Slanted Special Issue Bavaria presents a selection of the best of Bavarian creativity, diversity, and intelligence! OK … Bavaria stands for: Men in Lederhosen and women in Dirndls (traditional dresses), beer, Schweinshaxen (pork knuckles), Knödel (dumplings), Brezeln and Weißwürste, Oktoberfest, FC Bayern Munich, BMW (75.000 employees), Audi, Allianz, Adidas, Siemens, Alps, Allgäu, Munich, Nuremberg, Augsburg, Dachau, Altötting, Chiemsee, Starnberger See,...
SAUFEN
As part of Jared Grasser’s bachelor’s thesis, he created a campaign with wit and looseness that educates young adults between the ages of 17 and 27 about alcohol and its risks at eye level. In his work SAUFEN, he dispels prejudices, encourages people to take a self-determined approach, and shows them that they don’t have to live up to society’s...
A Place of Daring
A Place of Daring, a house with charisma—the University of Arts Linz sees itself as an open space dedicated to critical thinking and shaping social processes. The new visual identity reflects this idea by using a fluid framework which never stands still. Embedded in a mindful layout, it provides flexible space for the various content of the students, teachers, employees,...
Dessau Design Schau
At the Dessau Design Schau a colorful mix of students from many different semesters will show their integrated design studies. This year they have the chance to show their work live and on site in Dessau. The appearance of the Dessau Design Show was created in a project (with Prof. Brigitte Hartwig) in this summer semester with 15 students. While...
Typeface of the Month: Rezak
Our Typeface of the Month: Rezak is designed by Anya Danilova and published by TypeTogether. Nothing is hidden in the simplistic forms of Anya Danilova’s Rezak font family recently published by TypeTogether type foundry. Rezak is not a typeface directly from the digital world, but was inspired by the stout presence of cutting letters out of a solid material. With...
Estonian Museum of Applied Arts and Design
Design shapes our daily lives on many different levels; from clothing, home objects and vehicles to houses, environments and relationships between people. The function of design has been to mediate changes in technology, science or in human thinking more broadly. In this way, plywood furniture, synthetic fabrics or coherently marked pathways have become part of our everyday environments. The concept...
OmoType
OmoType offers handmade fonts designed for better letter recognition and legibility. There are several typefaces: Sans, Sans Variable, Serif, and Mono. These typefaces are designed by Marko Hrastovec. He was awarded with the certificate Typographic Excellence by the Type Directors Club New York in 2016 and 2019. Nino Brodač is a typographer and graphic designer focused on developing typographic solutions. He...
Save Brno Biennial
The Moravian Gallery in Brno, the organizer of the International Biennial, announced on April 24th, 2022, that it had “decided to abandon the regular exhibitions of the Brno Biennial and replace them with a sustainable permanent digital platform.” Established in 1963, the International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno is one of the oldest and most important events in the field of...
Pixel Skull Art Collective
July is going to be hot! The Pixel Skull Art Collective will launch a virtual exhibition, a public sales platform, and a group show in Frankfurt. The Pixel Skull Art Collective is setting sails destined to alter the established art scene. On July 1st the collective will open the doors to it’s trailblazing 3D virtual art space and digital art...
Slanted in Stockholm: Stockholm Surfboard Club
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 Stockholm Surfboard Club! Stockholm Surfboard Club was founded 2019 by surfboard shaper and designer Manne Glad. Years prior to this, Manne’s explorative approach within art, music, and craft...
European Design Awards and Festival 2022 in Tallinn
This year’s European Design Awards and Festival took place from June 17th to 19th in one of the cosiest of nordic capitals: Tallinn. A modern city with a relaxed vibe where the historical (UNESCO world heritage site!) and cultural legacies from different eras contrast with its vibrant and creative urban environment. Under the theme “Beyond Design,” the program included a...
Superfuture Design Festival
At the Superfuture Design Festival, designers from different design disciplines come together to exchange ideas, inspire, and network in talks, panel discussions, roundtables, exhibitions, and get-togethers about the potential of design as a discipline that shapes the future. All speakers and exhibitors – Lisa Baumgarten (Critical design mediator, designer, author, researcher, and teacher/learner, GER)—#1 Am Ast sägen auf dem ich...