Passau Posters

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The love for his hometown Passau, the love for exceptionally designed posters and the love for good typography inspired Manuel Kreuzer to this project. Starting in September 2016, he designed a poster every week about special cultural events in and around Passau—for a whole year: 52 “Passau Posters”; were the result! There was only one rule: no colors, no pictures. On the one hand, the graphic artist wanted to sound out limits: What surprises the viewer? Where are the limits of legibility? On the other hand, he wanted to show what is possible with strict typographical design—and it quickly becomes clear: That’s a lot!

The posters thematize various events around Passau: subtle art exhibitions, tough techno parties, big concerts and festivals up to classical opera—all events Manuel Kreuzer would go to himself.

This book is not a rulebook, but a source of inspiration and ideas. And above all, it is a book full of great writings! Manuel Kreuzer wants everyone to open their eyes to the subtle differences of all types of fonts: Use well-designed fonts and use them with all the sensitivity and attention they deserve.

Passau Posters

Publisher: August Dreesbach Verlag
Format: 16,5 × 24 cm
Volume: 128 pages
Workmanship: thread-stiching paperback
Price: 18,– €
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Variable Emojis

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Variable Emojis are the emojis of the future! Created as a Variable Font, they give the users over thousands of options to create an individual look with only one emoji.

The existing emojis form a world language which is indispensable in today’s digital communication. Don’t we have figurative emojis for everything and everyone? Unfortunately, we don’t! Figurative emojis are still reproducing traditional role models, race, and gender roles. We want to stir up these role models with Variable Emojis.

Users can choose between over a million of emoji variations to depict the reality of lives. It is done in a technically easy way by Variable Fonts. It will be possible to use these as font file in any digital keyboard.

Check out the Variable Font by yourself here!

Variable Emojis

Designer: Hannah Witte
Release: January 16th, 2019
Styles: 20 Master, 6 axes or 1,000 options per axis
Format: OpenType, OpenType Variations
Price one style and family: Available for free upon request

TOCA ME 2019

Posted on by Julia Kahl

The light flickers slightly, the babble of voices ends, a video starts on the screen, the loudspeakers roar. On 9 March, the Opening Titles impressively opened this year’s TOCA ME in the venerable, retro-futuristic Alte Kongresshalle in Munich. Over the years, the design conference has developed into an annual highlight in the calendar of events of the Munich design and creative scene. But it also has great appeal beyond the city limits, which can be measured above all by the illustrious selection of artists who report on their work. As in previous years, TOCA ME is sold out to the last seat.

The worth seeing Opening Titles “Morphegenesis” are written by motion designer Florent Schirrer alias Hello I’m Flo. In a dusty and crowded laboratory, a scientist works on the creation of a new being with the help of ancient software and various tinctures and instruments. The camera travels over full notes and glasses containing brains in formaldehyde. Between all these utensils are the names of the speakers, who will fill the conference day of TOCA ME with the presentation of their work.

Just as the opening sequence is about the creation of a new creature, the lectures also focus on the aspect of how the lecturers have developed their profile as designers. The first speaker was Anthony Burrill, a UK-based graphic artist who has become famous for his poster “Work Hard & Be Nice to People.” In his work, Burrill does not shy away from using a historical road roller in the letterpress, as he impressively demonstrated.

A highlight was the presentation of London filmmaker Anna Ginsburg. Ginsburg is best known for her animated documentaries and commercials for companies such as John Lewis. At TOCA ME she presented her short film production for last year’s World Women’s Day, which focuses on the development of women’s ideals of beauty from the Stone Age to the present day.

In his subsequent lecture, Evan Roth took the audience with him into an area that lies beyond the normally visible. Through technical hacks he shifted the color spectrum of his camera. The result is a world of red light that Roth deliberately presents in a decelerated manner. His lecture is particularly impressive because of the extensive research work that the artist has invested in his work. There was also great anticipation of Annie Atkins, who designed all the graphic props for Wes Anderson’s film “Grand Hotel Budapest.” She explained her approach rich in detail and absolutely entertaining. She also gave amusing insights where stumbling blocks lurked in the film production. With the lecture of James Paterson an extremely varied and exciting TOCA ME 2019 came to an end. 

