativity 450 West 31st Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10001
Register here and bring a friend along! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tdc-ascenders-exhibition-party-tickets-362079839547
The judges have deliberated...
This year’s jury was comprised of an impressive group of type design and typography aficionados who have broken and continue to break the field with their work — Abbot Miller, Aditya Bayu, Albert Trulls, Alex Trochut, Anthony Bryant, Cem Eskinazi, Dafne Martinez, Eleni Beveratou, Eric Q. Liu, Erik Brandt, Fer Cozzi, Gabriel Martinez Maeve, Gail Anderson, Jessica Hische, JP Haynie, Davis Ngarupe, Liu Zhao, Miguel Reyes, and Tien-Min Liao.
💥 They admired, debated, and eventually voted for those 35 and under’s who are doing just the same through their own projects. 💥
Watch this space as we announce each of the on July 19th!
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Our Story
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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