Conference on Expanded Design
If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
The phrase is based on the “Law of the Instrument” theory, which states: “If the only tool you have is a hammer,…
In a book of confessions, KesselsKramer reveals the do’s and, perhaps even more, don’ts of building a creative culture in their new…
How can design shape democracy, transform public services, and create more sustainable cities? From November 11 to 14, 2026, the Design Policy…
Werkschau Mannheim 2026
Bold Design and Raw Talent at Alte Feuerwache
Fresh ideas, bold concepts, and pure creative firepower: From November 6 to 8, 2026, the Faculty of Design at TH Mannheim brings…
Suitcase Type Foundry
Interview with Tomáš Brousil
Suitcase Type Foundry has launched a new website—a project that goes beyond a redesign and marks a new chapter for the foundry.…
Slanted Magazine #48—Seoul
Fall / Winter 26
Slanted Magazine #48—Seoul offers a vivid insight into South Korea’s contemporary creative scene, exploring everything from graphic design, typography, and visual communication…
The ADC Digital Conference is the ADC’s laboratory for what’s next in the creative industries — a space where emerging technologies, creativity…
Dysarium 2026
Impostors
Dysarium, Ukraine’s largest festival for the creative industries, will take place in Lviv on 24 and 25 October 2026, bringing together designers,…
Seoul
Video InterviewsIm Frühjahr 2018 warf das Slanted Team einen Blick auf die zeitgenössische Designszene Dubais. Slanted traf zahlreiche Designer für die Dubai Video Interviews, von bekannten Persönlichkeiten hin zu den jungen Wilden der Designszene.
SEJONG NEØ-X #1
2025 Graphic Design 1: AI Lab
“SEJONG NEØ-X #1” is the outcome of Graphic Design 1: AI LAB, taught by Professor Daeki Shim in the Design Innovation major…
Last Thursday, we returned to the Frankfurter Buchmesse, a place where everything revolves around books and the people who love them. Every…
Sonata
When musical notation meets typographic letterforms
Sonata is a display typeface designed by Rosa de Vera that is inspired by musical notation. The typeface explores the parallels of…
Recap: ADC Design Conference 2026
Change the World with Design
On October 5, the Haus der Wirtschaft in Stuttgart became a meeting point for designers, creatives, and people interested in design. For…
Foundry Kingdom
The Foundry Types
Foundry Kingdom is not champagne—it is a pint of bitter in the local pub. It is not the King’s horse at Ascot,…
There is something special about discovering a typeface you have never seen before. A familiar word can suddenly take on a completely…
Unicode Technology Workshop 2026
Unicode in the World
How do you search for a flamingo emoji in your language? How does software know how to sort names, display bidirectional text,…
Meet HfG Karlsruhe’s New Rector
Interview with Dr. Andreas Vogel
In April 2026, Dr. Andreas Vogel took office as rector of the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG Karlsruhe). Trained in art…
The popular classic Photodarium is now appearing for the 15th time and will delight us again in 2027 with an instant photo…
no° | Ice Cream Packaging
Turns Flavor Ratios into a Visual Identity
Designed as a composition, no° transforms layered ice cream into a visual identity where the product itself becomes the main design language.…
Are we cooked?!
How AI is reshaping the design industry – 30 voices from designers and agencies to AI artists
Are we cooked?! It's the question every designer is quietly asking right now. So we asked it to 30 leading design voices.…
FONS HICKMANN
Posters—Now and Then
The Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst (Brandenburg Museum of Modern Art) presents a substantial solo exhibition of posters by Fons Hickmann at…
BIG LETTERS, BRIGHT COLORS
Exhibion on Lettering in Art
Letters, words, sentences: in contemporary painting, they carry not only literal meaning but can become an independent pictorial motif in their own…
The DFB-Pokal Reimagined
Interview
The DFB-Pokal thrives on contrast: professional clubs facing semi-professional sides, favourites meeting underdogs, and decades of tradition colliding with stories that can…
FOLIO
Cucumber & Hemp Drink
FOLIO is a non-alcoholic botanical drink made from cold-pressed cucumber and hemp extract. Positioned between wellness and craft collectibility, it combines functional…
Upcoming Events
15.11.2026
Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends
Young V&A, London
30.10.2026 –
01.11.2026
Paper Print Festival 2026
IBKK Design und Kunstzentrum, Bochum
06.11.2026 –
08.11.2026
Werkschau Mannheim 2026
Alte Feuerwache Mannheim
11.11.2026 –
14.11.2026
Design Policy Day
Frankfurt, Offenbach, Wiesbaden
12.11.2026 –
13.11.2026
Conference on Expanded Design