Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
Today is a perfect day to discover exciting publications in our Slanted Shop! Especially the nine new books from Lars Müller Publishers’ Bauhaus series are definitely worth a look. No. 3—A Bauhaus Experimental House Adolf Meyer was Walter Gropius’s right-hand man, his planner and close confidant. As early as 1910, they jointly created the Fagus Factory, one of the most...
Who are the designers behind the typefaces we see? What is the approach and attitude behind a label? Behind the Letters is a new format that will regularly introduce you to the creators behind the letters through an interview and give you an insight into their work. We are very excited to start right away with a—relatively new—label whose founders...
Organized by the Association of Graphic Designers of Turkey (GMK) since 1981, the 40th Graphic Design Exhibition welcomed its visitors on October 12th, 2021, in Tophane-i Amire exhibition hall in İstanbul. The exhibition can also be viewed online and constitutes as a memory for graphic design in Turkey every year. Graphic Design Awards, which are given every year as part...
Every year, the Kölner Klopfer (engl.: Cologne Thumper) is awarded to outstanding designers by students of the Köln International School of Design (KISD). We are very excited that Slanted Publishers has been awarded the Kölner Klopfer 2021! On November 3rd, 2021 the winners were honored at a first-time hybrid award ceremony. In the 20th anniversary year of the Kölner Klopfer, the...
Every Day a Drawing 2022 is a personal and on-going project by Paula Troxler. The Calendar shows drawings which the illustrator has made exactly one year before. It is a tear-off calendar, every Week starts on Sunday with a topic. The six following days sayings, actions, strange things, circumstances, places, and reflections from and around this topic are picked up....
Du liebst Typografie und Editorial Design und möchtest in einem internationalen Verlag arbeiten? Dann bist du bei uns genau richtig! Wir vergeben ein 6-monatiges Praktikum im Bereich Redaktion/Grafik ab März 2022 und suchen eine(n) engagierte(n) Studierende(n), der/die Lust hat zu erfahren, wie wir arbeiten und für 6 Monate Teil des Slanted-Teams wird. Wir bieten: Redaktionelle und grafische Mitarbeit am Slanted...
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...
