Medal Winner
Rubén Fontana
The Type Directors Club has announced that Rubén Fontana has been chosen as the recipient of the coveted TDC Medal for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the field of typography. The award presentation will…
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Type Directors Club Awards the TDC Medal to Rubén Fontana
The Type Directors Club has announced that Rubén Fontana has been chosen as the recipient of the coveted TDC Medal for a lifetime of outstanding contributions to the field of typography. The award presentation will…
Building Community
Moving Forward
August 6, 2020 An update from the TDC It is a time of change and transition, and much has happened at the TDC over the last few months. As a profound movement for social justice…
Interviews
Zan Goodman
We are speaking on Day 50-something of Quarantine. How are you finding it impacting your creativity? Are there any bright sides to it? It certainly feels like Day 1 million. I have found that my…
Salons
Lubalin Center: Japanese Graphic Design from the Archive
The curator of the Herb Lubalin Study Center, Alexander Tochilovsky, will discuss the history of the center and the evolution of its collection. The talk will also focus on a few recent acquisitions of Japanese…
Special Events
Online Archive Virtual Happy Hour with Letterform Archive
On April 7, when Letterform Archive launched its Online Archive, a free online resource to all who love letters, no one suspected that it would break the internet! After one month, two server crashes, and…
Salons
Simon Loxley: In Search for Emery Walker
Emery Walker (1851–1933) inspired and facilitated the private press movement and raised general standards in printing and typography – largely reflected through others’ work. Who was he, what exactly was his influence, and how was…
News
Help for the Design Community: Resources During the Pandemic
Business Management and Jobs List of design jobs on the TDC site Remote design career coaching and workshops at Design Dept. in San Francisco The AIGA Community Resource hub has an extensive list of resources,…
Event video
Meet the Judges 2020 - Panel Discussion
TDC Judges’ Night 2020 Theresa Lang Auditorium, Parsons School of Design New York, New York January 23, 2020 TDC Communication Design and Type Design competition chairs Liz DeLuna, Douglas Riccardi, and Juan Villanueva host a…
Exhibitions
TDC65 Exhibition at FMU in Florence, South Carolina
Originally debuted in New York City, The World’s Best Typography: The 65th Annual Exhibition of the Type Directors Club (TDC65) is a travelling exhibit that features communication design and selections from the twenty-first annual typeface…
Exhibitions
TDC65 Exhibition in Auckland
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…
Special Events
Contemporary Arabic Graphic Design at CBA
This event is the second in a series of three seminars in Arabic Type: Between Heritage and Modernity, dedicated to Arabic type design and typography, curated by typography expert Dr. Nadine Chahine for the Center…
Special Events
Modernity in Arabic Type Design at CBA
This event is the first in a series of three seminars in Arabic Type: Between Heritage and Modernity, dedicated to Arabic type design and typography, curated by typography expert Dr. Nadine Chahine for the Center…
Event video
Adi Stern & Veronika Burian: “Harmony and Converse: The Story of Noam Text"
“Harmony and Converse: The Story of Noam Text” with Adi Stern & Veronika Burian Type Directors Club Salon New York, New York November 14, 2019 Type designers Adi Stern and Veronika Burian provide a behind-the-scenes…
Interviews
Best of 2019
“My trajectory makes a lot of sense looking back, because I had always been in love with both words and visuals, but I never would have discovered that if I hadn’t let go of the…
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Ascenders Awards and Exhibition 2019
Each year, the TDC board of directors selects a set of outstanding designers under 35 in a blind judging process. Winners are selected for their remarkable achievements in typography, type design, and lettering. In 2019,…
Competitions
Meet Loris Olivier Ascender 2019
Here is our interview with typeface designer, Loris Olivier, who is currently working in Lausanne, Switzerland. What schools did you attend? I attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, where was introduced to…
Special Events
Typophiles Annual Holiday Luncheon with Maxim Zhukov
Maxim Zhukov, a longtime member and supporter of Type Directors Club, is the featured speaker and will talk about his prolific and influential career in book design. Tickets to the annual luncheon are $45 in…
Competitions
2019 Typeface Design Judge’s Choice: Crochet by You Lu
Crochet was on view in The World’s Best Typography exhibition (TDC65) in Barcelona at BAU through November 29, and in Lublin, Poland at Dom Słów-Izba Drukarstwa (House of Words-Print House) through December 27. About Crochet…
Exhibitions
TDC65 Exhibition in Lublin, Poland
The “World’s Best Typography” exhibition includes over 280 selections of winning work from the TDC’s annual international typeface design competition and communication design competition selected by an international jury of top designers. The exhibition displays…
Competitions
Meet the 23TDC Typeface and TDC66 Communication Design Judges
Everyone who enters the competition before midnight, December 13 will have the opportunity for their work to be considered by this diverse group of international designers. The group will convene in New York City at…
