schaubau 2021

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schaubau 2021 is an international summer school which takes place in the heart of Dessau—the city of the Bauhaus. A design camp, which is targeted at all creative students, pupils, craftsmen and -women, and creators of value of all designing disciplines like design, architecture, fashion, and art. This year, the schaubau Summer School of Design is dedicated to the future. And in this context, completely in line with this year’s motto weigh, choose, and dare. “Change means opportunity. It’s all in there, you just have to decide what to take out of it. The future belongs to those who find solutions where others only formulate problems.”

For one week, participants weigh, re-select, and venture forth. They explore and design graphic and typographic commentary to creatively formulate future perspectives and political possibility spaces. Using the environmentally friendly instant screen-printing process MiScreen, the designed results are put on paper, walls, and truck tarps and become visible in the urban space of Dessau. In addition to designing and creating, a culturally program ensures a varied, sunny workshop week. So don’t forget your swimming gear.

schaubau 2021

What?
A sunny screen printing workshop week in Dessau, organized by BüroHallo and Drucken3000

When?
August 15th to 21st, 2021

Where?
VorOrt e.V.

All information about the schaubau Summer School of Design Dessau can be found here

100 Beste Plakate 20 Catalog

Posted on by Nina Steimel

For the 20th jubilee of 100 Beste Plakate e.V., we are delighted to present the 100 Beste Plakate 20 Catalog (100 best posters of 2020), which is now available at our Slanted Shop!

For twenty years the association 100 Beste Plakate e.V. has been spotlighting the most groundbreaking poster designs from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. In its anniversary year, the group and its members are facing existential questions, just like graphic designers all over the world. The coronavirus has laid waste not only to people’s lives but to cultural life as well. In our day and age, museums are closed while people are still allowed to shop at DIY stores; they can get a haircut, but theaters remain off-limits. The place of culture in society is shifting, which most often means it is becoming less relevant. But what is society without culture?

Some of the posters included in this book were made for events that never happened, for billboards that remained empty, for an audience that wasn’t there.

These upheavals have had an impact not only on the selection of the 100 best posters of 2020, but also on current trends in the graphic arts. Last year, as the authorities imposed restrictions, or in some cases even outright bans, on interpersonal communication, the desire for visual communication and design seemed to grow by the same measure. This book and the posters presented in it can be regarded as a physical testimony to the time and space that was lost in 2020.

100 Beste Plakate 20 Catalog

Publisher: Verlag Kettler
Format in cm (w × h): 24 × 17 cm
Volume: 376 pages
Language: German, English
Bookbinding: Softcover
ISBN: 978-3-86206-913-2
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The photo series has been specially developed in collaboration between the book designers Christof Nardin and Michael Simic and freelance photographer Niko Havranek.

Rundgang Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design 2021

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Once a year the approximately 900 students of Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design (ABK Stuttgart) present their most recent projects and assignments during the Rundgang Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design 2021 which is taking place from July 23rd to 25th in a hybrid format. The official opening of the Rundgang is taking place on Friday, July 23rd at 6 p.m. on the online platform.

The current student’s works from the departments of Architecture, Design, Arts/Art Education, and Conservation—Art History will be seen in all their facets on the interactive website www.abk.live. Performances and DJ sets, award ceremonies and Rundgang highlights nominated by distinguished representatives of the culture and art scene are part of the digital live program that will complete the large virtual exhibition of a diverse range of creative practices.

In addition to this, residents of the Stuttgart area can explore further select locations such as the Württembergische Kunstverein which will host student projects and make up the decentralized part of the Rundgang. As the doors of the Campus Weißenhof must again remain closed due to the current situation, these satellites in the urban space thus replace, at least to some extent, the traditional student exhibition in the studios and classrooms.

The annual Rundgang is the high point of the year, for students as well as for professors and members of staff, who all cooperate towards achieving a unique and multidimensional exhibition for the visitors. This year, the Rundgang is focused on digital content, more accessible than ever before and addressing a wider audience. Visitors from all over the world are invited to tune in and experience experience which great variety this art academy has to offer.

Rundgang Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design 2021

When?
July 23rd to 25th, 2021

Where?
Online
and at the Württembergische Kunstverein
Schlossplatz 2
70173 Stuttgart
Germany

Find further information here

Miss Clara Hotel

Posted on by Nina Steimel

It’s hard to believe that it’s already been three weeks since our editorial trip to Stockholm to take a look at the city’s creative scene. We were happy that after an exciting but also exhausting day we were able to relax in the small and stylish design hotel Miss Clara. The small boutique hotel belongs to the Nobis hotel group and is situated in an Art Nouveau building that was an all-girl school for nearly 40 years.

World famous architect Gert Wingårdh has managed to unite a warm feeling of modern day exclusivity together with outstanding functionality. This is all the more impressive of a feat given how he has been able to simultaneously keep many of the original details (the amazing stone floors for example) and features of the building, thus managing to celebrate its historic past.

No wonder the hotel is a member of Design Hotels, a community that reflects the vision of independent hoteliers with a passion for culturally-rooted hospitality and cutting-edge design and architecture.

Miss Clara describes this beautifully in her own words: “We’ve always felt that the number one thing of a fabulous hotel experience is the actual presence of an experience—you know that feeling when the front desk staff knows your name without consulting their computer, or when the bartender asks how you’re doing, not because she is trying to be polite but because she actually cares.”

And perhaps it is precisely these details, the fantastic a la carte breakfast, the fragrant care products from Byredo that make the stay so unforgettable …

Thanks for having us!
More information can be found here.

Oktoberfest 1984–2019

Posted on by Nina Steimel

We are pleased to announce that the Photo book Oktoberfest 1984–2019 by Volker Derlath can now be pre-ordered at our Slanted Shop!

For 35 years, Munich photographer Volker Derlath has hardly missed a “Wiesn” day. With his camera, right in the middle of the action, he is capturing intimate moments, touching scenes, moments full of violence and comedy. The “folk festival of all folk festivals” reminds him, with its incomparable coarseness of folk amusements, of the Middle Ages, he says. The “Wiesn” is a kind of utopia where visitors can live out what has long since been domesticated in their everyday lives and swept under the rug of civilization.

The Munich Oktoberfest, also known as the “Wiesn,” is considered the largest folk festival in the world: two exhilarating weeks with beer, chicken, rides, and partying people from all over the world. But like last year, this year’s festival has been canceled due to a pandemic. Sad news for the worldwide fan community. With the book Oktoberfest we would like to remember a time when people could still unconditionally drink, flirt, and celebrate together.

