Lesetypografie

Typography is not art. Typography is not science. Typography is craft. And typography is there for the reader, not for the designer. These are the premises on which this standard work of book design is based. A solid foundation for your own creative path.

And this foundation is in demand as never before, because despite all print-is-dead doom calls, the printed book seems to have risen from the dead.
Based on centuries of tradition, today’s book designers are building new bibliophile declarations of love for reading and the reader. The digital competition has sparked a renaissance of the beautiful book.

Anyone who wants to reinterpret classical craftsmanship in pointed detail must deal with it. He has to know the rules before breaking them. Hans Peter Willberg and Friedrich Forssman have created a basic work of typographic craft with the reading typography, which quickly became the standard work of book design and was »obstetrician« of many excellent books. The future of the book … is beautiful!

The art of creating beautiful books builds on a centuries-old tradition. It focuses on the one for whom the book is being made: the reader.

To design and equipment
For four editions, reading typography has become a standard reference work for lecturers, students and practitioners. In grateful remembrance of the great teacher Hans Peter Willberg, a few years ago we opted for a reasonably priced softcover edition in order to make the craft knowledge that Willberg and Forssman collected available to a broader public.

TypoMemo Spielbox

The TypoMemo is a declaration of love for the letters, a mini-setting box in panorama format and the most charming way to sensitize graphic designers for font details. It is a design object for people with good memory and the chance to strengthen the love of letters among elementary school children.

Four expressive alphabets and 24 special characters
128 fine letter plates, silver embossed on deep black, triple laminated Fedrigoni cardboard are waiting for their use and you decide: TypoMemo or Typoesie?

There are no limits to your creativity with four expressive alphabets and 24 special characters.School your typographic eye. Play TypoMemo in different levels from reading learner to typo nerd. Draw children, friends and colleagues under the spell of the letters. Become a typoete and put messages with 16 characters in the noble mini-case-box to the point. Or blow up the CNC-milled cabinet frame and text on agency and dining tables – out of the box. The game ideas for letter lovers are almost unlimited.

The sound makes the music: So that the fine tablets with clear sound can tumble on your table, we have triple-black, solid-colored Fedrigoni cardboard laminated in triplicate. In order to avoid disputes about p or d, q or b, i or l, n or u in the game, fine strokes mark the baseline in possible doubts.

In your TypoMemo Panoramabox you will find 8 punching boards with 16 easy to push out tablets. This way, when you first contact the TypoMemo you already have an overview of characters and special characters. Under the first panel you will discover the game instructions, but your creativity in finding new game ideas is nothing in the way.

A CNC-milled section made of HDF picks up the letters and allows you to deliver messages with 2 x 8 letters: in daily interaction, as a gift or as a panoramic set box for yourself. The 24 special characters prove to be special useful.

The four fonts we have used (QUESTA, SOLEIL, gitan and utopia) have been chosen for aesthetics and distinctness, of two alphabets we use uppercase, of the other two only the Commons. The box itself is deliberately not foil-laminated, it would be a pity for the dull black …

Der Tagesspiegel Calender 2019 — 12 Graphic Comments by Raban Ruddigkeit

Since 2015, the designer Raban Ruddigkeit has published his “graphic commentary” on current political and social issues every Sunday in Der Tagesspiegel Causa. Now the first calendar has been edited containing 12 of the best and most timeless graphics. The “graphic comments” have won the Lead Award in Gold in the Illustration for Daily category.

Bi-Scriptual—Typography and Graphic Design with Multiple Script Systems

Script is language. Language is communication, and communication is the key to successful intercultural exchange. As a result of globalization and increased interaction across countries and cultures, multilingualism is becoming increasingly important all around the world.
Script, as the most important conveyor of information, is at the center of this development. Designers are more and more faced with the challenging task to create advertising posters, signage systems, books or lettering for example that not only combine different languages but two or even more writing systems with varying visual precepts and habits.

