Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
Set grids and rules give people the space to think and invent creatively. With its firm shapes and clear grids, Letterform Variations inspires in many ways and gives the creative mind the space for new ideas and development. We are very proud to present it to you today for the first time. 692 pages containing 19,840 letters, all derived from...
We would like to invite you to join the exhibition I’m going slightly maed …. The Master’s program Editorial Design (MA ED) of the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Department of Design and Frappanz will show selected Master’s projects in a new exhibition series starting in November, 2021. With I’m going slightly maed …, the design works will...
Today we are presenting you the book Followers of the Flow by Jonas Wyssen, which deals with the flow experience as a creative tool and is now available at Slanted Shop! Followers of the Flow is printed by Brandbook in Germany. It traces the evolution of the freestyle movement of the 1990s, a movement that does not just refer to...
Inspired by an interview with Bruce Lee, where he refers to an aspect of Taoist philosophy, that water can teach us “the way,” the graphic designer, creative activist, lecturer, author, and founder of the eponymous studio for branding communication Rafael Bernardo started to wonder whether he “was water” in his creative workflow. Now, five years later, he wrote and designed...
Didot Modern is the result of a collaboration between Arnaud Chemin and Nouvelle Noire that started in 2019. It is a hybrid typeface consisting of ten weights, combining upright and italic styles. The letters’ general proportions refer back to the Didones from the French printing tradition, and they are mixed with expressive features invoking geometry and minimalism. Their flat endings,...
The final and 4th Session TypeTechMeetUp with the Type, Design, and Society theme will take place on November 19th, 2021, starting at 4:30 p.m. (CET) for about 2.5 hours followed by a relaxing online Chill & Chat. View teaser here. For this final session we have the brilliant Fiona Ross together with renowned designer and researcher Alice Savoie, design educator...
The board members of the Junge Grafik association invested more than two years of preparation for this moment. “It is great to see everything come together tonight. The winners of Junge Grafik N°1 will be celebrated and will be able to meet and network with important people from the graphic design industry here on site. We have been working towards...
The Typodarium 2022—a classic among type calendars brings type inspiration day by day. 248 type designers from 35 countries all over the world show fresh fonts and trendy typefaces. Fancy fonts, long-lasting reading fonts and noble ornamental fonts. There is something for every taste and every occasion! The robust box in which the Typodarium 2022 is packaged is a treasure...
The books of the Wochenender series are companions for trips and short getaways to great areas that are not far from the big cities. Shown are wonderful places, shops, stores, and places to stay. For a weekend or longer, at any time of the year. The idea for the Wochenender was developed over many years in the mind of Elisabeth...
Among other things, design is always performance. The Medienhaus Lectures 2021 take a look at performance in design beyond the moment of presentation. Type, color, materiality, etc. are design elements that have their own performativity. The same is true for the human body. So could the design process be considered a performance? How diverse are the bodies involved? How differentiated...
With the month of November, we want to introduce you to our new Typeface of the Month: Everett Mono. The monospace version of the already very well developed Everett from the Swiss type foundry TYPE.WELTKERN®. A monospace version of Everett has always been part of the project, since its very beginning in 2015. At this point, only the Mono Regular...
The Frankfurter Buchmesse 2021 is the world’s most important book fair, as well as an outstanding social and cultural event. This year it could finally take place again with an audience. We visited the book fair to get an idea of the latest trends and publications from the world of design books. Among them were the award-winning publications of the...
