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May 30, 2016
Member of the Month: Wael Morcos
To celebrate our talented and diverse membership, the TDC is profiling one member each month. We’re asking members the same five questions that will hopefully let us – and you – get to know them better. Graphic and type designer, Wael Morcos, has been selected for May: Wael Morcos Tell us a little bit about … Read more
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April 29, 2016
Member of the Month: Ilene Strizver
To celebrate our talented and diverse membership, the TDC is profiling one member each month. We’re asking members the same five questions that will hopefully let us – and you – get to know them better. With over 30 years of experience in type and design, award winning founder of The Type Studio – Ilene … Read more
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March 31, 2016
Member of the Month: Sascha Lobe
To celebrate our talented and diverse membership, the TDC is profiling one member each month. We’re asking members the same five questions that will hopefully let us – and you – get to know them better. Sascha Lobe – graphic designer, founder and creative director of L2M3 as well as teacher at HfG Offenbach – … Read more
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February 29, 2016
Member of the Month: Dawn Hancock
To celebrate our talented and diverse membership, the TDC is profiling one member each month. We’re asking members the same five questions that will hopefully let us – and you – get to know them better. For February we pass the baton over to Dawn Hancock, founder of a socially conscious boutique design studio, Firebelly, … Read more
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January 29, 2016
Member of the Month: Michael Bierut
To celebrate our talented and diverse membership, the TDC is profiling one member each month. We’re asking members the same five questions that will hopefully let us – and you – get to know them better. To kick of 2016’s Member of the Month feature we proudly present, Michael Bierut. Michael Bierut. Image credit: Pentagram … Read more
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December 30, 2015
Member of the Month: Yomar Augusto
To celebrate our talented and diverse membership, the TDC is profiling one member each month. We’re asking members the same five questions that will hopefully let us – and you – get to know them better. For our last Member of the Month feature of 2015, we turn to Brazilian typographic artist and graphic designer: … Read more
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November 30, 2015
Member of the Month: Debbie Millman
To celebrate our talented and diverse membership, the TDC is profiling one member each month. We’re asking members the same five questions that will hopefully let us – and you – get to know them better. This month we selected the multi talented author-educator-designer-brand strategist-podcastcaster, Debbie Millman! Debbie Millman, photo credit: John Madere Tell us … Read more
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November 18, 2015
Meet the Judges of TDC62 Communication and Typeface Design Competitions
The Type Directors Club annual competition is recognized worldwide as the premier typographic design competition. This is due, in part, to the esteemed judges that participate each year. This year is no different. It’s with great pride and gratitude that we announce this year’s judges. Enter your typographic focused design work by December 11th, 2015 … Read more
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October 30, 2015
Member of the Month: Niral Parekh
To celebrate our talented and diverse membership, the TDC is profiling one member each month. We’re asking members the same five questions that will hopefully let us – and you – get to know them better. This month we selected designer, and 60th Annual Type Directors Club Communication Design Competition (TDC60) Best In Show winner, … Read more
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September 30, 2015
Member of the Month: Marta Cerdà
To celebrate our talented and diverse membership, the TDC is profiling one member each month. We’re asking members the same five questions that will hopefully let us – and you – get to know them better. This month Barcelona based graphic designer, illustrator and custom letterer, Marta Cerdà tells all! Marta Cerda Tell us a … Read more
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August 31, 2015
Member of the Month: Kevin Cantrell
To celebrate our talented and diverse membership, the TDC is profiling one member each month. We’re asking members the same five questions that will hopefully let us – and you – get to know them better. This month Kevin Cantrell discusses his biggest influences and his sweet design spot… Kevin Cantrell Tell us a little … Read more
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July 31, 2015
Member of the Month: Neil Patel
To celebrate our talented and diverse membership, the TDC is profiling one member each month who is selected at random. We’re asking members the same five questions that will hopefully let us – and you – get to know them better. This month Neil Patel was randomly drawn from our member list. Neil Patel Tell … Read more
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June 29, 2015
Member of the Month: Gail Anderson
To celebrate our talented and diverse membership, the TDC is profiling one member each month who is selected at random. We’re asking members the same five questions that will hopefully let us – and you – get to know them better. TDC board member, Gail Anderson, was drawn as our sixth member of the month. … Read more
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May 29, 2015
Member of the Month: Ricardo Cordoba
To celebrate our talented and diverse membership, the TDC is profiling one member each month who is selected at random. We’re asking members the same five questions that will hopefully let us – and you – get to know them better. May’s turn goes to graphic designer and self proclaimed type nerd, Ricardo Cordoba. Ricardo … Read more
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April 30, 2015
Member of the Month: Cherise Conrick
To celebrate our talented and diverse membership, the TDC is profiling one member each month who is selected at random. We’re asking members the same five questions that will hopefully let us – and you – get to know them better. For April, Cherise Conrick, creative director of TypeSpace is the chosen one! Cherise Conrick … Read more
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March 31, 2015
Member of the Month: Paula Scher
To celebrate our talented and diverse membership, the TDC is profiling one member each month who is selected at random. We’re asking members the same five questions that will hopefully let us – and you – get to know them better. For the month of March our selector tool landed on the iconic Paula Scher. … Read more
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February 27, 2015
Member of the Month: Ray Masaki
To celebrate our talented and diverse membership, the TDC is profiling one member each month who is selected at random. We’re asking members the same five questions that will hopefully let us – and you – get to know them better. Last month launched with a feature on Bruno Maag and this month falls on … Read more
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February 6, 2015
Competition Judging Weekend
Written by Competition Chairman Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich and Doug Clouse. Judging took place January 17-18, 2015.
