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…
Lingo
A Serif That Dresses Up Slang
Imagine a library. Sealed-in quiet, walls thick as dictionaries. But that's not why you're here — you're at the computer, navigating to…
What’s next in Seoul Design?
Essay by Chanwoolee
Coming back to Seoul marked the end of my first semester teaching in Korea. Designing designers was not an easy task. It’s…
Rediscovering Type: Why Fontbase Feels Different
Slanted Magazine #47—Digital Tools
Slanted Magazine #47—Digital Tools explores the instruments shaping contemporary creative practice. Through interviews, articles, and numerous examples from graphic and type design,…
Following the success of the first three editions, Slanted Experimental Type 4.0 continues the series’ exploration of innovative approaches in typography and…
Paper Print Festival 2026
Open Call for Creatives
Calling all printmakers, illustrators, book artists, photographers, designers, collectives, independent publishers and print enthusiasts: be part of PAPER PRINT FESTIVAL 2026 in…
Alphabettes Soup: Feminist Approaches to Type
11 Years of Alphabettes—Celebrate with 20% Off
Ten years of feminist perspectives on type design, research, and community-building come together in Alphabettes Soup, published by Bikini Books. The book…
The Forward Festival Berlin 2026 once again turned Haus der Kulturen der Welt into a temporary creative campus. On August 27th and…
Captcha is a design festival for watching, participating, and discussing. For everyone who wants to understand design not just as a finished…
Mix Interiors
A trade magazine redesigned with an indie mindset
Mix Interiors, the leading UK title for commercial interior design and architecture, published bi-monthly since 2000, has been given a full editorial…
Poster Safari Zurich 2026
Zurich Design Weeks
This year, Poster Safari returns for its fourth edition in Zurich's District 5. In a place where commercial messages usually dominate the…
Forward Festival Vienna 2026
Reimagined
On October 1–2, 2026, Forward returns to Vienna’s Gartenbaukino for two days of ideas, exchange, and creative energy. More than 1,500 creatives…
What can typography do beyond communicating words? Fight for Kindness 2026 explores how letters and visual messages can create connection, encourage empathy,…
KkomKkom
Interview with VISANG
How can typography help children learn to write—both on paper and in an increasingly digital learning environment? With KkomKkom, VISANG has developed…
Made by Our In-House Design Team
An Essay by Annekathrin Kohout
When I first visited South Korea in 2022, I was walking unsuspectingly through Gangnam when I entered a store and suddenly found…
DesignThinkers 2026 in Toronto, Canada
Bringing the design community together
Design and creative professionals, consider this your sign to set your OOO. DesignThinkers returns to Toronto, Canada on October 20–21 for its…
Indiecon 2026
Independet Publishing Festival
Compression or Compassion? Indiecon shows how to deal with pressure—on paper and in real life From September 4 to 6, the Gleishalle…
A miscellany of ampersands created for clients, from studio projects and workshops over the last ten years. These are interspersed with naturally…
Upcoming Events
15.11.2026
Inside Aardman: Wallace & Gromit and Friends
Young V&A, London
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
13.11.2026 –
13.11.2026
Slanted Open House / Seoul Release Party
Slanted Publishers, Nördliche Uferstraße 6, 76189 Karlsruhe, Germany