Visual identity of annual exhibition T 9-2-7: Unity in diversity in Prague’s Trafo Gallery. Selection of 51 artists associated with the institution for last 15 years. The core of visual identity contained assignment for the selected artists in colaboration with graphic designer of catalogue: “Create letter T in your visual language”
TRK Typeface
Bespoke typeface made for fashion designer Tereza Rosalie Kladosova visual identity
Deviant
Deviant series is posters for regular club night in Ankali club in Prague. Each poster contains bespoke typography or lettering connected with the style of selected musicians or djs from the line up. All printed matter are printed via Riso print machine and then scanned and used for digital space.
Winners Released: Best Book Design From All Over the World 2022
Unique of its kind, the annual book design competition Best Book Design from all over the World has been held in Leipzig since 1963.
As recently as last year, Covid made a big impact in the international competition Best Book Design from all over the World: The books could be physically examined by the jury, but the discussion and the final joint decision on the awardees could only be made online. While Leipzig Bookfair had to be cancelled for the third time due to the pandemic, this time everything was in favor of a return to normal processes concerning the international competition organized by Stiftung Buchkunst (German foundation for book design), at least to a certain extent. At the beginning of February 2022, five jurors met at German National Library in Leipzig to critically assess books from almost 30 countries.
This year one can get an acoustic impression of the jury session in a special episode of their podcast.
Unfortunately, caused by pandemic-related work stoppages in the logistics centers, this season the nationally awarded books from Liechtenstein, Russia, and Switzerland did not arrive on time to be examined by the jury and could not be included in this year’s competition. A list of all submitted titles will be found in the index of the upcoming publication.
Katharina Hesse, managing director of Stiftung Buchkunst: “We are back at German National Library Leipzig, as always for the jury panel of the international competition. This time, however, the panel takes place in a different room, which is almost like a dance hall. So, the five jurors are able to keep a lot of distance. Finally, we could have them here with us; unfortunately, one had to cancel at short notice, but we found a great replacement. And we are even more pleased that so many countries, nine in number, are represented in the selection of awarded books.”
As the highest mention, the jury awards the Goldene Letter; in addition, one Gold Medal, two Silver Medals, five Bronze Medals, and five Honorary Appreciations. The awards are non-monetary and are intended to stimulate greater international dialogue in the book design scene. The institutions taking part have distinguished books in national design competitions. Only titles are accepted that have already been awarded prize in their home country or have been recommended by a body of experts.
This year, the great publication On the Necessity of Gardening. An ABC of Art, Botany and Cultivation from The Netherlands could win the highest prize, the GOLDENE LETTER. The book was designed by Bart de Baets.
The jury comments: “Gardening is designing nature, organizing the wild—bringing structure to chaos. The design of this contemporary garden-encyclopedia reflects that in an extraordinary, superb way. The layout of the text boxes is reminiscent of well-organized and productive plant beds. This book is full of energy. The viewer dives in, every page is different, but you never get lost, even if it seems you could. Thousands of things to discover, to read, to enjoy. One continues to stroll around. Virtuous typesetting, organized chaos, a super characteristic cover, great printing, binding, finishing—just a few comments that explain the fascination for this work and the award of the Goldene Letter.”
In addition to the highest award, the Goldene Letter, another 13 books from Austria, China, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, and Ukraine were awarded.
The publication Best Book Design from all over the World 2022, designed by Frankfurt based design studio Bureau Mitte, will be published soon. The award-winning books of 2022 will be on display for the first time at the Independent Publishing Fair It’s a book in Leipzig on March, 19th, 2022.
It’s a book
It’s a book is the annual gathering of producers in the field of independent publishing in Leipzig and sees itself as a marketplace for books and an exchange point for ideas and debates. For the ninth time in a row, it will be conceived, organized, and artistically designed by students at the HGB Leipzig.
After the fair was transferred to the digital space last year, the Independent Publishing Fair will once again take place on site at the HGB. And because there is no going back, It’s a book is going online again this year with the digital marketplace and the live-streamed symposium on a revamped website. Everyone is cordially invited!
It’s a book is a project by students of the HGB Leipzig, the Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig, and the Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle, as well as other interested parties, accompanied by Prof. Markus Dreßen, Albrecht Gäbel, and Dr. Sabine Schmid. The team consists of Felix Brenner, Marika Fleischhauer, Emil Kowalczyk, Sohyeon Lee, Alexey Malygin, Merle Petsch, Andreas Satzinger, and David Wahrenburg. Without the kind support by the Support Office of the HGB Leipzig and DZA Druckerei zu Altenburghall this project couldn’t be realized!