Limited Dubai Special Edition / Photo Essay + Risograph Booklet + Tote Bag

On occasion of the release of Slanted Magazine #32—Dubai, a limited special edition has been published which is exclusively available in the Slanted Shop. The edition contains an illustrated booklet that has been printed on a risograph as well as a photo book showcasing some of the best photographers and photo artists from Dubai. It’s all packed in a high-quality, calligraphic tote bag.

Riso Booklet: It Was All a Dream—Dubai Diaries

Born and raised in Madrid, adopted by Barcelona and Dubai in the past years, Ruben Sánchez is an artist with a strong, colorful graphic style that resonates through all of his projects. Coming from the cultural worlds of graffiti and skateboarding, Sánchez mixes techniques and influences from each field, working on all kind of materials from canvases, murals, reclaimed wood, sculptures or installations. His artworks can be found all around the globe, as a part of art festivals, humanitarian projects or international exhibitions but also as “uncommissioned” works in all kind of places. Sánchez gave Slanted’s creative director Lars Harmsen a “carte blanche“ to create a compilation of his works produced during his time in Dubai. The booklet was printed by the well-known riso-workshop Drucken3000 in Berlin.

Illustrations: Ruben Sánchez
Design: Lars Harmsen
Volume: 24 pages
Format: 14,8 × 21 cm
Paper: Metapaper Rough white, 100 g/sm
Binding: staple binding
Printing: Drucken3000
Colors: Yellow, Fluorescent Pink, Fluorescent Orange, Blue, Medium Blue, Purple, Fluorescent Green, Crimson Red

Photo Book: Under Construction

The special photography publication UNDER CONSTRUCTION showcases work from the photographers Ola Allouz, Faysal Tabbarah / architecture + other things, Ammar al Attar, Lama Hussain Gargash, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Irenaeus Herok, Johannes Heuckeroth, Celia Peterson, Juan Roldán, Christian Topp, and Ashok Verma. The intention of this publication is to allow a closer view on society in the UAE, giving enough space for own interpretation. The book has printed by Océ Printing Systems on a Canon imagePRESS C10000VP.

Photographers: Ola Allouz, Faysal Tabbarah / Architecture + Other Things, Ammar Al Attar, Lamya Hussain Gargash, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Lars Harmsen, Irenaeus Herok, Johannes Heuckeroth, Celia Peterson, Juan Roldán, Christian Topp, Ashok Verma
Design: Lars Harmsen
Volume: 144 pages
Format: 16 × 24 cm
Printing: Canon imagePress C10000VP by Océ Printing Systems
Binding: adhesive binding

 

nomad #5 – where to go?

Die fünfte Ausgabe von nomad betrachtet »The Human Aspect« in der Entwicklung unserer Zeit. Der Mensch ist der größte Einflussfaktor auf unserem Planeten und sein Wirken beeinflusst seine Rolle selbst. Der Künstler Edward Burtynsky dokumentiert in diesem Kontext die Verformung der Erde von Menschenhand. Was bedeutet Mensch sein, wenn die Robotik Intimität übernimmt? Dieser Frage geht der Interactive Designer Dan Chen mit seinen einfühlsamen Maschinen nach. Die globale digitale Transformation bestimmt nicht nur den Weg der Informationen, sondern auch unserer Gefühle. Die Medienkünstlerin Cécile B. Evans ergründet dazu wirtschaftlichen Wert unserer Emotionen. Wie werden wir uns in der Zukunft ernähren? Hervé This stellt uns nach der Molekularküche die Notenküche vor. Gibt es zukünftig noch ein Innen und Außen oder nur ein Sein? Der japanische Architekt Junya Ishigami verabschiedet sich von Grenzen in der Architektur – für die Existenz des Menschen im Hier und Jetzt.

Cercle Magazine #6 – Dreams

For its sixth issue, Cercle Magazine, french, independent and topical magazine published once per year is wandering among Dreams through the vision and interviews of artists, professional, sociologists, designers, etc.
Interviews: Philippe Ramette, visual artist, Cédric Yvinec, anthropologist, Priya Sundaravalli, Auroville resident, Romain Meffre and Yves Marchand, photographers.
Portfolio: Ori Toor (Israel), Kazuhiro Hori (Japan), Reine Paradis (France), Clayton Woodley (USA), Minoru Nomata (Japan), Petros Koublis (Greece), Kevin Lucbert (France), Xiaoxiao Xu (China), Nick Hannes (Belgium), Craig Burrows (USA)
Font design: Mirage by Thierry Fétiveau
English version of Cercle is available on Slanted Shop.

