We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for your participation in the “Type Design Competition 2024.“ With your invaluable support, the competition has successfully concluded.
A total of 1,092 entries were received from 45 countries and regions around the world, including 173 entries in the Japanese script category, 480 in the Latin script category, 193 in the Simplified Chinese category, 92 in the Traditional Chinese category, and 154 in the Hangul category. Fifty works, including the winners of the Morisawa Award and the Fan Voting, were selected as winners.
We are grateful for the overwhelming number of submissions from around the globe.
On June 5, 2025, we held the awards ceremony at Kanda Myojin Hall, accompanied by a special lecture by Issay Kitagawa, offering an opportunity for typographic design exchange beyond language barriers.
Article about the awards ceremony
A digital collection featuring detailed information about the winning works, comments from the judges on the pieces, remarks from the winners, and the overall comments from the judges has been made available.
“Type Design Competition 2024” digital collection.
The online special seminar “Motivating Timeless Creativity,” which was published on July 1, 2024, to inspire type design creation, can be viewed through the archived video.
Please note that the applicant page and fan voting page have now been closed following the conclusion of the competition.
Moving forward, we will continue to share updates on the “Type Design Competition” through our official website as well as the following social media channels:
Thank you again for your support, and we look forward to your continued interest in the “Type Design Competition.”