It’s a book
When?
March 19th, 2022
12 p.m. to 9 p.m.: Fair
12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Symposium à Programm
Full program here
Where?
Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig
Wächterstraße 11
04107 Leipzig
& online
Support “American Bauhaus” on Kickstarter
We are very proud to announce the launch of a new crowdfounding campaign today: Support American Bauhaus on Kickstarter to pre finance the project and its production. This important publication creates a space for the lore of the birth of Black Mountain College, which provided a new creative home for many refugees from WWII in Europe from 1933–1957, allowing Bauhaus to live on in the US. A place of freedom and creativity, as we wish it. Let this publication take you into this world and inspire you to make our earth a colorful place.
In 1992, the Partner and Creative Director at studio1500 Erik Schmitt attended the reunion of Black Mountain College in San Francisco. The school is credited with shaping some of the greatest artists in American history: Willem de Kooning, John Cage, Merce Cunningham, Buckminster Fuller, Franz Kline, and Robert Rauschenberg among them. Schmitt was invited because his two aunts and their family friend Ruth Asawa attended BMC. He took extensive notes that day and took photographs at the cocktail party after the event at Ruth Asawa’s home. Those quotes and photographs are the foundation of the book American Bauhaus.
Each quote has a page devoted to it. The quote is presented in its entirety along with the time it was uttered. A fragment of the quote is also reproduced at a large scale bleeding off the edge of the page and traveling onto the following spread. In essence, it is an evocation of the interplay of the conversation that took place on that day. The name of the book, American Bauhaus was inspired by a quote Erik Schmitt recorded on the day of the reunion by Peter Oberlander who remembered Joseph Albers saying: “Black Mountain is a minimal version of the Bauhaus … Go there.”
American Bauhaus
Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Content and Design: Erik Schmitt
Format: 17.78 × 25.4 cm
Volume: 112 pages
Language: English
Cover paper: Meta Paper EcoFibres Jute, 300 g/sm
Inside paper: Meta Paper EXTRAROUGH Warm White 105 g/sm
Printing: Black and white silkscreen printing on the cover. Spot color in the inside
Bookbinding: Open stitch binding, black thread
Printer: Stober
ISBN: 978-3-948440-38-1
Price: € 29.– / $ 35.–
Strolling
Strolling is a poster series on the odds of regular walks through the “Triester” area in Graz (Austria) during the first lockdown. The idea was to imitate the routes walked with type on photos of the passed places.
This is your actual Typeface
yourtypeface.com is a variable typeface experiment that enables you to design a typeface from the proportions and forced emotion of your face. Look surprised or uptight, yawn or smile, and let your face design your own typeface.
By combining the variable font technology with face recognition we created a surprisingly fun tool that appeals to everybody. The very personal interaction with the typeface encourage you to make face gym and push your yawn to extremes. It’s fun and it might even keep you fit and young…
Your typeface can be designed, tested and downloaded on yourtypeface.com and used freely for any project you like.
Popcorner
During my second semester at Angewandte I participated in a type-design class and this is what came out!
The display typeface only has uppercase letters yet still has a total of 57 characters. Therefore, almost every letter has two variants to choose from. The typeface is inspired by corners that decided to be round
Call for Entries Yearbook of Type 2022/23
Here we go again: After the success of the first five editions, the Call for Entries for the Yearbook of Type 2022/23 stars again! The Yearbook of Type VI will be published in autumn 2022 and will follow the same design concept as the fifth edition. It presents a selection of contemporary typefaces from larger typeface publishers as well as smaller, independent typographers and foundries in the form of a clear, comprehensive compendium.
Each individual typeface in the Yearbook of Type is presented on one spread. The left side shows a visual with a detailed view of the type and an initial visual impression. We will take a close look at each typeface and its specifics and then develop a design that shows its character, language support, styles, weights, and widths, special glyphs, OpenType features, and possible application areas. On the right side more detailed background information about the designer and the foundry is provided as well as a list of the typeface’s different features.
