Annual Awards 2019 Entry Form

The Tokyo Type Directors Club

Non-Profit making Organization (NPO)

We are pleased to announce that in August 2006, Tokyo TDC was granted Non-Profit making Organization (NPO) status by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.The new organization will continue to abide by its original mission manifesto and organize the “Tokyo TDC Awards,” an international design competition, and the “TDC Exhibition,” a showcase of the winners of this competition, as well as issue the design annual book. We will also continue our “Kibojuku” design school which we have hold in Tokyo.

– A copy of the TDC annual book each year, which will be mailed to you as soon as it is published – Your work and profile showcased on the Tokyo TDC official web site – We will also include your contact information in the annual book. As far as possible, we will announce information on your exhibits, your publications and other non-business activities you may be engaged in.

Design Forum: “TDC DAY 2004”
1. Sagi Haviv (Chermayeff & Geismar Inc.)
2. Guang Yu and Issay Kitagawa
3. Taku Satoh and Naoto Fukasawa
4. Amit Pitaru and Yugo Nakamura
5. Tsutomu Mutoh and Hajim Tachibana
6. M/M(Paris)

Overseas Member

History

Thursday, November 1, 2019.

Entries arriving after the deadline will NOT be accepted.

Grand Prize : JPY200,000
Other Prizes: JPY100,000

Deadline for submission:
Thursday, November 1, 2019.

Please send us artworks which cut across the boundaries separating type direction, typography, typo-graphics and type design.

The Tokyo TDC Annual Awards have not collected competition entry fees from overseas applicants for 28 years since the beginning and have been managed at no charge. However, due to rising administrative costs we have now introduced a nominal fee of USD 20 per entry. We would appreciate your continued interest in applying for the TokyoTDC Annual Awards.

The Tokyo Type Directors Club (Tokyo TDC) was founded in 1987 to pursue the possibilities of visual expression of letters and/or words. As before, we invite entries from all around the world for “Tokyo Type Directors Club Annual Awards 2019”. Please send us artworks which cut across the boundaries separating type direction, typography, typo-graphics and type design.

Eligibility

1. No special qualifications are needed to submit an entry. TDC requires that Applicants must be the Type Directors of their works.

2. Entries must have been produced between September 2017 and the deadline.

3. Entries in the “RGB” and “Type Design” categories that were produced or have appeared in the last 2 years will also be accepted.

4. Foreign nationals who reside in Japan are requested to view and use the entry guidelines for Japanese residents (written in Japanese).

5. Entries of course assignments by groups of students will not be accepted. All entries by students must be done individually.

Entry Form

*After confirming your online registration, a confirmation e-mail
will be sent directly from our office. Since there is about a
half-a-day time difference, we would be grateful if you could be
patient. Thank you.