Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
The Verein für die Schwarze Kunst (Association for the Black Arts), established in 2013, is dedicated to preserving traditional letterpress printing and typesetting. Over the past six years, it has awarded scholarships for an eight-week program where young individuals learn these crafts at nearly 30 workshops across Europe. To date, the association has invested € 35,000, with workshops volunteering their...
Building on the success of its predecessors, the Yearbook of Type #7 presents an updated design concept that features new interfaces and fresh features for an enhanced reading experience on 608 (!) pages. With a thematic focus on plants, this edition offers a unique perspective on typography and presents a wide range of new and high-quality fonts, where there is...
Meet Mati Sipiora, a rising designer from Northern Poland whose distinctive furniture brand is redefining the possibilities of steel. Founded in December 2023, Mati’s brand, “Mati Sipiora,” crafts unique, hand-finished steel furniture, turning this traditionally cold material into warm, kinetic, and artistic pieces that elevate any living space. Driven by a passion for innovative design and a commitment to quality,...
Meet Mati Sipiora, a rising designer from Northern Poland whose distinctive furniture brand is redefining the possibilities of steel. Founded in December 2023, Mati’s brand, “Mati Sipiora,” crafts unique, hand-finished steel furniture, turning this traditionally cold material into warm, kinetic, and artistic pieces that elevate any living space. Driven by a passion for innovative design and a commitment to quality,...
The 19th issue of Some Magazine explores the concept of endings—whether long-awaited, sudden, surprising, predictable, dramatic, or quiet. In his famous poem Stages, Hermann Hesse writes that every beginning holds “an inherent magic living within.” Endings, however, rarely claim much of this magic. The end makes no promises, inspires no hopes, and provides no direction. It simply marks the arrival...
The Werkbundarchiv – Museum der Dinge opens its new permanent exhibition on the Deutscher Werkbund and 20th- and 21st-century product and design culture. The exhibition will be held at its new location at Leipziger Straße 54 in Berlin-Mitte. Presented in an Open Storage format, the updated exhibition showcases 15,000 objects from the 20th century to today. These items, invented and...
On November 28th, 2024, the DDC Salon NRW will host an event at the NRW Forum Düsseldorf. Titled Frauen im Design – Rebellion und Selbstermächtigung (“Women in Design—Rebellion and Empowerment,”) the event will shine a spotlight on the role of women in design. The evening will begin with a historical lecture by Prof. Dr. Gerda Breuer, who will discuss the struggles...
Packaging is a tricky topic: it needs to appeal to the consumer, speak to them directly, and ideally convince them to buy the product—regardless of price. In fact, these products should look premium and reflect quality. So, what’s happening at PENNY? They’re emphasizing low prices by making them the central element in the new packaging design for their store brands....
The exhibition “Dare to Design” by the German Design Council at the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt presents the most outstanding works by design graduates of German universities. They provide deep insights into their work and show promising solutions for tackling the major challenges of our time – climate change, political radicalization, gender equality: complex and intelligent concepts with which...
Outstanding work from northern German design universities will be showcased by students at the ADC Creative Club—a place to discuss, connect, and celebrate—alongside the Talents and Professionals Winners’ Exhibition from the ADC Competition 2024. On November 20th and 21st, 2024, Hamburg will host its first ADC Creative Club at the Design Zentrum. Following Stuttgart, where the Creative Club launched successfully...
Do the existing writing systems suffice for future communication, even with machines? Script – Über das Wesen der Schrift is a fundamental reflection on the current state of our writing and the developments it will undergo in the future. Our existing writing systems are among the most significant socio-cultural achievements–writing has profoundly influenced both our thinking and actions, and no technological...
You open it, squint, think for a bit, scroll up, scroll down, search for half a minute for a language change. After the third go-through-the-menubar, acceptance comes and cmd+f is used. Then you finally find the right section and it leads to a pdf with no ability to copy the text. You guessed it — if you ever tried to...
