The detail, beauty and amazing nuances of well-executed typography and lettering often seem to get lost in the larger focus of design competitions these days.
So last year, we recruited Paul Shaw and Jessica Hische and launched an all-new competition: Print’s Typography & Lettering Awards.
And this year, it’s back.
But it’s not just a competition for typographers and handletterers. The awards focus on three categories (and each one has an accompanying student category, with a discounted entry fee):
1. Typographic Designs: Overall designs in which typography has been used as the primary focus or element of the piece.
Mikkeli’s 10th Illustration Triennial: Prakt Design Agency, Helsinki; www.prakt.fi: Matti Tuominen (art director/designer), Erweko Oy, Mainospuu Oy (printers); Mikkeli Art Museum, Grafia—Association of Visual Communication Designers in Finland (client)
2. Typeface Designs: Type that you or your firm have created.
Conglomerate: Type@Cooper (the cooper union), New York City; www.coopertype.org: Greg Shutters (designer), Jesse Ragan, Cara Di Edwardo, Sasha Tochilovsky, Andy Clymer (advising instructors)
3. Handlettered Works: Lettered designs created by hand.
Anonymous Chalkboard Graffiti: Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH; www.ccad.edu: Dangerdust (art directors/designers/illustrators/photographers), Matthew Mohr (advising instructor)
PRIZES!
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One Best in Class winner for each category will be featured in Print magazine.
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Winners from each category, including the Best in Class, will be spotlighted in an exclusive gallery on Print’s website.
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Winners will be promoted in Print’s design newsletter, which reaches nearly 80,000 subscribers.
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All winners will receive a prize pack of design books from Print’s official online store, a subscription to Print magazine and a year-long membership to HOW U and HOW U Video.
JUDGES
Handlettering: Dana Tanamachi of Tanamachi StudioDana Tanamachi-Williams is a Texas-bred, Brooklyn-based graphic designer and letterer who enjoys living a quiet life and working with her hands. After designing Broadway show posters at SpotCo and working under Louise Fili, Dana opened her own design and lettering boutique, Tanamachi Studio. She has been commissioned by clients such as Google, Yahoo!, Rugby Ralph Lauren, The Ace Hotel, Tommy Hilfiger, West Elm and Bloomingdale’s. In 2011, she was named a Young Gun (YG9) by the Art Directors Club and a Young Creative to Watch by HOW Magazine. In 2012, Dana had the unique honor of creating custom cover art for O, HOW, and TIME magazines, as well as an exclusive product line for Target in late 2013.
Typographic Designs & Typeface Designs: Dr. Shelley Gruendler of Type CampShelley Gruendler, founder of Type Camp, is a typographer, designer and educator who teaches, lectures and publishes internationally on typography and design. She holds a Ph.D and an MA in The History and Theory of Typography and Graphic Communication from the University of Reading, England, and a Bachelor of Environmental Design in Graphic Design from North Carolina State University. Shelley has presented at TypoBerlin, ATypI, TypeCon, HOW, and TEDX; has published articles in Communication Arts, How, Slanted, and Step; and has judged international typography for Communication Arts, visual communication for Core77, and Canadian book design for the Alcuin Society. She loves traveling the world for Type Camp.
HOW TO ENTER
Head over to our competitions page here!
Early-Bird deadline: Oct. 16, 2015Regular-Bird deadline: Nov. 20, 2015
… So what are we looking for? Here are a few more winners from last year. Enter today, and don’t miss the chance to have your work featured in our competition exclusively for type and lettering!
InitialsCasa Rex, São Paulo; www.casarex.com: Gustavo Piqueira (art director/designer), Samia Jacintho, Deiverson Ribeiro (designers)
Sorts (see the full animation at www.vimeo.com/92281452)Mica, Baltimore; www.mica.edu: Kirby Matherne (designer), Ellen Lupton, Abbott Miller, Jennifer Cole Phillips, Tal Leming, Gle
n Cummings (advising instructors)
YOLO—You Only Live Once (26,000 beads)Lil’Ol’Lady, Copenhagen, Denmark; www.lilollady.com: Julie Katrine Andersen (art director/designer/illustrator/photographer)
ConglomerateType@Cooper (the Cooper Union), New York City; www.coopertype.org: Greg Shutters (designer), Jesse Ragan, Cara Di Edwardo, Sasha Tochilovsky, Andy Clymer (advising instructors)