The catalog is followed by an index of all the included typefaces arranged by category. Short texts provide information on individual type foundries and an essay section offers sketches, background knowledge, technical information, instructions and descriptions from the world of typography. Additionally, it offers an overview and a description of the technical supports of each typeface and, as a new component, includes a key with information about OpenType features.
On the Yearbook’s microsite, all typefaces that made it into the book will be presented on screen. Users will be able to directly select, try or buy the typefaces. The microsite simplifies the connection between print and web and helps with a quicker connection between users and Type Foundries.
The informative presentation of the typefaces—in the book as well as online—serves graphic designers and agencies as a source of inspiration and can be a big help with selecting the right typeface. As a catalog and reference work the Yearbook of Type is also of interest to all those who are interested in the contemporary world of typography and the latest in typeface design.
We are looking forward to another great edition with you!
Conditions for Participation
It is possible to submit several typefaces as well as custom fonts. Latin and non-Latin typefaces are most welcome! Every submitted typeface must have been published within the years 2019 to 2022. Typefaces can be submitted via our website until April 15th, 2022.
Are you an author in the field of typography? We also accept submissions for essays and advertorials by mail.
Please note that we reserve the right to reject submissions if they do not meet our quality standards (coherence within the glyphs, technical aspects, originality, extension, context, etc.). We want to ensure a constant quality of content. Therefore we check every application carefully and get back to you with personal feedback.
In order to participate in the project, there will be a production fee per submitted typeface, to cover the costs of the high quality production, as well as sending you one copy of the book.
In addition to the presentation in the book, we offer additional features on Instagram (114 K followers) with a booking.
Early Bird rate (EB) (+ VAT) available until April 1st, 2022
Regular rate (R) (+ VAT) available until April 15th, 2022
1 typeface: € 229.– (EB) / € 249.– (R)
2 typefaces: € 429.– (EB) / € 449.– (R)
3 typefaces: € 599.– (EB) / € 649.– (R)
4 typefaces: € 779.– (EB) / € 849.– (R)
5 typefaces: € 939.– (EB) / € 1,029.– (R)
6+ typefaces: 20% discount at a unit price of € 229.– (EB) / 20% discount at a unit price of € 249.– (R)
-25% Specials:
– additional booking of 1 Instagram story = € 75.– (instead of € 100.–)
– additional booking of 1 Instagram post = € 300.– (instead of € 400.–)
It is especially important to us to give a young generation of type designers access to participation. We therefore offer students (proof required) a 50% discount on the regular price. The quality of the submitted typefaces will be reviewed by a curational board of professional, independent type designers. This year we receive support from the team of Blaze Type again.
Get detailed information about the book, special rates for multiple typeface submission in combination with all Slanted online features, and our media reach from this PDF.
Call for Entries Yearbook of Type 2022/23
HOW TO reserve and book a space:
1. Get in contact with the number of typefaces to be submitted, your invoice details, and possibly questions.
1. Pay the submission fee.
2. Now your space is booked. We’ll get in touch with more information about the upload.
3. Upload the requested files and information until April 15th, 2022 (latest!) and you will be guided step-by-step through the process.
Tactital Type
A typeface made from 20 seconds of tactical cam footage from Germany vs Mexico, 2018. Letters follow player’s formations. Static font styles included: Unorganized, Defensive, Balanced, and Attacking.
Cyanotypes: Spectral Language Study
I maintain a cyanotype practice in which I construct images using a light-sensitive process and found materials (no computer involved). I enjoy the chance procedure inherent to cyanotypes as well as the challenge they pose to the presence/absence binary: each image is both a thing which *is* there and of a thing which *was* there. In this study, I use found letterforms to create a spectral illustration of abstract language.
Think more, design less
Alufolie
Using aluminium foil as tool to distort type & shapes.
Playground Font
Playground is inspired by the geometric grid of a drawing engraved in a building in Plaza San Miquel in Barcelona.
Playground is a game. It is based on 6 elements to be assembled to create letters and other fun shapes.
Playground Font
Playground is inspired by the geometric grid of a drawing engraved in a building in Plaza San Miquel in Barcelona.
Playground is a game. It is based on 6 elements to be assembled to create letters and other fun shapes.
TYPOEXPERIMENT2
I like to create names for my experimental projects and Morphium is one of them. The first thing the viewer sees is a sort of bitmap alien that is the embodiment of morphium itself. In the background is a sign that reads MORPHIUM LEADS TO DEATH OF THE VICTIM, which again is a made up authorial phrase. The colouring is a little more chaotic and complementary as it suited the subject matter very well.