Slanted Magazine #32—Dubai

In Spring 2018 the Slanted editors took a close-up look at the contemporary design scene of Dubai. A city—when described by many people—that is all sickening shine and has no soul, an air-conditioned bubble of hype whose hubris guarantees imminent cultural and ecological Armageddon. They believe the UAE to act as a kind of narcissistic mutating mirror to the emerging anxieties of the West.

But Dubai and the whole region, originally a piece of desert sparsely populated by Bedouins, is now transforming itself rapidly into a center, if not the world’s greatest center, of trade, finance, and tourism. And moreover, something important happened in the last few years: Culture! Today, a new Arab world is being plotted and planned. The entire Gulf is teeming with initiatives—from the most public to the most private—to change and reinvent seemingly immutable rules, regimes, edicts, and assumptions, culminating, perhaps, in the stated intention to work more closely together. The Gulf states have a past, and they will have a future. The contours of that future are legible in this Slanted issue!

Slanted met some of the most amazing creatives such as Möbius Studio. Not only can you find their brilliant works in the new issue, Slanted also provides a deeper look at their opinions and views through video interviews that can be watched online on our video platform for free: www.slanted.de/dubai.

Illustrations, photography, interviews and essays complement the issue thematically. Slanted #32 comes with contributions by Abjad Design, Uday Al-Araji, becky beamer, Jason Carlow, Dr. Nadine Chahine, Afra Bin Dhaher, Fatmah Al Dhanhani, Noor Eid, Elephant Nation, Jori Erdman, Reem Falaknaz, Marcus Farr, Fikra Design Studio, Martin Giesen, Glyphs, Nan Goggin, Gökçe Günel, H2R Design, Hanken Design Co., Tulip Hazbar, Khalid Al Jallaf, JAM Type, Kemistry Design, Ibraheem Khamayseh, Cristiano Luchetti, Faissal El-Malak, Mohammed Mandi, Möbius Studio, Moloobhoy & Brown, Myneandyours, Nasir Nasrallah, Ingo Niermann, Narjes Noureddine, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Uzma Z. Rizvi, Khaled Al-Saai, Sheikh Saifi, Fatmah Salmeen, Ruben Sánchez, Tarsila Schubert, Wissam Shawkat, Slash, The Flip Side, The Lighthouse, T.ZED Architects, Tahreek, Tinkah, Toil & Tinker, Tribe Magzine, Twothirds Design Bureau, WTD Magazine, Majid Al Yousef, and Mandana Ziaei.

The booklet “Contemporary Typefaces” is a regular feature of Slanted Magazine presenting an editorial selection of recently published international high-quality typefaces as well as typefaces with an Arabic language support in an additional section, including Akkordeon Slab (Eduardo Manso / Emtype Foundry, Faune (Alice Savoie / Centre National des Arts Plastiques), Knif (Building Paris, Axel Pelletanche-Thévenart / A is for…), Mackay (René Bieder), Mazagan (Mário Feliciano / Feliciano Type Foundry), Rektorat (Prof. Rudolf Barmettler, Anton Studer / Nouvelle Noire), SangBleu (Swiss Typefaces), Sloop Script Pro (Richard Lipton / Lipton Letter Design), Trash (Estela Ibarz González / Bruta Types), Adelle Sans Arabic (Azza Alameddine / TypeTogether), Amariya (Dr. Nadine Chahine, Matthew Carter / Monotype), 29LT Bukra (Pascal Zoghbi, Swiss Typefaces, Adrien Midzic / 29Letters), Clother (Jérémie Hornus, Julie Soudanne, Ilya Naumoff / Black[Foundry]), Edit Serif Arabic (Christoph Dunst / Atlas Font Foundry), FiraGO (Ralph du Carrois, Anja Meiners, Botio Nikoltchev, Titus Nemeth, Hasan Abu Afash, Rob Keller, Kimya Gandhi, Natalie Rauch, Akaki Razmadze, Natalie Rauch, Yanek Iontef, Mark Frömberg, Ben Mitchell / bBox Type), URW Geometric Arabic (Jörn Oelsner, Boutros Fonts / URW Type Foundry), Graphik Arabic (Khajag Apelian, Wael Morcos, Christian Schwartz / Commercial Type), Markazi Text (Fiona Ross, Borna Izadpanah, Florian Runge / Google Fonts), Skolar Sans Arabic (Titus Nemeth, David Březina / Rosetta Type Foundry), Teshrin (Kristyan Sarkis, Peter Biľak / TPTQ Arabic), and SF Tobba (Sultan Mohammed Saeed Maqtari / Sultan Fonts).