Special Events
TDC 2019 Holiday Party at Poster House
Join us for a convivial typographic evening with wine, hors d’oevres, two poster exhibitions with a curator-guided tour, and a silent auction. There may even be a nerdy typographic game (we’re still working on the…
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TDC 2019 Holiday Party
Join us for a convivial typographic evening with wine, hors d’oevres, two poster exhibitions with a curator-guided tour, and a silent auction. There may even be a nerdy typographic game (we’re still working on the…
Competitions
2019 Typeface Design Judge’s Choice: Orientation by Sandrine Nugue
When asked to select his favorite from among all the entries, typeface design judge Kristyan Sarkis chose Orientation, created by Sandrine Nugue to help students find their way around a new student housing complex in…
Exhibitions
TDC64 Opening in Bridgeport
Everyone is invited to the opening reception for TDC’s 64th Annual Competition Exhibition, The World’s Best Typography at the University of Bridgeport. The reception is open to the public, with a short panel discussion by…
Exhibitions
TDC64 Exhibition at Estación Diseño in Granada, Spain
This TDC64 exhibition opens in Grenada following the exhibition’s tour to Tokyo, Seoul, Warsaw, New York, Antwerp, Ontario, Saigon, and Auckland. TDC64’s tour through Spain has included Barcelona, Sabadell, Soria,and Madrid. Read about AAD’s history…
Classes and Workshops
“StencilMania”: Stencil Lettering & Type Workshop with Laura Meseguer
This workshop offers participants an opportunity to spend a day learning from and creating under the guidance of award-winning Barcelona typeface designer Laura Meseguer. Goals To help participants to understand and practice the principles underlying…
Interviews
Sven Lindhorst-Emme
Unsurprisingly for a TDC member, your work is largely led by typography. That’s true, although I think that every graphic designer uses typography—they should just do so consciously and with applied experience. Tell us a…
Interviews
Stan Church
You came up in one of the Golden Ages for Typography, in the 70s and 80s in New York City. Nowadays, young designers have the internet to tell them who the latest hot shots are,…
Special Events
Lettering Walk with Paul Shaw: Greenwood Heights and Sunset Park
Join us to explore the adjacent neighborhoods of Greenwood Heights and Sunset Park that straddle Fourth Avenue and butt up against Gowanus Bay and the Upper Bay of New York Harbor. These are working class…
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Type Drives Culture 2019: Part 12 Type Panel
Part 12 of 12 Afternoon Type Panel with Juliette Cezzar “Type: More Democratized Than Ever” Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 SVA Theatre, New York City March 1, 2019 Video recording sponsored by…
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Type Drives Culture: Part 11 Afternoon Panel
Part 11 of 12 Afternoon Panel with Gloria Kondrup: “Type: More Vital Than Ever” Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 SVA Theatre, New York City March 1, 2019 Video recording sponsored by Google…
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Type Drives Culture 2019: Part 10 Kris Holmes and Debbie Millman for "Design Matters"
Part 10 of 12 Kris Holmes Interviewed by Debbie Millman for Design Matters: “Type: More in Need of Handwriting Than Ever” Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 SVA Theatre, New York City March…
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Type Drives Culture 2019: Part 9 Wael Morcos
Part 9 of 12 Wael Morcos: “Type: More Arab Than Ever” Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 SVA Theatre, New York City March 1, 2019 Video recording sponsored by Google Type Drives Culture…
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Type Drives Culture 2019: Part 8 Nontsikelelo Mutiti
Part 8 of 12 Nontsikelelo Mutiti: “Type: More Obscure Than Ever” Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 SVA Theatre, New York City March 1, 2019 Video recording sponsored by Google Type Drives Culture…
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Type Drives Culture 2019: Part 7 Anne Quito
Part 7 of 12 Anne Quito: “Type: More Newsworthy Than Ever” Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 SVA Theatre, New York City March 1, 2019 Video recording sponsored by Google Type Drives Culture…
Classes and Workshops
Type Design for Non-Type Designers with Matteo Bologna
Get a crash course in designing type from Matteo Bologna, Creative Director of award-winning studio Mucca Design. This (always sold out) 6 hours workshop will introduce you to the basic skills necessary for the wild…
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Type Drives Culture 2019: Part 6 Morning Panel
Part 5 of 12 Morning Panel Moderated by Jason Pamental Type Directors Club Type Drives Culture Conference 2019 SVA Theatre, New York City March 1, 2019 Video recording sponsored by Google Type Drives Culture is…
NYC Exhibition
The Ascenders 2019 Exhibition
Congratulations to the Ascenders 2019! Come see their work! The Type Directors Club invites everyone to view examples of the work of ten young designers named Ascenders 2019, the result of a competition that received…
Competitions
Presenting the 2019 Ascenders
The board of the Type Directors Club had the difficult task of selecting this group from 130 outstanding designers from 33 countries. The board was impressed with the quality and diversity of the entries, which…