Tag der Druckkunst

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On Friday, March 15th, 2019, we will celebrate the “Tag der Druckkunst” (Day of the Art of Printing) for the first time. For one year now, the artistic printing techniques of letterpress, gravure, lithographic printing, silk screen printing, and their mixed forms have been officially recognized as Intangible Cultural Heritage—awarded by the German UNESCO Commission. Because we as a publishing house feel that this day is essential for our profession, we would like to celebrate it with you. We gathered a little background knowledge and all the events that take place around the “Tag der Druckkunst” for you.

The Museum für Druckkunst Leipzig and the Bundesverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler (BBK) (Federal Association of Visual Artists) have initiated the application process for the inclusion of printing techniques. For more than 500 years, printed text and visual media have been an important part of European culture and society. Since 1500, copperplate gravure printing has been used for the production of print media, since 1800 also stone- and photoengraving as well as silk screen printing. In the middle of the 19th century, the transition from handicraft technology to industrial printing took place while retaining the basic principles. However, the craftsmanship was cultivated by artists, for example the artist’s group “Die Brücke” and the collage art of Dada. Since the end of the 20th century, traditional printing techniques have only been maintained and preserved by artists, printing workshops, and museums as well as by schools, art, design, and media colleges and adult education centers.

Therefore, the first anniversary is reason enough to contribute to the dissemination of the art of printing throughout Germany with a multitude of activities and to draw attention to its significance for culture. More than 240 organizers are invited by the BBK-Bundesverband to celebrate the “Tag der Druckkunst.” Here you get a detailed overview of all registered events in Germany, France, and Belgium.

Have fun celebrating!

Massimo Grafia

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Massimo Grafia is a linear-grotesque typeface in four weights, combining powerful hand-drawn forms with rigorous graphic precision. The neutral basic for professional use is supplemented by alternate glyphs, creating the scope for highly expressive typographic design: For all lowercase and uppercase letters and standard numerals at least five and in some cases as many as 14 variants are available. These can be selected and interchanged manually or automatically (OpenType support required). Massimo Grafia was designed by Gabriel Richter and Andreas Uebele.

Massimo Grafia basic is a well constructed, calm but individual grotesque for everyday use. Superior and inferior figures, tabular and standard numerals, fractions and symbols make it suitable for professional applications. At the same time Massimo Grafia opens the door to vibrant and expressive design.

During his scholarship at Villa Massimo in Rome, Andreas Uebele caught up with his correspondence, writing 250 letters by hand. Gabriel Richter took the extravagant forms of individual characters and expanded them into Massimo Grafia. In order to extend Massimo Grafia’s range of potential applications, Richter and Uebele subsequently hand-drew a basic typeface, establishing a calm backdrop for the various alternates. In addition diacritics and symbols were added. The outcome is a versatile and effective font with a distinctively hand-drawn style.

Massimo Grafia

Type foundry: nice to type
Designer: Gabriel Richter, Andreas Uebele
Release: March, 2018
Weights: Light, Regular, Medium, Bold
Format: Postscript und TrueType flavored OpenType-Fonts, Woff/Woff2
Testversion: Yes (contact through email via nice to type) 
Price one weight: 50.– Euro
Price family: 146.– Euro
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Typographic Summer Program with Dafi Kühne

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Looking for a great way to spend your typographic summer? “Typographic Summer Program” with Dafi Kühne is an intense 2 week summer program in Switzerland for international graphic design students and professionals. It started in 2016 with one summer session over 2 weeks and established over the last 3 years to a 2 session summer program. The workshop’s goal is to bridge the gap analog design and production tools and professional contemporary typographic posters. The participants will go through a number of analog tasks to experience the layout qualities of simple type-only layouts. All the experiments and layout exercises will be realized with traditional letterpress printing presses and physical type. Through this very slow but accurate analog process the participants will learn to put emphasis on concept and micro typography. This program is a great opportunity for students to see and learn first hand from one of the few internationally successfull contemporary letterpress poster designers.

There are two sessions to choose from:
Session I: June 16–29, 2019
Session II: July 28– August 10, 2019

Application deadline for both sessions: March 29, 2019
Fee: CHF 1750.—

www.typographic-summerprogram.ch

 

16. Tag der Schrift

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On April 6th, 2019, the 16th “Tag der Schrift” will take place in Zurich. The event will be opened by Jonas Schudel of the Schule für Gestaltung Zürich and will be moderated by Dominique Kerber. The program is divided into two parts: In the morning there will be lectures by Martin Wenzel (DE), Petra Beiße (DE), Mathias Truniger (CH) and Moiré—Marc Kappeler, Dominik Huber, and Simon Trüb. After lunch there will be workshops on various topics by the speakers.