Oktoberfest 1984–2019

Photographer: Volker Derlath
Editor: Melville Brand Design
Design: Lars Harmsen, Florian Brugger
Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Release date: September 2021
Format: 210 × 280 mm
Volume: 208 pages
Language: German + English
Binding: Stitched Binding
Cover: Refined book cover
ISBN: 978-3-948440-28-2
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Werksatz

Posted on by Nina Steimel

Inspired by early grotesque typefaces such as Akzidenz Grotesk and Venus, Werksatz – By Identity Letters is a contemporary interpretation of this beloved genre.

Some things are timeless. These are the things that only get better with use. The aforementioned typefaces certainly belong into this category. Rediscovered by designers from every generation again and again, they are here to stay. However, as tools evolve and technology moves on, even a well-tried design has to adapt to this evolution continuously in order to stand the test of time. Werksatz is such an adaptation, taking the best from the invincible classics and infusing them with the warm blood of today’s tech.

With ten weights from Thin to Black, each with painstakingly fine-tuned obliques, and more than 940 characters per style, this font family is ready for the future. Its Extended Latin support ensures you won’t miss a letter in any of hundreds of languages. Special glyphs like three variations of arrows and additional shapes will make your design work so much easier—for well-structured forms as well as radical editorial layouts.

Among a treasure trove of OpenType features, you’ll find essentials such as Capital Spacing, Case-Sensitive Forms, and Ligatures, but also advanced functions like Small Caps, Subscript and Inferior figures and letters, plenty figure sets (Lining Figures, Tabular Figures, Old-Style Figures, circled and squared figures, figures for small caps … you get the idea), Slashed Zero, and more.

You’ll discover that Werksatz is less formalistic and rigid than other neogrotesk typefaces. Sure, you can use it for serious business—whether in corporate design, branding, editorial design, publication design, or web design for industries and topics ranging from politics, government, management, or law to technology, entrepreneurship, commerce, or finance. However, Werksatz is much more versatile than that. Its more human appearance also allows for effective use in culture, fashion, art, entertainment, sports, exhibitions, leisure, and luxury. It’s an excellent choice for wayfinding applications, apps, packaging, and all kinds of nonfiction books.

“Other Grotesks with big names are left behind outdated by their proprietors, but Werksatz is here to stay. The classic industrial warmth of these letterforms will age like fine wine.” — Identity Letters

Werksatz

Foundry: Identity Letters
Designer: Moritz Kleinsorge 
Release: April 2021
Styles and Weights: 20 Styles, Ten Weights, Roman and Italic
Price Single Style: € 40.–
Price Full Family: € 255.–
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Typographic Architectures

Posted on by Nina Steimel

We are delighted to announce that the publication Typographic Architectures — By Éditions B42 is now available at Slanted Shop! Immerse yourself in the world of Wim Crouwel, whose influence extends far beyond the borders of the Netherlands.

As a major figure in contemporary European graphic design, Wim Crouwel (1928–2019) has widely influenced the history of the discipline through his extensive practice of design, applied both to the cultural and commercial field. Over the course of his career, he has carried out simultaneously works in the range of typographic creation, visual identities, posters, book design, or scenography.

In the 1950s and for decades, Wim Crouwel, whose influence extends beyond borders of the Netherlands to a large extent, has managed to develop an approach to graphic design combining modernist heritage with pop fantasy. Through two texts written by Catherine de Smet and Emmanuel Berard, and one by Wim Crouwel himself, this book testifies the diversity of his work and analyzes his wide range of production in diverse fields such as visual identities, publishing, or poster creation.

Abundantly illustrated, the book Typographic Architectures focuses on the layout of the catalogs made for museums such as the Stedelijk Museum of Amsterdam, as well as on the genesis and presentation of The New Alphabet, created between 1964 and 1967.

Typographic Architectures

Publisher: Éditions B42
Authors: Wim Crouwel, Catherine de Smet, Emmanuel Berard
Design: Experimental Jetset
Volume: 104 pages
Format: 16 × 22 cm
Languages: English, French
Release: June 2021
ISBN: 9782490077472
Price: € 20.–

Find further information here

Vrij Beton

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The intruiging Vrij Beton — Collective Ownership in Amsterdam campaign from Amsterdam Alternative (AA) is now online and on the streets:

Together with design agency 310k and the financial support of Stichting DOEN Amsterdam Alternative (AA) has just launched a campaign to promote the Vrij Beton (Engl.: Free Concrete) project. A project that aims to liberate real estate from the market and turn it into collective property. To offer permanent spaces for “experiments and projects that do not fit the commercial world as they aren’t profit driven.” Combing living, working, education, and public functions under a single roof. Spaces where “art and culture are not necessarily the main focus, but social, political and social activities have a place too.”

“Vrij Beton borrows from projects that emerged from the squatter scene. However, it is important to recognize that our initiative is not simply a replacement for what is not officially allowed anymore. The past was beautiful, but the world and the law have changed. We have to accept that, change is inevitable and not negative per se. Vrij Beton is a new energy, a movement that everyone can join. Together, we take action for new free spaces in the city.” — Amsterdam Alternative

Amsterdam Alternative is a collective project, an association built on the strength, energy, and dedication of its members. An organization like AA cannot exist without people who want to help, think along and/or provide financial support. AA is an association with a horizontal organizational structure. They think it is important that people who join AA can take part in the collective thought and decision making process. That’s exactly where the strength of collectivity lies. By being a member you get the opportunity to cast your vote, both at meetings and via the online voting system.

Vrij Beton — Collective Ownership in Amsterdam

Concept, Editing, and Design: 310k
Photography: Leon Hendrickx
Video: Copyride
Color grading: Gary Grade
Sound: Peter Rutten
Voice over: Lilan Hak
Photography and Set Design: Framer Framed
Watch their promo video, read more, donate or become a member

The campaign has been created by friends and supporters of Amsterdam Alternative and the Vrij Beton project.

Momentum

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We would like to introduce you to Momentum – Die Zeitkapsel für Design in der Krise (Engl.: Momentum—the time capsule for design in the crisis) published by master’s students at the HTWG Konstanz:

What kind of working life awaits us “after Corona?” Many people are rather anxious about the future. 21 design master’s students at the HTWG Konstanz wanted to know more and interviewed renowned designers, researched, and created a print and an online magazine that can be downloaded for free.

