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
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 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
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 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 Istanbul turu on mobile devices.
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.
From now on, the limited edition prints can be preordered exclusively at the Slanted Shop.
Since 2004 Swiss graphic designer Pascal Staub works under the name Grafilu. Grafilu offers illustrative design in a variety of visual languages, all of which share one common ingredient: the involvement of drawing.
Helvetica Illustrated Riso Print – Michael Kiener
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.
From now on, the limited edition prints can be preordered exclusively at the Slanted Shop.
Michael Kiener has completed the graphic specialist class in Biel. After his education he went on an adventure trip from New York to Buenos Aires and sketched the country and people. After an illustration internship at Blackyard GmbH, he now works part-time as a graphic intern at the Tatort GmbH.
Helvetica Illustrated Riso Print – Julien Gapany
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.
From now on, the limited edition prints can be preordered exclusively at the Slanted Shop.
Born in Geneva in 1990, Julien Gapany was always passionate by art in its various forms. In 2011 he entered the CFPAA in Geneva where he is currently a 3rd year graphic design student. He tries to focus his personal work on abstract and figurative geometrical compositions, the simplification of a subject and the relation Typography/image. His main goal is to experiment and to learn a new way of thinking and working.
Helvetica Illustrated Riso Print – Julia Marti
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.
From now on, the limited edition prints can be preordered exclusively at the Slanted Shop.
Julia Marti, born 1984, works as artist, illustrator and graphic designer in Zurich and is a co-publisher of the comic magazine “Strapazin.” Her graphical work is characterized by her strong interest for typography, while the focus of her artistic work is the drawing: as series or separately, in linear or loose narration.
Helvetica Illustrated Riso Print – Daniel Ruckstuhl
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.
From now on, the limited edition prints can be preordered exclusively at the Slanted Shop.
Daniel Ruckstuhl studied Fashion Design and Industrial Design at the Zurich University of the Arts and worked as an art driector for various agencies before he founded his own studio bartók.
Helvetica Illustrated Riso Print – Christian Grossert
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.
From now on, the limited edition prints can be preordered exclusively at the Slanted Shop.
Christian Grossert was born in 1970 in Zurich. From 1994 to 1998 he studied Art Education at the College of Art and Design Zurich and then studied Theory of Art and Design from 2001 to 2003. He lives and works in Zurich.
Slanted #23 – Swiss Issue
The Editors of Slanted magazine embarked on a two week “Tour de Suisse” and talked to some of the most innovative and interesting Swiss designers about tradition, transgression and progression. The resulting photos, text and video interviews with the 23 designers and studios give insight to contemporary design work in Switzerland and a glance behind the scenes.
The 23rd issue of Slanted magazine contains numerous essays reflecting Swiss graphic design, an illustrated section “Helvetica Illustrated”, a photo series of the former Bond-girl, Ursula Andress, interviews and a Carte Blanche in cooperation with form magazine. Also, included is a special “work and life” of typographer and graphic designer Hans Rudolf Lutz, edited and designed by students of the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design under the Direction of Prof. Urs Lehni.
Furthermore, this 336-page issue utilizes materials to interpreted the opposing sides of Switzerland: A very shiny and structured surface against the raw and rough. This juxtaposition is represented in this issue with the use of the Chromolux-material. On the high glossy side, readers can follow the Tour de Suisse and the uncoated side features content of the Suisse Issue.
Thanks to Augmented Reality and the Junaio app, readers can easily watch embedded videos of the Tour de Suisse on mobile devices.
