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Variable Emojis

For a less stereotype world

Variable Emojis are the emojis of the future! Created as a Variable Font, they give the users over thousands of options to…

12.03.2019 – designtypography

TOCA ME 2019

Recap by Florian Greßhake

The light flickers slightly, the babble of voices ends, a video starts on the screen, the loudspeakers roar. On 9 March, the…

11.03.2019 – designevents

Tag der Druckkunst

Events on the occasion of the first anniversary

On Friday, March 15th, 2019, we will celebrate the “Tag der Druckkunst” (Day of the Art of Printing) for the first time.…

08.03.2019 – designeventstypography

Massimo Grafia

nice to type

Massimo Grafia is a linear-grotesque typeface in four weights, combining powerful hand-drawn forms with rigorous graphic precision. The neutral basic for professional…

07.03.2019 – typography

Typographic Summer Program with Dafi Kühne

Application deadline March 29th, 2019

Looking for a great way to spend your typographic summer? “Typographic Summer Program” with Dafi Kühne is an intense 2 week summer…

06.03.2019 – designeducation

16. Tag der Schrift

Lottery

On April 6th, 2019, the 16th “Tag der Schrift” will take place in Zurich. The event will be opened by Jonas Schudel of…

05.03.2019 – eventslotterytypography

Krautreporter newspaper

Printed like in the 1920th

Krautreporter is an independent, usually digital magazine from Berlin. Its mission is to help its members to better understand the interrelationships of…

04.03.2019 – designpublicationstypography

Typeface of the Month: Temeraire

TypeTogether

Everything but boring—Quentin Schmerber did not design Temeraire to make it invisible. It is conspicuous, and this is what it is supposed…

01.03.2019 – typography

Werde FC

FC Cologne member’s campaign

The new member’s campaign of the FC Cologne is based on an individual script font family, which takes up the look of…

28.02.2019 – designtypography

Slanted in Dubai: Thareek

In Spring 2018 the Slanted editors took a close-up look at the contemporary design scene of Dubai. A city—when described by many…

27.02.2019 – designpublications

Was Designer verrückt macht | Why designers go crazy

Yearbook

“Why Designers go crazy” is the current yearbook of the Institute for Design and Communication of University of Applied Sciences Joanneum. It presents…

26.02.2019 – designeducationpublications

Forward Festival Wien

The Forward Festival celebrates a small anniversary from 4 to 6 April at Gartenbaukino and MAK. For five years now, the festival…

22.02.2019 – designevents

Berlin Letters Festival

From the 16th–18th of May 2019, more than 200 creative minds will meet, whose heart beats for lettering, sign painting, calligraphy and…

21.02.2019 – designeventstypography

Re:Form

A Homage to 100 years Bauhaus

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…

20.02.2019 – designevents

Slanted in Dubai: Tinkah

In Spring 2018 the Slanted editors took a close-up look at the contemporary design scene of Dubai. A city—when described by many…

19.02.2019 – designpublications

A’ Design Awards & Competition – Last Call!

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…

15.02.2019 – design

Mut zur Wut 2019

HEAR YE, HEAR YE! Mut zur Wut will celebrate its 10th edition this year! Yay! From February 15th, up until the 15th…

15.02.2019 – designevents

Bauhaus 4.0 meets design theory:

In the field of tension between design theory, theory and practice - to change the role of design in times of digitization

Are digitization and globalization, as today’s major economic and social issues, perhaps comparable to the Industrial Revolution of the early 20th century?…

14.02.2019 – designevents