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Slanted Magazine #27—Portugal

Women with baskets full of fish are old postcard clichés from the past. The cosmopolitan Lisbon is one of the last Western European capitals awakening from its deep slumber. In this three million metropole an uprising age group resists stereotypes of battered monuments and picturesque paved alleys and looks nervously to the future with a steady attempt to catch up on lost time.

Other Portuguese cities pass through a similar renaissance. Slanted’s journey took them from Lisbon to Porto with a stop in Coimbra, visiting all in all 27 studios. Some people said that Lisbon was the woman while Porto was the man. The first one more smooth and emotional while the northern one is more kind of direct and rational. For both of them, old and new seem to clash with tradition and avant-garde.

Historic factories such as Viúva Lamego (tiles) and Viarco (pencils) proved that they were able to redefine themselves without losing their souls. Same goes for the new energetic generation of designers that grew up with the financial crisis and unemployment: time has come to redefine the dramatic change of their country, influencing all aspects of cultural life.

The issue is thematically complemented by illustrations, photography, interviews and essays.

Visits and authors: Rui Abreu, Aka Corleone, And Atelier, Atelier d’Alves, Emanuel Barbosa, José Bártolo, Bolos Quentes, Bürocratik, Tiago Casanova, Joana Correia, Studio Dobra, Júlio Dolbeth, Dino dos Santos, DROP, João Drumond, Epiforma, FBA., Luis Fernandes, Charlotte von Fritschen, José Guilherme Marques, Studio Andrew Howard, küng design bureau, André Letria, Lara Luís, Ian Lynam, Dermot Mac Cormack, João Machado, Mantraste, Joana Monteiro, Mother Volcano, Musa, Inês Nepomuceno, non-verbal, Márcia Novais, Inês d’Orey, Oupas!, Pedrita, R2 Design, Mariana Rio, Violeta Santos-Moura, Ana Seixas, silvadesigners, Sonja Steppan, Studio Chris Steurer, The Royal Studio, Thisislove, Tomba Lobos, Viarco, Rui Vitorino Santos, Viúva Lamego factory, White Studio, Aaron Winters, Xesta Studio

The booklet “Contemporary Typefaces” presents fourteen recently published high-quality typefaces: FS Brabo (Fernando Mello / Fontsmith), Centro (Panos Vassiliou / Parachute), Ceremony (Studio Joost Grootens / Optimo), GT Cinetype (Rafael Koch, Mauro Paolozzi / Grilli Type), Clone (Lasko Dzurovski / Rosetta), Contemporary Sans (Ludwig Übele / Ludwig Type), Enfantine (Jean-Baptiste Levée / Production Type), Escritura (Ricardo Santos / Vanarchiv), Kairos (Terrance Weinzierl / Monotype), Logica (Dino dos Santos / DSType Foundry), Mila Script Pro (Georg Herold-Wildfellner / FaceType), Vita (Nikola Djurek / Typotheque), Vyoma (Joana Correia / Indian Type Foundry), Weissenhof Grotesk (Stefanie Schwarz, Dirk Wachowiak / Indian Type Foundry).

Slanted Poster – New York

The striking, iconic motifs of the Slanted Magazine Cover 2014/2015 are now available as high quality posters. Printed on natural paper by Favini for a non-reflective, matte look.

Please note: This is not the magazine, it’s the poster with the same motif.

Slanted Poster – Paris

The striking, iconic motifs of the Slanted Magazine Cover 2014/2015 are available as high quality posters. Printed on natural paper by Favini for a non-reflective, matte look.

Please note: This is not the magazine, it’s the poster with the same motif.

Slanted Poster—Istanbul

The striking, iconic motifs of the Slanted Magazine Cover Istanbul are now available as high quality posters. Printed on natural paper by Favini for a non-reflective, matte look.

Please note: This is not the magazine, it’s the poster with the same motif.

Slanted Poster – Swiss

The striking, iconic motifs of the Slanted Magazine Cover 2014/2015 are now available as high quality posters. Printed on natural paper by Favini for a non-reflective, matte look.

Please note: This is not the magazine, it’s the poster with the same motif.

