Club Campus by Nomos Glashütte

Glashütte watches make a great gift: The NOMOS Club Campus series marks milestones, accomplishments, and important occasions, and now comes in new versions with striking, youthful colors that can be combined in a wide variety of ways.

Vigor and joie de vivre radiate from two new watch models, which come in two sizes from NOMOS Glashütte, and released just in time to welcome Spring: Club Campus deep pink and Club Campus blue purple are more eye-catching, flashier, and beg to be seen. And elevate your mood. In short: Typical of youth.

Both new colors are versatile: The deep pink not only goes well with dark blue, black, gray, and white. But also—making it even more modern—with olive and other green tones, brown, red, purple, and yellow. The blue purple not only combines well with cream and light gray tones, black, and dark blue. It also goes well with orange, sunny  yellow, and bluish greens.

As with the Campus versions of past years, a mix of Roman and Arabic numerals display the time, and the watches are water resistant up to 100 meters, sporty, and easy to read even in the dark. The highly precise NOMOS Alpha movement comes from the company’s own manufactory.

The NOMOS Club Campus series for the next generation of watch wearers has existed since 2017. NOMOS Glashütte is one of the few owner-operated watch manufactories in the world, and creates its mechanical timepieces in Glashütte, Germany. Watch models such as the Tangente, Ludwig, Orion, Club, or Metro are world famous—just like the place where they are made. This is because Glashütte is a legally protected designation of origin. Only manufacturers who work according to strict rules in the 175-year-old tradition of the town are permitted to use it for their wristwatches. NOMOS Glashütte is the manufacturer that produces the most mechanical watches in Glashütte.

Club Campus by Nomos Glashütte

Tape: Suede leather grey / anthracite (18 mm), Metal strap sports (18 mm), Metal strap (18 mm)
Add engraving: free
Price: 1,100.– Euro
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GRANSHAN—Signs of the times

Letters surround us, and permeate our identities. The richness of typographic forms reflects the diversity of our histories: type brings us together, and gives depth and nuance to what distinguishes us. Type bridges past and future, geographical spaces, and cultural domains, like no other element of our culture. The GRANSHAN Two-Day-Hybrid-Conference under the title Signs of the times explores the big and small questions that concern the typographic community and type users alike—daily matters and global concerns.

On May 20th, the 2nd edition of the TypeTech MeetUp (TTM) will again discuss and document the current state of font technology, and be a platform for the exchange of best practices and innovative developments. TTM sessions advance the state of the art and promote the integration of font technologies into the future of digital communication. The MeetUp will explore topics such as the power of variable and color fonts, blockchain technology, web typography in multiscript domains, legibility & technology, and more.

On May 21st, the venue Literaturhaus will become a lab for future forms of international and intercultural communication and collaboration. A place where script and typography will be examined as an essential basis for international exchange as well as a force for identification. Only those who are visible and recognizable can enter into an open dialogue. Thematic sessions touch on topics such as multiscript design, endangered scripts/alphabets, and type as a cultural asset and identification anchor.

GRANSHAN welcomes the direct interaction of designers and font engineers, web designers, and developers, industry experts, and tech & business professionals in a relaxed and inspiring atmosphere. Signs of the times is a conference for all makers and users of type who appreciate the cultural and intellectual importance of our field. For those who see the future expressed in typographic multitudes.

During Saturday, the winners and their projects of the 12th GRANSHAN Type Design Competition 2021–2022 will be celebrated. With big words, small appetizers, and some music …

Almost all speakers of the GRANSHAN Two-Day-Hybrid-Conference will travel to Munich to present live on stage of the Literaturhaus. It is curated by Veronika Burian, Boris Kochan, and Gerry Leonidas. They were supported by Dave Crossland, the GRANSHAN Script Chairs, and Script Experts of the GRANSHAN Type design competition, and many other GRANSHAN-friends.

Both conference days will be moderated by Veronika Burian and Oliver Linke. Gerry Leonidas will take care of the stage discussions.