You can find the complete program here.

Slanted raffles a ticket for the whole day + a workshop of your choice including lunch! To participate, simply write an email until 11.03. 2019 (UTC +1) to [email protected] with the subject “Tag der Schrift 16”. The winner will be drawn after the deadline and contacted by email. Who participates in the raffle, agrees to receive news from Slanted and accepts the privacy policy. Legal recourse is excluded. We wish you good luck!

Registration and ticket prices
The registration takes place online using the registration form. An electronic confirmation is issued.
Ticket for morning (presentations): 60,– CHF
Ticket for afternoon (workshops): 40,– CHF
Ticket for the whole day: 90,– CHF

Students and teachers of the Zurich School of Design (SfGZ) as well as Syndicom and Ver.di members receive a 50 % discount. Learners and full-time students from other institutions also benefit from a 50 % discount. The student card or the membership card must be presented at the entrance.

When?
Saturday, April 6th, 2019
from 9 a.m.

Where?
Schule für Gestaltung Zürich
Ausstellungsstrasse 104
8005 Zurich
Switzerland

Krautreporter newspaper

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Krautreporter is an independent, usually digital magazine from Berlin. Its mission is to help its members to better understand the interrelationships of current events in politics and society. Everything online, fresh every morning, many well researched stories, which do not lose their topicality, but unfortunately disappear quickly from screen. As reasonable as it is not to produce wastepaper, there is less surprise as when you read a newspaper—you may find an article you haven’t looked for and didn’t know you were interested in.

Now they have done something old-fashioned, outdated, perhaps even antiquated: a newspaper edition with some of the best articles by Krautreporter, just like it was in the twenties, made by hand and printed with black and red ink. The idea came from Krautreporter member Erik Spiekermann, a German graphic and type designer.

After he had succeeded in restoring a Johannisberger high speed press from 1924 and making it operational again, it was their motivation to test the printing press on a real product. After he made some efforts at persuading in the Krautreporter editorial team, 5,000 copies were produced.

Unfortunately, the Krautreporter newspaper is not available for sale, but was reserved for Krautreporter members as a gift in July 2018. In the Krautreporter podcast “Verstehen die Zusammenhänge”; Martin Gommel talks with Sebastian Esser about the printed Krautreporter issue.

Photos: © Norman Posselt

Typeface of the Month: Temeraire

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Everything but boring—Quentin Schmerber did not design Temeraire to make it invisible. It is conspicuous, and this is what it is supposed to be. Its obvious inconsistency in the cuts always brings surprises in all areas of its use. Temeraire shines with a colorful bouquet of 18th-century letterforms that bring a smile to the face of every typography lover.

Quentin Schmerber’s Temeraire serif font family was not designed to be invisible. It is a typographic exploration meant to be seen—with its beauty, one could even say beheld. While some fonts aim to be as easily ignored as possible, Temeraire is offered as a gift to wide-eyed readers with its anything-but-boring character and its conspicuous inconsistency in styles.

Most type families increase the weight of each character to expand the family. Instead, research into 18th century sources produced Temeraire’s wide range of letterforms, from the predictable to the odd and loosely related through time. Each style is designed to work alongside the others but are also standalone homages to specific parts of English lettering tradition: gravestone cutting, writing masters’ copperplates, Italiennes, and others.

Temeraire’s Regular style is a contrast-loving Transitional Serif with vertical stress, making it great for period and classic works, ironic pieces, and modern throwbacks. The weight of the Bold squares off the ends of each glyph to give it stability, and the italic style rings true: flowing, contrasting, and purposefully inconsistent.

Temeraire’s Display Black style is one salvaged from expressive gravestone artistry. The details most easily noticed are the ‘g’ with its descending bowl that has been pressed back up in the centre, and the additional serif on the ‘t’ crossbar that holds its neighbouring character at bay. (The ‘g’ and ‘Q’ have loopless alternates.) The final style is the Italienne, the horizontally stressed counterpoint to the family. By design its characters flow and bend in ways not in step with the rest of the family. All the weight has been pushed to either hemisphere within each glyph, resulting in a display style that demands space and peacefulness around it so its presence can impress.

