Announcing the 2020 Type Champions!

After an open nomination period and an extensive review process, the following brands have been chosen as our 2020 honorees:

• Actual Source
• Adidas
• Australian Centre for the Moving Image
• Baemin Vietnam
• City of Helsinki
• Duolingo
• IBM
• MoMA
• Naturalizer
• Studio Dumbar

The Type Champions Award is sponsored by Monotype, but could not exist without the collaboration of our panel of global branding and design experts. This group includes:

• Abbott Miller, Partner, Pentagram
• Alejandro Paul, Type Designer and Founder, Sudtipos
• Andy Payne, Global Chief Creative Officer, Interbrand
• Bobby C. Martin Jr., Co-Founder, Champions Design
• Blake Howard, Co-Founder and Creative Director, Matchstic
• Brett Zucker, Chief Marketing Officer, Monotype
• Brian Collins, Chief Creative Officer and Founder, COLLINS
• Charles Nix, Type Director, Monotype
• James Fooks-Bale, Creative Director, Monotype
• Jenn Hilliard, Senior Manager, Brand Development & Strategy, Rocket Mortgage
• Josh Miles, Chief Marketing Officer of SMPS and Host of Obsessed Show
• Kirsten Dietz, Founder and Partner, Strichpunkt Design
• Kristine Arth, Founder and Principal Designer, Lobster Phone
• Mohamed Gaber, Founder, Kief Type Foundry
• Nicole Johnson, Associate Director User Experience, Iconmobile Group
• Patrick Märki, Managing Director, KMS Team
• Perrin Drumm, Head of Publishing, A24
• Rodney Abbot, Senior Partner, Lippincott
• Sherina Florence, Creative Director, Ogilvy

Brand Identity for the Age of Adaptability

Agile. Adaptive. Future-proofed. Whatever terminology you use, this year has challenged creative teams to rethink how to build meaningful brand identities. Many of this year’s Type Champions exemplify the need to adapt to new environments and consumer preferences.

Download our new report, “Reimagining Brand Identity for the Age of Adaptability,” to learn more about three distinct characteristics that will define success for creative professionals in the coming years, including:

• Accelerated digital transformation. Brand experiences have shifted online at a record pace, driven by consumer behavior.
• Humanized brand identity. In a time of anxiety, consumers want brands to align with their values and communicate authentically.
• Distributed creative collaboration. Forced into remote work by circumstance, many organizations are recognizing the longterm benefits and employees are advocating for balance as the economy reopens.

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Thank you to everyone who nominated, promoted, and otherwise supported this program in 2020. The final list of award recipients represents a wide array of industries, regional coverage, and uses of typography, and we acknowledge that there are many other brands, institutions, and organizations of all sizes that are championing the value of typography worldwide. We look forward to continuing to find and celebrate all organizations who elevate design across brand identity!

If you have any questions or would like to connect and learn more, please email us at [email protected].