Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
What does it take to create a space where designers, thinkers, and creators engage with design as a dynamic process that reflects identity, fosters community, and embraces ecological futures beyond human-centred perspectives. BOUNCE combines the Design Challenge, an interactive model turning collaboration, critique, and hands-on creation into a shared experience for designers, with a vibrant festival programme of talks, panels, workshops, and presentations....
Frere-Jones Type is celebrating its tenth anniversary with the release of Edgar, an oldstyle text family. Designed as a sibling to Frere-Jones Type’s Mallory typeface, Edgar offers a lively rhythm for long-form reading, and also explores the intertwining of personal and public histories. Edgar owes much to designer Tobias Frere-Jones’ British ancestry, as well as the British typographic tradition. It...
Christmas is more than just a celebration – it’s a collection of stories that we all experience in our own way. With our Route to Christmas, we take you on a journey through 24 bizarre and extraordinary facts about Christmas to make you smile, marvel, and reflect. A Christmas poster that doubles as gift wrapping paper – printed in two...
Following its rapid sellout, Graphic Languages is now available as an eBook. This visually compelling volume explores the world’s most influential writing systems, edited by Oliver Häusle in collaboration with leading international type designers and experts. The book highlights the unique DNA of each typeface—its form, cultural significance, and its role in human communication. Serving as both an introduction and...
Marblis is a modern and personal take on the classic grotesque typeface genre, designed by the foundry Fincker Font Cuisine. With its clear, neutral forms, it appears solid and reliable – a font with stability and attitude. Developed for the highest functionality and performance, it offers exceptional versatility with ten weights plus italics and over 1410 glyphs – ideal for...
Created by students, for students, the Design History Reader grapples with the paradox that while historians intentionally craft historical discourse based on collective knowledge, it often remains bound to a singular perspective. This collaborative publication on design history serves as a diverse resource, showcasing deep research into past case studies from all over the globe, specifically articulated through the student...
The corporate design for the fictional arthouse cinema LICHTSPIEL was created as part of a Type & Identity seminar at Mainz University of Applied Sciences in summer 2025. The visual identity is built around a simple, familiar star composed of four lines. This minimalist symbol forms the foundation of the design, which is systematically deconstructed into elements that recur across...
The German Football Association (DFB) has undergone a design transformation. Its new brand identity embraces both heritage and progress—from a fresh color palette to a fully variable typeface that captures the emotion and dynamism of the game. Developed in collaboration with Strichpunkt Design, the redesign connects the past and the future through energy, clarity, and inclusivity. We spoke with Holger...
Latent Figures is a catalogue of automatic ideas — a collection of signs from an unknown memory. Our almost-sold-out publication by Jannis Maroscheck is available at a super special price with 70% off this weekend only. With this sort-of-dictionary, Maroscheck creates a visual language that blends pragmatic graphic design aesthetics with elusive imagery. A collection of shapes that often approximate...
ALT Erogenous is a bold display serif that balances sharp contrast with seductive curvature. Designed to draw focus, its high-impact letterforms feature pronounced stroke contrast, sensual serifs, and a strong base structure provoking visual tension and intrigue. With 484 glyphs, support for 219 Latin languages, and coverage of Latin Extended-A and 95% of Latin Plus, it’s a typeface built to...
Raw Cycling Magazine, founded in 2013 as a digital platform for cycling culture, has released its first printed edition: Issue Zero – “Stepping into the Unknown”. This milestone marks the transition from online storytelling to a tangible publication, reinforcing Raw’s core values of quality, authenticity, and community. The project is the result of a close collaboration between the magazine’s editorial...
Every year, the Cologne Design Prize honours the best and most innovative final projects by graduates of Cologne’s design universities. The prize is intended to promote young talent and further raise Cologne’s profile as an internationally significant design location. This year, the total prize money amounts to €45,000, funded by the Prof. Dr.-Ing. R.G. Winkler Foundation and KölnBusiness. All nominated...
