Tokyo TDC（东京字体指导俱乐部）创办28年来，从未向海外参赛者收取过参赛费，由于管理成本的上升，今年我们准备收取每件作品20美元的象征性费用。非常感谢您继续参加东京字体指导俱乐部奖。
东京字体指导俱乐部成立于1987年，旨在探求字体视觉表达的可能性。同往届一样，我们继续邀请世界各地的设计师寄送字体类参赛作品给我们，参赛作品涵盖了字体方向、字体排版、字体图形和字型设计。
■ 参赛资格/参赛要求
1、提交参赛作品无需特殊资格。东京TDC要求参赛者必须是其参赛作品的字体指导（Type Directors）；
2、参赛作品必须在2017年9月至截止日期之前完成；
3、RGB类和字体设计类（Type Design）可以是在过去2年内创作的作品；
4、居住在日本的外国公民将被要求查阅和使用日本版的参赛指南
5、学生的课程作业恕不接受。学生若要参赛，则参赛作品必须是独立完成。
■ 分类
1、小型平面设计
2、编辑/书籍设计
3、字体设计
4、商标、标志/企业形象应用/品牌设计 （品牌设计中的广告必须归入第6类参赛）
5、导视、展示设计/包装
6、广告（报纸和杂志广告，海报类A——广告类海报/广告活动/影视广告）
7、海报类B（所有不能归入第6类的海报）
8、实验性设计（不能归入到其它类别的实验项目）
9、RGB类（任何显示于屏幕上的设计）
*以前的“交互设计”，包括了网页设计、电影/视频/动态标志演示/电视电影标题/动画等，这一类别还包括智能手机、平板电脑以及任何相关软件。
■ 截止日期
RGB类：2018年11月1日（星期四）
其它类：2018年11月10日（星期六）
注：截止日期后送达的作品恕不受理
■ 评审团
评委
浅叶克己／井上嗣也／奥村靫正／葛西 薰／北川一成／菊地敦己／佐藤 卓／涩谷克彦／祖父江 慎／立花文穗／中岛英树／中村至男／仲条正义／服部一成／平林奈绪美／松本弦人
嘉宾评委
いすたえこ／上西祐理／大贯卓也／小林 章／副田高行／ばるばら／牧 寿次郎／町口 覚／John Warwicker／渡边良重
字体设计类特别评审员
鸟海 修／羽良多平吉／藤田重信
RGB类特别评审员
伊藤ガビン／冈崎智弘／菊地敦己／栗田洋介／田中良治／长谷川踏太
* 评委无权给自己的作品投票
■ 奖项
全场大奖：1名
TDC奖：4-5名
字体设计奖：1名
书籍设计奖：1名
RGB奖：1名
特别奖：0-2名
“获奖作品 Prize Winning Work”是指获得上述奖项的作品；“优秀作品 Excellent Work”是指除了上述奖项以外、被选入TDC年鉴的作品；“提名奖作品 Prize Nominee Work”是指入围了奖项但最终未获奖的作品。
“获奖作品 Prize Winning Work ”将颁发证书。
■ 奖金
获奖作品的参赛者将在2019年4月的TDC颁奖典礼领取奖金
全场大奖：200,000日元
其它奖项：100,000日元
■ 通知参赛者
获奖作品、优秀作品、提名作品将在2018年12月底通过E-mail通知。
未入选者名单不会被公布。
■ 年鉴
获奖作品、优秀作品、提名作品将编入《TDC年鉴Vol.30》，年鉴将于2019年冬季出版。
TDC年鉴不会有免费的拷贝对外提供
■ 展览
获奖作品、提名作品将在TDC展览中展出，获得高分的优秀作品也将展出，展览将于2019年4月在东京GGG艺廊举行。
＊主办方有权将上述作品展出于其它场合而无须通知参赛者。
■ 参赛规则
1、所有提交的参赛文档必须填写完整的相应信息；
2、如果你提交书籍设计类别，你可以在其中你想重点展示的某一页上贴一张报事贴（你可以自行决定贴或不贴）；
3、第4类参赛作品，你可以将标志、文具的照片粘在B2或更小的板上，数量不限，另外还需寄送相应的实样；
4、海报类不得装裱；
5、字体设计类参赛作品，无论是字符或段落，可长可短，必须在纸上打印提交，数量不限；
＊标题或标志设计不能当作字体设计类参赛
6、系列海报必须附上示意图，以说明它们之间的次序和关系，请不要把系列海报订在一起；
7、包装类别，寄送实样时必须清空内容物，如液体和化妆品等；
8、影视广告、电影、视频、动态标志、影视片头、动画等作品，必须将关键帧打印，并附上DVD提交；
9、网页设计必须填写以下1-12项信息，通过电子邮件提交；
电子邮件：info@tdctokyo.org
主题：2019 RGB Entry
1）参赛者姓名（字体设计师）
2）地址
3）电话号码
4）邮箱地址和个人网址
5）职业信息：公司/学校等
6）参赛作品网址
7）作品主要页面
8）客户
9）版权所有人
10）对参赛作品作150字以内的简要说明
11）软硬件说明：操作平台、操作系统、浏览器，插件等，以及使用的技术手段，如Flash、Java等
12）随邮件另附1-3个JPEG格式的截图文件
10、除了网页设计以外的媒体类参赛作品，必须通过CD-ROM或DVD-ROM提交，提交时注明建议操作环境、系统要求等；用150字以内的文字简要说明你的作品，同时提供1-3张截屏文件；
11、RGB类中，包含了硬件的装置类参赛作品，必须通过CD-ROM或DVD-ROM提交视频文件（如MOV格式，最设计翻译）以介绍作品；
12、智能手机和平板电脑相关的设计和软件的条目：解锁DRM（防拷贝），同时提供一些截屏文件；