In addition to this exciting publication, a limited special edition is available consisting of a tote bag designed by Wissam Shawkat and produced by World of Textiles and a risograph printed booklet presenting the colorful work of Ruben Sánchez. Moreover, it contains a photo book showcasing the work of Ola Allouz, Faysal Tabbarah / Architecture + Other Things, Ammar Al Attar, Lamya Hussain Gargash, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Lars Harmsen, Irenaeus Herok, Johannes Heuckeroth, Celia Peterson, Juan Roldán, Christian Topp, and Ashok Verma that has been printed by Océ.

Awarded with ADC Award Germany (Bronze).

Brasilia #5 – Abfall

Wann brauchen wir etwas nicht mehr, und wer trifft diese Entscheidung? In der fünften Ausgabe des Brasilia-Magazins begeben sich Gestalterinnen und Gestalter auf die Suche nach einer Definition von dem, was irgendwo übrig ist, was irgendwem zu viel ist oder was irgendwann un-brauchbar wird.

Modedesignerin Claudia Bumb macht mit ihrer Kollektion auf Plastikmüll im Meer aufmerksam, bunte Inseln aus Kunststoff – so groß wie Deutschland. Malte Uchtmann hat übermalte Graffitis an Häusern fotografiert, und André Nakonz erzählt, wie verbranntes Material neuen Fassadenschutz bietet. Ob das Kunst ist oder weg kann, weiß Barbara Hindahl. Stefan Finger zeigt Menschen auf den Philippinen, die im Müll leben und sterben und Christian Werner fotografierte die Kinder des Irak-Kriegs. Luise Schlütsmeier und Vivian Dehning besuchten alte Menschen im Seniorenheim und fragten, was bleibt, wenn die Zeit kurz wird. Die Sichtweisen sind vielseitig und zeigen, dass das, was wir scheinbar nicht brauchen, manchmal eine Perspektive ist, oft durch feste Konzepte nicht integrierbar ist, aber immer Menschen braucht, die mutig aufstehen und neue Lösungen schaffen. Menschen, die gestalten!

Fotos: © Brasilia, 2018

Slanted Magazine #31 – Tokyo

Available as an ebook in bookstores and on all common platforms.

In 2017, the Slanted team dove into Tokyo—with their friends Renna Okubo and Ian Lynam preventing them from drowning—to take an intense look at the contrasting design scene. The Japanese capital is a unique place. With its clean streets, punctual transportation and polite service at every turn, Tokyo is more than just a well-run city. It unites cultural extremes: it is a city where the futuristic meets the traditional and tranquility meets speed.