Like all TypeTogether families, Temeraire’s five styles meet the current designer’s needs, including alternates for when the defaults are too boisterous. It works on screens for the audacious designer but truly shines in print. The Temeraire serif font family is resurrected from echoes in time and finds its family relation through impeccable taste.

Temeraire

Foundry: TypeTogether
Designer: Quentin Schmerber 
Release: 2018
Format: otf, eot, svg, woff, woff2
Weights: Regular, Italic, Bold, Display Black, Italienne Italic 
Price: from 31.50 Euro per weight, 158.10 Euro the entire bundle
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Werde FC

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The new member’s campaign of the FC Cologne is based on an individual script font family, which takes up the look of fan banners and, together with authentic texts, creates closeness and identification with the soccer club. Through the emotional and goal-oriented design of the Cologne based advertising agency Das Hochhaus, the communication of the club was brought back to eye level with the fans. This campaign is a good example of the great influence that target group-oriented font design has.

No heroic glossy pictures of expensive football players, no flat slogans, no expensive campaign, but something that was “noticeably different”: WERDE FC—actions that appeal to the fan’s heart because they let the fan’s heart speak. Why? Because the FC Cologne needs more members. It should be 100,000 within a year. By the end of the campaign, 108,000 had said: I AM FC.

Slanted in Dubai: Thareek

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In Spring 2018 the Slanted editors took a close-up look at the contemporary design scene of Dubai. A city—when described by many people—that is all sickening shine and has no soul. But Dubai and the whole region, originally a piece of desert sparsely populated by Bedouins, is now transforming itself rapidly into a center, if not the world’s greatest center, of trade, finance, and tourism—and moreover, something important happened in the last few years: Culture! Today, a new Arab world is being plotted and planned. The entire Gulf is teeming with initiatives—from the most public to the most private—to change and reinvent seemingly immutable rules, regimes, edicts, and assumptions, culminating, perhaps, in the stated intention to work more closely together. The Gulf states have a past, and they will have a future. The contours of that future are legible in this Slanted issue!

Tahreek is a design and motion studio based in Dubai, founded by three Saudi siblings. It’s a multi-faceted studio that thrives on experimental form-making and conceptual construction. Exploring conceptual and design problems from multiple angles and transforming solutions into visual narratives. As a creative philosophy, experimentation and play are always a part of the creative process.

Take a look at the Slanted #32—Dubai to get an idea of Dubai’s creative environment. Additionally you can find several video interviews on our video platform to get a deeper insight in the designer’s thoughts.

Was Designer verrückt macht | Why designers go crazy

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“Why Designers go crazy” is the current yearbook of the Institute for Design and Communication of University of Applied Sciences Joanneum. It presents 105 graduation theses from the Information Design bachelor’s program and the two master’s programs in Exhibition Design and Communication, Media, Sound and Interaction Design for the 2017/18 academic year. Now published for the ninth consecutive year, this yearbook impressively demonstrates how diverse design work is, how varied the requirements are, and how broad the spectrum of content‒related topics can be. The high‒quality design theses combine a holistic design approach with an interdisciplinary design attitude. The wide thematic range of the projects is characteristic of our training, and prepares our graduates for a diverse and multifaceted professional life.

The work of the students has received a great deal of recognition in the professional environment and public perception, as well as through prizes and awards. The University of Applied Sciences Joanneum is proud that their institute has been honored with six Red Dot Awards this year, despite competition from around 8,600 submissions from all over the world: three bachelor’s theses, two master’s theses and last year’s publication—the yearbook “What Designers can do”—were awarded this international design prize.

The publication can be purchased at the Institute for Design and Communication for 24,90 Euro or downloaded here as a PDF.

Forward Festival Wien

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The Forward Festival celebrates a small anniversary from 4 to 6 April at Gartenbaukino and MAK. For five years now, the festival for creativity, design and communication has been taking place and has established itself as one of the top addresses in the European creative scene within this time. Every year around 3,000 visitors come to Vienna to celebrate with the most influential creative minds from all over the world. This year, you may look forward to the benetton skandal photograph Oliviero Toscani, UK design legend Kate Moross, marketing rockstar Erik Kessel, the aspirational creative studio Sucuk & Bratwurst  and the US design agency Anton & Irene.