The Two-Day-Hybrid-Conference will take place in the Literaturhaus in Munich—easily accessible from everywhere, located in the heart of the city at Salvatorplatz 1. The excellently equipped conference rooms on the 3rd floor offer a wonderful panoramic view, for example, of the famous Theatinerkirche. The Brasserie Oskar Maria, which is also responsible for the catering of our conference, is located on the ground floor.

GRANSHAN—Signs of the times

When?
May 20th to 21st
Friday, May 20th: TypeTech MeetUp 2.0
Saturday, May 21st: Conference and award ceremony

Where?
Literaturhaus München
Salvatorplatz 1
80333 München

Tickets
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Visual Intelligence

Visual Intelligence by Félix Beltrán shows hundreds of his logos, posters, and book covers, but also provides a deep insight into the conceptual and creative mind of the Cuban graphic designer. It is the first monograph on Beltrán and is now available at Slanted Shop!

Félix Beltrán, born 1938 in Havana, Cuba, is one of the most important Latin American graphic designers. He studied at the famous School of Visual Arts in New York in the 1950s and was influenced by mid-century modernism.

For more than six decades, he has shaped a conceptual approach to graphic design that emphasizes simplicity as a fundamental principle of effective visual communication. His works are situated in the tension between abstract geometry and concrete art.

Visual Intelligence

Publisher OPTIK BOOKS
Editor: Sonia Díaz & Gabriel Martínez
Design: Un Mundo Feliz, Madrid
Release: 2021
Printing: Offset

Language: English
Volume: 360 p. with over 600 illustrations
Format: 14 × 20.9 cm
Price: € 38.–
ISBN: 978–3–9822542–3–4
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Anfachen Award VI

A political poster competition cannot ignore the war against Ukraine and the humanitarian catastrophe it entails. At the same time, it doesn’t want to make the mistake of losing sight of other important issues. That is why the Anfachen Award VI calls on you to double your efforts and express yourselves artistically and creatively on two topics. The first topic is Nature—as announced, since it stays close to our hearts and the second topic is Humanity.

A maximum of two posters may be submitted for each of the topics; 25 winning posters will be selected by the international jury for each of the two topics. The exhibition concept of the Anfachen Award VI remains unchanged: The winning posters will be presented in large format and in series, first in Hamburg and then in public spaces in other cities. The topic Humanity will also be presented online and the print data will be available to download. In this way, Anfachen Award hopes to initiate small exhibitions and a unifying exchange on the topic of humanity across the world!

You are free to choose from which personal, political, aesthetic, or formal angle you want to approach the subject of Nature. Photographic, painted, graphic, and typographic works are accepted.

Participants will be charged a fee of 12.– Euros per poster or 30.– Euros for three posters for printing the posters in DIN A2 for presentation to the jury. Should this fee constitute an obstacle, please contact [email protected]. The deadline for submitting posters is May 22nd, 2022.

A maximum of three posters can be submitted. The posters need to be in DIN A0 / 841 mm × 1189 mm format. Anfachen Award only accepts designs in portrait format. The data (tif or PDF in CMYK) needs to be uploaded on the website. If a poster is selected as one of the top 25, the printable data will be requested separately.

The jury
Ingrid Bahß (GER), Anthony Collins (GB/TZA), Alina Grolms (GER), Rainer Groothuis (GER), Gudrun Lehman (GER), Niklaus Troxler (CH). Patron: Klaus Staeck (GER)

Anfachen Award Team
Melanie Heusel (text), Moki (artwork), Julia Melzner (Initiator, conception, curation), Maren Mittenzwey (translation english), Atelier Sperling, Olaf Stelze (website),Doro Carl, Jürgen Herrmann, Daniel Rossmann (video), Julia Melzner, and Melanie Heusel (PR).