Slanted Poster—Art Type

The striking, iconic motifs of the Slanted Magazine Cover Art Type are now available as high quality posters. Printed on natural paper by Favini for a non-reflective, matte look.

Please note: This is not the magazine, it’s the poster with the same motif.

Slanted Poster—Cuba

The striking, iconic motifs of the Slanted Magazine Cover Cuba are now available as high quality posters. Printed on natural paper by Favini for a non-reflective, matte look.

Please note: This is not the magazine, it’s the poster with the same motif.

Slanted Special Issue – Marrakech

Marrakech is changing. Despite the Moroccans longing for modernity, traditional fine art clogs the souks. It was not until Vanessa Branson, Richard Branson’s sister, started the Marrakech Biennale in 2004 that the town enhanced artistically. The event encouraged dialogue and diversity among international and local arts communities, with venues in both the walled old town and the Ville Nouvelle.

Modernism has touched medina, changing historic riads into hip cafés, hot spots and social hubs of an emerging art scene. There is Laila Hida, who created Le 18 Derb el Ferrane, a philanthropic new studio space, operating as a blank canvas for artists and photographers, poets and writers, dancers and musicians to work, exhibit and perform.

Hana’s Queen of Medina Priscilla follows the same concept in an even more freaky-alternative way. Artsi Ifrach, better known as Art/C, is a fashion designer who turns vintage Moroccan textiles into haute couture. In the dust and smog of the suburbs, modern art galleries such as the Galerie 127 and the Voice Gallery attract a young and fast growing population – about 1.8 million (residents) so far.

It is down to outside influences to help inspire, educate, and put things in context, which is generating a force all of its own. Together, all these people form part of a creative revolution that is bubbling away behind the city’s ancient walls. The Moroccan art and design scene aims to fulfil its destiny while reconnecting with its roots. It seems to be an incredible hopeful time to live there.

Visits and authors:
Adil Roufi, Ali Chraibi, ART/C, Daidō Moriyama, Dirk Gebhardt, Eric van Hove, Florence Robert-Vissy, Hana Tefrati, Hanae Ouraht, Hicham Gardaf, Laila Hida, M’barek Bouhchichi, Mohamed Arejdal, Moulay Youssef Elkhafaï, Mustapha Diop, Natalie Locatelli, Rocco Orlacchio, Simon Baker, Yvon Langué, Zineb Benjelloun

The conducted video interviews with the visited artists can be watched fro free on the Video Platform of Slanted

Dead & Alive – Birthday Calendar – Vol. 02 Music

The typographic birthday calendar with 366 inspiring people from the world of music. With this perpetual typographic birthday calendar Nora Gummert-Hauser und Gerd Hauser are paying unique homage to extraordinary people from the world of music. It highlights the strong influence of generations of musicians on our culture. On the back of each month’s sheet, you’ll find additional information. And on the front side you can easy write-in the birthdays of your family members and friends.
The size of the calendar is 15 x 28 cm, and it is four colour printed in Germany on a fine Lessebo paper, 170 g. The used typeface is Aachen Bold.

NYC Special / Photo Essay + Type Stencils

On occasion of the release of Slanted Magazine #26 – New York, we published the limited NYC Special which is exclusively available in the Slanted Shop. The edition contains a Photo Essay by Jochen Sand, a limited type-stencil-set, and an original letterpress bookmark which is part of the 83M80 project.

Photo Essay – NYC Special

Jochen Sand is a German photographer who works for international clients since 1995. In September 2015, he accompanied the Slanted team on their way to New York to meet the young generation of designers, typographers and artists which witness and create the change of a megacity.

Many years ago Jochen Sand came to New York City as a young photographer already. Over there he discovered that hanging out on the roofs of Hell’s Kitchen shooting fashion or ending up celebrating Mickey Rourke’s birthday, was much more glamorous than giving a sexy light to doorhandles and kitchen cupboards.

New York is the city of superlatives – this inspiration and the collected experiences are very important to Jochen Sand’s work. For Slanted, he caught the pulse of the city, the breath of the streets, and the life of those who live and survive in NYC.