The Alphabetum
The Alphabetum series combines digital, analog, and experimental strategies, which work with improvisational modes of visual inquiry. I use the camera as an exploratory tool to exercise my imagination and critically study a repertoire of found objects and materials. I explore typography through objects with transparent, reflective, and porous qualities, which act as agents to modulate and activate color, pattern, texture, light, shadow, and movement in front of the camera. During the process, I am struck by the ease with which typographic forms move in new realms of interpretative possibilities.
NOWHERE 0006
I publish an occasional zine called NOWHERE that collects examples of work from my practice. This latest issue is a hand-made tribute to the visual language of grassroots organizations and movements such as Mexico’s Zapatistas and the punk and hardcore scenes in the 80s and 90s in L.A.
The process for making this zine mirrors the earliest attempts and accidents I explored early in my career when designing flyers for a seminal DIY community space founded by my parents called Macondo Espacio Cultural. I used a list of material and methods in its production including dry-transfer lettering, a typewriter, old marking pens, toner, and a fax machine.
Petter
Petter is an open and experimental tool to generate simple and complex graphics made out of and based on patterns.
The fully vector-based in- and outputs, alongside the combinable effectors, animation features and type-integration, allow a huge variety of possibilities. Petter was and still is made in Processing and is open source.
Find more insights, patterns and the source code here:
https://www.lafkon.net/petter/
https://github.com/b3nson/petter/
Libre Graphics Meeting 2013
LAFKON received an invitation from Medialab-Prado to work on a campaign for the Libre Graphics Meeting 2013. Focus was to create a design that involves the different voices of people and communities connected to Libre Graphics and reflects at the same time questions and prejudices around the topic. The result was the combination of a global READ/WRITE interface and a generative local poster engine using the GNU/Linux commandline as interface to a diversity of libre (graphics) software.
More insights, all questions asked, all answers given and all posters generated:
http://freeze.sh/_/2013/lgm/
https://forkable.eu/generators/r+w/o/__/SEEME
https://forkable.eu/generators/r+w/Q&A
Ok.No!So?
A funny expression of uncertainty in decision making while traveling with friends.
Savage
Fun Typography Experiment Project
THE MAKING OF
This year, the Executive Board and the active team of the tgm (Typografische Gesellschaft München) will once again present their ambitious training program, the motto of which is: THE MAKING OF—MAKE IT WORK! A professional mix of up-to-date expert lectures, seminars, and workshops, enriched by excursions, art, and related activities.
Around 1,000 members now belong to the tgm community. Guests also regularly come from neighboring EU countries. Cooperation with, among others, the Typographische Gesellschaft Austria (tga), with weissraum (Designforum Tirol) and Swiss Graphic Designer (sgd) enrich the successful work. All of them use and promote this specific industry platform between print and digital transformation, innovation and creation, business and culture.
With seven dates, the lecture series is once again the highlight of the program. Starting this year, it will be streamed live from Room X in the new Gasteig hp8 in Munich-Sendling, in addition to the press event. This hybrid concept, which has now proved its worth, will enable more interested parties to take part than before. In 2022, the extensive range of seminars and workshops will once again take participants into the practical world of type, typography, accessibility, photography, printing, social media, and consulting. Here, too, attendance in person or online participation is possible. All events can be booked via the website. The fair price performance ratio makes the participation or a membership additionally attractive.
In addition, since this year trainees and students have the opportunity to receive a scholarship for a seminar from the tgm program—completely for free. (Keyword: Seminar of your choice)
Typographische Gesellschaft München e.V.
In 1890, a group of typesetters and printers founded the Typographische Gesellschaft München e.V., or tgm for short. Today, it is one of Europe’s leading typography organizations in the media industry. The tgm sees itself as an interdisciplinary expert platform for the field between content and form, text and image, design and technology. Its programs promote dialog and equal discourse, identify relevant trends, and reflect the tgm’s leading role as a guardian of the quality of communication and type culture. As a joint venture of honorary members, the Typographische Gesellschaft München e.V. also represents the solidarity-based performance of their industry.
THE MAKING OF
When?
March, 22nd, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
April, 26th, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
June, 21st, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
July, 19th, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
October, 18th, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
December, 06th, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Where?
Typographische Gesellschaft München e.V.
Hirschgartenallee 25
80639 München