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Film Festival Cologne—Die Macht der Bilder

For anyone for whom the digital Film Festival Cologne is not enough, the matching print magazine Film Festival Cologne—Die Macht der Bilder is now available in Slanted Shop! Die Macht der Bilder (engl. The Power of Images) is the common thread running through the program of this year’s FILM FESTIVAL COLOGNE. The festival with its film screenings, the supporting program,...

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Pleasure

With great “pleasure” we would like to introduce you to the newly released typeface Pleasure by Pizza Typefaces. The Pleasure font is almost a running grotesque font. However, its geometric shapes did not resist the urge to be led, for certain letters, to an extrapolation of the terminals by converting them into loops. A characteristic that gives the typeface an...

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Slanted Magazine #38—COLOURS

Joan Miro said: “I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, like notes that shape music.” Ultimately, Slanted Magazine #38—Colours is an ode to the joy and happiness of life with all its gradations of symbolism and meaningful implications. Color is more than just fashion. It is a statement for an entire era! In the spring of 2021,...

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The Kinship Method

If you are interested in processes, artistic work, design, and its place within production this book is a perfect fit! Through experiments, “design therapy” and alternative methods, the book The Kinship Method tells the story about the experimental design project The Kinship Method, that took place 2018 to 2019. It’s a story and example of how a practice based project...

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Frankfurt Airport, April 2020

Frankfurt Airport, April 2020 is a book that captures the surreal time in the pandemic year 2020 and takes an unusual look at Frankfurt Airport in a state of exception. At Frankfurt Airport, up to seven million people a month embarked on their journeys before Corona. Photographer Marc Krause documented the empty airport at the height of the lockdown in...

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Brik

Today we would like to share a new typeface with you. BurnType Studio and Foundry in collaboration with The Designers Foundry, proudly present the fully remastered Brik type family. It is a zero bullshit type family available in five weights across regular, condensed, and oblique sub-families. Its blatant brick-like construction is honest, coarse, and unapologetic. The family features characteristic hard...

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Kiss the Messenger

We are happy to announce that Kiss the Messenger — Communication for Creatives is now available at Slanted Shop!  The publication is a German handbook for public relations and media work. It is tailored to the needs of architects, designers, photographers, graphic artists, artists, project managers, and start-ups—in short, to entrepreneurs who strive for more publicity for their content as a...

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magCulture Live 2021

After a year on hiatus, (physically at least — magCulture Live 2020 was held over Zoom à la lockdown) magCulture Live is back on Thursday, November 4th, 2021, in London. And for the first time, there are live streaming tickets available if you’re not able to make it to London.  Created around the mantra, “we love magazines!” the all-day event...

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The Lost Writings of James Douglas Morrison

Broken into three volumes, The Lost Writings of James Douglas Morrison is a collection of poems, notebook entries, and recitals written by Jim Morrison over his lifetime. This project is an attempt to redesign his books that reflect the fragmentation of his thoughts and provide an insight into his inner conflicts that led to the creation of some of the...

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FORMAT #27 Wut

FORMAT is the design magazine of the students of the HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd. It is written, designed, and published by the students on their own responsibility. One issue is published per semester, which deals with a general topic of social and design relevance. The current issue FORMAT #27 Wut is entirely devoted to the theme of Anger. Anger initially appears...

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Druck und Design Konferenz

Last Thursday, after a 2-year break, the Druck und Design Konferenz (Print and Design Conference) took place at the Literaturhaus in Munich. The conference is considered the “little sister” of the Creative Paper Conference, which takes place in alternation and about which we have already reported many times. Right from the start: The conference and trade show, which is organized...

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Basics Blog Post #03

We are happy to share with you that the editorial team of last year’s basics course at the Berlin University of the Arts offers printed matter in the form of postcards on the Basics Blog: Basics Blog Post #03 The Basics Blog postcard set is appearing for the third time: a curated selection of works by the Basics Blog editorial team of...