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TDK Awards 2024 Issue
Awards Info: Important Dates & More
Awards Judges: 10 Industry Legends
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Hey Reader!
We hope everyone's had a fantastic November! With the busy holidays around the corner we want to make sure you set aside sometime to apply to this year's TDK Awards 2024 (the earlier you submit your folio the better 😉). Applications are now open and we're seeing some pretty epic folios roll-in so far. You can find everything you need to know about this year's awards here... but ALSO this newsletter is filled with helpful awards info and features on all 10 judges! Just scroll down 😉. Good luck everyone!
Not only are the awards happening but the last #TDKtuesdays of the year are happening around the world next Tuesday! Head to our website, find your city chapter and make sure you drop by their event next week. The cities are putting on some epic design events! We can't wait to hear all about them next week.🌴
Have an amazing holiday season! Take care of yourselves. Enjoy friends & family. We can't wait to see you all in the new year. There are some pretty exciting things happening with TDK in 2025.🤫
Enjoy friends! 💙
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Lauren Danger Koste
Head of Community, The Design Kids
lauren@thedesignkids.org |
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Get your folio in front of the eyes of some of the world's most epic design professionals! |
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November 1 / Entries Open
November 1 - December 25 / Early Bird Special $10
December 25 - January 10 / Standard Entries $25
January 10 / Entries Close!
January 11 - January 20 / Awards Judging
February 3 / Winners Announced!
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We have 10 ✨AMAZING✨ judges from around the world who can't wait to check out all your portfolios. But... we also have 3000+ design agencies, studios and top creatives with their eyes on this year's TDK Awards, waiting to see who the hottest new design talent is. |
Carla Palette
Brand Designer & Art Director
Berlin, Germany
Carla creates influential and provocative brand experiences by challenging people to make bold and unconventional statements that acknowledge current social tension, cultivating meaningful connections between progressive brands and socially conscious audiences with high expectations. Working as an independent freelance designer and art director, Carla works predominantly with food & beverage, music, alcohol and other lifestyle brands from all around the globe.
Instagram | Website
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Gabriel Tinoco
Cherry Bomb Creative Co.
Mexico City, Mexico
Cherry Bomb is an independent creative studio, founded in Mexico City by Gabriel Tinoco and Nora Muñoz. As 90s kids and Pop Culture lovers, their style is vibrant, fun, bold, and full of colour. They have a special passion for creating brands through illustration, using it as a way to tell unique stories. Throughout their career, they’ve collaborated on thousands of projects for both global brands and small independent entrepreneurs in Mexico, the United States, Spain, the Middle East, Australia, and other parts of the world.
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Eva Cremers
3D Artists & TDK Awards 2018 Winner!
The Netherlands
Eva is an amazing 3D Artist and Animation Director from The Netherlands. Her playful, graphic CGI style combined with her unique design sensibility creates charming, joyful worlds of fun. Adorning a multitude of different mediums, Eva's signature elements and characters can be found in the form of digital art, sculptures, murals and apparel. Her impressive client list includes H&M, Apple, L'oreal Paris, Samsung and more! Did we mention she was also a TDK Awards 2018 Winner? Talk about full circle moment!
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Vangelis Liakos
Beetroot Design
Thessaloniki, Greece
Vangelis co-founded Beetroot design agency together with Alexis Nikou and Yiannis Charalampopoulos. In the 20-plus years since, Beetroot has been a leader in the visual communication and creative design sector in Europe. He has also being involved in various projects under the Beetroot umbrella like a concept store that includes a library and an exhibition space, the Poster restaurant, and The Yiayia and Friends project with Greek food products and stores in Thessaloniki, Seoul Korea, and Los Angels USA.