With the valuable help of Renna and Ian Slanted met some of the most amazing creatives such as &Form, Shin Akiyama, Tatsuya Ariyama, Dainippon Type Organization, Terada Hideji, Hitomi Sago Design Office, Ian Lynam Design, IDEA, KIGI, MATZDA OFFICE / USIWAKAMARU, Nakagaki Design Office, OMOMMA, PULP, Yoshihisa Shirai, TSDO, Yosuke Yamaguchi and woolen. Not only can you find their brilliant works in the new issue, Slanted also provides a deeper look at their opinions and views through video interviews that can be watched online on our video platform for free: www.slanted.de/tokyo
Illustrations, interviews, and essays complement the issue thematically. Slanted #31 comes with contributions by AQ, Bunny Bissoux, DAIKANYAMA TSUTAYA BOOKS, Digiki, direction Q, Jesse Freeman, Sara Gally, heiQuiti Harata, Adrian Hogan, Yuki Kameguchi, Kamimura & Co., Toshiaki Koga, Dermot Mac Cormack, Akinobu Maeda, Gui Martinez, Luis Mendo, MISAKO & ROSEN, Eiko Nagase, Nakano Design Office, Naoko Nakui, Nanook, Taro Nettleton, Toshi Omagari, Louise Rouse, Michael Scaringe, Yoshihisa Shirai, Shotype Design, snöw, so+ba, Kohei Sugiura, Sumner Stone, Fumio Tachibana, Tetsunori Tawaraya, Patrick Tsai, Typecache, Dan Vaughan, Village, Makoto Yamaki, YamanoteYamanote, Ueda Yo, and Jody Zhou.

The booklet “Contemporary Typefaces” is a regular feature of Slanted Magazine presenting an editorial selection of recently published international high-quality typefaces, including FF Attribute (Viktor Nübel / FontFont by Monotype), Berlingske Serif Display (Jonas Hecksher / Playtype), BC Brief (Matyáš Machat / Briefcase Type Foundry), Bruta (Natanael Gama / NDISCOVER), Estampa Script (Sofia Mohr / Latinotype), Fenomen Slab (Rostislav Vaněk, Tomáš Nedoma / Signature Type Foundry), Haggard Nova (Ramiz Guseynov / TipografiaRamis), LFT Iro Sans (Leftloft / TypeTogether), Minérale (Thomas Huot-Marchand / 205TF), Pressio (Max Phillips / Signal Type Foundry), Saol Display (Florian Schick, Lauri Toikka / Schick Toikka), Scrittore (Pedro Leal, Dino dos Santos / DSType), Solide Mirage (Jérémy Landes, Walid Bouchouchi / Velvetyne Type Foundry), Vesterbro (Jérémie Hornus, Ilya Naumoff, Alisa Nowak / Black[Foundry]), A1 Gothic (Morisawa Inc.), Mighty Slab (Ryoichi Tsunekawa / Dharma Type), Minna no Moji Mincho (Naoyuki Takeshita / Iwata), TP Sky (Isao Suzuki / Type Project), Tazugane Gothic (Akira Kobayashi, Kazuhiro Yamada, Ryota Doi / Monotype), Ten Mincho (Ryoko Nishizuka / Adobe Originals) and Tsukushi Q Mincho (Shigenobu Fujita / Fontworks Inc.).

Awarded with ADC Award Germany (Silver).

Limited Tokyo Special Edition / Photo Essay + Risograph Booklet

On occasion of Slanted Magazine #31—Tokyo, that has been released in May 2018, a limited special edition has been published which is exclusively available in the Slanted Shop. The edition contains an illustrated booklet that has been printed on a risograph as well as a photo book showcasing different facets of life in Tokyo by seven renowned photographers.

Riso Booklet—Tokyo

In October 2016 the designers of this Riso Booklet spent an intense and exhausting week in Tokyo, were they joined a shared workshop together with students from the Tokyo University of the Arts. This is a visual approach on a city that dazzles with a mighty traditional culture and a yearning for everything new. It is also a reflection on being close and fare away at the same time.

Design: Monique Gebhardt, Ramon Keimig, André Rösler, Magdalena Skala, Kiyoshi Stelzner, Tingting Ying
Volume: 24 pages
Size: 16 × 24 cm
Paper: Holmen TRND
Print: Faculty of Design, Würzburg
Printing Colors: Yellow, Pink, Teal

Photo Book—Tokyo Seven

Seven views from/on Tokyo by seven renowned photographers. From the silent to the wild, the crowded to the loneliness, the straightforwardness to the chaos, the city life to private spheres, the monotony to colorfulness. Tokyo in all its facets, captured in one book.
The issue has been printed on the new breed of Océ Printing Systems, the high-speed Océ ProStream, a web-fed inkjet production print engine developed with the requirements of premium direct mail and high quality print applications in mind. It’s been designed ground up to combine the best technologies in digital and offset printing.