Publisher & design: Slanted Publishers
Photography: Jochen Sand
Release: November 2015
Numbers of pages: 32 pages
Size: 16 x 24 cm
Language: English
Version: Loose print sheets with elastic band
Print: diedruckerei.de / Onlineprinters

NYC Type-Stencils

We love Type! Commercial Type, XYZ Type and Village – three type publishers from New York – created a font exclusively for the Slanted NYC Special which is now waiting for use as a set of three colored type-stencils. Lasercut and engraved by deroberhammer on colored Colorplan paper by Römerturm.

Publisher & design: Slanted Publishers
Size: 16 x 24 cm
Size
Paper: Colorplan (Römerturm Feinstpapier)
Lasercut & engraving: deroberhammer

Stencil 1 – Le Jeune Deck
Designer: Paul Barnes, Christian Schwartz, Greg Gazdowicz
Foundry: Commercial Type

Stencil 2 – Export Stencil
Typeface: Export Stencil
Designer: Jesse Ragan
Foundry: XYZ Type

Stencil 3 – Robledo Two
Designer: Chester Jenkins
Foundry: Villag

Slanted Magazine #26 – New York

Slanted (David) took oneself to New York (Goliath) in September 2015 to meet the generation of designers, typographers and artists who witness and shape the transition of the city. They produced comprehensive studio portraits and video interviews which provide a vivid and up-to-the-minute picture of the scene.

Because the city grew old and mainstreamed – it’s a miracle that it still works. The city has kept its speed and those who do not stick with it will be left over. The continuing speed is New York’s power; everyone living here wants to do or become something/someone. Nobody lives here without a good reason. Creativity is part of the fight for survival. Therefore Andy Warhol’s banana – originally designed for the Velvet Underground – suits much better to New York than the “big apple.”

Furthermore the issue is thematically complemented by illustrations, photography, interviews and essays.
Visits and authors: 2×4, Jonathan Auch, George Bates, Lucas MRKA Benarroch, Nicholas Blechman, Jon Burgerman, Joshua Darden, Stephen Doyle, Everything Type Company, Louise Fili, Milton Glaser, Jon Han, Steven Heller, Gonzalo Hergueta, Jennifer Heuer, Paul Hoppe, Philipp Hubert, Mirko Ilić, Ken Johnston, karlssonwilker, MyORB, Chad Kloepfer, Christine Lhowe, Alex Lin, Ian Lynam, Dannell MacIlwraith, Alex Eben Meyer, Wael Morcos, Silas Munro, MTWTF, Joe Newton, Open, Original Champions of Design, Other Means, Pentagram, Jesse Ragan, Dan Rhatigan, Edel Rodriguez, Sagmeister & Walsh, Paul Sahre, Shutterstock, Small Stuff, Sara Soskolne, Jessica Svendsen, Lauren Tamaki, The Arm Letterpress, Alexander Tochilovsky, Richard Turley, Diego Vainesman, Carol Wahler, Jing Wei, Lance Wyman

The booklet “Contemporary Typefaces” presents fourteen recently published high-quality typefaces: Brando (Mike Abbink / Bold Monday), Corporative (Daniel Hernández, Javier Quintana, César Araya, Luciano Vergara, Miguel Hernández / Latinotype), Decima Mono Pro (Ramiz Guseynov / TipografiaRamis), Druk Collection (Berton Hasebe / Commercial Type), Gandur (Daniel Sabino / Blackletra), Haptic Script (Henning Skibbe – Typefaces), Jabana (Nils Thomsen / Nils Types), Marco ( Toshi Omagari / Type Together), NarzissGrotesk (Hubert Jocham), Pepone (František Štorm / Storm Type), Signo (Rui Abreu / R-Typography), FS Silas (Béla Frank, Phil Garnham, Fernando Mello, Jason Smith / Fontsmith), Tilda (Jessica Hische / Fontbureau), Vito (Thomas Gabriel / Typejockeys)

FRESH 2, Cutting Edge Illustrations – Public

Today, more than ever, illustration has become socially acceptable. With the advent of photography, it was virtually pushed out of advertising. However, those believed dead live longer. Illustration thus experiences a grandiose triumphal march that extends to all areas, whether editorial design, object design, architecture or street art. A recapture which, especially in times of media overkill and digital alienation, creates warmth and closeness to the human being.

