The accidental discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1928 revolutionized medicine. Mold inhibited bacterial growth, leading to the development of antibiotics in 1942. This text, created using mold, symbolizes this milestone.
Cloudbusters
The international exhibition of EKKM Tallinn, Cloudbusters: Intensity vs. Intention explores the invisible connections between the human psyche and technology, using the metaphor of natural and data clouds. I redrew manually some letters of the word ‘Cloudbusters’ with Kazuhiro Aihara’s Sword font, applying them across various formats for the fictional identity.
Supervisor was Kert Viiart (EKA)
SPOORA
SPOORA explores the interplay of technology and human interaction where intimacy navigates through the complexities of a post-digital world.
The project is a collaboration between media and dance artists. At the beginning of the performance, typography played a crucial role as people filled the dark space with their messages, revealing the area and the performers.
Artists:
Péter Tóth, Flóra Virág, Isaac Butler, Anna Fauro, Viktor Varga, Barnabás Tóth, Anna Rósz, Zsuzsa Oláh, Nóra Barna
Data (?)
Undesigning my grid based font and schedule for an event.
辰 tatsu
an experimental type for the “cool words” exhibition in Nanjing Japan.
20 Jahre Postermuseum
A diptych poster celebrating the anniversary of the PAN Museum in Emmerich. The words »20 Years of Poster Museum« are creatively fused in a tongue-in-cheek manner with chocolate analogies, paying homage to the museum’s unique location in a repurposed old chocolate factory. These two posters reference each other, as they promote two different events, prompting the question, as always, »Do you prefer white or dark chocolate?«
爱
爱 is the Chinese character for love. This visual is a work of art for the exhibition “Narratives of Love” in Beijing, China.
Atlantic
“Atlantic” is a typeface born from calligraphic letterings and drawing exercises, and serves as a bridge between 16th-century letterforms and contemporary typography. The distinctive feature of “Atlantic” lies in its bend at the midpoint, making it both left- and right-italic. This unique characteristic represents a reinterpretation of traditional type classifications and opens up a new category that can be described as the “double-slant.“
Ruining for commercial
“We Earth Men have a talent for ruining big, beautiful things. The only reason we didn’t set up hot-dog stands in the midst of the Egyptian temple of Karnak is because it was out of the way and served no large commercial purpose.” Bradbury
An experiment is the destruction of existing boundaries for the sake of expanding opportunities. Experimentation leads to discovery. The new discoveries are being used for commerce and business. When morals get in the way of business, business changes morality
experitype
Photos taken randomly along the way served as a template for the letters of the Experitype. The aim was not to recognize individual letters in advance, but rather to consider how type could be created from them when looking through the images.
The typeface contains a total of 32 characters, with 2 variants per letter.
Experimental Type Development and Creation of the Ospali Font
This project’s primary objective is to conduct experiments promptly using readily available materials to achieve immediate results.
One aspect of the project involved creating a new experimental type called Ospali, derived from colored bath oil.
Syntetyka Magazine
“Syntetyka” is a magazine exploring the impact of technology on various aspects of our lives, including culture, finances, health, and everyday interactions. This publication delves into current topics from the world of innovations, examining them from diverse perspectives, from philosophical questions to everyday concerns.
The inaugural issue of “Synthetics” focuses on neural networks and artificial intelligence.
Bite me
Let me take you on a journey.
We peel away layers, like fragile onion skins, revealing the raw core beneath. Within vulnerability, as we shed old beliefs and patterns, each piece becomes a testament to our evolution. We learn that embracing every hue—light and shadow—is the only way to experience how light sneaks through the cracks in our wounds.
Carlo Castellaneta
Title drawn for a story dedicated to Carlo Castellaneta for the magazine “Frankestein No. 8.1” in 2023.
Iannis Xenakis
Title drawn for a story dedicated to Iannis Xenakis for the magazine “Frankestein No. 8.1” in 2023.
Type Made With CSS
While working on websites, Donald Roos started playing with CSS and HTML to create letters. One of his mantras is that limitations stimulate creativity. See what you can do with only HTML/CSS elements. The MeccanoType is his first whole alphabet (lower and upper case) made with HTML/CSS.
No More “Ching Chang Chong”
Anti Asian Hate & Microaggression
“Ching chong” and “ching chang chong” are racial slurs that ridicule Chinese or other East
Asian people. They are crude imitations of Chinese phonology. Since this word may hurt
some people, use other words when playing rock-paper-scissors.
Slanted Summer Party 2024
Last week we had our Slanted Summer Party, which at the same time was a celebration of our 10th anniversary of Slanted Publishers, and 20 years of Slanted as a blog—what a number!
It was a super nice and relaxed time with friends, family, creative people and design enthusiasts! We enjoyed a lot of nice and cool drinks, and had plenty of time to catch up and also to talk about our favorite topics: design, books, and typography. We are always delighted to open our workspace for everyone, fostering an atmosphere of creativity, inspiration, and exchange!
A thousand thanks to everyone who came and thank you all for your years of interest and support!
Fonts and Faces #10
Poster for a one-day symposium on character design and drawing machine, held at the Fonderie de l’Image Campus. The idea of the poster is to graphically express and explore the theme selected for the year of the symposium.
Neue Ductus Opposite
Type design workshop — 5 days at FH Aachen Gestaltung with 22 students — It all starts with the students writing with their opposite hand to produce a typographic hypothesis and ends with the “Neue Ductus Opposite” font.
Fonts and Faces #9
Poster for a one-day symposium on character design and the drawn gesture, held at the Fonderie de l’Image Campus. The idea of the poster is to graphically express and explore the theme selected for the year of the symposium.
LDZ (Łódź)
Władysław Strzemiński (whose name is referenced in the composition) was a prominent Polish avant-garde artist and educator in Łódź. He played a significant role in the development of modern art in Poland & was a key figure in the Constructivist movement. The city of Łódź is often affectionately referred to as LDZ by locals, thus the inspiration for the typographic tension between form and void.
THEY WANT US
HEY WANT US – a four piece ceramics poster made for the Typography class at the Royal Academy of fine Arts The Hague.
Each of the four ceramic tiles contains a fraction of a sentence from Karen Brodines poetry „Woman Sitting at the Machine, Thinking.“
The unexpacted typeface
An experimental artist from Rotterdam, known for her unique approach to graphic design and typography, she creates unexpected outcomes by examining the influence of materials on letters. Using only black and white, she focuses on the form and legibility of the letters. Her project features 26 different letters, each crafted from a different material, giving each one a unique shape and texture. This results in a dynamic visual experience that redefines the essence of typography.