The Type Directors Club is the leading international organization with the express purpose of supporting and encouraging excellence and innovation in typography, in both print and on screen. For over 50 years the TDC has played an integral role in the promotion of excellence in the worldwide graphics arts community through its annual international competitions. Typography 30 reproduces the winners of these competitions, and represents the finest work in the field for the year 2009, encompassing categories including books, magazines, corporate identities, logo types, stationery, annual reports, video and web graphics, and posters. The designer for this year’s book, Emily Oberman, is founding partner of the New York design firm Number 17 and has developed projects for Saturday Night Live, HBO Films, Conde Nast, and MTV.