Tour de Suisse
Eric Andersen, Ludovic Balland, Angela Thomas (über Max Bill), Jacques Borel, Bringolf Irion Vögeli, Büro Destruct, Claudiabasel, Heyday, Hi, Hochparterre, Jost Hochuli, Matthias Hofmann, IDPURE, Komet, Matrix, Norm, Feixen, François Rappo, Rawcut, Aurèle Sack, Niklaus Troxler, Von B und C, Wolfgang Weingart
Suisse Issue
Essays, Helvetica Illustrated, Ursi National, Interviews, Carte Blanche / form, Lutz Special / HfG KA
The booklet “Contemporary Typefaces” presents fourteen recently published typefaces we think are important and interesting: Allegra (Jost Hochuli / abc litera), Apeloig Type Library (Philippe Apeloig / Nouvelle Noire), Austin Text (Paul Barnes / Commercial Type), Balto (Tal Leming / Type Supply), Camingo Mono (Jan Fromm), Coperto (Alexander Colby / Milieu Grotesque), DF Rika (Ko Sliggers / Dutchfonts), Duplicate Collection (Christian Schwartz, Miguel Reyes / Commercial Type), FS Maja (Jason Smith / Fontsmith), Karloff (Peter Bi’lak, Pieter van Rosmalen / Typotheque), Lalola (Laura Meseguer / Type-Ø-Tones), Odesta (Ondrej Jób / Urtd), Shameless (Neil Summerour / Positype), Voyage (Emil Bertell / Fenotype)
VolcanoType – Education Font Poster #1
In order to counteract the drab font everyday life at colleges, the font publisher VolcanoType now offers students the opportunity to download four complete font families free of charge and to use them for student projects and privately. More information here.
For this, a fancy DIN A1 poster was designed by the Visiotypen (Stuttgart) and Peter Brugger (Istanbul) and completely printed in special colors, which presents the currently available fonts in a short profile.
Please note: The poster will be shipped folded to A4.
Slanted Magazine #22—Art Type
Slanted Art Type brings together texts and works from the art world. The magazine presents a large number of art works and installation shots that explore language and typography by internationally renowned artists. It features a Q/A section with design studios developing visual identities in the field of culture production and numerous essays and interviews focussing on art, design and type.
Thanks to Augmented Reality and Junaio app Slanted readers can explore lots of interactive extras by moving their smartphone over the magazine’s pages.
Participants: Mirko Borsche, Lars Breuer, Stefan Brüggemann, Sico Carlier, Rosson Crow, Shannon Ebner, Paul Elliman, Experimental Jetset, Hannes Famira, Edward Fella, Lutz Fezer, Luca Frei, Gilbert & George, Liam Gillick, James Goggin, Tommy Grace, Karl Haendel, Alex Hanimann, Helmo, Dennis Hopper, Jeffery Keedy, Astrid Klein, Zak Kyes, Carolina Laudon, Lola, Chris Lozos, Ian Lynam, Michel M., Michel Majerus, Stefan Marx, Metahaven, David Millhouse, Kate Moross, Neasden Control Centre, Alexander Negrelli, Navid Nuur, Ruben Pater, David Peacock, Daniel Pflumm, Project Projects, Allen Ruppersberg, Ed Ruscha, Stefan Sagmeister and Jessica Walsh, Stefan Sandner, Paula Scher, Aurel Schmidt, Pamela C. Scorzin, Jeffrey Shaw, David Spiller, Manuel Raeder, The Entente, Thonik, Mark Titchner, Christian Vetter, Johannes Wohnseifer, Michael Worthington
Inside the magazine you will find again the booklet “Contemporary Typefaces” showcasing the best ones from 2012 and 2013.
Designer Contemporary Typefaces: Sibylle Hagmann (Axia, Kontour), Hannes von Döhren (Brandon Text, HVD Fonts), Jonathan Abbott, Jonathan Barnbrook, Julián Moncada (Doctrine, VirusFonts), Elena Schneider (Eskorte, Rosetta Type Foundry), Phil Garnham (FS Emeric, Fontsmith Ltd), Marc Kappeler & Dominik Huber (GT Pressura, Grilli Type), James Todd (HWT Unit Gothic, P22/Hamilton Wood Type Foundry), Ramiro Espinoza (Medusa, ReType), Benoît Bodhuin (Mineral, bb-bureau/VolcanoType), Berton Hasebe (Portrait, Commercial Type), Zuzana Licko (Program, Emigre), Underware (Sauna Mono, Underware), Cyrus Highsmith (Serge, Font Bureau), Martina Flor (Supernova, Typotheque)
Slanted Non-Latin Special Issue – BABYLON
Slanted BABYLON deals with Non-Latin typefaces and be released at Granshan Non-Latin type conference in Bangkok (TH) in the end of July. Besides essays, interviews, a photographic science-fiction story and non-Latin typefaces which illuminate the theme, there is also a number of new Thai TypoLyrics in the magazine.
The magazines will only be available in a limited edition at Slanted shop, there will be no regular distribution in shops, at airports or stations.