Momentum – Die Zeitkapsel für Design in der Krise is a 200-page snapshot that offers entertaining elements alongside serious forecasts and professional discourse. Infographics, self-tests and entertaining knowledge from twelve previously unthinkable months always lighten up the young designers’ magazine, as do the bright red, good-humored illustrations that make Momentum – Die Zeitkapsel für Design in der Krise a well-designed print product.

But how are established colleagues doing in the professional world? The students spoke with designers in Germany and abroad, such as Qian Jiang, who works as an industrial design consultant in Stockholm, Dr Andrea Augsten, who works at the German Society for International Cooperation, the creative director Christian Haas, or Dirk Wachowiak, Cihan Tamti, Boris Kochan, and many more. Their professor in the master’s seminar “Design and Strategy,” is Jochen Rädeker, who is co-owner of a leading German design agency, was also among the 20 interview partners.

The result is a multi-voiced picture. And the answers, as Sophia Hummler reports, were more positive than anticipated. Many of the interviewees saw the Corona crisis as a sort of catalyst for digitalization that helped to further advance developments that had already begun. Many were also excited about the new possibilities that occur and the fact that digital collaboration is a given. Five theses provide insights and outlooks into the working world as designers. “Creative consultation is the design of the future” is one of them, which sums up where the trend seems to be heading at the moment. Because in a world where computers can create logos, edit images, and typeset texts faster than people, it is because of digital development that humanity matters: only people can be creative and empathetic. And only people enjoy the fun facts, the well-designed infographics and the humorous lists that lighten up the magazine. The students laughingly report that they were inspired by Bravo, a well-known German teen magazine; there are hots-and-nots, a camera-turned-off-list, a self-test “Which Corona type are you?” and a photo spread in black and white that illustrates the current state of the times with snapshots of empty seats and closed borders.

All interviews can be found as transcripts in the appendix of the online magazine. And for those who prefer analogue: the printing company Eberl&Koesel has sponsored a limited print edition. So the magazine can not only point to the future but also be a reminder of special moments in a time long after Corona. Just like any good snapshot would do.

Momentum – Die Zeitkapsel für Design in der Krise

Publishers: HTWG Konstanz (Department of Architecture and Design) and Prof Jochen Rädeker
Authors, Designers, Editors, and Marketing: Felicitas Baaske, Nicole Friedl, Jan Vogel, Felix Eisele, Tamara Geißer, Leonie Hoffmann, Rebecca Krähmer, Sarah Bastigkeit, Carlotta Ellegast, Sophia Hummler, Julia Neufend, Natalie Götz, Marcel Riedel, Robert Straubmüller, Louise Krank, Laureen Reck, Jialu Hu, Felix Lohwasser, Katharina Schönberger, Franziska Weber, and Alexander Vaccaro
Release: March 2021
Volume: 203 pages (online version)
Format: 21 cm × 29.7
Language: German
Production and Finishing: Sponsored by Eberl&Koesel (also online version on the website)
Download your copy here

Graduation Show 2021: 30DEGREES

Posted on by Nina Steimel

The Bachelor and Master graduates show their work at the Graduation Show 2021: 30DEGREES — At the Merz Akademie. The Akademie is happy to welcome you to the parcours of the Summer Semester back to the Kulturpark Berg on Saturday, July 17th, 2021.

30DEGREES: The graduates will present their work in the fields of Film, and Video, New Media, Visual Communication and—for the first time—Crossmedia Publishing. Their projects deal artistically and critically with topics such as gender ideologies, ideals of beauty, and pornography as well as the influence of online media, and algorithms. The exhibition will feature documentary, fictional, and interactive films, photographs, video essays, 3D worlds, installations, publications, and much more.

The exhibition of graduates is also aimed at students as well as their parents who would like to take the opportunity to get to know the Merz Akademie; individual student consultations are available.

One week later, on July 23rd, 2021, starting at 5 p.m., the digital version of the graduation exhibition 30DEGREES will begin. In addition to the Bachelor and Master projects, there will then also be a digital showcase of current projects from all areas of study, which have now been created in what is now the third online semester.

A bit of euphoria certainly resonates after such a long time, but of course we will design the exhibition on the Merz Akademie Campus according to the current incidence situation and only open with an adapted hygiene concept.

Graduation Show 2021: 30DEGREES — At the Merz Akademie

When?
The live Graduation show will be open on Saturday, July 17th, 2021
The digital version of the graduation show will start on July 23rd, 2021, at 5 p.m. 

Where?
Merz Akademie Campus
Kulturpark Berg
Parkstraße 14
70190 Stuttgart
Germany

[kɔn] Paper No. 7: HAUT

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[kɔn] is an up-and-coming magazine for literature and culture. Each issue brings together essayistic, literary, and journalistic texts around a single keyword. Therefore we are pleased to present you [kɔn] Paper No. 7: HAUT — The Skin Issue:

[kɔn] notations, [kɔn] texts and [kɔn] troversies of the issue are investigated—while the format explores the intersections and boundaries of text and design, content, and form: how poetic can academic and journalistic texts be, how journalistic might poetry be when published in a newspaper? Which new modes of reading can be established when essay, poem and column meet?

[kɔn] Paper No. 7 is all about skin. In articles, interviews, poems, essays, and short stories skin oscillates between discourses and is opened, in- and described, dissolved, pierced, mended, and interpreted. Changing shape from protective border to profane workshop material, from intimate contact surface to projection screen—and always a great read.

The seventh issue not only celebrates the many layers of skin within the texts—a lot has changed on the outside too: thanks to a new illustration concept, the convenient magazine format, degradable colors, and recycling paper the new [kɔn] shines in a fancy finish and environmentally-friendly look.

[kɔn] Paper No. 7: HAUT — The Skin Issue

Editors: Felix Lindner, Magda Hirschberger, Pia Lobodzinski, Henrike Reintjes, Adela
Sophia Sabban, and Fabian Widerna
Concept and Design: Julia Hell
Illustration: Carmen Reina
Release: October 2020
Volume: 48 pages
Language: German and English
Price: 4.70 Euro

Available online and in selected bookshops in Munich and Berlin

 

Claymore

Posted on by Nina Steimel

The English Typographer Jeremy Tankard just published his typeface Claymore on June 21st, 2021. The typeface is a subtly modulated sans serif with an equally subtle hint of Gothic inspiration. Its striking image performs exceptionally well across the family’s range of weights. The many details have been crafted to deliver an engaging and clear image in text, with a strong individual personality when used at display sizes. 

