The Slanted team went to Amsterdam to check out the design scene and fell for the charm of the city’s century-old „bruine kroegen“ (brown cafes). Seeking refuge after bike rides to design studios, they were quickly won over by the cozy ambiance, dark wood, old-fashioned decor, and the aroma of fried croquettes. Now we are glad to announce the launch of Slanted Magazine #41—Amsterdam. Color and form play an important role in Amsterdam’s design, which is egalitarian and serves the masses. Design is ubiquitous learn more
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Neither Confirm Nor Deny or LTR NCND in short is derived by Erik van Blokland from his font FontFont published in 1991. By developing new method for interpolating rough and textured shapes, the typeface has made the leap to variable fonts. It uses its seamless interpolations to create even lighter and heavier weights at the extremes and countless cuts in between. The LTR NCND can be used in animations to quickly create very different moods: from an unimaginable future to an impossibly hopeful one. From lar learn more
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Nullnummer #3 is a supplement to the university-wide newspaper fh-presse at the Department of Design at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts. The concept behind the student magazine Nullnummer and its first issue were Jonas Brüggemann ’s graduation project. Since then, the magazine has been edited by a rotating student team. As a platform, it is intended to enable especially the actors of the very multifaceted faculty of design to contribute and exchange information. A dedicated newspaper docu learn more
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The exhibition Dafi Kühne: Buchdruckplakate? at the Museum für Druckkunst Leipzig features around 100 letterpress posters. For his designs, Dafi Kühne uses a wide variety of tools, from computers to pantographs, and realizes his ideas on printing presses from the 1960s. These are posters for art and culture that show the great potential of letterpress printing. Almost any material can be used, from traditional means such as lead type, wood type or plastic type, to clichés and linocuts, to experimental mater learn more
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Last Thursday was the vernissage of the Werkbund Label exhibition AUSGEZEICHNET! and we were happy to be able to participate in the event. A selection of the projects that have been awarded the Werkbund Label by the Deutscher Werkbund Baden-Württemberg since 2006 was on display. Every two years, outstanding projects, initiatives and companies are honored that stand out for their innovative, forward-looking or creative quality, have a social or political role model function, use environmentally friendly tech learn more
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Join us for the launch of Slanted magazine’s 41st issue at Athenaeum Nieuwscentrum in Amsterdam on April 28th, 2023, from 7–9 p.m. Meet the Slanted team and contributors in person, enjoy drinks, and join a lively discussion about design in Amsterdam. This issue explores the city’s innovative, modern, and functional designs spiced with humor, featuring interviews, essays, illustrations, and useful tips. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to connect with fellow design lovers and learn more about Amster learn more
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Das gewöhnliche Design (The ordinary Design) is a hidden classic of German design history, something the vinyl era would have called a B-side hit. Newly edited by Frank Philippin and Florian Walzel, the facsimile returns the work to a wider audience. As early as 1976 a group of students and young professors at the Faculty of Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt questioned the way design objects were generally perceived, talked, and written about. Frustrated by the contrast of their self learn more
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From May 4th to 21st, the University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe presents the graduation projects created between 2022 and 2023 within the Diploma exhibition 2023—Perspectives in the atriums of the school. The works shown in the exhibition open up a vide variety of perspectives on themes that are paradigmatic of our times. They revolve around themes such as memory, capitalist time structures, contemporary forms of work, the effects of the media on society and the individual, and the relationship between hu learn more
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Safar is an annual bilingual design and visual culture magazine published in Beirut, Lebanon. The name Safar is Arabic for „journey“ and refers to the notion of communication, especially across disciplinary, cultural, and linguistic boundaries. Sa far was launched to address the lack of critical writing on design in the Global South, and aims to recognize designers as active participants in cultural production. From a focus on visual design, the magazines’ themes revolve around big, difficult stories of po learn more
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The Anfachen Award VII has launched its call for submissions. This time it’s about how you perceive, interpret, and artistically implement the idea of ENERGY! Your posters should inspire aesthetically and cause a stir. You are free to choose from which personal, political, aesthetic, or formal angle you want to approach the subject of „energy.“ We accept photographic, painted, graphic, and typographic works. With your participation you accept the following conditions. The 25 best posters will be selected by learn more
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In June and September, Metapaper organizes Local Print Studio with more than 40 partners from print and design, an afternoon of full paper, and print fun. For the Local Print Studios, Metapaper has teamed up with exciting local printers in each region to inform you about all kinds of printing techniques, finishing, bindings, as well as future trends in paper and printing. Best of all, it will all take place in one afternoon in a relaxed atmosphere with snacks and drinks. Topics that you can look forward to learn more
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On occasion of the Book Launch: Das gewöhnliche Design (The Ordinary Design), we are happy to welcome you to a small get-together. With a short introduction by the editors, refreshments, and the possibility to buy a copy of the design classic! The facsimile reprint of the book Das gewöhnliche Design (The Ordinary Design) is a hidden classic of german design history. In 1976 a group of students and young professors at the Faculty of Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt questioned the way learn more
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The Slanted Publishers team extends a warm welcome to our new team members. We are pleased to introduce Helene Hohmann (Offenbach University of Art and Design) and Josephine Schröder (Bauhaus University Weimar) as our new interns! Over the next few months, they will be working on exciting book projects and contributing to Slanted Magazine as a part of our team. Helene Hohmann (left) Assistance Graphic Design & Editing Helene is studying Graphic Design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main a learn more
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The competition Best Book Design from all over the World 2023 is an attempt to compare the technical and aesthetic level as well as the appropriate and artistic design of books beyond national borders. In 2023 the jury awards the publication Susi + Ueli Berger. Kunst am Bau und im öffentlichen Raum 1968–2008 from Switzerland with the GOLDENE LETTER, the highest mention. The book, published by Scheidegger & Spiess (Zurich), was designed by Dan Solbach, Fabian Harb, and Maria Peskina. In addition to the learn more
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Get ready, there is a second Call for Submissions: Submit your work for our Slanted Magazine #40—Experimental Type 2.0. Since Slanted Magazine #40—Experimental Type sold out in a very short time and tons of people continue asking if we have a few issues left, we decided to reprint the publication—roughly the same, but different. Meaning all pages will be black and white and we will add some additional work. With this call, we would like to encourage all those who missed the first call to participate in th learn more
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