How we see ourselves and how we are seen by society is all blurry in these days of a pandemic.
We are the hope for one and a threat to another.
Our vision for the future is blurred.
The ‘big’ picture is blurred.
Life as we know it no longer exists.
Our values and habits are getting different than before.
If nothing will remain the same, how can we coexist the same?
We must change.
We must invent a new way of living. Now!
How is it going to be? It is up to us.
Don’t be afraid of others.
Visual experimentation about the harmonious cohabitation between individuals or between communities.
Synco
Synco lettershape, based on OCR, pays homage to Viafont, 1969, by Harry L. Preble for viatron, a producer of OCR machines. It was designed for a London based sportswear brand in 2015. Synco is now ready to be released. However we believe that as a Designer it is important to understand the distinction between a project based on historical references and strict revival methods from which we want to distance ourselves as we consider them to be more archaeological than design-related.
Altiplano aims to commercialize new and original designs. For this reason we are sharing it with our audience to allow designers to take advantage of it using the font or learning type design from observing, modifying and then creating new shapes. Synco is available under the SIL Open Font License.
Open call
Altiplano is looking for talented designers to make Synco project grow, reflecting the typographic needs of our time: character set, design statement, distribution goals, etc. Altiplano is glad to offer educational support, by focusing on method, tools and design during the troubled social distancing times we live in. Please apply by email to [email protected]. Share with us your work on Synco and let’s talk about type!
Synco
Foundry: Altiplano
Design: Raphaël Verona
Release: soon
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footprints
United We Stand
Coexisting means collaborating, if we don’t work together we won’t be able to overcome the challenges we are up against as a society. The message on the poster is the classic motto ‘United We Stand, Divided We Fall’ but only ‘Divided We Fall’ stands because the first part of the sentence ‘United We Stand’ has collapsed, showing the fragility of the concept of Unity.
Coexisting Feelings
World Wide Wandel
The world is changing and we have to react to it – now!
Burn The System
«We can’t save the world by playing the rules, because the rules have to be changed. Everything needs to change — and it has to start today!» Greta Thunberg
Stop The Pain
We need to stop exhausting the planet!
Mut zur Wut X Compendium
Since 2010, Mut zur Wut has organized poster exhibitions in the public space in Heidelberg, Germany. Within the framework of a competition, an international jury awards 30 posters per year. The winning posters are then exhibited throughout the city.
A collection of the winners from 2010–2019 have now been published in this anniversary catalogue. In line with the the brand name Mut zur Wut, wich translates as “Courage to Anger,” the posters critically deal with social, political and / or personal issues. Their motifs include expressive, bitingly humorous statements on current events, alongside visual memories of dramatic political situations. Uncompromisingly and freely the designers devote themselves to uncomfortable topics, thus pushing the medium of the poster back into the context of the thought and discussion.
Mut zur Wut X Compendium
Publisher: Mut zur Wut
Volume: 313 pages (showing 296 posters)
Edition: Limited to 500 copies
Language: German
Price: € 39.–
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Hang On
Today, holding a little longer has become a daily struggle, the only and most important. By way of claim. Letters with a strong expression, with a spirit of resistance, of unity, where perfection is left aside, and only the message matters in its most primitive state. Alive!
To All Things Alive and Dead, To My Feelings, Your Feelings, Us.
As a totalizer, I want to encapsulate everything I am feeling, thinking, reading, archiving, etc., into what I am creating. I want democratization of language, validation of other forms of inquiry and knowledge. I want interspecies collaboration. I want to convey to the deepest feelings that connect us all. Us as in you, me, the living organisms within this universe, the decaying leaf, the book collecting dust, the portals that take you to other worlds, the things you cannot explain.
Become one
PANGEA ULTIMA; to be able to coexist we have to work together and become one.
COEXIST
despite our differences we got to try to divide our economic resources equally and therefore live in harmony.
Coronavirus – Jetzt umdenken!
Coronavirus – Rethink now!
Both posters 01 and 02 can be hung in both directions. (180° upside down)
01) Less pollution of airplane traces – more blue sky.
02) Less smog – more nature.
German Design Awards 2021
Design, branding and innovation are the most important factors in the success of entrepreneurial strategy, especially in times of change and crisis like the present. Receiving a renowned award is an efficient opportunity to draw attention to the recipient’s work with precise, positive messages. The German Design Awards—the international premium prize of the German Design Council—are entering the call-for-entries stage and offering winners the best-possible opportunity for publicity. They are proof of innovation capability and design expertise and demonstrate that the winners are well positioned and able to differentiate themselves through outstanding design.