Just as boundaries have dissolved in music and the mix of styles and influences has not been taboo for a long time, similar shifts and breakthroughs occur in illustration. Moreover, it is an old law that turns underground into mainstream. Graffiti art has long since entered the museum and street art into the advertising industry. Former magic words like guerilla marketing belong to the repertoire of every zero eight fifteen campaign. The creative scene must therefore constantly renew itself and invent itself in order to remain what it wants to be: original, intelligent, different.

With FRESH Cutting Edge Illustrations, Slanted reveals a passionate perspective on the field of illustration, the older, more figurative and expressive sister of typography. FRESH is a compilation of this exciting and boundless movement, and brings together an international collection of various illustrators, current styles and media. It is presented in a series of three volumes: Object, Public and Print. From personal to commercial illustrations, from fashion to street art, from two- to three-dimensional approaches—the FRESH series contains more than 1,400 works. The selection of the works presented in FRESH was made by a jury of professional illustrators (Johannes König, Michael Luz, Mone Maurer, Raban Ruddigkeit and André Rösler). FRESH was designed by the designers of Slanted Magazine and Weblogs, the German agency MAGMA Brand Design.

The second volume, “FRESH Public” deals with street art, graffiti and illustration in relation to architecture, in-store graphics and public space. It questions the limits of staged illustration, the concept of permanence and spatial presence. Preface by Wayne Anthony, interviews with INOPERAbLE Gallery, Pure Evil and Dethkills Collective.

FRESH 3, Cutting Edge Illustrations – Print

The third volume, “FRESH Print” presents the best of print such as editorial design, print and book art, posters, fanzines, flyers and much more. Foreword by Joe Newton. Interviews with Illustration Québec, Rotopolpress and Kai & Sunny.

Istanbul Special Edition Photo Essay + LP

A journey to Istanbul – documented in large-sized pictures by the photographer Christian Ernst – the city at the Bosphorus with all its faces. In addition to that, 8 music tracks from the designer and musician Yetkin Başarır, who we met on our Istanbul trip. He gained the inspiration for his music from the works featured in the Slanted issue #24—Istanbul and captured sounds of the city combined with exclusively compilated pieces for Slanted.

Photo Essay

Publisher and Design: Slanted Publishers
Photography: Christian Ernst
Size: 31 × 31 cm
Volume: 32 pages
Print: viaprinto
Specials: interlaid printing sheets with elastic bandd

LP – bul

8 Tracks
2 × 15 min
Composer: Yetkin Başarır

Sound sample

Special Edition Riso Booklet 25 × 25 & Photo Essay Paris

On occasion of the release of the 25th issue and the 10th anniversary of Slanted Magazine, we invited 25 friends to visualize the number “25” for us. The resulting booklet – printed with 14 (!) colors on th risograph of Drucken3000 – can be purchased together with a photographic essay with photos from our trip to Paris. Available as a limited edition exclusively offered in the Slanted Shop for only 10,– Euro + shipping:

25 × 25 visualized by:: ATTAK, Benoît Bodhuin, Alexander Branczyk, Bureau Mirko Borsche, Drushba Pankow, Edward Fella, Hi, Hort, House Industries (Ken Barber), karlssonwilker inc. (Jan Wilker), Klub7, Tamer Köşeli, Stefan Marx, Monotype, Non-Format, Gemma O’Brien, Alejandro Paul, Petra Beiße handlettering studio, R2, James Reid, Resistenza (Giuseppe Salerno), Edel MOLA Rodriguez, Studio Martina Flor, TwoPoints.net, Henning Wagenbreth

Riso booklet 25 × 25

Publisher & Design: Slanted Publishers
Release: May 2015
Volume: 28 pages
Format: DIN A5, 14,8 × 21 cm
Language: English
Specials: Loose prints with colored rubber band
Print: Drucken3000
Supported by Monotype

Photo Essay Paris

Publisher & Design: Slanted Publishers
Photography: Lars Harmsen
Release: May 2015
Volume: 32 pages
Format: 16 × 24 cm
Specials: Loose prints with colored rubber band
Print: E&B engelhardt und bauer

