The
Type Directors Clubis the leading international organization whose purpose is to support excellence in typography, both in print and on screen. Through our annual competition and exhibition and frequent salons and workshops, we hope to celebrate the current stars of the typographic field and educate its future leaders.
We now invites the submission of entries to our
60th annual Communication Design Competitionand
17th annual Typeface Design Competition, the most highly-respected and selective competitions of typographic and typeface design from around the world.
This year’s communication design competition is being chaired by TDC board member
Gail Anderson, and the annual and exhibition materials are being designed by the New York brand and experience design firm
Collins.
Alongside our annual competitions, the TDC also awards very special members of our community, those that have devoted their lives making our world a more beautiful place through their amazing work by bestowing upon them our most prestigious award, the
TDC Medal. Through the
TDC Scholarshipand
TDC Student Awards, we hope to encourage the typographic leaders of tomorrow.
Please note, the deadline for entries is
December 13, 2013, but if you submit by the early bird deadline of
Friday, November 1, you will receive a substantial discount on the entry fee. Late deadline is
January 14, 2014.
Eligibility
Entries must have been produced or published during 2013. Submissions can be by anyone associated with the entry.
Prize
Winning submissions are displayed in
seven exhibitionsthat travel the globe next year, and are also published in a beautiful hardbound annual,
Typography 35.