Previous partnerships and supporters
Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft; Claussen-Simon-Stiftung; Hamburger Kunsthalle; Cristinetti – Planning and Design, Jerwitz GmbH; Behörde für Kultur und Medien; Zentralbibliothek der Bücherhallen Hamburg; Dänisches Plakatmuseum in Aarhus, Jamel rockt den Förster, Verdi in Lübeck, Goethe-Institut in Tallinn, and Frappant e.V..

Anfachen Award VI

Submission deadline: May 22nd, 2022
Click here to registrate

Find further information here 

Limited Special Edition Stockholm

On occasion of the release of Slanted Magazine #39Stockholm, we have once again teamed up with fashion brand Reell to produce a stylish bucket hat that is perfect for summer! Get your Limited Special Edition Stockholm now!

The Slanted × Reell Bucket Hat Ice Green is cut from a 6-wale corduroy and features the logo of Slanted Publishers and the logo of Reell to emphasize the connection between the two parties. It is available with a circumference of 58 cm and a material composition of 90% polyester and 10% cotton. Join the slntd clb!

Slanted × Reell—A perfect fit!

Founded in 1997 with a simple idea, functional, well-designed pants, Reell is a pan-European brand on a mission to innovate. Well beyond simply being a pants specialist, their backbone remains quality products at honest prices. A passion for aesthetic and clean design makes what they are. The Reell family has grown with athletes, artists, and free spirits who manage to pursue their passion and remain true to themselves. These individuals represent who they are.

Limited Special Edition Stockholm

Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Brand: Reell
Release: April 2022
Material: 90% polyester and 10% cotton
Size: one size
Edition: 100 pieces
Price: € 35.–
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ADC Festival 2022

The ADC Festival 2022 will be all about big ideas and how they can change reality. The annual gathering of Germanys creative industry will not only be back in Hamburg in a new location after two years of physical absence but also include online events and livestreams as well. From May 17th until 20th, a wide range of creative happenings are going to explore this year’s motto Ideas create reality from different perspectives.

The ADC Congress with international keynote speakers like Susan Credle (Partner & CCO Worldwide, FCB Global), Ivorian artist and activist Laetitita Ky and Oriini Kaipara (the first news anchor in New Zealand with traditional Tā moko tattoos) as well as high-profile panels e.g. on Feminism in Hip Hop will take place on May 19th at Hamburger Bucht, alongside workshops from TikTok, Epic Games, and much more. There will also be an Open Space for creatives to meet and network without any entrance fee.

Additionally, you will also be able to visit online masterclasses for free and watch inspiring events on YouTube all throughout the week. For example, the ADC will talk about the future of fonts on Wednesday, May 18th, and kick-off its new Future Diversity program on Friday, May 20th.

A goodie that outlasted the pandemic: The ADC Award Show and ADC Talent Award Show will also be live streamed on YouTube! The announcement of the winning works of the ADC Wettbewerb and Talent Award will also be screened on-side in Hamburg for everyone to join and not much more than a movie ticket.

ADC Festival 2022

When?
May 17th to 20th, 2022


Where?
Hamburger Bucht

Grandeswerderstraße 5
20457 Hamburg
Germany

More information here

Slanted Magazine #39—Stockholm

If you just think of IKEA, Greta, Abba, Sylvia, and Björn Borg or red wooden horses when you think of Sweden, you’re far off. In the summer of 2021, the Slanted team traveled to Stockholm to take a close look at the contemporary design scene. Now we are happy to announce the launch of Slanted Magazine #39—Stockholm.

Slanted meets internationally renowned legends, including Stockholm graphic designer Björn Kusoffsky of Stockholm Design Lab, David Eriksson, founder of teenage engineering, award winning architect Andreas Martin-Löf, and graphic designer Maja Kölqvist. In Slanted Magazine #39—Stockholm, Slanted gathers a selection of Stockholm’s most brilliant minds and provides deep insights into their work and values in numerous video interviews, which are available online for free. Illustrations, interviews, essays, and an extensive appendix with many useful tips and an overview with the best Swedish writings complete the issue thematically.

In addition, a special limited edition has been published: We’ve teamed up with fashion brand Reell again to produce a stylish bucket hat that’s perfect for summer. Join the slntd clb!

