Tokyo TDC Annual Awards 2023 Results : Prize Winning Works + Prize Nominee Works

* Total entries: 3679 (1696 by overseas entrants and 1983 by Japanese entrants)

* All awards are equal in grades except the Grand Prize.

Prize Winner (TD / Type Director): Yoko Yuki [Japan]

Title: In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket

Client: Self-comissioned

Animation

Music: honninman

Superviser, Producer: Yamamura Koji

Assistant Producer: sanae

Surround Mixing: Takino Masumi

Text, Animation & Directer: Yuki Yoko

Prize Winner (TD / Type Director): Junyao Chu [China]

Title: 15

Client: Self-comissioned

Type Design

Prize Winner (TD / Type Director): OK-RM (Rory McGrath and Oliver Knight) [UK]

Title: The Archive of Dark

Client: Kirstine Roepstorff and InOtherWords

Book

Design Assistants: Michela Zoppi and Maria Candoza

Prize Winner (TD / Type Director): A DECADE TO DOWNLOAD PROJECT TEAM [Japan]

Title: A DECADE TO DOWNLOAD – The Internet Yami-Ichi 2012 – 2021

RGB Experimental

Planning and Supervision: IDPW, exonemo (Kensuke Sembo, Yae Akaiwa)

Coordinate: Tota Hasegawa

Edit: Moe Nishiyama

Design concept + Design: Mariko Okazaki

Design: Kaito Kubo, Minami Wetli Tanaka

Cover logo: Shingo Ohno

Proofreading: Ayae Takise

Printed by Fujiwara Printing Co., Ltd.

Supported by The Obayashi Foundation “Vision of the City”

Special thanks to The Internet Yami-Ichi organizers and vendors

Prize Winner (TD / Type Director): Fumio Tachibana [Japan]

Title: KYUTAI 9   OPPORTUNITIES

Client: Self-comissioned

Experimental Work

Prize Winner (TD / Type Director): Tomohiro Okazaki [Japan]

Title: SHIKOU SHITEN 2022

Client: Fukunaga Print

Video

Prize Winner (TD / Type Director): M/M (Paris) — Michael Amzalag + Mathias Augustyniak  [France]

Title: Fossora Typeface

Client: Björk — One Little Independent Records

Typeface / Animation

Design: Michael Amzalag, Mathias Augustyniak

CGI Development: Boon Lertvilai

CGI Animation: Andrea Philippon

Typeface development: Anne Seseke

Prize Winner (TD / Type Director): Han Gao [China]

Title: Frankenstein Itself

Client: Self-comissioned

Book

Design, Type Design: Han Gao

Photography: Junyan Hu

Prize Winner (TD / Type Director): Nanjing Han Qing Tang Design [China]

Title: Kent

Client: SDX Joint Publishing Company

Book

Art Director: Zhao Qing

Designer: Cao Qingyun

Prize Winner (TD / Type Director): M/M (Paris) — Michael Amzalag + Mathias Augustyniak [France] / Paul McNeil [United Kingdom]

Title: Letters from M/M (Paris)

Client: Self-comissioned

Book

Text and Book Design: Paul McNeil

Cover Design: Michael Amzalag, Mathias Augustyniak

Editor: Grace Johnston

Prize Winner (TD / Type Director): Rok Hudobivnik [Slovenia]

Title: I say you, but you hear me (Paul Elliman’s Workshop Announcement)

Client: Yale University School of Art

Poster

– TD: Brighten the Corners (Frank Philippin, Billy Kiosoglou) / Title: Otl Aicher 100th Birthday Stamp / CL: Ministry of Finance Germany / ①

– TD: Kjell Ekhorn & Jon Forss, Non-Format / Title: African Prayers / CL: Lo Recordings / ①

– TD: Gerhard Kirchschlaeger / Title: Letter pieces / CL: Non Client / ①

– TD: Hanno Schabacker / Title: Special postage stamp, lighthouse in Friedrichsort (Kiel/Germany) / CL: Bundesfinanzministerium (Federal Ministry of Finance Germany) / German Post Office / ①

