The final result of Morisawa Type Design Competition 2016
Morisawa Inc. is pleased to announce the final result of Morisawa Type Design Competition 2016.
From 49 countries and regions around the world, a total of 739 works(205 works for Kanji category and 534 works for Latin category) was applied.
On November 9th and 10th, the jury met in Head office of Morisawa Inc., Osaka to choose Morisawa Award, which calls for typeface designs with creativity and aesthetic excellence of design, and Akashi Award, which solicits proposals for commercialization by Morisawa. Also, 1st and 2nd prize of Peopleʼs Choice were elected by voting of general public.
The portfolio book will be published next spring and we will keep updating the related information on the competition website.
Results
Kanji Category, Morisawa Award
Gold Prize
Shimanami by Junko Matsumura (Japan)
Silver Prize
tsukibae by Naoko Ozawa (Japan)
Bronze Prize
Natsume M / B by Aki Toyoshima (Japan)
Honorable Mentions
(From left)Gan Kaisho by Miki Ooba (Japan)
tgk02 by Yokokaku (Japan)
Kuretonbo by Ryotaro Tada (Japan)
Latin Category, Morisawa Award
Gold Prize
Vonk Regular / Italic by Bart Vollebregt (Netherlands)
Silver Prize
Rododendron by Jitka Janeckova (Czech Republic)
Bronze Prize
Abelha by Michel Derre & Julien Priez (France)
Honorable Mentions
Edna by Reymund Schroeder (Germany)Newline by Christian Mengelt (Switzerland)
TroisMille by Marc Rouault (France)
Kanji Category, Akashi Award
Shimanami by Junko Matsumura (Japan)
Latin Category, Akashi Award
Vonk Regular / Italic by Bart Vollebregt (Netherlands)
Kanji Category, People’s Choice
1stMadori font by Sayaka Takegami (Japan)
2nd
Ruitai by Chung Lieh Yang (Taiwan)
Latin Category, People’s Choice
1stLegilux by Antonia Cornelius (Germany)
2nd
Untitled by Desmond Wong (United States of America)
Judges
Kanji category
Kenya Hara / Yasuhito Nagahara / Osamu Torinoumi / Taro Yamamoto
Latin category
Matthew Carter / Cyrus Highsmith / Sara Soskolne / Fred Smeijers
Akashi Award
Tsunehisa Morisawa (the above judges are also included)