Photographers: Gui Martinez, Mari Kojima, Patrick Tsai, Motoyuki Daifu, Tetsugo Hyakutake, Yuko Amano, Naohiro Utagawa 
Curator and Text: Renna Okubo
Design: Lars Harmsen
Volume: 144 pages
Size: 16 × 24 cm
Print:Océ

Generative Gestaltung – Creative Coding im Web

Dass Generative Gestaltung inzwischen eine etablierte Entwurfsmethode darstellt, liegt vor allem daran, dass neue Entwicklungsumgebungen oder Scriptingmöglichkeiten es Gestaltern vergleichsweise leicht machen, ihre Ideen auf diesem Gebiet umzusetzen. Die Programmiersprache wird zum Entwurfsmedium. Sie nutzt Abstraktionsmuster zum Generieren neuer visueller Darstellungen.

»Durch generative Gestaltung findet ein Paradigmenwechsel im Design statt: Die Rolle des Gestalters erstreckt sich nicht mehr nur auf den Gestaltungsprozess, er wird vielmehr zum Programmierer seiner dynamischen digitalen Werkzeuge.« Christian Schiller, Creative Director (Gold & Wirtschaftswunder)

Der erste Band »Generative Gestaltung« entstand vor fast zehn Jahren. Seine grundlegende vielgelobte Didaktik ist nach wie vor ohne Konkurrenz. Mit dem Update werden die wichtigsten Schritte zum Entwickeln komplexer Visualisierungsstrategien noch einmal einfacher. Einleitend werden herausragende Projekte internationaler Medienkünstler, Architekten und Designer aus dem Bereich der generativen Gestaltung vorgestellt. Der didaktische Hauptteil des Buches bietet Designern die Möglichkeit durch Best-Practice-Beispiele eine Vorstellung und ein Gefühl für Generative Gestaltung zu bekommen. 

Für die zweite Auflage des Buches entwickelte Gold & Wirtschaftswunder ein modernes Designkonzept. Dabei gelingt es den Designern den Transfer von komplexen Visualisierungen im Web zu Print herzustellen. Hierzu wurde ein fluides Gestaltungsraster entwickelt, das den flexiblen Umgang mit Bildern, Text und Codes ermöglicht. Moderne Typografie und der Einsatz von Sonderfarbe prägen das Buch und stellen einen klaren Bezug zu digitalen Medien her

 »Das Redesign sollte keinesfalls die Anmutung des klassischen Computer  Workbook haben.
Vielmehr ging es uns darum, das kreative Potenzial Generativer Gestaltung zeitgemäß abzubilden.«


 

 

Yearbook of Type lll

The Yearbook of Type presents an independent selection of new digital typefaces created all over the world—from larger publishers to smaller, independent typographers and foundries.

The comprehensive compendium presents a well curated overview that gives an impression of the typeface and its appearance on paper. The emotional and well constructed informative presentation of the typefaces serves designers and agencies as a source of inspiration and help select the right typeface. As a catalog and reference work it is also of interest to all those who are interested in the contemporary world of typesetting and the latest in typeface design.

A small online microsite leads to the type’s or foundry’s website, to simplify the connection between print and web and to help the user to select, try, or buy a typeface.

