Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
Following its successful premiere in Frankfurt as part of World Design Capital 2026, Forward Festival continues its 2026 season in Berlin. On August 27–28, 2026, the festival returns to Haus der Kulturen der Welt, bringing together creatives for two days of inspiring talks, workshops, networking opportunities, and immersive experiences. Across three stages, more than 50 international speakers from design, typography,...
Most sans-serifs conform to the mechanical, oversimplified rationality, which can often feel a bit cold. Serif typefaces, on the other hand, achieve their neutrality through traditional, centuries-old calligraphic forms—which are far from soulless. CoFo Robert Sans redefines the concept of a daily sans-serif by using its slab-serif counterpart, CoFo Robert, as its structural foundation. It takes those traditional, warm proportions...
The exhibition Campo e Cidade na América Latina at University of São Paulo’s Centro MariAntônia presented a selection of architectural and urban planning experiences developed between Brazil and other Latin American countries throughout the 20th century. By articulating technical knowledge and community practices, the exhibition proposed to denaturalize the dichotomy between countryside and city and reopen the debate on the...
From July 14 to August 26, 2026, the Ginza Graphic Gallery (ggg) in Tokyo presents Constructing Posters, a solo exhibition by Swiss graphic designer and letterpress printer Dafi Kühne. The exhibition focuses on Kühne’s distinctive approach to poster design, in which the design of a poster and its production are inseparable. Working with a collection of historic letterpress presses, metal...
The Client font family is a modern, square sans-serif typeface that includes a total of 12 fonts and 2 variable fonts. It is characterized by its unique personality and contemporary design language, making it a distinctive choice for a wide range of design applications. The letterforms of the Client font feature a modern and dynamic style, providing a high level...
For Skin Cancer Awareness Month, the UK’s leading charity Melanoma Focus has launched an awareness campaign that aims to turn an everyday routine, a haircut, into a potentially life-saving moment. The work is based on a simple insight: scalp melanomas, which are more common in men, are among the hardest to detect. The campaign was born out of an annual...
On July 9, Slanted Publishers had the pleasure of hosting the Small Logo Club for an evening of conversation and design. The Small Logo Club creates opportunities for creatives to visit different studios, connect with one another, and gain a look behind the scenes at the work of each host. From 7:00 PM onwards, guests arrived, settled in, and took...
Are we stuck with the established typographic principles of the 20th century? 100 years after the proclamation of the so-called “New Typography” in Central Europe, the somewhat ironic question of a “new” New Typography emerges—less as an update, more as a question that challenges universal rules. In 1928, the famous German typographer Jan Tschichold described his book The New Typography...
From 16–19 July 2026, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG Karlsruhe) opens its doors for the annual Rundgang, presenting around 100 projects by students from all departments. Visitors are invited to explore installations, performances, films, objects, publications and experimental artistic interventions throughout the university’s studios, workshops and exhibition spaces. The Rundgang offers a unique opportunity to experience current artistic...
The museum moves into the streets, while the streets enter the museum. Typography is everywhere and shapes the way we perceive written messages. It conveys knowledge and emotion, influencing both our actions and the way we form opinions—politically as well as socially. To this day, typography remains largely shaped by male perspectives. Museum Wiesbaden responds by raising a flag and...
Exploring the relationship between type design and tools, GridType Vol. 1 presents an edition of ten typefaces created with the experimental type tool grid-type.com. With typefaces by Anna Cairns, Boom Promphan Suksumek & Anna Srikitkul, Charlotte Rohde, Hanna Boslau, Julie Werenskjold Sørensen, Miquel Hervás Gómez & César Rogers (fanfare), Studio HanLi, Svatopluk Ručka, Trang Hà and Özgür Deniz Koldaş. With interviews by Lena Weber, studio pointer* and Céline...
At the end of the summer term 2026, the graduates of the Design departments of the Peter Behrens School of Arts at the Hochschule Düsseldorf–University of Applied Sciences, will present their projects during the Werk-schau Design 2026. Around 150 young designers specializing in Communication Design, Exhibition Design, New Craft Object Design, and Retail Design are looking forward to your visit....