Last but not least: Thanks so much to everybody we met and who is part of this issue! Many thanks also to our supporters and sponsors, without whom the magazine would not have been possible in this form. Thank you very much!

Slanted Magazine #39—Stockholm

Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Release: April 2022
Volume: 240 pages
Format: 16 × 24 × 2 cm
Language: English
Printing: Offset printing, Stober Medien
Cardboard Cover: Invercote G, 280 g/sm by Iggesund
Paper: Holmen TRND 2.0, 80 g/sm by Holmen
Workmanship: Swiss brochure, thread stitching, fine linen lamination
ISSN: 1867-6510
Price: € 18.–

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Synchron Magazine Issue One

Synchron Magazine Issue One was released in February 2022 by Dyer Press and is now available at the Slanted Shop!

Mysticism, magic, as well as individual interpretations and abstractions of spirituality and cultural rituals are the binding links between the contributions in this volume.

Synchron is an independent magazine dedicated to showcasing a broad spectrum of niche contemporary art, literature, and subcultural practices. Synchron provides its readers with an opportunity to discover ambitious, emerging artists beyond online platforms; and gives its contributors a versatile option to present their work.

Articles in the Magazine:

Kay YoonTaste and Destruction: An intimate Conversation between visual artist Kay Yoon and Jonas M. Mölzer about Korean shamanism, taste, magic, and Yukio Mishima. The contribution contains imagery from a shoot directed by Synchron with the artist focussing on her Fulu work.

Charles Spano—Grim Expectations: A fictional squatter punk ghost story in which the spirit of a teenager from London suburbs exists in liminal spaces across time.

Sal SalandraSuper World, Enjoy Super Sex: This exclusive interview by Harrison Sayed with Thread Artist Sal Salandra took place in the artists wooden Shack in Long Island, NY. It is a heart warming conversation about fetishes, love, nature, and religious symbolism accompanied by photographs taken that same day by Emilio Subia.

Jonathan Lyon–Plot Summary for a Biopic of God: A story about a boy who one day turns into a mosquito, and then, through a cycle of unbearable resurrection, discovers he is being prepared for much crueller destiny …

Alicia Gladston–Even Night herself is here: The complex text provides fragmented notes of the background about her metallic arrangement, which explores the theme of hermeticism inspired by the Rosicrucian gardens of Bohemian royals.

Bastian Kussin–The Beatus Manuscripts. A Cult Classic of Doomsday Art: The writer takes a closer look at the medieval Beatus Manuscripts. This group of works contains numerous illustrations based on Beatus of Liébanas Commentary on the Apocalypse, in which the 8th-century monk warns his contemporaries about the imminent Satanic dangers described in the biblical Book of Revelations. In their unique art style, reflecting the religious and cultural diversity of medieval Spain, the Beatus Manuscripts present a mesmerizing array of colorful beasts, demons, angels and saints fighting out the apocalyptic battle between Good and Evil.

Ringo Lukas–Make-Believe and Mass Possessions: Writer, researcher and artist Ringo Lukas provides an essay exploring the lives of narratives beyond the reach of human interference. As the text drags us deeper into the abyssal lair of unbound, demonic narratives, his drawings, and sculptures deliver glimpses of yet another world.

Contributors are: 011668, Apex, Áron Lőrincz, Adam Varab, Adrienne Kammerer, Alicia Gladston, Bastian Kussin, Beatus of Liébana, Ben Sang, Calissa Teiniker, Charles Spano, Chiu Laozhi, Claire Barrow, Christian Fjorks Thomsen, Elliot Fry, Emma Dudlyke, Emilio Subia, Eneas Bohatsch, Fitnesss, Gaspard Hers, Gaëlle Botta, Gia Söder, Hooz, Harrison Sayed, Ilana Blumberg, Jean-Baptiste Normand, Johannes Farfsing, Johannes Seluga, Jonas M. Mölzer, Jonathan Lyon, Juraj Cernak, Karl-William Klenk, Kasia Postaremczak, Katya Zhitkovskaya, Kay Yoon, Nassim L’Ghoul, Riccardo D’avola-Corte, Richard Müller, Ringo Lukas, Ruby Gaskell, Sal Salandra, Tony Cox, Ulli, Varias, Vincent Georgios Courtpozanis, Wang Zi Won, Willi Jeschar, William Potrykus, and Xavier Dartayre

