3 Forward Magazines Combo Pack

The 3 Forward Magazines Combo Pack includes:

1x 2023 Forward Magazine “AI” Issue. The magazine takes a deep dive into AI and its unknown future of technological evolution. Including Interviews with Refik Anadol, Ines Alpha, Mike Meiré, Claudia Rafael, and many more!
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1 × 2022 Forward Magazine Der Zeit ihre Kunst. Der Kunst ihre Freiheit
Throughout this magazine, we take a deep dive into Austrian design and introduce you to Forward Network, our recently launched platform following the collaborative spirit of Wiener Werkstätte.
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1 × 2021/22 Forward Magazine Reconnect Issue
Within 146 pages there are 11 interviews with artists like Christoph Niemann, Felipe Pantone, or Martha Cooper.

Some Magazine #15—Together

What unites us? Since humans first formed communities, they have been thinking about what can be achieved better, faster, and easier together instead of alone. So the idea of collaboration is nothing new, we are herd creatures. In art, design, and culture, the collaborative is also a tried and tested approach. Last but not least, shared suffering is also half suffering. However, it is not only work and profit that are being shared, authorship is also transferred from the individual to the community.

The editorial team of Some Magazine #15—Together talked to very different artists and designers about their strategies and attitudes towards sharing. They found surprising new paths and unusual perspectives. But above all, the research for this issue left the editorial team with the deep conviction that the big questions, problems, and crises of our time can certainly only be overcome together—not alone. In this issue: Albrecht / Wilke, Na Kim, Studio Pandan, Josh Kern, Solitype, Maxim Brandt, Zongbo Jiang, and Clara Vastano.

Some Magazine is a bi-annual art and design publication from the Experimental Design course of Prof. Sven Völker at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. Since 2010, changing editorial teams of young art and design students research, write, layout, and produce it.

A Magazine for Visual Inventors!

Slanted Magazine #40—Experimental Type

This issue is out of stock, but check the reprint with additional content here!

Mum probably told us, “The oven is a danger zone.” Still, we had to experiment our first burn to know how hot fire is. Our parents covered us with millions of kisses, long before we fell in love with somebody and experimented our first kiss. Even if we saw it before, nobody could really tell us how beautiful it is. Everyone must experience it by him- or herself. In other words: by making experiments we gain experience and knowledge. Experiments open our horizon, let us enter the undiscovered, and feed our lust for more.

With Slanted Magazine #40—Experimental Type we open eight doors, each one offering a glimpse into spaces that were explored by pushing conventions, limitations, and thoughts to the next level. We all know though, that the game is never over. The discovery of new areas, technologies, and thoughts are a constant source of inspiration, research, and experimentation for those that follow.

Tactile Realism shows works with tactile character, adding material properties to the typeface. The Anti-Reader-Friendly typography becomes the “readymade” of the type world—and in doing so, a form of denying the possibility of defining art. In the Deliberate Imperfection & Serendipity space, disassembly, and assembly of type leads to great discoveries. While Coincidence & Intention brings the accident into the design process and explores works based on mistakes and inaccuracy. The Ever-Changing room showcases experiments of kinetic typography breaking away from its static state by adding movement and a three-dimensional stereoscopy, and the fourth dimension: time. Cutting Edge drives the attention to state-of-the-art technologies and their impact on design experiments. Off the Screen explores physical space in which writing becomes material, object, and sculpture. Last but not least, Push to the Limits engages to think finitude differently, breaking boundaries of learned symbolisms and triggering new stimuli.

In addition, a special limited edition has been published. A set of three type stencil to draw your own experimental letters. Keep on being experimental!

A One Storied Country

In 1957, an explosion occurred at the Mayak nuclear facility near the town of Kyshtym in the Russian Urals. Although scattered reports of a nuclear accident in Russia appeared in the Western press as early as the following year, the Soviet government refused to acknowledge the event. Later reports would show that two-fifths as much radioactivity was released at Kyshtym as was later released at Chernobyl, with the plume travelling northeast.

Despite efforts to conceal the accident, increased activity around the plant and nearby hospitals filling up with sufferers of radiation sickness led to talk and suspicion amongst the local people. Eventually, thousands were evacuated from their homes, entire villages were demolished, and peasants living nearby were ordered—without explanation—to slaughter their livestock, bury their crops, and plow their farmlands.

The Techa, a prominent river that runs east of the Urals, was already noted for its nuclear contamination despite the dozens of riverside villages who relied on the river as their sole source of drinking, washing, and bathing water. Of the many villages that lined its banks, 23 of them were eventually evacuated due to radiation after 1957.

