Morisawa Inc, (President: Akihiko Morisawa, Headquarters: 2-6-25 Shikitsuhigashi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Tel: 06-6649-2151) is pleased to announce the results of the Morisawa Type Design Competition 2024 on March 3,2025.
This year, the competition aimed to discover new talent and showcase creativity in type design. Alongside a panel of distinguished judges from various fields, we invited works that pushed the boundaries of design. For 2024, the competition included five categories: Japanese, Latin, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Hangul. From May 14 to August 29, 2024, we received a total of 1,092 entries from 45 countries and regions worldwide: 173 in the Japanese category, 480 in the Latin category, 193 in the Simplified Chinese category, 92 in the Traditional Chinese category, and 154 in the Hangul category.
The judging took place on November 27 and 28 at Morisawa’s headquarters. All entries were reviewed anonymously to ensure fairness, and after careful deliberation, the panel selected one Gold, Silver, and Bronze winner per category, along with five Honorable Mentions in each category. Some designers received multiple awards for different works.
The judging panel included:
Japanese Category
Osamu Torinoumi
Ryoko Nishizuka
Issay Kitagawa
Latin Category
Laura Meseguer
Ilya Ruderman
Indra Kupferschmid
Simplified Chinese category
Zhu Zhiwei
Chen Rong
Liu Xiaoxiang
Traditional Chinese category
Masaaki Hiromura
Julius Hui
Wan Chun Ho
Hangeul category
Wujin Sim
Sulki Choi
Bon Min
Emeritus Judges
Cyrus Highsmith
Matthew Carter
We also held “Fan Favorites,” where the top two entries were chosen by public vote. In total, 50 works received awards across all categories, including winners from the Morisawa Prize and Fan Vote.
Awarded Works and Designers (Honorifics Omitted)
Morisawa Award
Japanese category
(From top)
Gold Prize Kuromugi Yoshihiko Toya【Japan】
Silver Prize Insho Daisuke Fukushi【Japan】
Bronze Prize kt Ganta Uchikiba【Japan】
Honorable Mention
(Top row, from left)
lamp cyousou Hiraki Ajino【Japan】
Norentai Koki Hayashi【Japan】
Suzutake Oma Kobayashi【Japan】
(Bottom row, from left)
4S Takuya Nakazawa【Japan】
Shiratsuyu Kaisho Jin Nagase【Japan】
Latin category
(From top)
Gold Prize Nimonic Naiqian Wang【China】
Silver Prize Vol. Naiqian Wang【China】
Bronze Prize Loica José Solé【Chile】
Honorable Mention
(Top row, from left)
Kyoot Craig Eliason【United States of America】
Path Grotesk Tien-Min Liao【Taiwan】
Lobulo Oscar Guerrero【Colombia】
(Bottom row, from left)
Florocine Carlos Ávila【Colombia】
Celcius Naiqian Wang【China】
Simplified Chinese category
(From top)
Gold Prize WENKAI Dingci Sun【China】
Silver Prize Xin Feng VF Yixuan Wu【China】
Bronze Prize TangMoBang Yujian Wang【China】
Honorable Mention
(Top row, from left)
Duo Zhengyou Gu【China】
HaoBoTi Hao Qian【China】
YAHEI Mengyi Luo【China】
(Bottom row, from left)
Yourong Type Congyu Zhang，Yue Chen【China】
wenhuayanshanxinwei WenHuaZiXing【China】
Traditional Chinese category
(From top)
Gold Prize Cao Chuang Gu Yun Rongrong Gu【China】
Silver Prize Bi Tai Bak Chingchan Kao【Taiwan】
Bronze Prize rounded Kinbun Taichi Saito【Japan】
Honorable Mention
(Top row, from left)
Ricebeam Taijiang Lin【Taiwan】
mi Mubing Lang【China】
SuSeng Chìhông Tân【China】
(Bottom row, from left)
Wei Gothic Chinghin Chan Roy【Hong Kong】
li kai Mubing Lang【China】
Hangeul category
(From top)
Gold Prize wanwan Yejin Wi【Republic of Korea】
Silver Prize sanmun Samyeol Ahn【Republic of Korea】
Bronze Prize Space-Block Seunghyub Lee【Republic of Korea】
Honorable Mention
(Top row, from left)
Han-saem Soorin Park【Republic of Korea】
Neoguri Samyeol Ahn【Republic of Korea】
Code Square Juyeon Kim【Republic of Korea】
(Bottom row, from left)
Kyulgu Sans Soonhyung Kwon【Republic of Korea】
Candlelight Saebin Lee【Republic of Korea】
The finalists selected for the final judging of the Morisawa Prize are featured on the official website of the Type Design Competition 2024.
Fan Favorite
1st Prize
(Top row, from left)
Japanese category
Honeybee Path Ami Sako【Japan】
Latin category
Tachechi SemiBold Chaochên Chou【China】
Simplified Chinese category
Chang Kong Ti Tujun Zeng【China】
(Bottom row, from left)
Traditional Chinese category
Egyptian Hieroglyphs Hoying Wong【Hong Kong】
Hangeul category
Kkot-pyeonji Minjoon Choi【Republic of Korea】
2nd Prize
(Top row, from left)
Japanese category
Suzutake Oma Kobayashi【Japan】
Latin category
RR-Trivium Rafael Ramirez Lozano【Mexico】
Simplified Chinese category
Waning moon fine black type Yang Gao【China】
(Bottom row, from left)
Traditional Chinese category
Alinsect typeface Kaihei Liu Anson【Hong Kong】
Hangeul category
Kyulgu Sans Soonhyung Kwon【Republic of Korea】
The works featured here have been restructured based on the submissions provided by the authors.
You can look forward to more details about the winning entries and judges’ comments, which will be available on our official website in Spring 2025. We’ll also be sharing a collection of the winning works at various Morisawa-hosted events.
[ Morisawa Type Design Competitionʼs official web site ]
https://competition.morisawa.co.jp/en/
Stay connected with the official Morisawa Type Design Competition on social media, where we share updates on the judging process and showcase the winning works in each category.
For additional updates, please visit the official competition website or follow the competition's official accounts on social media: [ Official Accounts ]
● For inquiries regarding this release, please visit: https://www.morisawa.co.jp/support/contact/forms/competition
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