Businesses, designers, architects and agencies internationally can register now for the German Design Awards 2021. After a review by the German Design Council, entrants will find out if their project has been accepted for the competition and is receiving a nomination; the nomination process here is what ensures the excellence of the awards. The registration deadline is July 10th, 2020. The German Design Awards honour exclusively projects that are pioneering in the German and international design landscape. This is overseen by an international jury made up of leading figures from all disciplines of design. The winners of the awards gain visibility for their success and achieve access to networks, reach, an international presence and even better market opportunities. The awards ceremony on February 19th, 2021, part of the Ambiente trade fair, will be one of the year’s biggest design events where international guests from various different industries will meet and converse.
Award disciplines and categories
Honours will be given to the best work in the award disciplines Excellent Product Design, Excellent Communications Design and Excellent Architecture. Participants will register for the categories relevant to them. Additionally there will be an extra category for Universal Design, honouring projects that excel through barrier-free use, flexible application and intuitive operation.
New category: Start-Up—innovative, forward-looking projects with growth potential.
For the first time, start-ups and their projects will be judged and awarded in their own category based on the aspects of innovation, growth and scalability. Winners will receive the label German Design Award—Start-Up 2021 as well as other benefits to support them with their public relations, networking and client acquisition. Participation is open to start-ups that are younger than four years old. The entrants’ date of formation must have been in February 2017 or after. The competition The German Design Awards are the German Design Council’s premium international prizes and are one of the world’s most renowned design competitions. With roughly 5,300 entries from 69 countries, the German Design Awards 2020 again recorded pleasing growth of their international renown.
German Design Council—the award giver
The German Design Council is one of the world’s leading centres of expertise in communication and knowledge transfer within design, innovation and branding. More than 320 businesses are currently members of its Foundation. The German Design Council was founded in 1953 as an initiative of Germany’s federal parliament to strengthen the German economy’s competence in design. Its many and varied activities all have the one aim: communicating a lasting improvement of brand value through the strategic use of design.
German Design Awards 2021
Registration at early-bird price: until 29 May 2020
Deadline for grant applications: 10 July 2020
Registration deadline: July 10th, 2020
Jury meeting: July 30th and 31st, 2020
Awards ceremony: February 19th, 2021 in Frankfurt am Main as part of the Ambiente 2021 trade fair
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Waiting for the Sun
How far does the ego go in the name of self-preservation? This work confronts how we sacrifice externally in exchange for inner comfort. The lies we tell, emotional gluttony, desensitization, etc. The innocence of waiting for the sky to rise. It’s gone.
take better care of the house
Taking the home form and putting an inner dialogue on that we need to better take care of our spaces.
Coexist?
Coexistence as we knew it has been totally shattered. Everybody is living isolated and a “new normal” has yet to appear. The world as we knew it has changed. Lets hope that between all of us, we make from the earth a nice place to live.
PANGEA
Money, policies and borders don’t count for our common enemy in this unique historical period.
The world seems to be like 290 million years ago.
CHANGE
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Das ABC der Typografie
Natalie Gaspar & Patrick Marc Sommer wrote and designed Das ABC der Typografie —a comprehensive reference book on typography basics with application reference.
What is typography? If you are not professionally involved, you probably do not encounter this term very often. Maybe you know it has something to do with letters or writing. But we are surrounded by typography every day: texts we read in the news online or in a book, posts on social media, slogans in advertising. Every single one of these texts is designed, only varying in quality and effect.
We find it fascinating how letters interact with each other. How the reader’s eye is first captured, then guided to the most important information. Ideally, design will make reading more inviting, easier and more beautiful—by selecting a font, font size, line spacing, and line length. All this (and much more) is typography and has an impact on you before you even start reading.
This book shows how to make typography work for you—with the help of simply structured topics and numerous practices in Adobe InDesign—so that it supports content, creates moods, and makes texts enjoyable to read. Because typography is fun.
Das ABC der Typografie
Authors: Natalie Gaspar & Patrick Marc Sommer
Publisher: Rheinwerk Design
Photos: Mila Albrecht
Release date: March 2020
Volume: 400 pages
Language: German
ISBN: 978-3-8362-6166-1
Price: € 39.90
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