Berliner Type 2011

Type and graphic design competition, open to typefaces designed in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Past winners were often selected for certain corporate projects, not for type design per se. The 2011 competition is the 43rd in this series. [Google] [More]  ⦿

D&AD Awards: 2012

The 2012 D&AD competition opened its mailbox on November 1, 2011. [Google] [More]  ⦿

Granshan 2012

The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia and the Typographic Society Munich (tgm --- Typographische Gesellschaft München) are organizing Granshan 2012, The Fifth International Type Design Competition for Non-Latin Typefaces, which was created especially for Armenian, Cyrillic, Greek, Indic (i.e., Devanagari, Bengali, and Tamil only) and Arabic fonts. Exceptionally, this year, Latin fonts designed in the last ten years can also be nominated.

Edik Ghabuzyan and Boris Kochan are the big bosses. The jury consists of Timothy Donaldson, Otmar Hoefer, Ahmed Mansour, Fiona Ross, Manvel Shmavonyan, Panos Vassiliou, and Vladimir Yefimov. There are five expert panels:

• Armenian text typefaces category: Ara Baghdasaryan, Gagik Martirosyan, Aram Megrabyan.
• Arabic text typefaces category: Mamoun Ahmed, Mohamed Hassan, Nehad Nadam.
• Cyrillic text typefaces category: Gayane Baghdasaryan, Dmitry Kirsanov, Tagir Safayev.
• Greek text typefaces category: Konstantine Giotas, Klimis Mastoridis, Kostas Aggeletakis.
• Indic text typefaces category: Ravi Pooviah, Mahendra Patel, Graham Shaw. [Google] [More]  ⦿

TDC INTRO 012: TDC Title Design

International competition which recognizes excellence in movie title design. Type design for commercials and corporate videos are eligible subcategories. Deadline: December 16, 2011. [Google] [More]  ⦿

TDC2 Type Directors Club's Type Design Competition 2012

The TDC2 2012 competition's jury, chaired by Maxim Zhukov, includes Roger Black, Matthew Carter, Paul Shaw, and Erik Spiekermann. The deadline for submission is 16 December 2011. [Google] [More]  ⦿

TDC58: The 58th Annual Type Directors Club Competition

International competition which recognizes excellence in communication design, including the use of typography, calligraphy, handlettering and other letterforms in advertising, books, calendars, catalogs, corporate identity, editorials, exhibits, signage, architecture, logos, packaging, posters and apparel. [Google] [More]  ⦿