Established in New York in 1946, TDC is a global organisation that aims to celebrate the power of typography.

The club serves an international community united by the shared belief that type drives culture, and culture drives type.

Now part of The One Club for Creativity, the world's foremost non-profit organisation whose mission is to support the global creative community, TDC is run as an autonomous organisation.

The TDC advisory board serves to:
  • ideate
  • provide feedback
  • keep the organisation relevant, and
  • connect to different communities.

Starting two-year terms earlier in 2023, the new members of the volunteer advisory board are:
  • Au Chon Hin, founder of Untitled Macao, Macao
  • Maram Al Refaei, visual communication, designer and researcher, Archief Cairo Studio, Cairo
  • Parasto Backman, founder and designer at Studio Parasto Backman, senior lecturer at Konstfack University of Arts Crafts and Design, Stockholm
  • Valentina Casali, letterer and graphic designer, Sunday Büro, Jesi (AN) (Italy)
  • Marta Cerdà Alimbau, graphic designer, Barcelona
  • Jolene Delisle, founder and head of creative, The Working Assembly, New York
  • Sandra García Saldarriaga, creative director, Tipastype, Mexico City
  • Elizabeth Goodspeed, designer and art director, Providence
  • Caren Litherland, content designer, New York
  • Eric Q. Liu, typographer, editor, podcaster and writer, The Type, Tokyo
  • Lloyd Osborne, founder and creative director, Osborne Shiwan, Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland
  • Shabnam Shiwan, partner and creative director, Osborne Shiwan, Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland
  • Bobby Joe Smith III, web developer, graphic designer, media artist and educator, Los Angeles
  • Rob Stenson, cofounder and art director, Goodhertz; founder, Coldtype, Los Angeles, and
  • Huston Wilson, director, Hust Wilson Ltd., Johannesburg.

Continuing their terms on the TDC advisory board are:
  • Maria Doreuli, president and creative director, Contrast Foundry, Sunnyvale CA
  • Manija Emran, founder and creative director, Me & the Bootmaker, Los Angeles
  • Kimya Ghandi, type designer, Mota Italic, Berlin
  • Kara Gordon, type designer, Commercial Type, New York
  • John Kudos, managing partner, KUDOS Design Collaboratory, KASA Collective, New York
  • Sol Matas, independent type designer, Berlin
  • Chris Sergio, vice president and group creative director, Henry Holt & Co / Macmillan Publishers, New York (also represents TDC on The One Club's Board of Directors), and
  • Trisha Tan, design director, Frog, New York.

Rounding out the TDC team is Carol Wahler in her long-standing role as TDC executive director, and Ksenya Samarskaya as managing director.

"It's incredible working with such passionate individuals," says Samarskaya. "I'm super excited that the advisory board, for the first time, truly showcases global representation, with prismatic views and opinions on our industry and the world at large."

"Being a member of the TDC advisory board is truly an honour," adds new advisory board member Huston Wilson, based in Johannesburg.

"I hope to grow the typography culture in South Africa and, with the support and love from TDC, I know it's possible," Wilson concludes.

The advisory board also ensures consistent application and continuation of TDC's anti-racist pledge, which involves proactively seeking women, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ designers to become members, awards programme judges, event speakers and Board members. It also provides them with ways to showcase their work to the global community.

The organisation also:
  • runs the TDC competition
  • publishes The World's Best Typography® annual of TDC competition winners
  • coordinates annual travelling global exhibitions of award-winning work
  • holds Ascenders to recognise rising designers
  • offers Beatrice Warde, Adé Hogue and Ezhishin scholarship programmes
  • produces the Type Drives Culture conference series, and
  • hosts numerous talks, panels and workshops throughout the year.

The TDC69 competition is now open for entries.

Previously divided into two competitions, one each for Communications Design and Typeface Design, the programme is now a single competition under 2023's TDC69 umbrella, consisting of three disciplines:
  1. Type Design
  2. Typography, and
  3. for the first time Lettering.

The final deadline for entry is Friday, 3 March.

For more information, visit www.oneclub.org. You can also follow the One Club for Creativity on Facebook, Twitter or on Instagram.