The Annual Tokyo Type Directors Club Award winners have just been chosen from 3500 entries worldwide. 300 were selected for the annual and 120 – the best of the best – were selected for its exhibition.

  Clare Wohlnik

Two MADA (Monash Art Design & Architecture) students – ex. Honours student Clare Wohlnick and recent undergraduate Melanie Blewonski – have been selected for the exhibition and the annual, and a further three students David Morton, Dylan McDonough and Josh McCormack have been selected for the annual.

  Josh McCormack

The Tokyo TDC has been where the world goes to view the best typography and graphic design since 1987, so Australia in general, and MADA in particular, should be rather proud of this applause.

   Melanie Blewonski

After appearing at the Ginza Graphic Gallery in Tokyo, the show is now being exhibited in the DDD Gallery in Osaka and will travel to mainland China later this year.

   David Morton

MADA Professor of Design John Warwicker has been judging the Tokyo Type Directors Club for past 10 years: “More than any similar organisation the Tokyo Type Directors Club is less driven by ‘temporary commercial and market-led concerns’ and is more focused on the timeless craft and art of Typography. Anyone can enter. This year saw some of the best designers world, from Japan, Europe, China and the USA, submit work so it is a remarkable achievement that students from MADA are represented in both the annual and the show.”

  Dylan McDonough

“The selected students from the MADA design school are a reflection of MADA’s robust creative culture which engenders excellence across all design disciplines. Global recognition such as the Tokyo Type Directors Club accolades are evidence of this,” MADA Dean, Shane Murray, added.