Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
Dinocalypse is a print sample from Metapaper. The 16-page booklet consists of a photo series by Christian Mader about fake-Dinosaurs. It takes us on a little journey through the world of plastic giants. One has the unreal feeling of being taken back in time to a strange-looking jungle. It was printed on the new Extramatt recycled (cold white, 120 g/sm)....
Germany’s largest design event, the munich creative business week (mcbw) organized by bayern design, will be held for the 12th time in Munich under the annual motto “Why disruption unleashes creativity.” The diverse program of mcbw 2023 is aimed at the design-interested public as well as a design trade audience. More than 130 different event formats, top-class and exciting exhibitions,...
The Slanted team went to Amsterdam to check out the design scene and fell for the charm of the city’s century-old “bruine kroegen” (brown cafes). Seeking refuge after bike rides to design studios, they were quickly won over by the cozy ambiance, dark wood, old-fashioned decor, and the aroma of fried croquettes. Now we are glad to announce the launch...
Neither Confirm Nor Deny or LTR NCND in short is derived by Erik van Blokland from his font FontFont published in 1991. By developing new method for interpolating rough and textured shapes, the typeface has made the leap to variable fonts. It uses its seamless interpolations to create even lighter and heavier weights at the extremes and countless cuts in between....
Nullnummer #3 is a supplement to the university-wide newspaper fh-presse at the Department of Design at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts. The concept behind the student magazine Nullnummer and its first issue were Jonas Brüggemann’s graduation project. Since then, the magazine has been edited by a rotating student team. As a platform, it is intended to enable especially the actors...
The exhibition Dafi Kühne: Buchdruckplakate? at the Museum für Druckkunst Leipzig features around 100 letterpress posters. For his designs, Dafi Kühne uses a wide variety of tools, from computers to pantographs, and realizes his ideas on printing presses from the 1960s. These are posters for art and culture that show the great potential of letterpress printing. Almost any material can...
Last Thursday was the vernissage of the Werkbund Label exhibition AUSGEZEICHNET! and we were happy to be able to participate in the event. A selection of the projects that have been awarded the Werkbund Label by the Deutscher Werkbund Baden-Württemberg since 2006 was on display. Every two years, outstanding projects, initiatives and companies are honored that stand out for their...
Join us for the launch of Slanted magazine’s 41st issue at Athenaeum Nieuwscentrum in Amsterdam on April 28th, 2023, from 7–9 p.m. Meet the Slanted team and contributors in person, enjoy drinks, and join a lively discussion about design in Amsterdam. This issue explores the city’s innovative, modern, and functional designs spiced with humor, featuring interviews, essays, illustrations, and useful...
Das gewöhnliche Design (The ordinary Design) is a hidden classic of German design history, something the vinyl era would have called a B-side hit. Newly edited by Frank Philippin and Florian Walzel, the facsimile returns the work to a wider audience. As early as 1976 a group of students and young professors at the Faculty of Design at the University...
From May 4th to 21st, the University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe presents the graduation projects created between 2022 and 2023 within the Diploma exhibition 2023—Perspectives in the atriums of the school. The works shown in the exhibition open up a vide variety of perspectives on themes that are paradigmatic of our times. They revolve around themes such as memory,...
In December of 22 we had the honor of being invited to attend and to speak at the 12th annual Typography Meeting (“Encontro de Tipografia”) in Portugal. This time it took place in Covilhã at the University of Beira Interior and stood under the theme “Matter of Type.” It is organized by the Faculty of Arts and Letters and the...
At the end of the winter term 2022/23, the graduates of the Design and Architecture departments of the Peter Behrens School of Arts at the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf will present their projects during the Werkschau Design & Architecture 22/23. Around 200 young designers and architects specializing in Architecture, Interior Design and Civic Design as well as Communication Design,...
