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Magnet is Frere-Jones Type’s first font release from an external designer. Inga Plönnig is an independent type designer based in Berlin, and probably one of the most promising new designers to enter the type design field in recent years. Thats why the team at Frere-Jones Type is very excited to have Magnet as their first externally-designed font release. Apart from...
Magnet is Frere-Jones Type’s first font release from an external designer. Inga Plönnig is an independent type designer based in Berlin, and probably one of the most promising new designers to enter the type design field in recent years. Thats why the team at Frere-Jones Type is very excited to have Magnet as their first externally-designed font release. Apart from...
We are very excited to have been given the opportunity to publish this excitingly designed skate book today. Ar/KATE Mannheim is now available at Slanted Shop! Ar/KATE Mannheim is a specific guidebook connecting architecture and skateboarding. The pocket guide contains ten different urban locations with photographs and a map where a variety of skate spots can be found. Short additional...
The publication Yearbook’19 collates the events and activities held at INSTITUTO in the year 2019, celebrating the exciting beginning of our history, and starting an annual collection. Yearbook’19 presents a selection of contributions from authors working in different fields organized into four chapters. The book is edited by Paulo Moreira designed by Studio Pê and produced by Tamanho Azul Association,...
In their search for answers, Verena Stürzebecher and Marius Remmert explored the phenomenon of skipping in their master’s thesis Skip_Instathesis, and designed a new way of presenting scientific work: “There is hardly any other medium in which skipping is as present as in the social network Instagram. That’s why it was an obvious idea to make our master’s thesis directly...
tat* — Inspirational Graphic Ephemera is a bit of a graphic designer’s curse. Walk into any design studio and you’ll see bits and pieces of graphic ephemera pinned to the walls or taped to a computer screen. Even the purist will have a secret cache hidden away somewhere. Designer Andy Altmann has been collecting tat for more than 30 years. He finds inspiration in the...
The Type Directors Club (TDC) announced the launch of the Type Drives Communities Global Virtual Conference that will explore the ways typography is used to form and transform creative communities. Taking place online on May 7th–8th, 2021, the conference includes two half-days of talks, presentations, and group discussion spanning a broad range of design disciplines, and both local and global communities....
The TYPEONE Magazine Issue 02 – The Kinetic Type issue is now available at Slanted Shop! Kinetic (moving) type has seen an abundance of exponential growth in the last 50 years as the possibilities of matching text and motion has grown in direct correlation to the equally exponential, if not more so, developments in technology. Having manifested itself and created...
The Call for Entries—Designpreis Rheinland-Pfalz 2021 (Design Award Rhineland-Palatinate) for Product Design just started and you can upload your projects until July 16th! Apply now! With the Award, the state of Rhineland-Palatinate—represented by the Ministry of Economics, Transport, Agriculture, and Viniculture—honors outstandingly designed serial products from industry and craft as well as visionary work by young designers. Until Friday, July...
The publication Inspired by Method: Creative Tools for the Design Process is now available at Slanted Shop! What is inspiration? Can there be a method for finding inspiration? Inspired by Method: Creative Tools for the Design Process is both a guide to and a source of inspiration. Designing involves individuality and a systematic approach, which we may apply consciously or subconsciously, depending...
Color Selector is a digital platform and tool that has just been launched. Curated and designed by Eugénie Garcia. The tool is dedicated to art directors, trend forecasters, designers, architects, and all the other people in the creative field. Color Selector displays a palette of 70 colors that, along with sourcing images of creative and inspirational, reflects the creativity and...
It’s great to see that more people than ever understand how important typography is. The choice of a typeface and the design of a text can have a dramatic impact on its meaning. Typefaces don’t need words to convey a message. The responsibility for graphic designers in choosing the right typeface is therefore crucial. But how do you find the...
