Exhibition information

The 407th ginza graphic gallery Exhibition TDC 2025
(TOKYO TYPE DIRECTORS CLUB EXHIBITION 2025)

April 04, 2025 - May 17, 2025

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The Tokyo TDC Awards is an international graphic design competition focused on visual representations of language and the written word. This year marks the 35th edition of the annual competition, which has been held every year since 1990.
     During the submission period from August 1 to October 1, 2024, we received 3,590 entries of extremely high quality from Japan (1,630) and abroad (1,954). The 30 members of the main category selection committee reviewed the submissions in digital and physical formats over an extended period. In addition, a screening committee of 16 members (9 experts + 7 guest members) reviewed the type design category and a panel of 9 experts reviewed the onscreen category. At the end of this process, we selected 486 works for the yearbook, 11 award winners, and 52 awards nominees.
     For the TDC 2025 exhibition detailed below, we have selected approximately 120 works that were particularly highly rated with a focus on the award winners and nominees. As in previous years, the exhibition features an impressive line-up of topical works.

Venue

ginza graphic gallery(ggg)
DNP Ginza Building 1st floor and Basement
7-2, Ginza 7-chome, Tokyo 104-0061
tel. 03-3571-5206
Opening hours: 11:00am -7:00pm
Closed on Sundays and holidays (April 29, May 3-6)
Admission free

Award Ceremony & Exhibition Opening

Date: Friday, April 4  Starting at 5:00pm
The Tokyo TDC Awards 2025 ceremony will take place during the exhibition opening (5:00­ – 7:00 pm) on the second floor of the DNP Ginza Building.

Design Forum TDCDAY2025

TDCDAY is a forum where award winners present the winning works. Focused on presentations by the winners, the event is an opportunity to find out about the latest design content. Members of the selection committees will also share their thoughts through dialog or video recordings. Simultaneous interpretation between Japanese and English is available. For further details, including time, program, or application process, please access the Tokyo TDC website.

Date: Saturday, April 5 
Admission fee of 1,700 yen (tbc) includes entry and use of the simultaneous translation app 
Venue: Exhibition Hall North 3F, Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center Hamamatsucho-kan

TDC 2025 Prize Winning Works

Grand Prize
“MONO NO AWARE/ Kamukamo-Shikamo-Nidomokamo! (imai remix)” Music Video, Baku Hashimoto (Japan), MONO NO AWARE / imai (group_inou)

Special Prize
“Honke Nishio Yatsuhashi” Issay Kitagawa (Japan), Honke Yatsuhashi Nishio Co., Ltd.

Book Design Prize
“Gloria Lujanovic: Srce zemlje” Lana Cavar and Narcisa Vukojevic (Croatia), Oceanmore, Zagreb, Croatia

RGB Prize
“Blaise Agüera y Arcas: Who Are We Now?” James Goggin, Practise (Australia, New Zealand, UK) + Minkyoung Kim (USA, Korea) + Marie Otsuka (USA, Japan), Hat & Beard Editions, Los Angeles

Type Design Prize
“Shuren kana” Takashi Funayama (Japan), Non Client

TDC Prize
“Center Rog” Nejc Prah (Slovenia), Center Rog

TDC Prize
“Let’s Not Get Used to This Place: Meg Stuart / Damaged Goods” Sean Yendrys (Canada, Germany), Damaged Goods

TDC Prize
“Flux (a paradimensional typeface)” Akiem Helmling, Bas Jacobs, Sami Kortemäki,  Underware (The Netherlands), Self-initiated project

TDC Prize
“NO PARKING” Henrik Kubel, Scott Williams, A2-TYPE (UK), A2-TYPE

TDC Prize
“Ju Mei” Mei Shuzhi (China), Ju Mei

TDC Prize
“group_inou / HAPPENING” AC-bu / Baku Hashimoto / group_inou (Japan), N/A