– New edition with all recent typefaces
– Detailed presentation of all selected fonts
– Ample background information
– Index with classification
– Index of all designers and type foundries
– Explanation of all OpenType features
– Essays and articles by Boris Kochan, Ferdinand P. Ulrich, Viktor Nübel, Laurence Penney, David Jonathan Ross, Rainer Erich Scheichelbauer, Stefan Hattenbach

Presented type foundries: 205TF, 29Letters, Antipixel, AinsiFont, Atypical Type Foundry, Autograph, bBox Type, René Bieder, Binnenland, BlackFoundry, BLKBK Inc., Bold Monday, Briefcase Type Foundry, Brownfox, Canada Type, Cape Arcona Type Foundry, Connary Fagen Type Design, Darden Studio, Dharma Type, DizajnDesign, DJR, Emtype Foundry, Parachute, Fatype, Fontador, Fontef Type Fondry, Jan Fromm, FSdesign, Hoftype, Hungarumlaut, HVD Fonts, JAM Type, Kimmy Design, Kontour Type, Latinotype, Lazydogs, Letterwerk, LiebeFonts, LucasFonts, Lux Typographic + Design, Marin Šantić Typographic Consultancy, Mark Simonson Studio, Microsoft Corporation, Moretype, Mostardesign Type Foundry, NDISCOVER, NEW LETTERS, Nootype, NM type, Indian Type Foundry, P22 Type Foundry, Parachute, phospho, Plau, Playtype, Process Type Foundry, Ana Prodanović, R9 Type+Design, Revolver Type Foundry, Sakkal Design, Sandoll Communications, Schick Toikka, Schriftlabor, Sharp Type, Signal Type Foundry, Signature Type Foundry, Stawix Foundry, Suomi Type Foundry, Swiss Typefaces, Tetradtype, The Designers Foundry, The Northern Block, The Typecraft Initiative, Tour de Force Font Foundry, Dominik Thieme, TIGHTYPE, TipografiaRamis, type matters, typecuts, TypeMates, TypeTogether, Typerepublic, Typesenses, Typocalypse, Typofonderie, Die Typonauten, Typotheque, URW++ Design & Development, VolcanoType, Wiescher Design, Zetafonts

POSTER REX—Diary of an Approach. Voices in Times of Political Tensions

In summer 2017 Lars Harmsen and Markus Lange went on tour and printed silkscreen posters with a group of artists from Poland working with local artists in Athens, Istanbul, Moscow and Kiev. Now you can order the two limited publications (114 pages / black / white 108 pages = 222 pages) and four DIN A3 Riso Prints for 30.– Euro in a nice designed slipcase. Only 200 copies were printed.

POSTER REX was founded in 2014 by the graphic designers Lars Harmsen (Munich) and Markus Lange (Leipzig) from Studio Farn. For each session they invite an artist to create unique posters, which are produced in various screen printing workshops around the world. All posters are screen-printed by hand or printed with other digital or analogue techniques. Each session has its own theme. POSTER REX also offers workshops for students. The collection now includes over 1,500 unique posters. A number of posters have been curated for exhibitions.

Limited Athens Special Edition / Tote Bag + Photo Essay + Risograph Booklet

On occasion of the release of Slanted Magazine #30—Athens, a limited special edition has been released which is exclusively available in the Slanted Shop. The edition contains a screen printed tote bag, designed by Blaqk, a photo essay by photographer Daniel Rupp and a risograph booklet, designed by Xenia Fastnacht, produced at the University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe.

Tote Bag

The tote bag has been designed by Blaqk. Their works are a combination of graphic elements—calligraphic forms, letters, lines, geometric shapes, patterns, negative space, textures. They create impressive backdrops/murals with their artworks on a lot of surfaces like big walls in Athens and other cities. For Slanted’s special edition they produced an unique piece of art silkscreened on a tote bag.

Lettering: Blaqk (Chris Tzaferos, Greg Papagrigoriou)
Size: 38 × 42 cm
Material: Cotton
Version: Long handles (70 cm)
Print: Silkscreen

Photo Essay—Athens

Athens—a city with a historical importance battered by the financial crises. Listening to residents one can hear a wide range of voices from very optimistic up to dystopian. Catching this contrarian mood was the idea of photographer Daniel Rupp for this photo essay. It gives a glimpse into the daily life of a city that has had a fundamental role for Europe.

Photography: Daniel Rupp 
Design: Daniel Ludwig
Volume: 32 pages
Size: 16 × 24 cm
Language: English
Version: Loose print sheets with elastic band
Paper: heaven 42 by Scheufelen
Print: Stober

Riso Booklet—Greetings from Greece

Since a few years, a new design trend seems to appear in Greece. The ancient aesthetics, history and traditions of the country serve as a source of inspiration, but are to be reinterpreted. More and more creatives are striving to show a modern Greek style and produce regional as much as possible.

