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2003 TDC Competition deadlines extended to Friday, 10 January 2003
TDC49 2003 Call for Entries
Chairman's Invitation
What can I tell you about typography? If you received this Call for Entries, you love great type. You are obsessed with its expression. When you see it, you get jealous and wish you'd done it. You celebrate a colleague's having gotten something wonderful approved. You even get disappointed for realizing you'd never have thought of that.
The TDC49 panel of judges come from seven design disciplines. They have different points of view but share a passion and intensity for typography and design.
Submissions to the TDC competition are often outrageously original and always fascinating. If you think you've got a great piece from the past year, enter it. Make us jealous and a little disappointed for not having thought of that ourselves.
Alexander W. White, Chairman, TDC49
The Jury
- Bob Aufuldish
- Aufuldish & Warriner, San Anselmo CA
fontBoy; Professor, California College of Arts and Crafts.
- Brian Diecks
- The Diecks Group, Inc., NYC
Broadcast design: launch and repositioning of ten television networks.
- Guto Lacaz
- São Paulo, Brazil
Magazine designer; founding member of ADG-Brazil, the Brazilian Graphic Designers Association.
- Mark Geer
- Geer Design, Houston TX
Publication and annual report design.
- Nancy Skolos
- Skolos-Wedell, Boston MA
Painting, technology, and architecture that blend graphic design and photography; Professor, RISD.
- Penelope Hawkey
- Group Creative Director/Executive Vice President, DčArcy
Cannes Best of Show, Gold Lion, Clios, EfȚes, ADDYs, ANDYs, and
One Show awards.
- Rodrigo Corral
- Rodrigo Corral Design, NYC
Book jackets, covers, and other printed material; Professor, SVA.
About the TDC49 Competition
The Type Directors Club is an international organization founded in 1946 whose members include design professionals, typographic designers, and typophiles. This year will be TDC's forty-ninth open Call for Entries in its international competition which recognizes excellence in the use of typography, calligraphy, handlettering and other letterforms. All entries will be judged by a panel of distinguished designers in January 2003. Winning works will be exhibited in six traveling shows and published in Typography 24, the hardbound, all-color competition annual designed by Alexander Isley Inc. The annual is published by HBI, a division of HarperCollins, and sold worldwide.
General Entry Rules
Eligibility
Entries must have been produced or published during 2002. Submissions can be by anyone associated with the entry. Work designed for the TDC and by the Chairman and judges is ineligible.
No identification of designer/submitter (e.g. business cards) may be attached to front or back of print entries, other than official Entry Forms.
Slides or transparencies are unacceptable in any area or category.
Photographs
If the actual piece is unavailable/unmanageable (e.g. signage, displays, POP, large packaging, billboards) photographic prints 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm) are acceptable. Photographs with more than one item are series entries.
Mounting of Entries
Entries in the Corporate ID category must be mounted on black illustration board (not Foamcore), not to exceed 14 x 22 inches (36 x 56 cm). Items may overlap. The maximum of six selected, representative items for series pertains to the number of mounted items not boards. Mounting in all other categories is optional. The maximum size of boards pertains to all areas and categories.
Experimental or Unpublished Work
Such work is ineligible in all areas and categories, except for Student Work.
Types of Entries
Single Entry
A single item, unrelated to any other entry, is a single entry.
Series or Campaign Entry
Two but not more than six typographically and conceptually related pieces in one category for the same event, product or subject matter, such as posters, ads, booklets, television commercials, packaging, etc. If more than six items are submitted the Show Committee will select six representative pieces for judging. Unrelated items, e.g. different books by the same publisher or different productions by the same theater, must be submitted as single entries.
Entry Areas / Categories
Entries may be submitted in three areas: Print, Electronic, and Student Work. Series must not be mixes of Print and Electronic Media. Print entries and printed Student Work must not be in electronic form. Indicate area and category number on Entry Form.
Print
Proofs, photostats, computer prints, slides or transparencies are unacceptable (see General Entry Rules), except where noted. Entries like signage, displays, exhibits, etc. need not have been produced by printing and can be submitted as photographic prints.
print categories are for identification purposes only. Judging will not be by separate categories. Therefore, do not submit the same item(s) in several categories or both as singles and series. Duplication will be eliminated by the Show Committee.
- Advertisements and Advertising Inserts
- Annual Reports and other financial reports
- Books
- Book Jackets or Covers
- Brochures and Direct Mail
- Calendars
- Catalogs
- Corporate Identity Always a series entry. Must be mounted (see mounting instructions). Not to exceed six selected, representative items, e.g. logos/trademarks, stationery, envelopes, folders, identity manuals, photographs of signage, but not posters or packaging.
- Editorial (magazine, newspaper, newsletter) An article covering several pages is considered a single entry. Spreads or entire articles submitted as single entries must be removed from the publication.
- Exhibits, displays, point-of-purchase, signage, architectural and dimensional design, Signage systems, exhibition booths, etc. are always series entries.
- Logos, Trademarks, Symbols Include firm or institution name and, if necessary, a one-sentence description on the front bottom of the entry (not on the Entry Form). Maximum size: 11 x 17 inches (28 x 43 cm). Photostats, computer prints or printed versions are acceptable.
- Miscellaneous including announcements, invitations, cards, menus, etc. Invitations may include response card and envelope. Additional pieces constitute a series entry.
