Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
Have you ever wondered whether digital typography needs different rules than typesetting on paper? Or why some brands’ logotypes don’t really look convincing? These and many other questions will be answered in a jam-packed workshop with two respected type designers from the Monotype Studio. On the fringes of the outstanding type exhibition Finding Forte (September 28th – October 26th, 2022)...
Fruit Exhibition X turns ten and announces its latest edition: the international festival and market of independent art publishing returns from September 30th to October 2nd, 2022, in its original structure: a three-day market that brings together the best examples of independent publications and a program of meetings, film screenings, exhibitions, and workshops dedicated to the world of publishing. For...
Forte, this living typeface, has been used, abused, and often overused for over six decades, since it was published by The Monotype Corporation in 1962. Its designer, Karl Reißberger, has been little known until now. The exhibition 60 Jahre Forte—Die Schrift, die alle kennen (60 Years of Forte) traces the genesis of the “typeface everyone knows” through Reißberger’s early posters,...
HDMIHDGDL—or: shouldn’t audio-visual be called visual-auditory? Sabrina Zeltner aka Subrihanna has been on the road as a visual artist with various live video projects for years. In her artist book Showreel she makes the attempt to print her music videos, complemented by texts to reflect on her work by Kristoffer Cornils, Judith Grobe, Linda Weidmann, and Meera Theunert. Sabrina Zeltner’s...
When visiting Stockholm in the summer of 2021, we took a close look at the contemporary design scene. We were happy to meet great designers from the local creative scene, among them Christopher West! Studio Christopher West is a small independent design studio. The studio was founded in 2009 by Christopher West, after graduating from the Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam....
In September our Typeface of the Month: Franzi Pro is a sans-serif by the Vienna based type foundry Wannatype. The new sans-serif Franzi typeface family—as neutral as can be, but at the same time individual and striking. Its unmistakable character lies in the detail, with no effect pushing itself to the fore. As a wide-running typeface with a relatively large...
For the third time, the GRAPHIT 2022 — Festival for Illustration and Urban Sketching is taking place in Erfurt, Germany. GRAPHIT explores cultural, artistic and creative-economic aspects of drawing, reflects contemporary visual culture, and brings creative people together in a scientific festival format. The three-day symposium is taking place from September 23rd to 25th, 2022, packed with workshops, lectures, debates,...
FC Style is the new fashion supplement of the German news magazine: FOCUS. Following the first issue starring Robert Lewandowski × Juergen Teller the new FC Style Magazin No. 2—KINGSIZE features Johann König × Lars Eidinger. Johann König is the pop star of German art galleries, especially with his König Galerie in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Lars Eidinger is one of the most...
Striated was designed with display purposes in mind. Its three weights with their respective Italics cater to a variety of application settings, be it in print or on screen. It can be categorized as a mixture between a Grotesque and Geometric typeface with a pinch of heavily formalized elements. Striated uses letterforms that are often seen—and more or less registered—since...
Founded by the private initiative of a group of dedicated collectors and art lovers, the Mallorca International Art Award will be presented for the first time in September 2022. The jury has now announced the winners from a group of 43 participating artists. The Mallorca International Art Award prize winner in the category of mid-career artists is Marcelo Viquez. About...
When visiting Stockholm in the summer of 2021, we took a close look at the contemporary design scene. We were happy to meet great designers from the local creative scene, among them Mattias Jakobsson and Peter Ström! Konst & Teknik is a design studio based in Stockholm. It was founded by Mattias Jakobsson and Peter Ström in 2006. Since the...
The six-year-old design studio has unveiled a new website to mark the launch of the Universal Thirst font library, which specializes in Indic scripts. The foundry’s mission is to expand the design possibilities for Indic writing systems such as Devanagari, Tamil, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, and Bangla, through experimental releases as well as functional, reliable branding, editorial, and document fonts. Universal Thirst...