＊如果你对在对设备或阅读器上解锁DRM有任何问题，请通过电子邮件与我们联系
13、其它类别：我们只接受实物作品，除了第6类和第9类外，电子文件均不予接受；除此之外，没有其他严格的规则。标识设计成品通常难以寄送，那么就提交一张打印照片，无须装裱；提交CI类作品，许多参赛者除了寄送以任意大小打印标志的纸，也寄送了实际的应用成品（或者项目图片打印在纸上，这取决于项目类型）。你可以自行决定，考虑你如何在比赛现场展示你的作品。
■ 参赛费（居住在日本以外的参赛者）
每件作品的参赛费为20美元
*以往海外参赛者不允许不超过三件伤口。从今年开始，参赛作品数量没有限制。
*注：东京TDC年度奖项要求参赛者根据类别分开参赛作品，即使这些参赛作品是为同一目的而制作的。例如，人们不能将海报和书籍作为同一系列提交。（广告活动除外）
付款方法
参赛作品费用将通过PayPal收取
请访问以下网址。
https://paypal.me/tokyotdc
1.输入参赛费总和。
例如：一件参赛作品20美元/三件参赛作品60美元
2.登录您的PayPal帐户
3.通过信用卡付款
*支付参赛者（Type Director）名称
*支付报名费的截止日期：截至2019年11月10日（为什么这么晚迟？？？）
■ 注意
1、所有作品无论入选获奖与否，均不退还；
2、获奖作品、优秀作品、提名作品将编入《TDC年鉴》，并可能展示于其它媒体，考虑到这一因素，申请人必须考虑到所有可能的版权，TDC概不负责版权问题；
3、参赛作品不符合参赛要求，或评审团认为不适当的，或侵犯他人的权利的将被取消参赛资格。TDC有权取消这些项目，即使已经通知的获奖作品、优秀作品、提名作品。当侵权在年鉴出版后产生，创作者应负责与争议的第三方解决，TDC概不负责；
4、我们尽力保护参赛作品，但TDC不负责因意外事故造成的损失；如果意外发生，参赛者可能会被要求重寄作品；
5、TDC有权将参赛作品用于相关推广；
6、TDC年鉴是按既定的格式和政策编辑的，我们不会接受任何参赛者的特殊要求；
7、TDC年鉴基于参赛者提供的数字文件编辑，由于技术和某些需要，TDC拥有无需参赛者许可而对图像进行裁剪和抠图，TDC将对参赛作品进行摄影。
■ 作品寄送
参赛作品请寄到：
Tokyo Type Directors Club
6A, 5-25-13 Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo 160-0023, Japan
电话: 81-3-6276-5210
传真: 81-3-6276 -5211
所有的寄送物必须事先支付邮寄费，邮寄费由参赛者负担。请注意，TDC将不承担任何关税，所以请在每个包裹及商业发票上注明“MATERIAL FOR CONTEST ENTRY – NO COMMERCIAL VALUE”字样；
＊如果提交作品有多个包裹，请为包裹编号，如1/2号、2/2号等
＊请RGB类参赛作品包裹外面写上“RGB entry”字样
＊*对于将于11月10日前完成在线注册的参赛者，我们将在收到参赛作品后发送收到参赛作品的确认电子邮件。
更多信息可以发送电子邮件：
Tokyo Type Directors Club
E-mail : info@tdctokyo.org
■ 参赛表格
在线注册
1.在寄送作品之前在线填写所有参赛作品信息。所需信息与下面的“参赛清单”相同。
2.打印已完成的在线注册表格，并将其随参赛作品寄送；
*如果由于某种原因无法进行在线注册，请填写下面的“条目清单”并随附工作。
＊因某些原因无法在线注册，请直接填写“参赛清单”，并将其随参赛作品寄送；
＊不要把“参赛清单”附在作品上，这张表格是我们用于获得由每个参赛者的全部参赛条目；每件作品装在一起（系列作品将被视作一件）
▶︎下载参赛清单2019（A4 / PDF）
■ 作品标签
▶︎下载作品标签2019（B5 / PDF）
每件参赛作品必须在背面贴上完整的“作品标签”。
■ 电子文件和相关创作人员
如果作品被选入获奖作品、提名作品或优秀作品，TDC将于2018年12月底联系参赛者，请他们提供电子文件及相关创作人员的名单。
* TDC年鉴将根据参赛者提供的信息制作。
东京字体指导俱乐部官网：http://tdctokyo.org/eng/?page_id=2457
Tokyo TDC Annual Awards 2019 Entry Form
The Tokyo TDC Annual Awards have not collected competition entry fees from overseas applicants for 28 years since the beginning and have been managed at no charge. However, due to rising administrative costs we have now introduced a nominal fee of USD 20 per entry. We would appreciate your continued interest in applying for the Tokyo
