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Kevin Rooi for Eastpak: Built to Resist

To mark the launch of Eastpak’s first hard-shell suitcase, the Resist’r Case, the brand collaborated with Omek, a platform supporting professionals from the African diaspora and Amsterdam-based artist Kevin Rooi. Known for his award-winning typographic work, Rooi created five exclusive designs for the small black Resist’r Case. Kevin Rooi is a graphic designer and passionate lettering artist, widely known as “The...

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Alphabetica: Entering Otherworlds

One-day symposium of visions, signs and unseen worlds. Organised in conjunction with the exhibitions Writing Systems of the Otherworld (Alphabetum XV). Presented by West Den Haag in collaboration with the Institut Designlabor Gutenberg (Hochschule Mainz, DE), Atelier National de Recherche Typographique (Nancy, FR) and the Endangered Alphabets Project (Tim Brookes, USA). Talks and presentations: 10:00 — 18:00 Dinner, drinks &...

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Druck und Design Conference

Last week, on October 7th, around 300 creatives gathered at the Macherei in Munich for the Druck und Design Conference, organized by Grafikmagazin and the Bavarian Printing and Media Association (VDMB). The day started relaxed with coffee and tea, giving attendees a chance to connect. The morning opened with a welcome from Christian Meier (Grafikmagazin) and Holger Busch (VDMB), highlighting...

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Poster Scene Lucerne

Lucerne has built up a reputation as a poster city over the last 20 years. The exhibition shows posters by graphic artists in the context of non-commercial venues. The exhibition Poster Scene Lucerne shows how Lucerne has made a name for itself as a poster city beyond the country’s borders over the last 20 years. The quality, diversity and freshness...

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The World’s Best Typography, Typography 46

The World’s Best Typography, Typography 46 brings together the work of the winners of the latest TDC competition for typographic excellence from around the globe in communication design, lettering, and typeface design. For the past seventy years, the Type Directors Club has encouraged the design community to achieve excellence in typography through annual competitions. This high-quality volume showcases the award-winning...

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Making Of Slanted Magazine #46—Cairo

Coming Soon Slanted Magazine #46—Cairo is currently in production—a visual journey into the vibrant heart of Egypt’s contemporary design scene! The issue dives deep into the country’s creative pulse, revealing just how diverse, innovative, and powerful Egypt’s design voices are today. Radiant sandy hues and bright pink accents, classic yet modern pyramid motifs, and hot foil embossing set the tone for...

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Otta, a new multi-script typeface

As a sensitive counter-response to the advance of AI in all fields, Otta aims to vibrate on a profoundly human frequency. Its gentle, organic tone seeks a return to the human sense, to the delicacy of the artisanal and the handmade. Otta has been carefully drawn under a criterion of rhythm that aims to synthesize both calligraphic and typographic forms...

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Void.Reflections

This book celebrates the 10-year anniversary of VOID Studio, based in Oslo, Norway—an experimental design studio working at the intersection of art, design, technology, and informatics. Carefully curated, Void.Reflections showcases a selection of VOID’s most compelling works, interwoven with a variety of visual and textual narratives. But rather than telling their story alone, VOID chose to open the conversation—inviting external...

Making of The World’s Best Typography, Typography 46

We’re thrilled to finally share a behind-the-scenes look at a project that’s been quietly in the works over the past year—one that brings together not only the best in typography, but also the best in paper, printing, and bookmaking craftsmanship. Here’s a sneak peek into the making of the upcoming edition of The World’s Best Typography, Typography 46—a book we...

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Writing in the Margins

»Cultures are complex, layered and nuanced. Within each culture, subcultures exist. There are regional differences, minorities within minorities, and countless stories and histories.« Students from the Graphic Design and Visual Communication program at Berlin International University of Applied Sciences have published the independent newspaper Writing in the Margins. With the academic guidance of Barbora Demovič, Mio Kojima and Muj Abdulzade,...

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On the Edges of Graphic Design from A—Z —∞ 

On the Edges of Graphic Design from A—Z —∞ celebrates the past, present, and future of alternative Graphic Design by the hands and minds of a multidisciplinary and international Design community, their practices, reflections, and community-building experiences at A—Z Presents, the space for experimental graphic design based in Berlin. The book offers a comprehensive view of A—Z activities performed by a...

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BN × VDW — A Review

Bueronardin × Vienna Design Week is (Design) history. 14 festivals, 14 districts, 14 (+2) festival headquarters, 14 color codes, 14 campaigns, 3 festival directors, dozens of collaborations and thousands of events later, a successful partnership comes to an end. From 2011 to 2024, Bueronardin was responsible for the visual communication of the Vienna Design Week – and played a major...