When?
April, 4th to 6th, 2019

Where?
Gartenbaukino & MAK Wien
Stubenring 5
1010 Vienna

More information hier.

Berlin Letters Festival

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From the 16th–18th of May 2019, more than 200 creative minds will meet, whose heart beats for lettering, sign painting, calligraphy and type design. More than 25 talks, 10 workshops and 24 windows are just a few reasons to buy tickets. Festival tickets are available from 250 €.

Berlin Letters is a new festival for lettering, sign painting, calligraphy and type design. It offers three days of exchange and inspiration for designers and all font enthusiasts—with lectures, professional workshops and surprises. For listening, watching, laying on hands and networking. The festival is limited to 200 participants. The additionally bookable 10 half-day and full-day workshops are held in small groups; personal care is guaranteed.

When?
16th–18th of May 2019

Where?
Colonia Nova, Thiemannstr. 1, Berlin

Tickets
Festival ticket from 250 €
Workshop “Morgenstunden” from 120 €
Workshop full-time from 220 €

Re:Form

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The Bauhaus—one of the most important modern schools—is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Stilwerk celebrates the design icon with the traveling exhibition “Re:Form—A Homage to 100 Years Bauhaus,” developed by artist trio Olff Appold, Kai Brüninghaus and Jürgen Sandfort. The goal: to re-formulate the history of the Bauhaus with contemporary visual worlds and techniques and to visualize them visually. As of May 8th, 2019, as part of the Hamburg Architecture Summer, visitors will be able to experience around 80 works of art on Bauhaus design at stilwerk Hamburg for one month—flanked by original furniture, formal quotes and today’s product innovations of Bauhaus-inspired furniture and lifestyle brands. Afterwards, the exhibition will continue to visit stilwerk Berlin (from June 17th, 2019) and stilwerk Düsseldorf (from August 19th, 2019).

Exhibitions:
May 8th until June 8th, 2019
stilwerk Hamburg*
Große Elbstraße 68
22767 Hamburg
*An event as part of the Hamburg Architecture Summer 2019.

June 17th until July 17th, 2019
stilwerk Berlin
Kantstraße 17
10623 Berlin

August 19th until September 19th, 2019
stilwerk Düsseldorf
Grünstraße 15
40212 Düsseldorf

More information here.

stilwerk Berlin Photo Credit: Felix Loechner

Slanted in Dubai: Tinkah

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In Spring 2018 the Slanted editors took a close-up look at the contemporary design scene of Dubai. A city—when described by many people—that is all sickening shine and has no soul. But Dubai and the whole region, originally a piece of desert sparsely populated by Bedouins, is now transforming itself rapidly into a center, if not the world’s greatest center, of trade, finance, and tourism—and moreover, something important happened in the last few years: Culture! Today, a new Arab world is being plotted and planned. The entire Gulf is teeming with initiatives—from the most public to the most private—to change and reinvent seemingly immutable rules, regimes, edicts, and assumptions, culminating, perhaps, in the stated intention to work more closely together. The Gulf states have a past, and they will have a future. The contours of that future are legible in this Slanted issue!

Kholoud is a multidisciplinary design practitioner from Dubai. A graduate with a BSC in Visual Communication from the American University of Sharjah. She is currently leading the Design Communication unit at Tinkah, while also establishing the success of The Foundry and its endeavors. She creatively leads works for Tinkah’s major clients such as Etihad Museum, Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council, HH Sheikha Shamseh Al Sharqi, etc.

Take a look at the Slanted #32—Dubai to get an idea of Dubai’s creative environment. Additionally you can find several video interviews on our video platform to get a deeper insight in the designer’s thoughts.

A’ Design Awards & Competition – Last Call!

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A’ Design Award and Competition is the World’s largest, most prestigious and influential design accolade, the highest achievement in design. A’ Design Award Winner Logo, symbolizes exceptional design excellence in your products, projects and services.

Use your chance until February 28th, Midnight, to submit your work now! The award is organized under various categories based on Locarno classification of economic sectors and industries such as Graphics and Visual Communication Design / Packaging Design / Advertising, Marketing and Communication Design / Photography and Photo Manipulation Design / Computer Graphics and 3D Model Design Competition. All categories here.