Participants of the issue:
Essays by:
Boris Kochan, Gerry Leonidas, Eran Bacharach, Huda Smitshuijzen-AbiFarès
Interviews with: eps51, Nadine Chahine, Hrant Papazian
Photography by: Ian Lynam
Typefaces by: Alexandra Korlokova, Kunihiko Okano, Neelakash Kshetrimayum, Oded Ezer, Panos Vassiliou, Sammy Or, Satya Rajpurohit, Nadine Chahine
TypoLyrics by: Anuthin Wongsunkakon, Athip Nimthongkam, BenChalit Sagiamsak, Chatnarong Jingsuphatada, Ekaluck Peanpanawate, Jackkrit Anantakul, Jean Vatchara, Sansern Rianthong, Natthawit Tongprasert, Warit Chaiyakul, Opas Limpi-Angkanan, Parinya Rojarayanont, Santi Lawrachawee, Stawix Ruecha, Nattapol Rojjanarattanangkool, Sumpatha Jadee, Tanawat Sakdawisarak, TAP Kruavanichkit, Ukkrid Tosak
Slanted Magazine #20 – Slab Serif
SLAB! Slanted Magazine #20 – Slab Serif is entirely dedicated to the early 19th century born »serifenbetonte Linear-Antiqua,« broadly known as Egyptienne, Slab Serif, Square Serif or Mécanes outside German classification. Developing during Industrial Revolution in Great Britain, these typefaces fastly spread on advertising posters and flyers. Back in these days it was the main purpose of the slab serifs to attract attention by their strong visual expression. In this issue we want to bring back some of this (at least in Central Europe) rather gone attention to the often striking slab serifs.
We are pleased to present a number of essays and reports: Form folgt Architektur – Deutsche Egyptienne-Schriften des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts und ihre Schriftproben (Mathieu Lommen, Amsterdam, NL), Artistic Printing (Angela Voulangas & Doug Clouse, New York, NY, US), The Zeitgeist is always right! (Maurice van Brast, Weimar, DE), Über Gefühle (Frank Wiedemann, Berlin, DE), Candid Thoughts on the 2020 Olympic Logo (Ian Lynam, Tokyo, JP).
The photo collection “Come On, Come All!” (thanks to Ken Johnston, Historical Corbis NY) shows historical posters and photos during the time of the American Goldrush. The series “In a Window of Prestes Maia 911 Building” by Julio Bittencourt (São Paulo, BR) documents people who are living in poverty and are inhabiting a abandoned tower building.
In our interview format (10 x 10) 10 international type designers gave answers to 10 questions about slab serifs – Ray Larabie (Typodermic Fonts Inc., Nagoya, JP), Cyrus Highsmith (Font Bureau, Boston, MA, US), Michael Hagemann (FontMesa, Naperville, IL, USA), Jos Buivenga (exljbris Font Foundry, Neede, NL), Daniel Hernández (SudTipos, Buenos Aires, AR), Nina Stössinger (FontFont, Berlin, DE), Jonathan Hill (The Northern Block, Newcastle Upon-Tyne, UK), Jeremy Dooley (Insigne Design, Chattanooga, TN, US), Ryoichi Tsunekawa (Dharma Type, Nagoya, JP) and Jim Wasco (Monotype Imaging, Woburn, MA, US).
Furthermore, we spoke with Wim Crouwel (Amsterdam, NL), about his life as a designer, professor and director, with Ken Johnston (Brooklyn, NY, US) about his work in the historical archive of Corbis, with Bo Berndal (Stockholm, SE) and Dieter Hofrichter (Oberschleißheim, DE) about their life long experience in type design, with Morag Myerscough (London, UK) about her colorful and typographic work, and also with Sylvia Lerch (Munich, DE) about her passion for materials and production.
The cover shows Hank Aaron in full batting position after his famous 714 career home run. The other pages of the fold-out cover are featuring other athletes and disciplines in American Sports. A popular choice and common to see on their jerseys and shirts: Slab Serifs.
Slanted Magazine #19 – Super-Families
Slanted Magazine #19 – Super Families hosts a great family party. In this issue we focus on large font families, and their family trees, displaying an amazing variety. They all have a large amount of weights that features an extreme range, giving a spectacle from Hairline to Ultra Black with Compressed to Extended. Relatives also come in Sans, Serif, Semi-Serif, Slab, Rounded etc.
