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MA-MA Type

Today we would like to introduce you to Parisian type foundry MA-MA Type, which has a special appreciation for the craft and artisan approach to type design: MA-MA Type is a small-scale type foundry based in Paris, France. It was founded in 2021 by Maxime Fittes as an open creative space allowing the making of singular fonts. The foundry believes...

Alexander Coggin’s latest photo series reflects on a year of wearing masks

Inspired by playwrights such as Tony Kushner and August Wilson, theatrics is at the heart of Alexander Coggin’s image making. The American-born, UK-based photographer studied acting before applying his take on ‘magical realism’ to the mundane scenarios and everyday behaviours that we can all relate to. Coggin’s latest project embodies the bizarreness and banality of the so-called ‘new normal’ that...

A new book showcases the continued signifiance of Polaroid

300 Polaroids by David Lekach Polaroid was founded by Edwin Land in 1937, and a decade later its first instant photography product reached the world – a game-changing piece of technology that proposed a convenient alternative to the time-consuming and complicated film processing techniques of the time. “This new instant camera was revolutionary: bringing the magic of creating a photograph...

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KyotoTW is a “Freak” of a Typeface Inspired by Typewriters + Retro Video Games

Name: KyotoTW Designer: Martin Aleith Foundry: PFA Typefaces Release Date:  May 2021 Back Story: Berlin-based PFA Studios collective (former known as Pfadfinderei) recently formed its dedicated type branch, PFA Typefaces. Its designer, Martin Aleith, had been designing fonts for around 20 years in his role as a graphic designer. He’d long been creating unique type for music artwork projects, and wanted to start...

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Los locos años veinte en el Guggenheim de Bilbao

Los locos años veinte es una exposición organizada por el Museo Guggenheim Bilbao y Kunsthaus Zürich, el museo de la ciudad de Zúrich, que a diferencia de muchas otras muestras dedicadas a este prolífico periodo, ésta integra movimientos como la Bauhaus, el Dadaísmo o la Nueva Objetividad e iconos de disciplinas como el diseño y la arquitectura en un diálogo…...

Carta de Romualdo Faura a Ena Cardenal

El diseñador Romualdo Faura responde a Ena Cardenal por su carta «Yo y mis circunstancias o cómo ir de guay precarizando el trabajo» en relación con el nuevo Acuerdo Marco de Madrid. A Ena Cardenal de la Nuez: Ena, cuando leí tu artículo, y pese a la enorme irritación que me produjeron tus insultantes y […]...

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Airport Wayfinding

Dedicated to the wanderlust, we would like to introduce you to a publication now available at our Slanted Shop, that takes a closer look at the complex infrastructures of our airports: Airport Wayfinding — Wayfinding Systems of 70 Airports. Airports are places with multi-layered identities that millions of people pass through and where cultures meet: On the one hand, the...