Claymore takes inspiration from the shaping and playfulness of medieval letters. During the eleventh to twelfth centuries the classical Roman letter was radically experimented with, this eventually resulted in a new style of capital letter, the round Gothic, often referred to as Lombardic. We strongly associate these letters with the Middle Ages, an association that is perhaps enforced as a result of their popularity through the Gothic Revival and Arts & Crafts movements. One of the most striking features of the Lombardic capital are the serifs, which extend so much that they join together and close the letter shape. Claymore reinterprets the idea of an extended serif as an additional stroke; forming one of the core features of the typeface. These additional strokes are applied to capital C, E, F, G, L, T, Z, and lowercase a, c, and r. Another core idea was to give some of the italic capitals their own shape. This is hinted at in the Lombardic letter which shows a flowing movement to its structure. In many typefaces the italic capitals are simply sloped versions of the roman ones. To give Claymore’s italic caps a little more individuality, a branching arch is used; in much the same way as seen in the lowercase, where an arch springs from a stem. This detail is found on B, D, E, F, P, R, and the effect it achieves is mirrored in the curved bases of E, and L. The result creates visually engaging word shapes and textures as well as an immensely readable text face.

The Claymore specimen is a little different to some of our previous ones; it’s split between showing the individual fonts and presenting a short text, titled Principles of Type. This comprises a collection of thoughts gathered over several years, and offered as a possible approach to the design thinking of a typeface. As a physical item, the specimen uses different paper stocks, color and sizes to engage the reader. The three colors were chosen to not only bounce off each other, but to also make suitable additional colors when overprinted. Illuminated manuscripts and stained glass provided the inspiration for the color pages, and the visual patterning of figured verse  and calligrams for the text which appears on translucent paper. In contrast to this, Principles of Type is set cleanly on grey stock and inserted as a booklet in the centre. Printed in three specials plus black by KMS Litho Ltd on various uncoated stocks supplied by Fenner Paper. The specimen has been designed to allow a degree of randomness in its assembly, making the final item more individual and unique.

Jeremy Tankard established his type foundry in 1998 after working in corporate design for several years. His typefaces have gained a reputation for their originality and quality. In addition to his own foundry, Tankard has produced designs for Microsoft and Adobe as well as many bespoke corporate designs. Information about the design stories behind each of them, together with commissioned work, can be seen at StudioType.com

Claymore — By Jeremy Tankard

Foundry: Jeremy Tankard Typography Ltd
Designer: Jeremy Tankard
Styles and Weights (16 fonts; 8 roman and 8 italic): Claymore Hair, Claymore ExtraLight, Claymore Light, Claymore Regular, Claymore Medium, Claymore Bold, Claymore ExtraBold, Claymore Black, Claymore Hair Italic, Claymore ExtraLight Italic, Claymore Light Italic, Claymore Italic, Claymore Medium Italic, Claymore Bold Italic, Claymore ExtraBold Italic, Claymore Black Italic
Volume Specimen: 28 pages
Format Specimen: 15.2 × 23 cm
Price Single Style: £ 40.– GBP
Price Full Family: £ 640.– GBP

The specimen is free, but postage will be applied at checkout
More detailed information about the design of Claymore can be read at StudioType.com.
The Claymore fonts can be viewed, tested and licensed here and also be seen in use on the dedicated Explorer page here or on the Gallery page

We’re hiring: Employee (m/f/d) with focus on distribution

Posted on by Julia Kahl

To support our team, we are looking for a distribution employee (m/f/d) with very good German and English skills to start as soon as possible.

With you, we want to make our publications accessible to an even larger audience and develop contemporary strategies for implementing our corporate goals. This includes in particular the maintenance of the online store, expansion of the existing distribution network and the development of subscriptions. 

We are a small team and offer you a varied, extremely challenging job and insights into all areas of work of an independent publishing and media company with flat hierarchies. Personal responsibility is important to us in the following areas of activity: 

  • Cooperation with our shipping department as well as all other retail customers
  • Support of the online store as well as external vendors
  • Coordination of fulfillment
  • Order processing, logistics and warehousing
  • Accounting 
  • Inventory management and data maintenance
  • Subscription management
  • Acquisition of new trade partners
  • Development and implementation of marketing concepts
  • Preparation and support of congresses and book tables
  • Support in the editorial office

At best, you should already have some practical experience in sales and/or publishing, show above-average motivation, flexibility, passion, stress stability and a high willingness to perform, be self-confident, communicative, able to work in a team and interested in design, and demonstrate organizational skills and creativity. Furthermore, you should enjoy international communication. You show verve in dealing with the publishing team, customers and business partners. 

We require a university degree or a completed apprenticeship in the field of publishing, business or media as well as good IT skills (Mac; Office). As an internationally active company, you will also be able to express yourself confidently in German and English, both orally and in writing.

Start: as soon as possible
Duration: permanent
Working hours: full-time (40 h / week)
Location: Karlsruhe, GER

Please send your complete application documents (meaningful cover letter/justification, curriculum vitae, certificates, etc.) immediately by email to Ms. Julia Kahl, [email protected]. We will review them as soon as possible and get back to you.

We are looking forward to your application!

Slanted Publishers is an independent publishing and media house founded in 2014 by Lars Harmsen and Julia Kahl and operating internationally. We publish the award-winning print magazine Slanted, which focuses on international design and culture twice a year. Our publishing program focuses on contemporary design and culture, particularly graphic design, typography, illustration and photography, working closely with editors and authors to produce outstanding publications with meaningful content and high quality.
These publications can be found internationally in retail stores, museum shops and at airports and train stations, as well as in the company’s own online store, which also serves as a marketplace for other exceptional products from design talents and producers around the world.
On the online platform www.slanted.de with over 100,000 users monthly as well as the social media, news and events from the international design scene have been published daily for 17 years and inspiring portfolios from all over the world are presented to a constantly growing readership. Due to its specific focus and wide reach, Slanted is today one of the most influential design platforms worldwide.
Slanted Publishers has developed internationally into a multi-award-winning brand in the field of design. The publications are lively and inspiring—the philosophy of our publishing house cosmopolitan, tolerant and curious.

Please Come: Shameless/Limitless 

Posted on by Nina Steimel

Please Come: Shameless/Limitless Selected Posters & Texts 2008–2020 is a 536-page brick of a book. It charts the history of Shameless/Limitless, a Berlin promoter whose trajectory has paralleled (is responsible for?) the establishment of the most recent iteration of the city’s DIY music scene. Dive into unforgettable moments of the Berlin party series with this new publication!