2015 Typeface Design Competition: It was a wonderful experience being the chairman for the Typeface Competition. Almost like having a dinner party … Read more -
January 30, 2015
Member of the Month: Bruno Maag
To celebrate our talented and diverse membership, the TDC is profiling one member each month who is selected at random. We’re asking members the same five questions that will hopefully let us – and you – get to know them better. Kicking us off is Bruno Maag… Tell us a little bit about yourself – … Read more
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January 10, 2015
On Typographic Disguises
When type needs to be especially persuasive, surprising, or sneaky, it can don disguises that range from harmless mimicry to cryptographic complexity. An example of mimicry is type design that makes Roman letters look Arabic, veiling identity without completely concealing it. Sometimes such mimicry is clever; sometimes it is as unconvincing as a half-hearted Halloween … Read more
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December 3, 2014
Must-See Posters
Peter Bankov makes one poster every day. Them’s a lot of posters. And they are good, too. His sense of abandon makes him one of the strongest poster makers today. Originally from Minsk, Belarus, Bankov’s posters are the focus of an exhibition opening Dec. 2 (with a talk by the designer) at the Type Directors … Read more
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October 28, 2014
Seven things I’ve learned about Erik Spiekermann*
* from Hello, I am Erik, the first comprehensive documentation of more than 30 years of work by the internationally renowned designer and typographer. The book—monograph, “visual biography,” and festschrift is organized into seven clusters: Spiekermann as typographer, designer, entrepreneur, networker, author, and technician, and Erik, the person. Framing the sections are essays by notable … Read more
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October 12, 2014
Font Matters: The Fine Line between Brand Difference and Indifference
The rapid spread of communication from print to digital platforms has both challenged the type industry and propelled it into the center of communication. More people than ever depend on type both in their social and professional activities – whether in cutting a Tweet to fit, selecting point size for an email or choosing the … Read more
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October 8, 2014
Honoring Small Businesses Through Type: FREE by OCD | The Original Champions of Design
Based on a hybrid of stars-and-stripes and neon signage, FREE is a custom display face commissioned for the rebranding of America. It was built to honor small businesses. And its debut was made with a passionate manifesto : Small business owners are the new American revolutionaries. Willing to lay down our lives, our fortunes and … Read more
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July 15, 2014
The Man Behind Font Bureau Steps to the Front
The Type Directors Club is pleased to award its 27th medal of excellence to David Berlow for his outstanding work as a type designer and for his role in co-founding Font Bureau and leading it to its present position of eminence within the type industry. David Berlow is one of the unsung stars of the digital … Read more
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June 12, 2014
The Dawn of Digital Type
Technologies that replace or modify human labor inspire fears that are fascinating in retrospect. Were anxieties about the industrial and digital revolutions too pessimistic? Type provides a way to think about this question. Since the disruptive invention of moveable type in the fifteenth century, the need for type has remained constant, so its history is … Read more
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September 3, 2013
Exhibition on Ernst Reichl, Type Director and Book Designer
“What is a type director?” ask younger members of the TDC. It is a title that has largely disappeared, the name for the member of a creative team who chose or made type and lettering for publishing and advertising. It suggests typographic expertise and sensitivity, the ability to choose the right letter for the job. … Read more
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July 17, 2013
Opening Night, TDC59, New York City
The Type Directors Club honored some of the world’s best recent typographic design on Tuesday, July 16 at The Cooper Union in New York City. The honorees included winners of the TDC annual communication and typeface design competitions, as well as student scholarship winners. The TDC was founded in 1946 and its annual competitions, which … Read more
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July 15, 2013
TDC59 Opening & Awards
The opening of the TDC competition winners exhibition at The Cooper Union in New York. What’s Happening? Exhibition in 41 Cooper Gallery July 8 – August 8, 2013 Awards Ceremony in Rose Auditorium Exhibition Reception 6–9 pm, Tuesday, July 16 Who Won? The winners are listed here! But the real work is worth a thousand … Read more
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July 10, 2013
Passing the Baton: Best in Show
Next Tuesday, July 16, the TDC will open an exhibition of the annual communication design and typeface competition winners at The Cooper Union in New York. Overall best in show, best student project, and student scholarship winners will be announced at the awards ceremony, before the exhibition reception. Last year, a book design by Mike … Read more