Chris Bierl followed the river upwards, which led him to many more poisoned and exploited places. Much of Russia’s heavy industry was moved to this area to avoid it falling into the hands of the Nazis as they invaded the USSR. In his photographs, Chris Bierl shows the effects of this anthropological invasion of natural landscapes. This series presents impressions from the above-mentioned “landmarks,” as locals call them, and is part of the artist’s interest in post-Soviet spaces—hereby Russia’s search for identity between feelings of deprivation and paralysis.

Utopia Ending

Utopia Ending by Gianluca Calise investigates the urban transformation of London since the 2012 Olympics, and includes photographs taken between 2014 to 2019.

Through images and text, including three interviews and a final essay, the author compares the current finance-driven development of the city with the post-WWII expansion based on council houses: investments in social housing have been almost entirely eradicated and the new buildings are more financial assets for global investors, rather than homes for Londoners.

Forward Magazine “Construct Deconstruct”—COLLECTORS EDITION

Issue No. 1 of the Forward Magazine 2018.
The visual identity of Forward Festival 2018 reflects the festival topic “Construct-Deconstruct.” The interplay of Wiener Werkstätte inspired elements and contemporary graphic design indicates the two-sided story of every final product or concept. Pablo Picasso once said “every act of creation is first an act of destruction.” The great Spanish artist points out that destruction isn’t a system failure but necessary to create something new. In line with ol’ Pablo the designers want to deconstruct outdated structures so that a new way of thinking can take place. In the process they celebrate the creativity of these acts because smashing things is always fun, isn’t it?
Including interviews with Erik Spiekermann, Stefan Sagmeister, Erik Kessels, and much more!

The World’s Best Typography—The 43. Annual of the Type Directors Club 2022

The yearbook of the Type Directors Club in New York is a bible of inspiration for typo aficionados. This is where craftsmanship meets creation, classic skills meet new things. This is where trends are identified and set.

Designers from all over the world compete to be part of the book. The competition is divided into communication design and type design. In both categories, also students have the opportunity to compete against each other in their own section. The Award for Typographic Excellence is their ticket to the best agencies in the world.

The yearbook itself is evidence of the latest typography trends, sets standards, is a collector’s item, and distinguishes its owners as visual pioneers.

Forward Magazine—”Der Zeit ihre Kunst. Der Kunst ihre Freiheit”

Forward Magazine No 5 — Der Zeit ihre Kunst. Der Kunst ihre Freiheit. is now available in Slanted Shop.
On 108 pages, including 8 interviews with a variety of Austrian creatives like Stefan Sagmeister, Frau Isa and Mafia Mashi, the magazine takes a deep dive into Austrian design and what it stands for.
Forward also introduces its newly founded Forward Network, which follows the collaborative spirit of the Wiener Werkstätte and features lots of creatives from different fields and styles.
The amazing print design by Zwupp is emphasized by an extraordinary feel due to the four different kinds of eco-friendly paper and a cover with a special effect. The swallow on the cover is thermosensitive: At first glance it appears to be all black – but once you put it in the sun or warm it up with your hand, the famous title-giving claim of Wiener Werkstätte appears behind the black finish.

Copy Shop

In the graphic novel COPY SHOP, Julie works full time in a Berlin copy store, and she likes doing it. Her boss is unusually nice, and the pay is surprisingly okay. Ro also works here. He is a student and needs the part-time job. He can’t believe that Julie likes the store: in addition to boredom, there are fine particles in every corner. But Ro realizes that it’s not easy for him to talk to Julie.

Kritzel

Doodled is almost everything, always and everywhere. Even horses! Who knows what a great line is? A straight, clean one or a crooked, smeared one? In the picture book DOODLE, Doodle himself is talking. And we listen, look closely, and ask ourselves questions like, “When is a line an arm?” In this book, the arm is the beginning of a story. DOODLE shows kids that you can do quite a lot with just a few quick strokes. And that you should never underestimate Doodle.

Mascots

All 15 world cup mascots World Cup Willie to La’eeb in one booklet. Only the ball is missing. Watercolor paintings by Winnes Rademächers.

RING RING

A look back and forward. RING RING is a series of painted smartphones by Winnes Rademächers. Point by point, much more is shown here than the minimalist drawings initially suggest.

I’ve known rivers

A one song book. The song lyrics are flooded with graphics. The title and the quoted text in the booklet are by Gary Bartz. I’ve known rivers is the title track of his live album recorded in 1973.

Heb mal ein Bein!

The picture book HEB MAL EIN BEIN! asks many questions: Who speaks in a book? When do pictures come to life? What is a story? What is a book anyway? What does the author have to do with it? The answers don’t seem easy, but in this story they end up being just that.
HEB MAL EIN BEIN! was awarded by the Stiftung Buchkunst as one of the 25 most beautiful German books of 2023.