The book includes:

— 219 posters for shows, parties and events spread across 40 Berlin venues made by 130 designers, notable and newcomers alike.
— 24 guest texts which celebrate and shed light on the ethos of the S/L spirit, from buds including musicians (Alex Cameron, Molly Nilsson, Sean Nicholas Savage, infinite bisous, Jane Penny of TOPS, Farao, Sam Vance-Law +++) designers (Aisha Franz, Tabitha Swanson, Jason Harvey and Natalia Portnoy to name a few), kindred spirits and more.
— Over 100 original event promo texts.
— Posters for first or early shows from now-established artists (Alex Cameron, Better Person, Erika de Casier, Fatima al Qadiri, Ultraflex +++) to memorable nights with artists passing through town (Metronomy, Crack Cloud, Project Pablo, Pender Street Steppers, Handsome Furs, Geneva Jacuzzi, Homeshake) to recurring shows and parties with heavy hitters (Molly Nilsson, Mac DeMarco, Win Butler of Arcade Fire, Kirin J Callinan, Sean Nicholas Savage, TOPS) and, of course, much more.
— An interview between frequent contributor Norman Palm & S/L founder Kevin Halpin. 

… and a couple more nice things, too. Immerse yourself in the unique aesthetics of the Berlin DIY-club scene!

Please Come: Shameless/Limitless—Selected Posters & Texts 2008–2020

Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Editor: Kevin Halpin
Design: Norman Palm, fertig design
Production: Zille Sophie Bostinius
Release: June 2021
Volume: 536 pages
Format: 17 × 24 × 3.2 cm
Language: English
Printing: 4-color offset, Pinguin Druck
ISBN: 978-3-948440-26-8
Price: € 42.–
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L’HOMO. Le Book

Posted on by Nina Steimel

We are pleased to inform you that L’HOMO. appears in book form: L’HOMO. Le Book.

High-profile and taboo-breaking. The sexy covers of Arie Boomsma, Tim Hofman, and Jan Versteegh, among others, have not escaped the attention of many. Every year L’HOMO.—from the makers of LINDA.—knew to generate an enormous amount of publicity for LGBT emancipation in the Netherlands. The acceptance of the LGBTI community—and anyone who does not agree with one of these letters—is very important to them. L’HOMO. Le Book, compiled by the editor-in-chief of L’HOMO. Iebele van der Meulen looks back on more than eleven years of love and looks forward to a more inclusive society where diversity is celebrated and everyone is visible. The publication contains the highlights of 12 issues of the groundbreaking magazine, as well as new content created for the book. Featured photographers include Marc de Groot, Robin de Puy, Alex, Jouk Oosterhof, Erwin Olaf, Dirk Kikstra, Philippe Vogelenzang, Ernst Coppejans, Wendelien Daan, Pieter Henket, and many more.

“In the 2010s the magazine grew into the gay medium in the Netherlands. At a time when LGBTI acceptance is increasingly under pressure, L’HOMO. Le Book is an important document that exudes eroticism, humor, and guts.”—MENDO

About L’HOMO.
L’HOMO. grew from a magazine exclusively for gays to an all-round brand for the entire LGBTI community. This book looks back with spectacular images and poignant stories and looks ahead with never before published photos and human interest stories. A book full of love and guts, where the sexyness splashes and where the acceptance and visibility of the entire LGBTI community is viewed with a critical eye. L’HOMO. Le Book was published on May 17th 2021, the international day against homophobia.

About Iebele van der Meulen
Iebele van der Meulen was creative director at LINDA. and editor-in-chief of several specials including L’HOMO. Last year he was involved in the creation of the latest title LINDA.loves.

About MENDO
MENDO is a publishing house and bookstore, born in 2002 out of an insatiable hunger for visual inspiration and aesthetics. MENDO creates and curates books, and connects cultures and gerations by sharing the love for print and imagery.

L’HOMO. Le Book

Publisher: MENDO/Kosmos publication
Compiler: Iebele van der Meulen
Release: May 17th 2021
Language: Dutch
Volume: 224 pages
Printing: Hardcover
Format: 17 × 24 × 2 cm
ISBN: 978-90-215794-1-2
Price: € 27.50
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Ardena Font Family

Posted on by Nina Steimel

We are pleased to introduce you to the well-rounded and extensive Ardena Font Family by Julien Fincker, that can be used for many purposes:

Ardena is a modern sans-serif typeface family. While neutral and clear at first glance, it can be characterized as both pleasant and confident due to its open, rounded forms and vertical terminals.

It can be used in both a restrained and expressive way. The thinner and thicker weights are particularly suitable for strong headlines, while the middle weights can be used for typographic challenges and body text. Completed with an extensive character collection, it becomes a real workhorse. A versatile allrounder that is up to all challenges—for Corporate Identity, Editorial, Branding, Orientation and Guidance systems and much more.

The Ardena family has a total of 20 styles, from Thin to Heavy with matching Italics. With over 1,064 characters, it covers over 200 Latin-based languages. It has an extended set of currency symbols and a whole range of Open Type Features. There are alternative characters as stylistic sets, small caps, automatic fractions—just to name a few. 

In particular, the extensive range of arrows and numbers should be highlighted, which are perfectly suited for use in orientation and guidance systems. Thanks to Open Type Features and an easy system, the various designs of arrows and numbers can also be simply “written” without first having to select them in a glyph palette. 

The principle is easily explained: If a number is placed in round or square brackets, it will automatically be displayed in an outlined circle or square. If you add a period to the number, it is displayed in a full circle or square. The same principle also applies to the arrows. The arrows themselves are combinations of greater/less symbols with the various slashes or hyphens.

About the Designer
Julien Fincker lives and works in Stuttgart, Germany. After graduating as a Communications and Graphic Designer, he worked for influential agencies and companies, such as Grafisches Atelier Stankowski + Duschek. Today he works as an Art Director at Sieber & Wolf Werbeagentur. Freelance and part-time, he also attaches great importance to multidisciplinary work—especially type design. 

Ardena Font Family — By Julien Fincker

Designer: Julien Fincker
Release: 2021
Styles and Weights: 20 Styles from Thin to Heavy with matching Italics
Price Single Style: € 26.99
Price Full Family: € 144.99
Ardena Medium is available for free
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Exercises for / in Exchange

Posted on by Henrike Uthe

Exercises for / in Exchange — Art University Cooperation is an experiment in communication between students of the Berlin University of the Arts and the weißensee academy of art and design: Since, due to the pandemic, studies hardly take place in the rooms of the universities in the summer semester of 2021, the aim is to expand the possibilities of the digital to create common, cross-university spaces.