TDC Annual Awards.
The Tokyo Type Directors Club (Tokyo TDC) was founded in 1987 to pursue the possibilities of visual expression of letters and/or words. As before, we invite entries from all around the world for “Tokyo Type Directors Club Annual Awards 2019”. Please send us artworks which cut across the boundaries separating type direction, typography, typo-graphics and type design.
Reception and Deadline
■ RGB category entries must be received by TDC by Thursday, November 1, 2018.
■ Other categories’ entries must be received by TDC by Saturday, November 10, 2018.
Entries arriving after the deadline will NOT be accepted.
- Eligibility
- No special qualifications are needed to submit an entry. TDC requires that Applicants must be the Type Directors of their works.
- Entries must have been produced between September 2017 and the deadline.
- Entries in the “RGB” and “Type Design” categories that were produced or have appeared in the last 2 years will also be accepted.
- Foreign nationals who reside in Japan are requested to view and use the entry guidelines for Japanese residents (written in Japanese).
- Entries of course assignments by groups of students will not be accepted. All entries by students must be done individually.
- Categories
① Small Graphics
② Editorial/Book Design
③ Type Design
④ Mark & Logotype/Corporate Stationery/Branding
＊Advertisement in Branding must be submit to category ⑥
⑤ Signage & Display/Packaging
⑥ Advertising (Newspaper&Magazine Advertisement /Poster A = Advertising Poster/Advertising Campaign / TVCF)
⑦ Poster B (For poster entries not included in category ⑥)
⑧ Experimental Work (For entries not included in the other categories)
⑨ RGB (Any works intended to be displayed on screens.)
＊Two former categories: “Interactive design” including web design and “Film / Video work / Motion logo / TV, Film title / Animation etc.” This category also includes smart phones and tablet computers as well as any related software.
- Reception and Deadline
- RGB category entries must be received by TDC by Thursday, November 1, 2018.
- Other categories’ entries must be received by TDC by Saturday, November 10, 2018.
Entries arriving after the deadline will NOT be accepted.
