Tien-Min Liao

New York, NY, USA
TienMin Liao is a New York-based designer and typographer specializing in custom letterforms, brand typography and logotype Kanji/Chinese localization.

Education

Cooper Union

Postgraduate certificate programs in typeface design

New York, United States

Languages

Chinese (Native),
English (Fluent),

Honors and Awards

Tokyo TDC Annual, 2020
Morisawa Type Design Competition, Bronze, 2019
22nd Annual TDC Typeface Design Competition, 2019
9th Annual Typography Competition, Award of Excellence, Communication Arts, 2019
TDC Ascenders, 2018
TDC 64 Communication Design Competition, 2018
Tokyo TDC Annual, Excellent work, 2018

Publications

Work is featured / published in:
2019
TYPE, No.4, 2019
Morisawa Type Design Competition Annual, 2019
TDC Typography 40, 2019
Étapes Magazine, issue249, 2019
Typography Annual 9, Communication Arts, 2019

2018
Tokyo TDC Annual, 2018
TDC Typography 39, 2018
BranD–Typography Issue, Issue 37, 2018
Asia-Pacific Design No. 14, 2018

2017
Asian Typography (Sandu Publishing)

2016
Type Hybrid (victionary)
Visual Storytelling: Infographic Design in News
Stylist Magazine France, Feb 18 issue

2015
Design360° magazine Vol.57
IdN magazine vol.22 no.2
CTA Creative Talk in Asia Vol.1
Information Made Beautiful (SendPoints)
Art Quarter vol.8 (dpi magazine)

2014
Type Player 3 (Sandu)
Asian Creatives (PIE books)
The Typographic Universe (Thames & Hudson)
Design Elements, 2nd Ed. (Rockport Publishers)
Infographics: Designing & Visualizing Data (Sandu)

2013
How to Create a Portfolio and Get Hired, 2nd Ed. (Laurence King)
GreenSource Magazine, March+April
Infographic Design (Chois)
Page Unlimited II (Sandu)

2012
Asia-Pacific Design No. 8
IdN Extra 07: Infographics–Designing Data

2011
Apportfolio Asia Vol.2
Lohas Magazine, August
GreenSource Magazine, August

2010
How Magazine, March
IF Concept Award Yearbook
Reddot Communication Design Yearbook