The first part of the workshop encouraged a digital exchange about perspectives—whether the ones out of the window or on studying, and various forms of introductions were explored. Students shared—a coffee, an idea, or as well frustration, and doubt. Groups then developed typographic ideas from the collectively generated material and prepared them for the spatial installation. The final part of the course was devoted to production on site, not on screens, but on the glass panes of the designtransfer exhibition showcase. This created a space that stimulates reflection on forms of connection; that poetically interrogates and typographically visualizes shared experiences of online teaching and learning; that collectively locates individual perspectives and stimulates interactions in multiple ways.

Exercises for / in Exchange — Art University Cooperation

Participants: Nour Al Safadi, Kseniya Apresian, Yan Chmarau, Hannah Corbaz, Victoria Fechtner, Jonas Gerber, Lisa Grafe, Ben van Heyden, Cäcilie Hoff, Hyuntae Jung, Karola Kulcsár, Jette Kulicke, Lucille Küpferle, Marius Kurz, Raviva Nsiama, Christian Pasqual, Aisha Ramm, Yael Rathjens, Araiké Severino, Inyeong Song, Alissa Schaaf, Lea Verholen Schmitt, Lucia Schmitz, Jakob Erek Sen, Yewon Seo, Antonia Leonie Steinbrink, Taro Usami, Magdalena Weber,  and Joanna Zvonar
Course of study: Fine Arts / Sculpture, Fine Arts / Stage and Costume Design, Communication in Social and Economic Contexts, Fashion Design, Product Design, Textile- and Surface Design und Visual Communication
Course by: Stefanie Rau (Weißensee academy of art Berlin) and Henrike Uthe (University of the Arts Berlin)
Author: Stefanie Rau
Photos: Mattia Friso

When?
June 11th to July 11th, 2021

Where?
designtransfer, outdoor showcase
Einsteinufer 43
10587 Berlin, Germany
and online

Typeface of the Month: NaN Jaune

Posted on by Clara Weinreich

Our Typeface of the Month: NaN Jaune — By Jérémy Landes is something of a grotesk grotesque: a typeface bursting with charm and novelty with 20 upright styles spread across three optical sizes, accomodating any scale or application.

Jaune’s design began in 2016 as a single display weight taking inspiration from the warmth and compactness of Roger Excoffon’s 1960’s design Antique Olive. Over the following years Landes would expand the weight repertoire and add two additional sub-families bringing Jaune’s natural swagger to mid and small size uses. The result is a family of striking and joyful fonts engineered for all modern touchpoints, with Jaune having shown itself to work as well in print as in tough digital environments.

Jaune Maxi was created with display use in mind. Ranging from the blackest Black to a razor sharp Thin its short extenders make it ideal for compact text blocks and strong headlines. Jaune Midi is the all-terrain middle-child comfortable in all contexts and conversations. Jaune Mini’s open counters, deep ink-traps and simplified structure enhance legibility and eases Jaune’s natural swagger in longer text and smaller sizes.

At the end of the day, Jaune is a family of contrasts. Ranging from the blackest Black to a razor sharp Thin, and from ultra display to ultra text, with a language coverage of 224 Latin languages, it’s intended to play in a tremendous variety of contexts.

Trial fonts are available for immediate download. Check-out the NaN Jaune’s mini-site and game SansSheriff.wtf

Typeface of the Month: NaN Jaune By Jérémy Landes

Foundry: NaN 
Designer: Jérémy Landes
Release: May 2021
File Formats: TTF, WOFF2 + Variable versions
Styles: 20 upright styles across three optical sizes from a razor Thin to a super Black
Price per style / family: € 40.– / € 200.– (Variable fonts are included free in all family packages)
Mini-site and game: SansSheriff
Trial fonts
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Downtown Camper

Posted on by Julia Kahl

City. Nature. Sea. This is how one could describe Sweden’s capital Stockholm. We were here for one week to finally meet creatives again and learn more about their approach and attitude. After a long day of work, it was nice to come to a cozy and central hotel: Downtown Camper by Scandic is our urban base camp for half of the time here.

The business hotel does not look like a classic business hotel at all. No wonder, Scandic commissioned Swedish architects Stylt Trampoli to “bring nature into the city,” according to Mette von Schack, marketing manager. The Downtown Camper is their signature design hotel and is thought out down to the smallest detail: The property’s aesthetic embraces urban adventure, with natural elements such as wood, cork, leather, and greenery alongside rough, industrial accents and modern designs.

The architects say about their work: “When you walk into the entrance of the Downtown Camper Hotel in Stockholm, the first things you notice are the pillars of wood, the reception desk made of polished timber, and an abundance of ferns. Then, in one corner, you find ceiling-to-floor corkboards pinned with maps of Stockholm. Nearby, moss runs down one side of a freestanding column like a drip. A line of skateboards sit perched against the wall by reception. On another wall, the words Downtown Camper are proudly splashed onto the wall in green foliage. The overall effect is like the lovechild of a park ranger and a hipster.”

The hotel encourages its guests not only to visit the well-known tourist hot spots, but to experience the city in their own, “real” way. For this purpose, bicycles, skateboards, surfboards and even kayaks are available for rent. And not only that, you can also join guided tours for free. But also in the hotel itself you can find many green plants in all corners, which create a very welcoming atmosphere.

The rooftop terrace with spa and bar are incredible—you’ll just have to see for yourself. Of course, there’s also a gym, plus meeting rooms, workspaces and much more. The camper offers something innovative yet familiar and the central location is great. A muted, yet colorful design scheme energizes every space, encouraging spontaneous interaction and enlivened togetherness.

Thanks for having us!
More information can be found here.

BEYOND MATTER

Posted on by Nina Steimel

BEYOND MATTER — Thinking about Exhibitions in novel ways: Digital Art and New Forms of Experiencing Art is an international, collaborative, and practice-based research project, which takes cultural heritage and culture to the boundaries of virtual reality. Within a multitude of activities and formats it reflects in particular on the virtual condition of spatial aspects of art production, of curating, and in art presentation, and education. The priority areas of the project’s research and practice are the digital revival of selected, groundbreaking past exhibitions, art and archive exhibitions, conferences, artist-in-residence programs, the online platform, and publications. The project was initiated by the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, in collaboration with the Centre national d’art et de culture Georges Pompidou, the Ludwig Museum – Museum for Contemporary Art, the Tallinn Art Hall, the Aalto University, and the Tirana Art Lab. It is co-financed by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.

