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Yearbook 100 Beste Plakate 19

Every year the association 100 Beste Plakate e. V. presents awards to honor the most innovative and trendsetting poster designs from Germany,…

09.07.2020 – designpublications

Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design: Rundgang 2020

Annual Student Exhibition

Once again, the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design (ABK Stuttgart) is hosting the annual “Rundgang”—a diverse exhibition of the students’…

08.07.2020 – designeducationeventsillustrationphotography

Permanently Improvised

15 Years of Urban Print Collage

Permanently Improvised: 15 Years of Urban Print Collage! The artist duo Various & Gould has been an integral part of Berlin’s Urban…

07.07.2020 – publications

Universal Specimen

Multilingual typesetting tool

Universal Specimen is a new tool for previewing and evaluating fonts in multiple languages. It helps designers preview and evaluate their fonts…

06.07.2020 – typography

reGeneration 4

The Challenges of Photography and its Museum for Tomorrow

Every five years since 2005, the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland, has staged an exhibition to review tendencies and look at…

03.07.2020 – photographypublications

ONE Hamburg

Hamburg’s first social TV platform

Defying the current crisis with optimism: ONE Hamburg is a bright example. Since concert halls are closed, just like stadiums and stages,…

02.07.2020 – miscellaneous

Creative Paper Conference 2020

Paper becomes an idea

Since 2006, the Creative Paper Conference takes place every two years—an event that thrives on personal discussions, making contacts, and experiencing outstanding print…

01.07.2020 – designeventsmiscellaneous

BERLIN Mural

Exhibition at Buchstabenmuseum Berlin

At the top, the S-Bahn roaring to its next stop at Bellevue station, below the high vaulted ceilings draw visitors to the…

30.06.2020 – eventstypography

Design Dedication—Adaptive Mentalities in Design Education

Design Dedication—Adaptive Mentalities in Design Education makes a plea for adaptive mentalities within design pedagogy, with a non-normative approach to design practices.…

29.06.2020 – designeducationpublications

Virtual Moon Exhibiton

By Forward Festival

The virtual Moon Exhibiton: This virtual exhibition is sending your art to the moon! No events, no jobs: The measures taken in…

26.06.2020 – designportfolio

STEEL CITIES

The Architecture of Logistics in Central and Eastern Europe

The publication STEEL CITIES sheds light on the fast-growing logistics industry in Central and Eastern Europe and its hugely problematic effects on…

25.06.2020 – photographypublications

Deus

by Font Renegade

Deus is when type design is brought to extreme. It tries to answer the question whether you can design all glyphs in one…

25.06.2020 – typography

Gruppo Due

A collaborative type foundry with a special interest in stones

Gruppo Due is a type design platform and foundry offering retail typefaces, alongside bespoke designs resulting from a close collaboration with a…

24.06.2020 – portfoliotypography

Right Grotesk

Pangram Pangram

Right Grotesk blends the neutrality and functionality of workhorses with a good touch of distinctive personality. Featuring many fine details, smooth curves,…

24.06.2020 – typography

Tuscaloosa

P22 Type Foundry

Tuscaloosa is a hybrid script that includes Tuscan (bifurcated) serif treatments. The design of Tuscaloosa began as a set of organically-formed initials,…

23.06.2020 – typography

Lumix Festival

Young Visual Journalism

The Lumix Festival presents young, socially committed photojournalism of the 21st century, which actively deals with political, cultural, social, ecological, and technological…

22.06.2020 – designeventsmiscellaneousphotographytypography