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Eva Cremers
Merchandise Designer
Portland, USA
Kel (they/them) is a merchandise, tour art, and record packaging designer based in Portland, Oregon. Kel crafts unique, nostalgic, and surreal designs for clients across the music industry, ranging from indie artists, to multi-platinum, Grammy-winning legends. They work both publicly and privately under NDA with artists. Kel is passionate about bridging the gap between artists and fans. Together, they transform clothing into a living, breathing art exhibit. We're obsessed with the work Kel has been putting out into the world!
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Katie Ayling
The Jacky Winter Group, Agent & Producer
Melbourne, Australia
Katie is a champion for creativity and craft, and is dedicated to elevating artists in their careers. With over three years at Jacky Winter, the leading artist agency in Australia, Katie brings a depth of experience and insight to her role, making her a trusted partner for both artists & clients. Katie’s expertise has helped bring artists’ visions to life in campaigns for clients like Apple, Coles, R/GA, Xero, Leo Burnett, TBWA & Penguin Random House. She's an absolute superstar - trust us you want her looking at your folio!
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Joonho Kwon, Kyungchul Kim & Eojin Kim
Everyday Practice
Seoul, South Korea
Everyday Practice is a graphic design studio founded by Joonho Kwon, Kyungchul Kim, and Eojin Kim. It is a small community of designers who think about the role of design in the current reality of the world we live in. Though their work is based on graphic design, they don't restrict themselves to two-dimensional design. Everyday Practice constantly experiments with various design methods and try to apply the lessons to future works.
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Kat Romulo
Designer & Content Creator
Los Angeles, USA
Kat is a multidisciplinary graphic/brand designer and content creator based in Los Angeles. She's incredibly passionate about creating visuals that tell stories and designing brand experiences that improve everyday lives, especially within the direct-to-consumer market for gen z/millennials. On top of that, we're pretty much in love with her design and lifestyle content that she puts out online. Highly recommend if you're not in Kats world already!
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Aley Wild
Illustrator & TDK Awards 2018 Winner!
Sydney, Australia
Aley is a Sydney-based illustrator whose work focuses on authentic positivity, natural wonder, and feminine power. Drawing on the inclusivity and free-spiritedness of her native San Francisco, she works with bright palettes and graphic shapes to create un-contained, irreverent, and playful figures. Commercially, she works across product illustration, branding, murals, installations, packaging, and surface pattern design. She has a B.F.A in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design, and spends her time pursuing curiosity, community, and queer joy.
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George Wu
Mother Design
London, UK
Originally from Manchester, George switched her life as a film director to join the Mother Team in 2018. As a designer with over 10 years of experience, she believes exciting branding comes from strong concepts and excellent craft mixed with the unexpected. George has worked with a colourful range of clients and projects, from building a sound experience for BBC Sounds, to developing whole brand systems for Facebook. An accidental jack of all trades, she has experience in creative direction and experiential branding; commissions have included work for the Barbican, Science Museum and Selfridges. This fortuitous path has led her from a HClub British Council Creative Entrepreneur award to bagging a Cannes Silver Lion.
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Stuff we love!
Design Book
Make Enemies & Gain Fans
A new edition by the legends over at Snask.
We LOVE Snask. Not only are they hilarious but they're also seriously wise. We were stoked to hear that they've released a 3rd edition of Make Enemies & Gain Fans. Not only is it beautifully designed but it's a look into the minds of this talented group. They describe it as 'a guide and collection of our pink life wisdom, stories and design bible'. Snag a copy before they sell out!
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Inspo Website
rebrand.gallery
Case study overload.🤯
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Feeling a bit stuck? Short on ideas? Rebrand is a perfect place to go when you need to jump start your creative mind. It's basically a curated archive of epic brand case studies. Enjoy browsing through it!
Check it out
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Film Camera
Kodak Ektar H35 Half Frame Camera
Film is SO MUCH FUN.
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The holiday's are coming up and we can't recommend getting a film camera enough. Honestly, they're SO MUCH FUN. Especially this half frame Kodak one. It's an affordable little 35mm camera AND you can capture double the images because it's a half frame version. There's no better feeling than when it's time to pick up your film prints.😉
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