Tag: Type Directors Club

Type Directors Club Announces 15 New Advisory Board Members

Stuart Mitchell

The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization, has expanded the geographic and cultural diversity of its esteemed Advisory Board with the appointment of 15 new members from 10 countries, increasing the total number from 15 to 23 this year. Starting two-year terms earlier this year, the new members of the volunteer Advisory Board are: Au Chon Hin, founder, Untitled Macao, Macao Maram Al Refaei, visual communication, designer, researcher, Archief Cairo Studio, Cairo Parasto Backman founder, designer, Studio Parasto Backman, senior lecturer, Konstfack University of Arts Crafts and Design,…

Read More

Type Directors Club Announces Changes For Annual Competition as TDC69 Kicks Off

Stuart Mitchell

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 its annual awards with today’s opening of TDC69 Annual Competition call for entries. Previously divided into two competitions, one each for Communications Design and Typeface Design, the program is now a single competition under this year’s umbrella of TDC69, consisting of three disciplines: Type Design, Typography, and, for the first time, Lettering. The new dedicated discipline for Lettering is for…

Read More

Akira Kobayashi To Receive Type Directors Club’s Prestigious TDC Medal

Stuart Mitchell

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 awarded to Hermann Zapf in 1967, the TDC Medal recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of typography.  The honor represents TDC’s collective gratitude to those who, by their work and talent, have demonstrated the value of typography in communication, community, and culture.  The list of past TDC Medalists can be viewed here. “I was surprised to…

Read More

Type Director Club Announces 25 Winners For Global Ascenders 3 Competition

Stuart Mitchell

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 designers age 35 and under. Ascenders is the world’s premier portfolio-based competition dedicated to type in all its versatile forms, and the inspiring up and coming designers — individuals or teams — who are elevating the medium.   Ascenders 3 winners are: Andrej Barčák, Andrej Čanecký (Andrej & Andrej), Bratislava  Au Chon Hin, Macao David Barnett, Brooklyn Scott Biersack, Phoenix…

Read More

Type Directors Club Presents “Ezhishin”, the First-Ever Conference On Native North American Typography 

Stuart Mitchell

The Type Directors Club, the leading organization for the global type community, this fall will host Ezhishin, the first-ever conference dedicated to Native North American typography. Named after the Ojibwe word for “s/he leaves a mark”, Ezhishin was developed to facilitate conversation around the typographic needs of First Nations/Native American communities, and showcase lettering projects and typographic styles by Native designers.  The virtual event includes more than a dozen panels and presentations on November 11-12, 2022, with workshops on November 13. There are few Native American type designers operating today,…

Read More