Doodle

Doodled is almost everything, always and everywhere. Even horses! Who knows what a great line is? A straight, clean one or a crooked, smeared one? In the picture book DOODLE, Doodle himself is talking. And we listen, look closely, and ask ourselves questions like, “When is a line an arm?” In this book, the arm is the beginning of a story. DOODLE shows kids that you can do quite a lot with just a few quick strokes. And that you should never underestimate Doodle.

Experimental Type Stencils

We love typography and experiments! On occasion of the release of Slanted Magazine #40—Experimental Type, a set of three type stencils has been published as a limited special edition that is exclusively available in the Slanted Shop. 

Draw your own experimental font with the three stencils included in the set. Each stencil contains a different set of shapes that can be combined with each other—the creativity is limitless! The colorful stencils are made of a durable, recyclable material that is perfect for die cutting. Let’s go!

Set of 3 type stencils
Die Cutting & Printing: Stober Medien
Material: PRIPLAK OPALINE, 500μ, Himbeere, Limone, Zitrone, distributed by Inapa Deutschland

Also available with Slanted Magazine #40—Experimental Type.

Grafikmagazin 05.22—Flora & Fauna

As the name indicates, Grafikmagazin is a print magazine focusing on all things graphic design. Primarily it’s aimed at professional creatives and design students from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and beyond. Grafikmagazin presents outstanding work from graphic design, typography, illustration, photography, design theory, research, paper, and printing every two months.

The editorial team of Grafikmagazin created a variety of sections and categories but selected focus themes for each issue, like Flora & Fauna. The topics portray how imaginative, eclectic, and many playful aspects of graphic design can be while also featuring successful branding concepts and niche ideas.
The extensive Showroom section lets readers know other creatives and the stories behind design studios worldwide. In this issue, Grafikmagazin 05.22—Flora & Fauna, the European Design Awards were featured, amongst others.

The Design & Research category presents interdisciplinary projects that show how science and research can benefit from creative solutions and play an active role in graphic design.

In the Production & Publishing section, everything revolves around the topic of print. You will find exquisite books, sophisticated annual reports, and high-quality embossed greeting cards. Also, the cover artists of each issue are interviewed or get to highlight their ideas.

Each cover is printed on a different paper, and the design interprets the particular Grafik+ theme more broadly or shares a fresh perspective on a unique design technique.

The Grafikmagazin team, its correspondents, and freelancers are bound and driven by the firm belief that print is not dead. With the will to prove just how alive it is, and the motivation to start something fresh yet deeply traditional, they strive for nothing less than to create another print magazine that makes history.

FFCGN—Die Macht der Bilder Vol. 2

FILM FESTIVAL COLOGNE is one of the leading festivals in Germany and an important international branch event. It presents worldwide trends and shows outstanding works of audiovisual storytelling for the first time in Germany. “FFCGN – Die Macht der Bilder Vol. 2” accompanies the festival visually as well as with texts and reflections on the diversity of media culture and brings together selected content from the current film world.

Everything about the power of images in film, pop culture, art and society. At the FILM FESTIVAL COLOGNE on site or in this richly illustrated volume.

It moves organically in nature. Its texture is familiar to us in a pleasant way. It breathes. Its surface is smooth and in resting dynamic movement. It lives, and we recognize a substance of which we are ourselves. No longer as the navel of the world, but as an element of the new order.

The key visual of FILM FESTIVAL COLOGNE this year illustrates the posthumanist feel of our time. We humans no longer believe in grand narratives. We no longer think of ourselves as actors, rather as the audience of the world theater. Visual information pelts us, it “overwhelms us.” They make it increasingly difficult to distinguish between right and wrong, good and bad images. Are we art or junk?

And yet—every now and then something stings us. Every now and then, images manage to break out of the multitude of their peers and touch or change us in our lives. Pictures shake awake, fight for space, haunt us. Weapons and comfort at the same time. Are we art, or much more?

Welcome to FFCGN—DIE MACHT DER BILDER Vol. 2. Once again, this publication brings together and curates a wide variety of content from the world of the motion pictures. This book is a feature. The editors talk to people they find inspiring. It’s a snapshot of their work, at FILM FESTIVAL COLOGNE and far beyond. It’s a best of content they’re up for. And, last but not least, a little piece of nostalgia, a hint from the realm of analog: Go to the festival’s website! There you’ll find everything you need to know about the power of moving pictures.