Dead & Alive – Birthday Calendar – Vol. 01 Design

Dead and Alive – Der Geburtstagskalender mit 366 inspirierenden Persönlichkeiten aus der Welt der Gestaltung. Für alle Schussel, die gerne mal Geburtstage vergessen, für alle Entdecker, die an Kunst- und Designgeschichte interessiert sind und für alle Neugierigen, die immer schon wissen wollten, welcher Gestalter wohl an ihrem Geburtstag Geburtstag hat.
Herausgegeben wird der wunderschöne Kalender von Lit & Mix – das ist die Spielwiese der Designer Nora Gummert-Hauser und Gerd Hauser. Normalerweise arbeitet Gerd Hauser als Illustrator und manchmal bringt er auch Studierenden das Zeichnen bei – seine Arbeiten finden Sie auf diesem Tumblr-Blog.
Nora Gummert-Hauser ist Grafikdesignerin und unterrichtet an der Hochschule Niederrhein im Bereich Typografie und Editorial-Design. Arbeiten von ihr finden sich hier – Achtung – olle Flash-Site :). Manchmal forscht sie auch, wie zum Beispiel 2014/2015 zum Thema Europäische Grenzverschiebung. Und hier befinden sich die Arbeiten ihrer Studierenden.

Slanted Magazine #25 – Paris

Loved and hated, hated and loved—seemingly no other European nation has a similarly segmented relationship to their capital as the French. Everything starts in Paris and everything conspires here. The city is the undisputed center of gravity of the country—almighty and omnipresent. All power originates and disperses from the city; politics, economics and culture.

In February 2015, the Slanted editors embarked on a one-week-trip to Paris to take a close-up look at contemporary design work and the loved and hated capitol of France. The Slanted team met 18 design studios and found a virtuosic approach on the unconcealed wounds and contradictions of a rapidly changing society as well as spirit and humor as a subversive armamentarium. They produced comprehensive studio portraits which provide a vivid and up-to-the-minute picture of the scene.

The resulting video interviews have been enriched with video material from the Shutterstock collection. Thanks to Augmented Reality and the Junaio app, readers can easily watch embedded videos of the Paris trip on mobile devices. Additionally, some of the videos can be watched online for free at slanted.de/videos

Slanted Magazine #25 – Paris is thematically complemented by illustrations, photography and fine art from contemporary culture.

visites et auteurs: ABM Studio, Akatre, Quentin Aldhui, Amelange, Philippe Apeloig, Atelier de Création Graphique, Atelier Formes Vives, Atelier Michel Bouvet, Benoît Bodhuin, Caroline Bouige, Lea Brousse, c-album, Charlotte Cheetham, Coco, Jocelyn Cottencin, Sophie Della Corte, Des Signes, Pierre-Olivier Deschamps, deValence, Jonathan Fabreguettes, Fontyou, Morgan Fortems, Fabienne Francisco, Frédéric Teschner Studio, Amélie Gastaut, Stéphane Goddard, GUsto, Hannah & Joel, Ilka Helmig, Helmo, Mehdi Hercberg, Étienne Hervy, Laurent Fétis & Sarah Martinon, Olivier Lebrun, Les Graphiquants, Véfa Lucas, Ian Lynam, Guillaume Mary, Thibault Maupetit, Fanette Mellier, Isabelle Moisy, Charlotte Molas, My Name is Wendy, Vincent Perrottet, Pinar&Viola, Jean François Porchez, Émilie Rigaud, Étienne Robial, Raban Ruddigkeit, Alice Sfintesco, Julie Sittler, Spassky Fischer, Superscript, Syndicat, Frédéric Tacer, Pierre Vanni, Vier5, Yorgo&Co.

The booklet “Contemporary Typefaces” presents fourteen recently published typefaces we think are important and interesting: Amster (Francisco Gálvez / PampaType), Beausite (Yassin Baggar / Fatype), Berlingske (Jonas Heksher / Playtype), Christel (Sascha Timplan / Stereotypes), Duwal Pro (Dennis Dünnwald / VolcanoType), Gemeli Micro (Jean-Baptiste Levée / Production Type), Kraaken FY (Fontyou graphic and type team / Fontyou), Mislab (Xavier Dupré / Typofonderie), Patron (Timo Gaessner / Milieu Grotesque), Plaak (Damien Gautier / Éditions deux-cent-cinq), Superb (Paco González / Resistenza), Taz Wide & Extended (Luc(as) de Groot / LucasFonts), UIB (Damiá Rotger Miró / Ductil), Woodkit (Ondrej Job / Typotheque)

Slanted Magazine #24 – Istanbul

Istanbul – the city on the Bosphorus – is famous for its countless minarets, magnificent palaces, colorful markets and traders, seagulls and stray cats. Istanbul is the only metropolis in the world that unites two continents. Traditional crafts collide with a young and blossoming art and design scene, which is slowly changing the face and image of the city.