– TD: Liad Shadmi / Title: The Alphabetical Room / CL: Non Client / ①

– TD: Kazuyuki Ishida / Title: Hitotabi / CL: Non Client / ①

– TD: Kako Fujita / Title: CHILLNN / CL: Nishimatsu Construction Co., Ltd. / ①

– TD: Yui Takada / Title: CHAOTIC ORDER / CL: ginza graphic gallery / ①

– TD: Jujiro Maki / Title: 9eijutsu )ekiryu / CL: The National Museum of Art, Okutama, Art Center Ongoing / ①

– TD: Toru Kase / Title: Taiko Super Kicks ‘Waves’, ‘Stone’ / CL: Taiko Super Kicks, tetra records / ①

– TD: Akitsu Sekkei / Title: Minami Honobe “Troche” / CL: JET SET / ①

– TD: Ryoji Tanaka / Title: Graphic Trial / CL: Toppan Inc. / ①

– TD: Atsuki Kikuchi / Title: Alternative! Kazuko Koike Exhibition / CL: 3331 Arts Chiyoda / ①

– TD: Takamasa Asano / Title: seasons(data) Print data / CL: the sankhwa / ①

– TD: Yunqi Peng / Title: Rain Duplicate / CL: Non Client / ②

– TD: Yunqi Peng / Title: Go to the River / CL: Non Client / ②

– TD: Wang Zhihong / Title: My Back Page, and the Memory of Youth Japanese Graphic Culture: 1960-1980 / CL: Faces Publications / ②

– TD: Mak Kai Hang / Title: Grand Gallop: Art and Culture of the Horse / CL: Hong Kong Palace Museum / ②

– TD: Maxim Cormier / Title: Yui Takada AXIS / CL:  (Category 2)

– TD: Yinhe Cheng / Title: Melon Field / CL: Huang Jing / ②

– TD: büro uebele visuelle kommunikation / Title: werner sobek, non nobis, on building in the future / CL: werner sobek / ②

– TD: OK-RM (Rory McGrath and Oliver Knight) / Title: 1 / CL: Webber and InOtherWords / ②

– TD: Studio Tillack Knöll / Title: Ann-Kathrin Müller & Judith Engel—Das Signal / CL: Ann-Kathrin Müller & Judith Engel / ②

– TD: Kazunari Hattori / Title: My Lunches with Orson / CL: Shigatsusha Inc. / ②

– TD: Kazunari Hattori / Title: Paper Cats / CL: Tosho Printing Co., Ltd. / ②

– TD: Akitsu Sekkei / Title: Daisuke Tomizawa “Zi” / CL: Nan Fang Shu-chu / ②

– TD: Atsuki Kikuchi / Title: Kakurezaki Ryuichi “Transitions of Form and Expression” / CL: Setouchi City Museum of Art / ②

– TD: Zin Nagao / Title: YON YON / CL: Non Client / ③

– TD: Zhang Chaobin / Title: OpenType Caoshu Design Research 2022 / CL: Non Client / ③

– TD: Tim Ahrens and Shoko Mugikura / Title: JAF Cupidus / CL: Non Client / ③

– TD: Han Gao / Title: Fey Fey Worldwide branding / CL: Fey Fey Worldwide / ④

– TD: Han Gao / Title: Kappa X 22SS Visual Identity / CL: Kappa China / ④

– TD: 702design / Title: UFO OUTSIDE / CL: UFO OUTSIDE / ④

– TD: 702design / Title: UFO OUTSIDE cafe / CL: UFO OUTSIDE / ④

– TD: 702design / Title: “Hyper Youth Award” / CL: HYA / ④

– TD: Alotoftrees Design / Title: 3 Beauty / CL: “3 Beauties” Exhibition / ④

– TD: Noriaki Hayashi / Title: JOSHIBI Open Campus 2022 / CL: Joshibi University of Art and Design / ④

– TD: Kako Fujita / Title: CHILLNN / CL: Nishimatsu Construction Co.,Ltd. / ④

– TD: Issay Kitagawa / Title: TSUKINOKATSURA / CL: Masuda Tokubee Shoten Co., Ltd. / ④

– TD: PARAT.cc / Title: Exhibition Graphics for “The Olympic City of Munich” / CL: Architekturmuseum der TU München / ⑤

