The Type Directors Club is pleased to announce that its World’s Best Typography exhibition is coming to Auckland, New Zealand for the second time, courtesy of award-winning creative agency Osborne Shiwan and Portfolio Recruitment.

Direct from its New York showing, TDC65 Auckland will showcase an exciting and culturally diverse range of award-winning work chosen by some of the design industry’s most recognised mentors, creative innovators and thought-leaders. The exhibition will be on display at Auckland University of Technology’s St Paul St Gallery Two from March 4 to 28.

Lloyd Osborne, Creative Director at Osborne Shiwan, thinks this is the best reflection of current typographic excellence at an international level. “This competition received thousands of submissions that were narrowed to just 253 examples from over 38 countries. There is a wealth of diversity on show, through language, culture, and type design. As alumni, we are proud to bring TDC65 to AUT.”

As well as communication design, TDC65 Auckland will showcase typefaces chosen from a record 350 submissions, including ‘Serif UI’ by the Apple Design Team and ‘Heldane’ by New Zealand based Kris Sowersby at Klim.

The exhibition is free and open to the public. Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 10am – 5pm.

To learn more about the works in this exhibition, read about the poster project from Brazil that received the Best in Show award here, and the award-winning student work here.

Read more about these Judges’ Choices, which are featured in TDC65 Auckland:

• Tien-Min Liao’s Ribaasu typeface design
• Rüdiger Schlömer’s Typeknitting book
• David Galar’s typographic identity system for virtual reality
• State, the innovative variable typeface project created by MICA student Potch Auacherdkul
• Orientation typeface created by Sandrine Nugue
• La Belle et la Bête, the second issue of the art and style magazine Pan & The Dream, created by New York’s Rational Beauty
• The Bacteria Museum identity by SVA student Sunnie Lee
• Crochet typeface by You Lu.

About Osborne Shiwan

Founded in 2006, Osborne Shiwan is an Auckland-based creative agency specialising in strategic thinking and art direction. Creative Directors Lloyd Osborne and Shabnam Shiwan have collaborated with some of New Zealand’s most influential brands and their work has been recognised internationally within the areas of commerce, arts and culture.