Type Directors Club names 8 in APAC to TDC71 jury
The Type Directors Club, the world’s leading typography organization, has announced eight creatives based in APAC have been selected to serve on the juries for the TDC71 competition.
The program is a single competition under the TDC71 umbrella, consisting of three disciplines: Communication Design, Lettering, and Type Design.
Confirmed judges based in APAC for each discipline are as follows:
Communications Design
Joshua James Breidenbach (pictured bottom right), cofounder, ECD, Rice, Ho Chi Minh City
Sulki & Min Choi (pictured top left), founders, designers, Sulki & Min, Seoul
Liu Zhao (pictured bottom right-middle), founder, creative director, Another Design, Guangzhou
Type Design
Śirin Kwan Gunkloy (pictured top right), type designer, independent, Bangkok
Noheul Lee (pictured top middle), type designer, lo-ol studio, Seoul
Aadarsh Rajan (pictured bottom left), type designer, independent, Mumbai
Tezza Suzuki (pictured bottom left-middle), type designer, independent, Tokyo
Across the juries, the competition has native experts for writing systems spanning Arabic, Cyrillic, Indic, CJK, and Thai, reflecting TDC’s commitment to have a greater number of the most appropriate experts judging work for which they have a deep knowledge.
This year marks the first time in the competition’s more than seven decades of existence that Jury Presidents will be utilized. Their role will be to lead judging for their discipline, guide discussion, and have a vote on the work.
TDC71 details
Regular deadline for entry is January 31, 2025, with fees increasing for the final deadline on February 28, 2025.
To be eligible, work must have been produced or published in the 2024 calendar year. Physical entries will once again be accepted, additional information is available on the entry website.
The TDC competition regularly receives entries from more than 60 countries. To make TDC71 as accessible as possible on a global level, the organization is offering significant regional discounts on entry fees.
Winners of TDC71 receive a Certificate of Typographic Excellence and digital seal certifying their work is among the world’s best of the year. Winning work will also be featured in the highly respected TDC Annual, The World’s Best Typography®, and showcased in eight exhibitions that travel to museums, schools and design organizations around the world.
Branding for this year’s competition was created by Paprika, based in Montréal, with fonts generously donated by Klim Type Foundry, in Wellington, NZ.
Please visit the TDC71 entry site for more information and to enter this year’s competition.