– TD: Kako Fujita / Title: CHILLNN / CL: Nishimatsu Construction Co.,Ltd. / ⑤

– TD: Issay Kitagawa / Title: TSUKINOKATSURA / CL: Masuda Tokubee Shoten Co., Ltd. / ⑤

– TD: Eva Dranaz / Title: Rechnitz (the strangling angel) / CL: Sabine Mitterecker – Theater.punkt / ⑥

– TD: Nicolas Schaltegger / Title: Tanzhaus Zurich Seasonal Posters / CL: Tanzhaus Zürich / ⑥

– TD: Shun Sasaki / Title: POP -DAIKANYAMA TSUTAYABOOKS 2022 SUMMER- / CL: Daikanyama T-SITE / ⑥

– TD: Sven Lindhorst-Emme / Title: Soft Crash / CL: Raum für drastische Maßnahmen, Gallery / ⑦

– TD: Zeph Tang / Title: LOOOP / CL: No Client / ⑦

– TD: Cai Tian / Title: DELIRIUM / CL: untitlab / ⑦

– TD: Kim Dohyung / Title: Exhibition Poster / CL: The Korea Arts Management Service(KAMS) / ⑦

– TD: Tsuguya Inoue / Title: LA CONFERENZA DEGLI ANIMALI / CL: Istituto Giapponese di Cultura in Roma, DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion / ⑦

– TD: Tsuguya Inoue / Title: JAZZ / CL: Our Favourite Shop / ⑦

– TD: Akiko Sekimoto / Title: YamashinaYaemon / CL: Yamashina Supporters’ Association / ⑦

– TD: Kazuyuki Ishida / Title: Hitotabi (Onece) / CL: Non Client / ⑦

– TD: Kaoru Kasai / Title: NOSTALGIA / CL: DNP Foundation for Cultural Promotion / ⑦

– TD: Naonori Yago / Title: HOPE / CL: HOPE-希望的形状 / ⑦

– TD: Katsuhiro Uto / Title: ALIENS / CL: Non Client / ⑦

– TD: Yui Takada / Title: Chaotic Order / CL: ginza graphic gallery / ⑦

– TD: Kazunari Hattori / Title: “Ceci n’est pas une pomme” / CL: Our Favorite Shop Co., Ltd / ⑦

– TD: Kazunari Hattori / Title: Paper Cats / CL: Tosho Printing Co., Ltd. / ⑦

– TD: Ryoji Tanaka / Title: Graphic Trial Advertising Poster / CL: Toppan Inc. / ⑦

– TD: Daijiro Ohara / Title: Hosoi Stockholm 2017-2020 Blue blur / CL: Hosoi / ⑦

– TD: Atsuki Kikuchi / Title: MOON Kyungwon and JEON Joonho: News from Nowhere / CL: 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa / ⑦

– TD: Katsumi Asaba / Title: MISAWA BAUHAUS 2022 / CL: Misawa Homes Co., Ltd. / ⑦

– TD: Tachibana Fumio / Title: FUMIO TACHIBANA IMPRINT/IMPRESS IT’S ONLY A PAPER MOON / CL: ACM Theatre, Art Tower Mito / ⑦

– TD: Rozi Zhu / Title: Ferrofluid Type / CL: Non Client / ⑧

– TD: StudioSpass Mr. Jaron Korvinus and Mr Daan Mens / Title: Lifespan / CL: Non Client / ⑧

– TD: Stefan Sagmeister / Title: Sagmeister 123 clothing / CL: Sagmeister 123 / ⑧

– TD: Lee Kan Kyo / Title: special offer s/s top / CL: Supreme / ⑧

– TD: Shun Sasaki / Title: 交通阻塞 in Shanghai / CL: atama / ⑧

– TD: Company2 / Title: Plaster statue / CL: Non Client / ⑧

– TD: Ryo Murakami / Title: รถญี่ปุ่น / CL: Non Client / ⑧

– TD: Taketo Kurozumi / Title: Mojikoma（fontop） / CL: Non Client / ⑧

– TD: Serve and Volley / Title: Boehmbauten.de / CL: BDA Cologne / ⑨

– TD: Kentaro Nakamura + Kayoko Kobayashi / Title: ABCコレクション・データベースVol.2　河井寬次郎を眼で聴き、耳で視る / CL: The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto / ⑨