Costs for taking part are calculated upon point of time, amount of submitted work, professionalism, etc. Unlike other design award and competitions there are no further fees for winners’ services: All the services for winners; including exhibition, book and the winners’ packages are provided free of charge to award winning designers.

The A’ Design Prize includes public relations and publicity services in addition to the award trophy, certificate, yearbook and of course the winner logo which laureates could use to differentiate and add further value their award-winning products, projects and services.

 

Mut zur Wut 2019

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HEAR YE, HEAR YE!

Mut zur Wut will celebrate its 10th edition this year! Yay! From February 15th, up until the 15th of April, you can upload your posters to the international competitions here! The call for entries PDF is downloadable now over at the homepage.

This years jury consists of Julia Kahl (Germany), Ariane Spanier (Germany), Verena Panholzer (Austria), Eduardo B. Arambarri (Mexico), Steffen Knoell (Germany), and more infos will follow soon!

Bauhaus 4.0 meets design theory:

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Are digitization and globalization, as today’s major economic and social issues, perhaps comparable to the Industrial Revolution of the early 20th century? Can we use the utopian potential of the Bauhaus to find ways to adapt the design theory to the new demands? How can we exploit the expansion of the fields of work of designers completed in recent years and not fall into the trap of diluting the design concept beyond recognition? What is the correspondence to the demand for lifelong learning for a continuous education and training of professional designers, and what actually helps us with all these questions the design theory?

At the panel discussion of Bauhaus 4.0 meets design theory on February 19th, 2019 in Dieburg near Frankfurt they will discuss the tension between teaching and practice in times of digitization pointedly and provocatively. Et al with Susanne Lengyel, Frank Zebner, Valentin Heisters, Markus Frenzl, Rüdiger Pichler and the two moderators Ulrich Müller and Boris Kochan. Welcome by Ralph Habich and Nicolas Markwald.

An evening on a small scale for designers, teachers and students at the IGEP paper warehouse—join in the discussion!

When?
February 19th, 2019
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Where?
In the paper warehouse of IGEPA Großhandel GmbH
August-Horch-Strasse 3
64807 Dieburg

Here you can buy tickets and for more informationen click here.

Photo Nicolas Markwald: © Hartmut Nägele

Speed

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Your newest Slanted publication is SPEED and provides an insightful and personal look into the subcultures scenes of of transportation in its various forms and beauty. Photographed by Horst Friedrichs between 1997 and 2018 and in collaboration with Creative Director Lars Harmsen the book showcases two decades of photography on these active groups. The photos are defined by the acute styling and attention to detail that seamlessly transport the reader to a world of cars, motorcycle, scooter, and bicycles.

Publishing house: Slanted Publishers
Photography: Horst Friedrichs
Text: Stuart Husband
Design: Lars Harmsen
Release: February 2019
Volume: 320 pages
Format: 21 × 28 × 2 cm
Print: Canon Europe Océ Printing Systems
ISBN: 978-3-9818-296-5-5
Price: €39,–
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Saturday Type Fever 2019 – Recap

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On 11th and 12th of January 2019, NoFoundry hosted the type-marathon “Saturday Type Fever”: for 30 hours, around 80 students and typographers from numerous schools from Germany, Belgium, Estonia, France, Switzerland and the Netherlands gathered at the HfG Karlsruhe to work side by side on their unfinished fonts or one-day font projects. The event also aimed to connect type design students from different universities across regional boundaries, and create a lively exchange between apprentice typographers and designers. Carlotte from Geneva, Switzerland says : “I wanted to challenge myself and see what I can do in thirty hours. It’s also a great opportunity to meet other designers and work in an unfamiliar environment.”

The marathon started on Friday at 6 p.m. and lasted until Saturday at midnight. To kick off the work in a playful way and gather some inspiration, seven students of the HfG organized an hour-long workshop on analog type design in smaller groups for all the participants. Then, throughout the event, ten graphic designers and typographers, student or not, held short talks giving an insight into their works and the design of fonts, and offered feedback sessions for participants to discuss the work in progress. Guests included Johnson/Kingston and Reto Moser, Charlotte Rohde and Tatjana Stürmer, Jérémy Landes, Simon Knebl, Riefka Elhabachi, Massimiliano Audretsch, Catharina Hirsch, and Severin Geissler.

