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TDC Typeface Design Winners 2015

There was a total of only 22 entries selected by the jury from 216 submitted from 37 countries. These winners have been included in the Annual of the Type Directors Club, Typography 36 and also included in seven exhibitions touring 30 cities in the United States, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Poland, Peru, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam.

The Jury

  • Claudia de Almeida : Wired
  • Paul Barnes : Commercial Type
  • Dino Dos Santos : DST
  • Tal Leming : Type Supply

Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich, Competition Chair

The Winners

  1. GT Sectra

    • Designer: Dominik Huber, Marc Kappeler and Noël Leu, Zürich
    • Foundry: Grilli Type
    • Website: http://www.grillitype.com/
    • Additional Credits: TWITTER: @grillitype

  2. Woodkit

    • Designer: Ondrej Jób, Den Haag, The Netherlands
    • Foundry: Typotheque
    • Website: http://www.typotheque.com
    • Additional Credits: TWITTER: @typotheque

  3. Brando

  4. Domaine Sans

    • Designer: Dave Foster and Kris Sowersby, Sydney, Australia, and Wellington, New Zealand
    • Foundry: Klim Type Foundry
    • Website: http://www.klim.co.nz
    • Additional Credits: TWITTER: @klimtypefoundry

  5. Valter

    • Designer: Nikola Djurek, Den Haag, The Netherlands
    • Foundry: Typotheque
    • Website: http://www.typotheque.com
    • Additional Credits: TWITTER:@typotheque

  6. Inei Mincho

    • Designer: Chikao Ito, Tokyo
    • Language: Japanese

  7. Love Script

    • Designer: Neil Summerour°, Jefferson, Georgia
    • Foundry: Positype
    • Website: http://www.positype.com
    • Additional Credits: TWITTER:@positype

  8. M Gentle Bold (正纖蘭體)

    • Designer: Kenneth Kwok, Hong Kong
    • Foundry: Monotype
    • Language: Chinese

  9. Signo

  10. A23D

    • Designer: Henrik Kubel° and Scott Williams, London
    • Foundry: A2-TYPE
    • Client: New North Press
    • Website: http://www.a2-type.co.uk

  11. Bustan Bold

    • Designer: Jamal Bustan, Damascus, Syria
    • Foundry: Sakkal Design, Bothell, Washington
    • Language: Arabic
    • Website: http://www.sakkal.com
    • Additional Credits: DEVELOPER: Mamoun Sakkal° • PROGRAMMER: Aida Sakkal

  12. Lale

  13. Mohtaraf

  14. Gibbs

    • Designer: Greg Shutters, New York
    • Foundry: Typetanic Fonts
    • Website: http://www.typetanicfonts.com
    • Additional Credits: TWITTER:@typetanic • FACEBOOK: typetanic

  15. Input

  16. Proto Grotesk

    • Designer: Jean-Baptiste Levée, Paris
    • Foundry: Production Type
    • Additional Credits: ADDITIONAL DESIGN AND ASSISTANCE:Yoann Minet

  17. Haltrix

    • Designer: Daniel Sabino, São Paulo
    • Foundry: Blackletra
    • Website: http://www.blackletra.com
    • Additional Credits: TWITTER:@blkletra

  18. Hollie Script Pro

    • Designer: Felipe Calderón Arteaga, Cali, Colombia
    • Foundry: Estudio Calderón
    • Website: http://www.estudiocalderon.co
    • Additional Credits: TWITTER:@UfelipeU

  19. Minotaur

    • Designer: Jean-Baptiste Levée, Paris
    • Foundry: Production Type
    • Website: http://www.productiontype.com
    • Additional Credits: ORIGINAL ART DIRECTION: Atelier Collectif (Emmanuel Labard, Julien Lelièvre, Jean-Baptiste Levée)

  20. Big Moore

  21. GE Inspira Sans and Serif

    • Designer: Mike Abbink, Paul van der Laan, and Pieter van Rosmalen, New York; Eindhoven, Netherlands; and The Hague
    • Foundry: Bold Monday
    • Client: General Electric Company
    • Website: http://www.boldmonday.com
    • Additional Credits: TWITTER:@boldmonday

  22. M Ellan Light

    • Designer: Kenneth Kwok, Hong Kong
    • Foundry: Monotype
    • Language: Chinese