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Yiyang Li

TDC PrizeTokyo TDC2026Editorial MinimalismPhotographic
Tokyo TDC · 2026

immiscible

Yiyang Li

TDC Prize · official source below
Hook
A four-panel board of object and installation documentation rather than a poster: a translucent box standing on a grey floor, a top-down view of three white boxes with glass beakers on a printed sheet, a translucent sheet leaning against a white corner, and a flat arrangement of printed cards and a folded item.
Hierarchy
The object silhouettes and their shadows lead, the small colour-flecked text block second, and its actual content last.
Energy
All text is set extremely small in a plain sans, packed into narrow left-aligned blocks that sit low on transparent surfaces; individual lines are coloured differently, so the text reads as a fine multicoloured texture before it reads as words.
Transfer
Colour can live inside the type itself rather than in blocks or backgrounds — vary hue line by line at a small size when you need vibrancy while keeping a layout mostly empty.

Why it works

Holding the whole system at one tiny type size in a vast neutral field makes material and transparency the loudest variables, and colouring type line by line adds vibrancy without breaking the calm.

What to borrow

Colour can live inside the type itself rather than in blocks or backgrounds — vary hue line by line at a small size when you need vibrancy while keeping a layout mostly empty.

Look closer

CompositionOpen

A four-panel board of object and installation documentation rather than a poster: a translucent box standing on a grey floor, a top-down view of three white boxes with glass beakers on a printed sheet, a translucent sheet leaning against a white corner, and a flat arrangement of printed cards and a folded item. Every frame places a small amount of matter in a large empty grey or white field.

TypographyOpen

All text is set extremely small in a plain sans, packed into narrow left-aligned blocks that sit low on transparent surfaces; individual lines are coloured differently, so the text reads as a fine multicoloured texture before it reads as words.

HierarchyOpen

The object silhouettes and their shadows lead, the small colour-flecked text block second, and its actual content last.

Image strategyOpen

Photography documents physical artefacts in situ, using soft shadows and translucency so the same text block is seen through material, printed flat, and reproduced at card scale.

Color strategyOpen

Neutral white and grey dominates almost entirely; colour appears only inside the tiny type, where green, blue, magenta, and orange lines alternate, giving saturation without any coloured area.

Still to be written: Concept · Negative space · Texture · Production

Notes by POSTER INDEX — observational analysis from official Tokyo TDC asset

Source + details
Year
2026
Source
Tokyo Type Directors Club
Edition
Tokyo TDC Annual Awards 2026
Competition
Mark & Logotype/Branding, Poster B
Award
TDC Prize
Country
Not recorded
Type
Not recorded
Theme
Not recorded
Style
Editorial Minimalism, Photographic
Typography
Not analyzed yet
Colour
Not analyzed yet
Density
Not analyzed yet
Imagery
Not analyzed yet
Provenance
Verified · official source
Source note
Client: Kingston School of Art, MFA Fine Art Department · Category: Mark & Logotype/Branding, Poster B
Image
External hotlink
Image note
Official Tokyo TDC asset · external hotlink · not owned by POSTER INDEX
Image credit
Tokyo Type Directors Club
Record ID
tdc-2026-010-immiscible

Source URL: https://tokyotypedirectorsclub.org/en/news/tdc2026-results/

Image source: https://tokyotypedirectorsclub.org/en/news/tdc2026-results/

Designers: Yiyang Li

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