- Jury
– Katsumi Asaba / Barbora / Kazunari Hattori / Naomi Hirabayashi / Taeko Isu / Tsuguya Inoue / Kaoru Kasai / Atsuki Kikuchi / Issay Kitagawa / Akira Kobayashi / Satoshi Machiguchi / Jujiro Maki / Gento Matsumoto / Hideki Nakajima / Masayoshi Nakajo / Norio Nakamura / Yukimasa Okumura / Takuya Onuki / Taku Satoh / Katsuhiko Shibuya / Shin Sobue / Takayuki Soeda / Fumio Tachibana / Yuri Uenishi / John Warwicker / Yoshie Watanabe
– Special jurors for Type Design :
Shigenobu Fujita / HeiQuiti Harata / Osamu Torinoumi
– Jury for RGB category :
Tota Hasegawa / Gabin Ito / Atsuki Kikuchi / Yosuke Kurita / Tomohiro Okazaki / Ryoji Tanaka
＊The judges will not be eligible to vote for their own entries.
- Prizes
Grand Prize : 1 entry
TDC Prize : 4〜5 entries
Type Design Prize : 1 entry
Book Design Prize : 1 entry
RGB Prize : 1 entry
Special Prize : 0〜2 entries
– “Prize Winning Work” means an entry selected for the above prizes. “Excellent Work” means an entry, other than the above, which is selected to appear in the annual book. “Prize Nominee Work” means an entry shortlisted for a prize but not selected as a prize winning work.
＊Certificates will be presented only to Prize Winning Work.
- Prize Money
Entrants of prize winning works will receive their prize money at an award ceremony at the TDC exhibition in April 2019.
Grand Prize : JPY200,000
Other Prizes: JPY100,000
- Notification to Entrants
Notification by e-mail will be made by the end of December 2018 to prize winners, prize nominees and those who submitted excellent works.
＊Unsuccessful entrants will not be announced by the end February 2019.
- Annual
The international edition of Tokyo TDC, Vol.30 -The Best in International Typography & Design will be published in Winter 2019.
＊No complimentary copies of the annual book will be provided.
- Exhibition
Prize winning and prize nominee works will be exhibited at TDC exhibition. Excellent works that earn high marks will be also exhibited. TDC exhibition will be held in April 2019 at the ginza graphic gallery in Tokyo.
＊Showings at other exhibitions not specified here are considered to be approved by entrants without permission.
- Entry Rules
- All documents for submission must be completed with the required information written in block letters. (More details on the opposite side.)
- You may put a sticky note on a page to which you would like to draw attention if you submit a book for the Book Design category. (The placing of sticky notes is left to your discretion.)
- For Category ④, mount /layout your logo, stationery’s photos etc. on a B2- size or smaller board (Any number will do) . Send also your real work in the case of stationery, etc.
- Posters must not be mounted on panels.
- For entries in the “Type Design” category, both character sets and sample passages of text, which can be short or long, must be submitted on a paper printout. There is no limitation on the number of sheets.
＊Title or logo design cannot be applied in type design category.
- Explanatory drawings must be attached to serial posters to describe their order/relationship. Do not bind the posters together.
- Entries of package design must be emptied of packaged content such as liquids and cosmetics.
- TVCF / Film / Video work / Motion logo / TV, Film title / Animation etc. must be submitted by DVD enclosed with the printouts of appealing scenes.
- Website design must be submitted by e-mail with the information listed in items 1-12 below.
info@tdctokyo.org / Subject : 2019 RGB Entry
1) Applicant (Type Director) name
2) Postal address
3) Phone number
4) E-mail address and private URL
5) Occupation: Company / School
6) URL of the entry
7) Appealing points / pages
8) Client
9) Copyright owner
10) A brief explanation of the entry work (within 150 words)
11) Operating System : Provide specification of the platform, OS, browser, plug-in requirements, or technology used for production (Flash, Java etc.).
12) Attach 1 to 3 captured images of appealing scenes in JPEG.
- Entries of media contents except web design must be submitted by CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. Note the recommended operation environment (system requirements). Briefly explain your work within 150 words and 1 to 3 captured images printouts of appealing scenes must accompany the entry.
- Entries of installation sites and works that include hardware within RGB category must be submitted by CD-ROM or DVD-ROM containing a video documentation (ex. “.mov” format) to introduce the work.
- Entries of smart phones and tablet computers related design and software: Unlock DRM (copy-guard) and accompany with some captured images.
＊ If you have difficulty unlocking DRM or have any questions on a device or reader, please contact us by e-mail.