Slanted takes a close-up look at contemporary design work and all the tumultuous developments in this cultural melting pot city balanced between the Orient and the Occident. On their one-week-trip the Slanted team met 15 design studios and produced comprehensive studio portraits which provide a vivid and up-to-the-minute picture of the scene.

The issue is thematically complemented by illustrations, photography and fine art from contemporary culture.

The cover is dedicated to Metin Edremit, the designer of the original “Istanbul symbol” whose design won first place in a competition 1969. The “logo” symbolizes many things, such as the seven hills upon which Istanbul was built and the city skyline. With small, formal changes, it now graces the 2-color printed letterpress-cover.

Istanbul turu: Aslı Altay, Yurdaer Altıntaş, Yetkin Başarır, Christopher Çolak, Burak Delier, Cem Dinlenmiş, Bülent Erkmen, İnci Eviner, Sedat Girgin, Esen Karol, Tamer Köşeli, Şükran Moral, Ali Taptık, Mehmet Ali Türkmen, Onur F. Yazıcıgil

24 hills: Works, Photography, Fontnames Illustrated, 10 × 10 Interviews, Essays, Index

The booklet “Contemporary Typefaces” presents fourteen recently published typefaces we think are important and interesting: Alverata (Gerard Unger / TypeTogether), Anisette (Jean François Porchez / Typofonderie), CA Recape (Thomas Schostok / Cape Arcona Type Foundry), Cardea (David Cabianca / Emigre), Euclid Flex (Swiss Typefaces design team / Swiss Typefaces), Karol Sans (Daniel Sabino / Type-Ø-Tones), Laski Slab (Paula Mastrangelo, Ramiro Espinoza / ReType), Lava (Peter Biľak / Typotheque), Muriza (Jakob Runge, Jürgen Schwarz / type me! fonts), Noe Display (Lauri Toikka / Schick Toikka), Quire Sans (Jim Ford / Monotype), Square Sans (Panos Vassiliou / Parachute), Version 1 International (Oliver Jeschke, Oliver Mayer / VolcanoType), Walmer Marker (Jarno Lukkarila / Typolar).

MONSTERBOX

ROOOOAAAARRRR! The first MONSTERBOX is here!

MONSTERBOX is a collection of extraordinary monster illustrations printed on high quality cardboard in 3 different special colors each. In total, the box contains 150 note cards, each with its own monster, illustrator name and URL, and the HKS spot colors used. There is room on the back for notes or small messages.

The trick: By using 3 special colors per card and the respective color information, the cards can be wonderfully used as a color sample and show how differently one can deal with spot colors and what effect can arise when overprinting. And if you are fed up with the information, just separate the color and text details at the perforation below the monster.

Presented Illustrators followed a previous Call for Entries in March 2014 and submitted numerous and fascinating monsters from around the world, illustrated with a variety of techniques. 150 monsters were selected for the MONSTERBOX – they come from Australia, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Israel, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Switzerland, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom and the USA.

The perfect gift for all MONSTER friends!

Helvetica Illustrated Riso Print – Pascal Staub

Twelve illustrations were made for the track “Fontname(s) Illustrated” in the Slanted Magazine, two of them in form no. 253, ten in the Slanted Magazine # 23—Suisse Issue were mapped. Raban Ruddigkeit, who has been curating this category for many years, has invited illustrators from Switzerland to do so. For the first time, the default was a single font name for everyone—Helvetica. The font names were visualized by the invited illustrators according to their ideas in an illustration.

A limited edition of the illustrations will be available in the Slanted Shop, produced on a Risograph in A3 format. The limited to 10 pieces each prints are numbered and personally signed by the respective illustrator.