#TDC69 Type Design Judges Online Panel
ABOUT THE EVENT Meet three of the eight TDC69 Type Design judges: Naïma Ben Ayed, Kateryna Korolevtseva, and Parimal Parmar, and join the discussion on global type design today. Moderated by Kimya Gandhi.…
ABOUT THE EVENT Meet three of the eight TDC69 Type Design judges: Naïma Ben Ayed, Kateryna Korolevtseva, and Parimal Parmar, and join the discussion on global type design today. Moderated by Kimya Gandhi.…
I’m glad to know Jan Middendorp personally for many years (much longer than many of my peers, but shorter than many of my colleagues, of course) and lucky to call…
NEW YORK, February 7, 2023 — The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization, has opened the call for applications for their three student scholarship programs. The programs, which all…
Tell us a little bit about your experience as a teacher and lecturer; How do you approach type design education for younger designers? Vinod J Nair: I have 21 years…
Audience: Native American and First Nation Students in the US and Canada Award: $5,000 The Ezhishin Scholarship is new this year and created in followup to last Fall’s successful Ezhishin…
NEW YORK, January 24, 2023 — The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization, today opened the call for entries for its global Ascenders competition, celebrating international typographers, letterers,…
Want to know what it takes to get the coveted best-in-show prize in our annual competition? Last year, Pentagram’s Michael Bierut and Jonny Sikov took home this single coveted prize…
Meet three of the eight TDC69 Lettering judges: Hussein Alazaat, Huston Wilson, and Ximena Jiménez, and join the discussion on why lettering is having such a hot moment, and how…
Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI), the acclaimed association that unites the world’s leading creative talents in design, advertising, and illustration, has granted a distinguished membership to Ksenya Samarskaya, managing director at…
The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization and part of The One Club for Creativity, announces significant expansion in accepted work and a host of additional changes to…
In preparing for our interview, I reached out to a mutual friend—one that has nothing to do with type or even design, but is in the music scene. He told…
Akira Kobayashi was introduced to the possibilities of type while still at school in his home country of Japan. Students were given regular poster art projects, coinciding with civic initiatives…
The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization, announced Akira Kobayashi, creative type director at Monotype, as this year’s recipient of its highest honor, the prestigious TDC Medal. First…
ABOUT THE EVENT: Steven Heller’s recent book GROWING UP UNDERGROUND : A Memoir of Counter Culture New York chronicles the first decade of his 50+ year career as an art director, graphic…
The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization, today announced the 25 talented young winners from 13 countries in the Ascenders 3 competition, celebrating international typographers, letterers, and type…
The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization and part of The One Club for Creativity, has opened its TDC68 Exhibition of this year’s competition winners in New York,…
The legendary Gail Anderson agreed to judge, host a panel, and be interviewed (she clearly needs to work on establishing boundaries). We are deeply grateful for her generosity and wisdom.…
Recommended by former Board Member, Zelda Harrison, Bayu was initially hesitant as typography is “more of a side hustle.” Ascenders Chair, Paul Carlos writes: “He’s not only qualified, but he’s…
A TypeMedia graduate and frequent collaborator with Commercial Type, Production Type, and Typotheque, we reached out to Hrvoje to provide wisdom and inspiration for the upcoming class of Ascenders. We…
NEW YORK, March 30, 2022 — The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization, announced the winners for its two premiere global professional awards programs — TDC68 Communication Design…
TDC has also opened the call for entries for the Beatrice Warde Scholarship, recognizing a female college student globally in their next-to-last year of undergraduate study whose work demonstrates exceptional talent, sophistication, and skill in the use of typography across current media. The $5,000 scholarship is open to students globally.
The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization, today opened the call for entries for the third edition of its global Ascenders competition, celebrating international typographers, letterers, and type…
Join Paul Shaw at Poster House for an in-depth exploration of the hand-lettering featured in the museum’s latest exhibition Ethel Reed: I Am My Own Property. Take a close look…
Explore the Victorian-era hand-lettering featured in Poster House’s latest exhibition Ethel Reed: I Am My Own Property with type historian Patricia Childers. Take a close look at the letterforms this pioneering graphic…
Poster House is excited to welcome Misha Beletsky for an evening exploring the Cyrillic hand-lettering in The Utopian Avant-Garde: Soviet Film Posters of the 1920s. Moderated by Chief Curator Angelina Lippert,…
How do typography, architecture, and storytelling blend into your studio practice? The studio’s practice evolved naturally from our backgrounds and interests– Andy’s training in the ethnography of inequality and in…
The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization, has renamed its annual BIPOC student scholarship as the Adé Hogue Scholarship, in memory of the talented young designer. The…
Audience: BIPOC Students in Junior Year of Undergrad or 1st Year Graduate/Post-Graduate Award: $5,000 Broderick “Adé” Hogue was a Chicago-based art director and letterer as passionate about the sport of…
TDC is pleased to present the 2022 Edition of Type Drives Culture, our global conference that explores ways in which people use typography to form and transform creative communities, and…
The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization, has further enhanced existing diversity within its leadership with the announcement of seven new TDC Advisory Board members. Starting two-year terms…
Meet the TDC68 Communication Design Jury moderated by competition co-chair Joe Newton. During this panel discussion the judges of the Type Directors Club’s 68th Communication Design competition discuss their work,…
The Type Directors Club (TDC) announced the launch of Type Drives Culture 2022, a global virtual conference on March 4-5, 2022 that will explore the ways typography is used to…
Online at typedrivesculture.com on March 4th (12pm to 5pm ET) and 5th (9am to 2pm ET). General Admission is $100 ($85 for Members) and Student Admission is $50 ($45 for…
The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization, has appointed designer, strategist, and educator Ksenya Samarskaya to serve as its first managing director in the club’s 75-year history. Samarskaya…
In recognition of the typographic flourishing of world scripts and the increasing volume of high-quality typefaces designed each year, TDC is expanding its renowned typeface design competition to include three…
The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization and part of The One Club for Creativity, has opened the call for entries and announced juries for its two premiere…
MEMBERS-ONLY BACKSTAGE PASS: TDC Members have the opportunity to join our panelists for a conversation after the panel. Email director@tdc.org for a code to reveal Members-Only Tickets. ABOUT THE EVENT: Meet the…
MEMBERS-ONLY BACKSTAGE PASS: TDC Members have the opportunity to join our panelists for a conversation after the panel. Email director@tdc.org for a code to reveal Members-Only Tickets. ABOUT THE EVENT: Meet the…