Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
This September, the 18th Pictoplasma Conference returns to Berlin to present an all-new selection of trailblazing, trendsetting character design, and art. The conference will provide a platform for artists to share ideation processes and working methodologies in focused presentations. International creators and producers from illustration and animation, design and interactive, and urban and graphic arts will exchange strategies for the...
For the ninth time, Indiecon 2022—Independent Publishing Festival opens its doors from September 2nd to 4th for visitors. This year the festival presents its most international line-up ever in its history. Guests from Lagos, Bukarest, and Singapore will present their publications at this year’s Oberhafen location, Factory Hammerbrooklyn and create visibility for diverse perspectives and realities across the globe. This...
In Alexander Staudt’s thesis BUCH for 2021, he dealt intensively with the body of the book. In addition to its conception and design, he initiated an experimental DIY POD PWYW—do-it-yourself print-on-demand pay-what-you-want project on Instagram. The subject of book bodies played an extremely relevant role in all of his design projects throughout his master’s degree. How will books be designed...
In a sea of stylish wobbles and delicate swashes, Broker is the typographic equivalent of deciding to face the world raw and unfiltered. Broker is an angular variable display type family that invites carefree experimentation, but is designed to make a statement. With thirteen unique styles and variable controls for thickness, decoration, and shape, Broker is a versatile and expressive...
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 Matti Klenell! Matti Klenell (born 1972) graduated from Konstfack, Stockholm in 1999. He founded his own studio that works with design commissions for clients such as Iittala, FontanaArte,...
Last week Alte Kongresshalle Munich was once again a place full of inspiration for the paper, printing, and design industries after a long wait due to the pandemic. All creators, print, and paper lovers were finally able to see and touch the papers at Creative Paper Conference 2022. What a wonderful thing to do! Not only more than 25 companies...
Every year the association 100 Beste Plakate e. V. recognizes the most innovative and trendsetting poster designs from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in its annual awards. Its yearbook has become the established go-to source for graphic artists, designers, and advertisers. Even today, the traditional printed poster is still regarded as the ultimate challenge in the graphic arts. In the book...
What colors come to mind when you think of Finland? OnePlus mobile created the world’s first color palette for a country, together with Pantone to unveil True Colors of Finland, a story emblematic of this nordic utopia. What colors come to mind when you think of Finland? Sky blue, maybe? Snow white, perhaps? Forest green? OnePlus mobile, an international mobile...
This year, Designpreis Rheinland-Pfalz 2022 (Rhineland-Palatinate Design Competition) is about all areas of communication and media design. This call for entries is open to projects that have been created since 2020 in the following categories until August 4th, 2022: Corporate Design, Editorial Design, Digital Design, Illustration, Photography, Film & Motion Graphics, Spatial Design, Studies, and Research. Companies from all sectors,...
Work as we know it is changing. Even before Covid-19, the days when we’re held accountable to a nine-to-five office job were pretty much done. But what does it really take to set out on your own and build something new? The book Work Better. Live Smarter. Be Happier. is now available at the Slanted Shop! This book is a...
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 Göran Söderström! Göran Söderström is a self taught type designer and the founder of Letters from Sweden. He has designed custom typefaces for companies such as Acne Studios,...
The designer and photographer Daniel Bretzmann edited his first photo book. The book Landing Hong Kong is a journey and it has taken some time to finish it. It all started with a trip to Hong Kong in 2007 and it turned out to be a much more personal and intensive project than he had thought at the beginning. The...