- Other categories: This competition accepts only actual work. No entries in electronic media are acceptable, excluding category ⑥ (TVCF) and ⑨. Aside from this, there are no other strict rules for entry. To submit a sign (board) design or a work that is usually difficult to send, submit a printed photograph of the work. It need not be a mounted paper printout. To submit CI work, many entrants send both the logo printed on paper of an arbitrary size and the actual item for which the logo is used (or a photograph of the item printed on paper, depending on the type of item in question). Please decide at your own discretion, considering how you would like to show your work at the competition site.
- Entry Fees (applicants residing outside Japan)
– USD 20 for one entry
＊So far, an overseas applicant has been allowed to submit no more than three entries. From this year, there is no limit on the number of entries.
＊Note: The Tokyo TDC Annual Awards ask applicants to separate entries according to categories, even though they were produced for the same purpose. For example, one cannot submit a poster and a book as the same series. (exception: advertisement campaigns)
– Payment method
Entries fees will be collected via PayPal.
Please access the URL below.
https://paypal.me/tokyotdc
- Enter the sum of entry fees.
e.g.: In the case of one entry: USD 20 / In the case of three entries: USD 60
- Login to your PayPal account.
- Make payment via credit card.
＊Pay with Applicant (Type Director) name.
＊Deadline for the payment of entry fees: By November 10, 2019.
- Notes
- No entries will be returned.
- Prize winning, prize nominee and excellent works will appear in the Tokyo TDC annual book, the digital archive and presumably in other various media including website. Taking this into consideration, applicants must be responsible for all the conceivable issues of copyright. TDC takes no responsibility for copyright issues.
- Entries which do not follow the entry guidelines, or which the jury consider inappropriate, or which contravene the rights of others will be disqualified from the competition. TDC reserves the right to disqualify entries based on these conditions even after notification has been made that they are prize winning, prize nominee or excellent works. When doubts about whether a work conflicts with the copyrights of others arise after the yearbook is issued, the producer of the controversial work and the corresponding third person are responsible for solving the problem. Tokyo TDC takes no responsibility in such matters.
- Entries will be handled with the utmost care. However, TDC will not be responsible for any loss or damage to entries due to unavoidable accident. If such an accident occurs, the applicant may be asked to re-ship the entry.
- Entrants grant TDC the right to reproduce the images of entries for promotional purposes.
- The layout of the annual book is done in accordance with the editing format and policy of the TDC annual book. We will not accommodate special requests from entrants.
- The TDC annual book will be produced basically using the digital files provided by applicants. Due to technical and organizational constraints, TDC reserves the right to determine the trimming and cutout of the images requested by the annual book’s designer without permission from the applicants. TDC will photograph the entry works if need be.
- Shipping
Entries should be sent to:
Tokyo Type Directors Club
6A, 5-25-13 Nishi-shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo 160-0023, Japan
Phone: 81-3-6276-5210
Fax: 81-3-6276-5211
All packages must be shipped prepaid. Shipping fees must be paid by entrants. Please also note that Tokyo TDC will NOT pay any customs duties, so be sure to mark “MATERIAL FOR CONTEST ENTRY – NO COMMERCIAL VALUE” on the outside of each package and on the commercial invoice.
＊If the submitted work comes in multiple packages, PLEASE number them as 1/2, 2/2 and so on.
＊Please write “RGB entry” on the outside of the package for entry to the RGB category.
＊To applicants who will complete online registration before November 10, we will send a receipt confirmation email after receiving their entry works.
- For more information (E-mail）
Tokyo Type Directors Club
E-mail : info@tdctokyo.org
■ Entry List
▶︎ Online Registration 2019
- Complete all entry information online before sending the work. The information required is the same as on the “Entry List” below.
- Print out the completed online registration form and enclose it with the entry.
＊If online registration is not possible for some reason, fill in the “Entry List” below and enclose it with the work.
＊Do not attach this list to entry works. Enclose it with them. This list is required for us to gain an overall picture of the entries submitted by each applicant = type director. Use one box per entry. (A series is considered to be one entry.).
▶︎ Entry List 2019 (A4/PDF)
■ Entry Label
▶︎ Entry Label 2019 (B5/PDF)
Each entry must come attached with the completed “Entry Label” on the back of the work.
- Digital Files and Staff Credits
Applicants whose entry is selected as a prize winner, prize nominee or excellent work will be contacted by TDC by the end of December 2018, with instructions to provide the digital file(s) of the successful entry and its credits.
＊The TDC yearbook will be produced with the files provided by the applicants.
Official Website: http://tdctokyo.org/eng/?page_id=2457