- mixed series A printed series entry (no mix with electronic items) of two but not more than six typographically and conceptually related items pertaining to different print categories.
- Packaging
- Posters including large announcements and calls for entries.
- T-shirts or Apparel
Typeface design is not part of TDC49 and is a separate competition which is judged by a different jury but has the same deadline. For more information and a Call for Entries call the TDC office (212-983-6042) or visit our web site: http://www.tdc.org
Electronic Media
This includes tv commercials, music videos, video and film titles/graphics, video presentations, multimedia, internet graphics and interactive computer graphics. Entries must be submitted as 5 inch NTSC/VHS (not PAL or SECAM) videotapes, CD-ROM, computer discs runnable on a Mac (not PC) operating system, or as computer prints. Winners will be asked to submit individual frames or screens as photographic or computer prints for the exhibitions and the annual book. Each entry is to be submitted on a separate cassette or disc, except for series entries. Not acceptable in this category are internet addresses (there will be no internet access during judging).
Student Work
Unpublished work produced by students in design classes may be submitted in proof form, e.g., computer prints, photostats, etc., but not slides or transparencies. Student work is acceptable as single or series entries (maximum of six items). A one-sentence description of the assignment and the name of the school and the instructor must be included on the front bottom of the entry, not the entry form. Any mounted work must not exceed 14 x 22 inches (36 x 56 cm).
Out of the winning student entries, three will be selected for monetary awards. Their student designers will receive monetary awards in the amount of $500, $300 and $200 respectively. Their work will be noted in the annual as prize winners.
Entry Forms
Each Entry Form must indicate:
- Print, Electronic Media, Student Work
- Single or Series entry (indicate number of items, not boards, for series entries)
- Category number (for Print only)
- Title or identification of entry
- Complete information about the submitter (to be repeated on the Payment Form)
Official Entry and Payment Forms are printed on this Call and are available online. If additional forms are needed, please make same-size copies. Do not enlarge or reduce the form, and do not design your own entry form. Only information on the form is required at the time of submission. An entry form must be attached to the back of each entry, taped lightly only at the top of the form. Do not use gumming devices or double-face tape. Cut out Entry Forms (or copies thereof) along the dotted boxes.
Entry Fees
| | TDC Members | Non-members
| | single entry | US $30 | US $35 |
| series entry | US $60 | US $70 |
A completely filled out Payment Form must be sent with each submission of entries (and not attached to each entry). Payment -- payable to TDC49/Type Directors Club -- must be submitted with entries in cash, check, US dollar travelers checks, or charged to American Express, Visa or MasterCard. Checks or money orders from all countries outside the U.S. must be drawn on a U.S. bank, payable in U.S. dollars. Payment in foreign currency, check, Eurocheck, or postal money order -- even if drawn in U.S. dollars -- on banks outside of the U.S.A. is unacceptable. A portion of your entry fee will benefit the TDC Scholarship Fund.
TDC Membership
TDC members receive:
- Discounted entry and hanging fees
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Typography Annual
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Subscription to TDC Letterspace (newsletter)
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Reduced fees at Club sponsored events
TDC membership categories:
- Regular
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New York Area (within 60 miles) $125
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Outside of New York Area in U.S.A $100
- Outside U.S.A. $110
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Student $40
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Sustaining $300
(corporation, includes three individuals)
Hanging Fees
All winners will be charged a US $80 ($50 for TDC members) hanging fee for each single entry and US $130 ($100 for TDC members) for each series entry in order to be included in the annual book and exhibitions. Hanging fees are reduced for TDC members. Hanging fees help defray publication and exhibition expenses for this organization.
Deadline/Shipping
All entries, together with fees, and one Payment Form, must be delivered to TDC by Friday, December 20, 2002.
TDC49/Type Directors Club
60 East 42 Street
Suite 721
New York, NY 10165-0799 USA
If more than one package is shipped, this must be indicated outside each package, e.g. "1 of 2." Packages must be delivered prepaid. Non-U.S. contestants should mark each package "Material for contest entry. No commercial value." No provision will be made by TDC for U.S. Customs or airport pickup. Any customs fees will be charged back to the entrant.
No entries will be returned.
For further information, please contact the TDC offices:
T : 1-212-983-6042
F : 1-212-983-6043
E : director@tdc.org
W : http://www.tdc.org
Awards
Only winners will be notified the week of January 20, 2003.
Entries selected by the jury will receive Certificates of Typographic Excellence. They will be exhibited in the 49th TDC Exhibition, and appear in Typography 24. The opening of TDC49 will be held at Parsons School of Design, New York City and will be on display during the summer of 2003. Winners will be asked to supply transparencies (4 x 5 in. or 10 x 12 cm) or slides of the winning entries for use in Typography 24.
Winners will also be asked to supply five additional copies of winning entries for use in exhibitions outside New York. These shows travel throughout North America, Europe and Eastern Asia. Credits of individuals and firms that have contributed to each entry will be included in the exhibitions and in Typography 24.
TDC49 2003 : Call for Entries
:: Invitation
:: Full Text
:: Jury
:: Eligible Entries & Formats
:: Entry Areas & Categories
:: Entry Forms
:: Entry Fees & Membership
:: Deadline & Shipping
:: Awards & Exhibitions
:: Contact
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