In the projects BEYOND MATTER and Hybrid Museum Experience (HyMEx Symposium), funded by the EU and the Federal Government of Germany, the ZKM | Hertz-Lab is intensely involved with producing digital art, but above all with the available options for its presentation and dissemination in the digital environment. The results of this museological and artistic pioneering work are now on show in three new exhibitions, an online platform with an innovative program, a symposium, digital models, and a new series of talks. The funding of Hybrid Museum Experience has enabled long-lasting improvements to be made to the dissemination of culture and the use of digital technology in museums.

The Hybrid Museum Experience “will show in exemplary fashion how the digital transformation in culture and media achieves a successful outcome”—Prof. Monika Grütters MdB.

The implementation of new museum technologies like, for example, the Immaterial Display, a mobile hardware installation for an immersive visit to virtual models of an exhibition, inevitably raises the question of their usefulness for the production of knowledge and disseminating it. This is addressed with the help of an accompanying study: as an expansion of BEYOND MATTER, Hybrid Museum Experience will develop a self-service evaluation automaton, and from its data sets it will be possible to read off durable markers for the museum of the future.

From April 29th, 2021, not one but two groundbreaking exhibitions will be on show: the physical exhibition Spatial Affairs at the Ludwig Museum – Museum for Contemporary Art and also its digital counterpart, the online exhibition Spatial Affairs. Worlding—A tér világlása at beyondmatter.eu. Spatial Affairs, curated by Giulia Bini and Lívia Nolasco-Rózsás, explores the reactions in art to new perceptions of space and how they intertwine with reality, with a special emphasis on these times of computergenerated virtual and immersively experienced reality.

Spatial Affairs. Worlding—A tér világlása is an online environment designed and programmed by The Rodina, Amsterdam, and coproduced by ZKM and EPFL Pavilions, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, which is waiting to be discovered. In the multi-user exhibition the avatars of the visitors mingle with the moving bodies of the net art and browser-based projects on display. The soundscape of the virtual environment was created by Enrico Boccioletti.

With the launch of the digital exhibition platform VIEW, realized by the Estonian design collective AKU, on April 8th, 2021 the online version of the installation Drifting, Browsing, Cruising, which had been scheduled for this summer at the ZKM, was opened in the virtual exhibition space Fantastic Confabulations. Like a laboratory, Fantastic Confabulations wants to enable new, that is, heterogeneous, queer formats of scenography, and curating. Both the installation and the exhibition space originate from the computer-generated pens of Eleni Diana Elia and Theodoulos Polyviou, currently guest artists at the ZKM. The digital platform and the exhibition space will also host the installations by the subsequent BEYOND MATTER guest artists.

ZKM visitors will be able to see the VR space-related installation Drifting, Browsing, Cruising which challenges visitors wearing a VR headset to negotiate the constraints of the often ritualized, ideologically influenced exhibition space in a new way. The simultaneous use of headphones enables users to meet each other. This is done by calibrating the physical limits of the space in such a way that they come up against virtual limits which are seen by the VR headsets and thus make the experience of the installation immersive and tangible.

In the context of the project BEYOND MATTER: Cultural Heritage on the Verge of Virtual Reality in addition to the ZKM | Karlsruhe, the Centre Pompidou has also undertaken to explore the possibilities of reviving past exhibitions by using experimental methods of digital spatial design. Over the course of this year, digital models of the groundbreaking exhibitions Les Immatériaux (Centre Pompidou, 1985) and Iconoclash (ZKM | Karlsruhe, 2002) will be made and presented on beyondmatter.eu. The models are being developed in collaboration with Aalto University, Finland. Part of the work process was a series of talks with the experts who worked on the original exhibitions. These took place in 2020/21 for the ZKM’s Iconoclash and included Dario Gamboni, Boris Groys, Sabine Himmelsbach, Bruno Latour, and Peter Weibel. The talks can be accessed on the project’s website beyondmatter.eu. In May the Centre Pompidou will begin its talks with experts involved in Les Immatériaux, which will be posted monthly on monthly on the project’s website. The first experts will be Philippe Bettinelli, Andreas Broeckmann, and Francesca Gallo.

BEYOND MATTER — Thinking about Exhibitions in novel ways: Digital Art and New Forms of Experiencing Art

Spatial Affairs Artists: Morehshin Allahyari, Andreas Angelidakis, Carola Bonfili, Adam Broomberg & Guy De Lancey & Brian O’Doherty, Petra Cortright, Agnes Denes, Aleksandra Domanović, Louise Drulhe, Wojciech Fangor, Stanislav Filko, Lucio Fontana, Dora García, Sam Ghantous, János Gulyás, Hans Hollein, Lauren Huret, Jodi, Hiroshi Kawano, Katarzyna Kobro, Alicja Kwade, Oliver Laric, Sam Lavigne & Tega Brain, Jan Robert Leegte, Lou Cantor, Stano Masár, Cildo Meireles, Rosa Menkman, Metahaven, Imre Nagy, Georg Nees, Robert Olawuyi, Gyula Pauer, Goran Petercol, Sascha Pohflepp & Alessia Nigretti & Matthew Lutz, Àngels Ribé, The Rodina, Rafaël Rozendaal, Jeffrey Shaw, Andrej Škufca, Károly Tamkó Sirató, Viktor Timofeev, Unrated/Besorolás Alatt, Gyula Várnai.
Curators: Giulia Bini and Lívia Nolasco-Rózsás
Curatorial assistants: Jan Elantkowski and Fruzsina Feigl

Drifting, Browsing, Cruising
Online Thu., April 4th–Sat., July 31st, 2021
Museum Balcony: from Summer 2021

Spatial Affairs. Worlding—A tér világlása
Thu., April 29th–Wed., August 8th, 2023

Spatial Affairs
Thu., April 29th–Sun., June 27th, 2021
Ludwig Museum Budapest
Komor Marcell utca 1.
H-1095 Budapest, Hungary

ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
Lorenzstraße 19
76135 Karlsruhe, Germany

Visit the website and find information about grants for guest artists here

I Love Typography Shop

Posted on by Clara Weinreich

I Love Typography, a leading voice in the world of type, has expanded its portfolio with an innovative webshop dedicated to font discovery and licensing. To mark this occasion, some of the world’s best type designers are releasing new typefaces, and launching new foundries, in celebration.

