Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
Learn to make your own Variable Color Fonts in a couple of hours with Typearture. From the moment variable fonts were introduced (on September 14th, 2016), Dutch designers Jeroen Disch and Thomas Dahm were fascinated by this new technique. It gives type designers a lot of creative freedom, both in terms of new forms of expression and typographic sophistication. It...
Fit Devanagari is Kimya Gandhi’s extension of the original Fit typeface. This Indic companion has taken Fit’s strict rules of construction, flipped some around, and translated others into a new design that is simultaneously “fitting” of the Fit name, but also true to the history and expectation for Devanagari letterforms. The family goes to extremes that have little precedent in...
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 Payman Hazheer! Payman Hazheer is a Swedish photographer and is based in Stockholm. He focuses in street portraits and photo journalism and has been published by Leica Photography...
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,...
