Slanted Magazine #46—Cairo

Slanted Magazine #46—Cairo is a visual journey into the vibrant heart of Egypt’s creative scene. The dynamic design culture of Cairo—and beyond—reveals just how diverse, innovative, and powerful creative voices in Egypt are today. From graphic design, typography, and visual communication to architecture and product design, Slanted #46 showcases outstanding projects that are shaping the cultural present and future of...

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ADC Digital Conference

On November 10, the ADC Digital Conference returns to the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf. Since its debut in 2022, the one-day event has become a key platform for digital creativity, bringing together designers, technologists, and brand strategists. This year’s edition connects design, technology, and culture across two stages. Speakers include Simon Dixon and Aporva Baxi (DixonBaxi, London) on brand design in the...

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Punk Palast

On September 4, Ukrainian artist Sergey Bratkov presented his open-air exhibition Punk Palast in Charlottenburg, Berlin, organized by Dr. Schreyger’s Kunstpalast. The project transformed building facades into a temporary stage for unfiltered statements. Bratkov’s work often reflects social contradictions with a direct voice. Known primarily for his photographic series, he moves freely between media, using photography, painting, and text as...

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Kevin Rooi for Eastpak: Built to Resist

To mark the launch of Eastpak’s first hard-shell suitcase, the Resist’r Case, the brand collaborated with Omek, a platform supporting professionals from the African diaspora and Amsterdam-based artist Kevin Rooi. Known for his award-winning typographic work, Rooi created five exclusive designs for the small black Resist’r Case. Kevin Rooi is a graphic designer and passionate lettering artist, widely known as “The...

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Alphabetica: Entering Otherworlds

One-day symposium of visions, signs and unseen worlds. Organised in conjunction with the exhibitions Writing Systems of the Otherworld (Alphabetum XV). Presented by West Den Haag in collaboration with the Institut Designlabor Gutenberg (Hochschule Mainz, DE), Atelier National de Recherche Typographique (Nancy, FR) and the Endangered Alphabets Project (Tim Brookes, USA). Talks and presentations: 10:00 — 18:00 Dinner, drinks &...

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Druck und Design Conference

Last week, on October 7th, around 300 creatives gathered at the Macherei in Munich for the Druck und Design Conference, organized by Grafikmagazin and the Bavarian Printing and Media Association (VDMB). The day started relaxed with coffee and tea, giving attendees a chance to connect. The morning opened with a welcome from Christian Meier (Grafikmagazin) and Holger Busch (VDMB), highlighting...

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Poster Scene Lucerne

Lucerne has built up a reputation as a poster city over the last 20 years. The exhibition shows posters by graphic artists in the context of non-commercial venues. The exhibition Poster Scene Lucerne shows how Lucerne has made a name for itself as a poster city beyond the country’s borders over the last 20 years. The quality, diversity and freshness...

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The World’s Best Typography, Typography 46

The World’s Best Typography, Typography 46 brings together the work of the winners of the latest TDC competition for typographic excellence from around the globe in communication design, lettering, and typeface design. For the past seventy years, the Type Directors Club has encouraged the design community to achieve excellence in typography through annual competitions. This high-quality volume showcases the award-winning...

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Making Of Slanted Magazine #46—Cairo

Coming Soon Slanted Magazine #46—Cairo is currently in production—a visual journey into the vibrant heart of Egypt’s contemporary design scene! The issue dives deep into the country’s creative pulse, revealing just how diverse, innovative, and powerful Egypt’s design voices are today. Radiant sandy hues and bright pink accents, classic yet modern pyramid motifs, and hot foil embossing set the tone for...

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Otta, a new multi-script typeface

As a sensitive counter-response to the advance of AI in all fields, Otta aims to vibrate on a profoundly human frequency. Its gentle, organic tone seeks a return to the human sense, to the delicacy of the artisanal and the handmade. Otta has been carefully drawn under a criterion of rhythm that aims to synthesize both calligraphic and typographic forms...

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Void.Reflections

This book celebrates the 10-year anniversary of VOID Studio, based in Oslo, Norway—an experimental design studio working at the intersection of art, design, technology, and informatics. Carefully curated, Void.Reflections showcases a selection of VOID’s most compelling works, interwoven with a variety of visual and textual narratives. But rather than telling their story alone, VOID chose to open the conversation—inviting external...