Word Cards

Use this set of 135 ideation cards to define the components of a brand’s personality: brand archetype, tone of voice, personality traits, and style characteristics.
This collection of ideation cards enables you to define the characteristics of a brand’s personality quickly and effortlessly.
Use these cards when crystallizing your brand’s identity or facilitating your brand strategy workshops. Add more play to your work!
What’s included?
– 12 Brand Archetype Cards
– 39 Tone of Voice Cards
– 40 Brand Personality Cards
– 37 Style Characteristics Cards

Content Marketing Kit

This kit provides you with an expert process and a set of tools to create a content system that attracts the right people to your website, engages them to take action, and inspires them to come back for more.
How to use it?
https://youtu.be/2jiIDb4cFrk?si=BjNIjRvz07hRvNzj
Without a strategy to inform your content creation process, you spend valuable time creating and publishing content that isn’t exciting for the brand’s audience, doesn’t convert, or quickly becomes obsolete.
Content Strategy Kit provides you with an expert process and a set of tools to create a content system that attracts the right people to your website, engages them to take action, and inspires them to come back for more.
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
Content Strategy Workbook
Content Canvas (21 Worksheets, A3)
10 Content Goal Cards
15 Content KPI Cards
55 Persona Cards
40 Content Title Cards
11 Content Content Scorecards

Branding Kit

This DIY Branding Kit will guide you through the inside-out brand strategy process. By the end, you’ll have created a Brand Canvas containing all the core components of your brand.
How does it work?
👉 https://youtu.be/0jnCr7_w_0M?si=fcpZxZKlL6m5NZO8
You’ll define your brands mission, target audience, next-level of success, positioning, brand personality, archetype, brand style, etc. At the end of the process, you’ll gain the clarity you need to develop your brand system. The brand canvas will serve you as a well-defined brief for your designers, agency, partners, collaborators, or team.
Shoot for the stars and let this Kit be an additional pair of wings for your successful flight!
What is included?
✦ Brand Strategy Workbook
✦ Brand Canvas Template (A2)
✦ 200 Style Cards
✦ 12 Brand Archetype Cards
✦ 40 Brand Personality Cards
✦ 20 Tone of Voice Cards
Why choose this Branding Kit?
The idea for the Brand Kit was born after working with clients world-wide for 15 years now and after organizing the Brand Strategy workshops in various cities (London, Santiago de Chile, Barcelona, Paris, Casablanca, Beirut, etc.). I wanted to standardize the branding process I was using to help my clients uncover and define their whys, authentic points, target audience, positioning statement, and crystallize the next level for their brands. Instead of going down the tedious route of creating traditional brand briefs that are full of paradoxes and clichés (“we want innovative yet trustworthy”; “young and dynamic;”—who hasn’t been there, right?), this Kit enables you to try out a faster and more fun approach which speeds up the branding decision-making process—as well as rests your eyes from the screen time.

Content Cards

Use this set of 135 content cards to brainstorm ideas for your brand’s content and set a solid foundation for your content marketing system.
How to use Content Cards?
https://youtu.be/hk6MG6zJXtI?si=1NE_6uYkXLM2swkj
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
10 Content Goal Cards
15 Content KPI Cards
55 Persona Cards
40 Content Title Cards
11 Content Content Scorecards

Style Cards Vol. 2

Use this set of 135 design cards to explore visual trends, define a brand’s look and feel, gamify design workshops, and enhance moodboards. These cards contain works of modern designers and are curated into 10 themes that reflect the world’s visual trends.
How to use the Style Cards?
https://youtu.be/otyWGzT4TXs?si=s69pH8w26jmanYiA
This volume contains design cards curated into the following themes that reflect visual trends:
Crypto Techno
Dreamy Geometry
Future is Now
Monochrome
Nature Calling
Vintage Modern
Neon Gradient
Happy Pop
Bold Play
Speakeasy
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
130 Style Cards
10 Styles
Printed and packed in a nice box

Brand Cards

A design ideation tool for brand strategists, designers, and creative teams to visualize and crystallize their ideas through mood boards and transform them into brand or design concepts.
Getting on the same page with your client or team when discussing the aesthetics of the brand or design project can be a challenge. Especially if you work remotely. What is modern and hip for a New Yorker is not necessarily the same for someone from Hong Kong or Johannesburg.
We’ve created the Brand Cards with a mission to create a simple and practical tool that would enable you and your client or team to quickly synchronize around the design direction for your project. This tool helps to avoid miscommunications and reduces the resulting back-and-forths.
The Brand Cards is also a celebration of the most interesting creative work out there. Have fun with this!
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
200 Style Cards
12 Brand Archetype Cards
40 Brand Personality Cards
20 Tone of Voice Cards