The designers were working in groups of four to seven people per table and every ten hours, a zine was produce for each group showing the current version of each participant. These process zines were then displayed after the end of the countdown on Saturday night as the results of the marathon. A great number of typefaces were produced during the marathon, including numerous first ever typefaces and collaborative projects. Alice from Lugano in Switzerland had no previous experience in type design: “I wanted to try to make a typeface; so it was my first experience in type design and the event was the best opportunity for that. I am very happy that I came here.”

NoFoundry is a type foundry run by students of the HfG Karlsruhe, established in the semester 2017 / 18 in a seminar of the HfG Professor duo Johnson/Kingston, with the aim of giving students the opportunity to sell their own typefaces and to exchange ideas with other students and designers about the design and use of typefaces. The next NoFoundry font release, and the first ever external font in the catalog, is planned for early March.

Auslöser

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Auslöser is an indie print magazine that focuses on personal photographer stories. Each issue features four photographers, one company behind the scenes, and one camera. The first issue will be published in March 2019.

In times when everything lives online and has to be faster, Auslöser goes back to the essentials and features long-form in-depth interviews, reports and photo stories exclusively in printed form.

In the first issue (March 2019) Auslöser features Friedl Kubelka, Yanina Boldyreva, Wolfgang Zurborn, and Brian Finke. The magazine presents the famous photo book publishing- and print house STEIDL in Göttingen, Germany. Furthermore, one selected camera from the Westlicht camera museum is presented in detail.

Auslöser – Photography in Portrait

Format: 16 × 22 cm
Volume: 160 pages
Paper: Circlematt White 300 g/m2 & 120 g/m2
Binding: Swiss brochure with open thread stitching
Publication: twice a year
Language: German & English
Price: 20,– Euro
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There is a beautiful poster available in addition to the magazine. Get it here. 

Questions? Looking for answers in the middle of somewhere.

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What is this? A book launch? Yes, exactly! What is the name of the book? The book is called Questions? Looking for answers in the middle of somewhere.

What is it about? It started with Sereina Rothenberger & David Bennewith inviting a selection of graphic designers to Otl Aicher’s ‘Institut für analoge Studien’ in Rotis, in May 2015 and then again in November 2017. Over two days these designers were ­interviewed in a myriad of ways by graphic design students from the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, whose ­assignment it was to learn to ask, and design, questions.

Who did you invite? Marietta Eugster and Manuel Krebs (Norm) from Switzerland, Wayne Daly and Veronica Ditting from the UK, Elisabeth Klement & Laura Pappa and Vinca Kruk (Metahaven) from the Netherlands, Monika Maus from Germany, Boy Vereeken from Belgium, Vier 5 from France and Honza Zamojski from Poland.

Who’s publishing it? Spector Books.
What is the ISBN? Glad you asked, it is 978-3-95905-281-8.
When will the book be launched? On Wednesday, February 13, 2019, 17:00, on the second floor of the HfG Karlsruhe. Bändelraum, to be precise.

Slanted in Dubai: Twothirds Design Bureau

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In Spring 2018 the Slanted editors took a close-up look at the contemporary design scene of Dubai. A city—when described by many people—that is all sickening shine and has no soul. But Dubai and the whole region, originally a piece of desert sparsely populated by Bedouins, is now transforming itself rapidly into a center, if not the world’s greatest center, of trade, finance, and tourism—and moreover, something important happened in the last few years: Culture! Today, a new Arab world is being plotted and planned. The entire Gulf is teeming with initiatives—from the most public to the most private—to change and reinvent seemingly immutable rules, regimes, edicts, and assumptions, culminating, perhaps, in the stated intention to work more closely together. The Gulf states have a past, and they will have a future. The contours of that future are legible in this Slanted issue!

Twothirds Design Bureau established in 2016 by Lujain Abulfaraj and Sara Al Ari, is a research-based design studio dedicated to building timeless designs. By working together with the client and devoting time to understand their brand and vision, research the marketplace and study the targeted audience, Twothirds is able to discover and highlight each brand’s core competency.

Take a look at the Slanted #32—Dubai to get an idea of Dubai’s creative environment. Additionally you can find several video interviews on our video platform to get a deeper insight in the designer’s thoughts.