Synchron Magazine Issue One

Publisher: Dyer Press
Editor: Lea Kloepel
Copy Editor: Harry Wick
Creative Direction: Lea Kloepel
Curation: Johannes Farfsing
Art Direction: Daniel Bornmann
Release: February 2022
Bookbinding: Swiss brochure with open stitch binding
Printing: Offset
Language: English
Price: € 20.–
ISSN: 2701-4630
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Text: Lea Kloepel

Re: Re:

Re: Re: is a project in which the two graphic designers Yunus Ak and Umut Altıntaş send each other letters using their typographic vocabulary, text, word, and writing that becomes completely abstract, marked, complicated, simplified, and meaningless.

The letters sometimes refer to certain reference points in the world of art or design. These references can be deciphered for those who know this world well or they can find new meanings in their own way for those who are not familiar with this universe. This act of correspondence opens to endless possibilities of meaning. The dialog can seem more obvious when read in chronological order as in the book, but at the same time, countless different pairings can be made.

The project consists of letters between Yunus Ak and Umut Altıntaş. These 206 letters, in which different ways of correspondence are sought and turned into a typographic dialog between two designers, come together in the book carefully printed by Ofset Yapımevi.

Re: Re:

Publisher: Yunus Ak and Umut Altıntaş
Release: 2021
Printing: Ofset Yapımevi
Papers: UPM Sol Plus 90 gm Munken Lynx 200 gm
Language: English
Volume: 416 p.
Format: 16.5 × 23.5 cm

Growing Poster

Poster for the works exhibited by graduate students of graphic design, who studied under Koichi Sato of Tama Art University. Research works along with works made after developing as a graphic designer were exhibited. A spring being a flexible object, was used in typography to represent the diversity and flexibility of graphic expressions.

Our font that you and I made together, ‘Tiqui-Taca ’

We envision fonts as more than just tools for reading and writing. We are changing the definition of fonts into ‘digital communication media in the new normal era where anyone can create and use their own to create new communication’. For us, what was more important than simply making a readable font was to capture the value and personality of the user in the font.
So, in the fall of 2021, I took part in the youth artist training project conducted by Korean Disability Arts & Culture Center, and made a departure from the existing fonts. Together with young disabled artists, we designed our own letters from each point of view, and made the designed letters into a font file to promote digital

RSTR Type

This is an ongoing project that explores how rasterization, dithering, and overlays affect the shapes and counterforms of type and written words, and how those features create a visible mechanical pattern across all permutations that help create new alphabets, letters and symbols.

alphaomat

This typeface is designed to not be read. It is designed to have fun with the shapes of the letters. You can see letters but you can also puzzle them together to get special new forms and shapes. The letters are designed in a 5×8 grid so that they fit to each other. Have fun with creating something out of this typeface.

Tomaga

Poster for the concert by instrumental duo Tomaga (England / Italy), featuring pieces inspired by minimalist and industrial music, free improvisation and krautrock. The textual information is set in a giant monospaced typography mixed with a circular black and white pattern, altering the original letters shapes. The same information appears minutely positioned at intervals proportional to the circles of the halftone.
Client: Alavanca
Year: 2019

Glyph to Font

The main goal of this project was generation of a whole font from a single glyph. Enabling the type designer to get an approximate idea how the final font would look like. This was a test to study the behavior of AI in transforming letters. More than 3000 fonts were used for the machine learning process. In only 24 hours, the whole system based on CycleGAN (Generative Adversarial Network) was able to trace and transfer style between glyphs.