Free the Wor(l)d
by Monotype
2025
D&AD New Blood Awards '25
Censorship drowns voices, but typography can set them free. Free the wor(l)d is a campaign that challenges the suppression of free speech in both traditional and new media. Through bold typography and digital activation, it transforms individual voices into powerful typographic expressions—uncensored, unfiltered, and unstoppable. Users can type freely on an interactive platform, generating unique posters that become part of a growing visual movement. The campaign culminates in a global protest where participants wear alphabeted t-shirts to form real-time messages, reclaiming public spaces with words that cannot be silenced. Censor the wor(l)d, and you sink the wor(l)d. But when words are freed, so is the world.


