We are pleased to present a number of readable essays and reports:
Unit Gothic & Uniform Set Gothic, wood type as precursor (David Shields Austin TX US), Über Koffer (Frank Wiedemann, Berlin, DE), Japanese Graphic Design: Not In Production (Ian Lynam, Tokyo, JP), On typographic superfamilies (Julia Sturm, Berlin, DE), Eine wie Keine, aber die für alle Fälle! (Maurice van Brast, Weimar, DE), Mr & Mrs Eaves: A Type Family (Emigre, Berkeley CA, US), Jenseits der Interpolation – Entwurf einer Schriftsippe mit Superpolator (Stefan Claudius, Essen, DE) as well as The Kegler Bros by Terry Wudenbachs (Buffalo, NY, US).
In this particular issue there are many wonderful family photographs:
Royal Families (thanks to Ken Johnston, Historical Corbis, Brooklyn NY, US), Princesses and Footbal Stars (Daniel Schumann, Erkrath, DE), Alison (Jack Radcliffe, Baltimore MD, US), Life on Both Sides of the Border (Joseph Rodriguez, Brooklyn, New York, US), Stranger Than Family (Matthew Avignone, Chicago IL, US), The Other Family (Nicola Lo Calzo, Paris, FR), A portrait of community life at Castle Tonndorf (Roger Hagmann, Blankenhain, DE), Salt & Truth (Shelby Lee Adams, Pittsfield MA, US), Caches (Sirin Simsek, Cologne, DE), Miner’s Families (Song Chao, Beijing City, CN), Portrait of a Family (Todd Danforth, Blackstone MA, US).
In the interview format 10 × 10, family experts gave answers to 10 questions – with Łukasz Dziedzic (Typoland, Warszawa, PL), Hannes von Döhren (HVD Fonts, Berlin), Peter Biľak (Typotheque, The Hague, NL), Christian Schwartz (Commercial Type, New York City NY, US), Nadine Chahine (Linotype, Bad Homburg, DE), Ian Party (swisstypefaces, Villette, CH), Erik van Blokland (LettError, The Hague, NL), Paul van der Laan (Bold Monday, The Hague, NL) and Yanone (Kromsdorf, DE).
Furthermore, we spoke with Albert-Jan Pool (Hamburg, DE) about the future of FF DIN and what he thinks about other DIN typefaces, Panos Vassiliou about his type foundry Parachute (Athens, GR), Andreas Frohloff and Ivo Gabrowitsch (fontfont, Berlin, DE) about the meaning of big type families for one of the most renowned international type foundries, Olaf Leu (Wiesbaden, DE) about the tasks of type systems, Thomas Marecki (Lodown, Berlin, DE / Blurb, San Francisco CA, US) about their publication “The Icons of Lodown,” Philippe Apeloig (Paris, FR) about his work and what inspires him.
Besides historic family portraits of Corbis, the eight page fold-out cover presents something really special: a family tree of the best type super families, compiled by Indra Kupferschmid.
Detailtypografie
Es gibt ein Buch, das mir auf Anhieb verrät, ob der kreative Besitzer Rechts- oder Linkshänder ist: Detailtypografie.
Ein Buch, das das Setzerwissen der Jahrhunderte für den täglichen Bedarf und Zugriff aufbereitet. Ein Buch, das alle Fragen beantwortet: Von Schriftwahl bis Schriftbearbeitung, von Auszeichnung und Absatz bis Zeilenumbruch und Zurichtung, vom Satzzeichen über die Satzarten bis zum fremdsprachigen und zum mathematischen Formelsatz.
Ein Nachschlagewerk, das Sie auch bei Fragen zum Umgang mit Brailleschrift nicht im Dunkeln tappen lässt.
Ein Buch, das Gestalter auch ihren liebsten Kollegen nicht und selbst den allerbesten Freunden nur im Notfall verleihen. Ein Buch, das seinen festen Platz im Regal hinter dem Schreibtisch in Griffhöhe hat. Ein Buch, dem man ansieht, dass es ständig konsultiert zum Begleiter für alle Fälle geworden ist. Ein Gestaltungs-»Duden«. Ein unverzichtbarer Begleiter, der Ihre Kreativität auf ein solides Fundament stellt. / Pressetext