The popular blog www.ilovetypography.com (ILT) has unveiled today a new design that combines its signature content dedicated to all matters type with an innovative e-commerce platform that re-imagines font discovery and licensing. It brings to market the most powerful search capabilities yet with a system, based on type descriptors and dubbed with the acronym CEDARS+, that empowers users to find typefaces based on formal qualities that can be as general as the rhythm of the typeface and as detailed as the shape of the serif.

Working closely with its foundry network to celebrate this milestone, ILT has launched today a total of 16 new typeface families by renowned designers such as Hannes von Doehren (Palast), Jean-François Porchez (Alumi Inline), Lucas de Groot (Tao, TheStencil), Mamoun Sakkal (Sakkal Kitab and Lublub), and Martin Majoor (Comma Base). ILT has also launched two eponymous foundries by Martin Majoor and Malou Verlomme to bring the total of its foundry partners to 40. ILT’s first cohort of foundries includes designer favourites such as Barnbrook Fonts, Canada Type, exljbris, FontFabric, HVD, Jeremy Tankard Typography, LiebeFonts, Lucas Fonts, Studio René Bieder, Typesenses, TypeTogether, and Typofonderie. It also includes leading experts in world scripts such as ArabicType, Rosetta, Sakkal Design, and Tiro Typeworks.

I Love Typography has been celebrating the beauty and craftsmanship that goes into type since 2007. Its author, John Boardley, has amassed almost half a million Twitter followers who regularly turn in to read his reviews and analysis of the past, the present, and sometimes, the future, of type. Joining ILT as its CEO is award winning designer Dr. Nadine Chahine who combines her expertise in type design, legibility, and international relations to steer ILT in its new expansion. Named as one of Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business in 2012 and Creative Reviews’s Creative Leaders 50 in 2016, Chahine is focused on empowering independent foundries and creating a customer experience that is rooted in the joys of discovering and licensing new fonts: “Finding the right typeface for your project should not be a chore. There is such a storm of expressions in type design and we want to bring that diversity and power into the hands of designers. We also want to create a platform where independent foundries can thrive and maintain control of their business models. We believe that such a twin-speared approach can help foster a creative ecosystem that celebrates the beauty of the written word.”

Completing the founding trio is Julia Hiles who brings more than 20 years’ sales leadership experience in both finance and creative industries. Hiles, in her role as CRO, will centre this creative ecosystem around sustainable business models that benefit both foundries and brands: “In a corporate world where everyone starts to look the same, brand owners can turn to us to discover the right brand expression, confident in the knowledge that they are licensing high quality typefaces that are fit for purpose.”

Take a look at the new I Love Typography Shop

Practica Program

Posted on by Practica Type

Apply until July 18th, 2021 and join the Practica Program — Typeface Design Course in fall 2021 and dig deeper into typeface design: Spend 14 weeks immersed in the world of type design with industry professionals by your side. Students begin the course ready to work on a typeface they’ve begun outside of the program. Through a series of lectures and mini-workshops, they’ll learn how to expand their typeface through the process of interpolation. They’ll also visit some of the finer points of the craft, like refining their drawing and spacing skills, while also discussing the macro issues, like what makes a typeface successful or how it responds to the culture it springs from.

Lead Instructors: Nicole Dotin, Sol Matas
Speaking voices: Maria Doreuli, James Edmondson, Krista Radoeva, Aleksandra Samuļenkova, Kristyan Sarkis, and Sara Soskolne

All sessions will be held (in Englisch) live via Zoom. For those who cannot attend in real time, the talks will be recorded. The feedback sessions, on the other hand, must be attended live to fully benefit from them. This gives you some flexibility to fit the program into your own schedule, but also the opportunity to interact with other students. Finally, course instructors are available to meet one-on-one with students outside of class. There are more than fifty-five course hours for the entire program, not including office hours

Practica Program — Typeface Design Course 

When?
August 26th to December 7th, 2021
On Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7 p.m. (Berlin)
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Apply now!

All sessions will be held live via Zoom. For those who cannot attend in real time, the talks will be recorded. The feedback sessions, on the other hand, must be attended live to fully benefit from them. This gives you some flexibility to fit the program into your own schedule, but also the opportunity to interact with other students. Finally, course instructors are available to meet one-on-one with students outside of class. There are more than fifty-five course hours for the entire program, not including office hours.

Font Customization: How Does It Help Designers’ Work?

Posted on by TypeType

Customization is an instrument solving a large array of design tasks and helping corporate brand establishment. It often happens that existing fonts do not correspond to the needs of a certain project. But font is not a static instrument that functions only the way it was created. To convey the company’s individual style, the font can and should be adapted and customized to one’s needs that may range from simple changes like diminishing the character composition to complex design changes in all glyphs. Therefore, TypeType offers you to participate in their free webinar: Font Customization: How Does It Help Designers’ Work? — Free Webinar by TypeType.

During the webinar Aleksandr Kudryavtsev will talk about what problems customization solves, graphical customization, technical customization, license customization and how many resources font customization requires.

TypeType is an independent font design studio established in 2013. More than 35,000 designers all over the world have been using their fonts since. In their work, they have always relied on a scientific approach, deep analytics, and implementation of innovative technologies.

Font Customization: How Does It Help Designers’ Work? — Free Webinar by TypeType

Speaker: Aleksandr Kudryavtsev, CEO TypeType

When?
July 7th, 2021, 5 p.m. (UTC)

Register to get notifications to connect to the webinar in advance

ULTRAFETT Typography Festival 2021

Posted on by Mirko Israel

The ULTRAFETT Typography Festival 2021 — Celebrating the World of Type and Typography is taking place online from June 7th to July 11th, 2021: Enjoy new videos from our international speakers every week—on YouTube—for free!

Celebrating the world of type and typography, eleven of the world’s best typographers and designers are ready to be your travel guides. With many inspiring contributions and personalities, ULTRAFETT celebrates a wide variety of typographic styles and disciplines: Explore current trends, new approaches, ultrafett means of expression, and so much more. The collective love for typography, influences and ideas from all around the world and a whole lot of fun are making ULTRAFETT a memorable trip of 2021. The Festival is an event at the FH Bielefeld, Department of Design. It is conceived, planned, designed, and implemented by students of communication design. The focus is on the emotional power of typography.

ULTRAFETT Typography Festival 2021

When?
Studio Yukiko—Monday, June 28th, 6 p.m. CET
Mitch Paone—Thursday, July 1st, 6 p.m. CET
Vera van de Seyp—Monday, July 5th, 6 p.m. CET
Fraser Muggeridge—Thursday, July 8th, 6 p.m. CET
Paula Scher—Sunday, July 11th, 6 p.m. CET

Where?
Online
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