Ascenders is a portfolio-based competition dedicated to type in all its versatile forms, and the inspiring up and coming designers, individuals or duos, who are elevating the medium.
The Type Directors Club has opened the call for entries for the third edition of its global Ascenders competition, celebrating international typographers, letterers and type designers aged 35 and under. Entrants submit six projects with short descriptions, as well as a statement of their role in the project’s creation, and a list of individual credits where applicable.
Entries are now being accepted, with entry fees increasing after the regular deadline of April 30, 2022. The extended deadline is on May 31, 2022, and winners will be announced in July. This year’s entries will be judged by a diverse jury of global leaders in the field. In order to make Ascenders more affordable around the globe, TDC is offering a three-tier price structure with steep discounts based on the country where the entrant is located.
TDC, part of The One Club for Creativity, will host a series of online events during April 21-23 for different regions around the world in the lead up to the submission deadline, where past Ascenders winners will discuss the programme and the trajectory of their careers.
Confirmed speakers include Wael Morcos (New York, 2018), Fer Cozzi (Buenos Aires, 2018) Albert Trulls (Barcelona, 2018), Mark de Winne (Singapore, 2018), Loris Olivier (Seoul, 2019), Anthony Hos (New Zealand, 2019), with more to be announced. The events will be moderated by current judges, including Davis Ngarupe and JP Haynie.
‘Ascenders was conceived as a competition to elevate and celebrate the work of younger practitioners of typography,’ said Paul Carlos, principal at Pure+Applied, adjunct faculty, Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York, and TDC Advisory Board member who created the programme. ‘In its first two years, the jurors selected promising bodies of work from 28 designers who have continued to demonstrate their talents by creating stellar work. I am eagerly looking forward to seeing the designers this year’s jurors will select.’
This year’s Ascenders call for entries branding campaign and award are designed by Zipeng Zhu, founder, creative director at Dazzle Studios, Brooklyn, with additional custom lettering by Tien-Min Liao. For more information and to enter, please visit the 2022 Ascenders website.
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