This riso booklet is an excerpt from the diploma thesis “Greetings from Greece” by Xenia Fastnacht from the University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe, in which she deals with the contrast between country-specific stereotypes and new creative approaches in Greece.

Design: Xenia Fastnacht 
Volume: 36 pages
Size: 14,5 × 21 cm
Language: German/Greek
Version: Loose print sheets with elastic band
Paper: Holmen TRND
Print: University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe
Printing Colors: Riso Medium Blue, Black

SPRING #14 – Yo Future

Man muss sich die Zukunft ausmalen, damit sie auch so werden kann, wie man sie sich vorstellt. Und man muss sich auch das allerschlimmste Szenario vorstellen können, damit man es verhindern kann. Die aktuelle Weltlage ist also Thema der neuen Ausgabe des Illustrationsmagazins SPRING. In einer Zeit, in der Kriege und Verfolgung zunehmen, Umweltprobleme immer größer werden und der Populismus sich neuen Raum erobert, ist es nicht immer ganz einfach, Stellung zu beziehen und vor allem auch kreative Antworten zu geben.

Und so beschäftigen sich die Zeichnerinnen ganz persönlich mit dieser Situation: Sie berichten von ihrem Gefühl, in der Konsumgesellschaft gefangen zu sein, fragen sich, welchen Einfluss auf die Umwelt sie haben und ob man überhaupt etwas tun kann, obwohl man sich machtlos fühlt. Oder hilft es vielleicht schon, bewusster einkaufen zu gehen und sich anders zu ernähren? In den spielerischen, ernsten und humorvollen Beiträgen findet sich eine Vielzahl von Zugängen zu diesen Themen, es werden etwa liebenswerte Phantasiewesen erschaffen, die aber versehentlich auch mal die Welt zerstören. Und ein Großteil der Geschichten zeigt, dass es doch schon gute Ansätze gibt, wie wir selbst die Zukunft positiv gestalten können, getreu dem Motto der Ausgabe: Yo Future!

SPRING wurde 2004 in Hamburg gegründet. Seitdem erscheint jedes Jahr im Sommer ein neuer Band der Anthologie, der die unterschiedlichsten Arbeiten aus den Bereichen Comic, Illustration und freier Zeichnung zu jeweils einem Thema bündelt. Die Gruppe besteht seit Beginn ausschließlich aus Frauen und ist mittlerweile ein solides und wichtiges Netzwerk für Zeichnerinnen in Deutschland.

Slanted Magazine #30—Athens

In spring 2017 the Slanted editors embarked on their trip to Athens to take a close-up look at the contemporary design scene there. At the same time, the Documenta took place for the first time at two sites. Athens, in parallel to Kassel, offered the perfect canvas: differences between rich and poor, between Germany and Greece, but also between different cultures in Europe, facing crisis, boundaries and displacement. All the designers Slanted met though talked very positively about the event, bringing back art and life to Athens, suffering from draconian cuts in culture budgets.

The list of designers Slanted met with boasts everyone from legends such as Michalis Katzourakis to young, wild creatives who are creating exciting voices in their own right. Well known figures from Athen’s contemporary design scene such as Bend, The Birthdays Design, Blaqk, Bob Studio, Dylsectic, G Design Studio, Irini Gonou, Luminous Design Group, MAMA Silkscreen, MNP, Parachute, StudioJugi, Typical Organization, Urban Calligraphy and Ifigenia Vasiliou allowed a glimpse into their world. Not only can you find their brilliant works in the new issue, Slanted also provides a deeper look at their opinions and views through video interviews that can be watched online on our video platform for free.

Illustrations, photography, interviews and essays complement the issue thematically. Slanted #30 comes with contributions by Backpacker, Beetroot Design Group, Constantinos Chaidalis, Meni Chatzipanagiotou, Corn Studio, Stavros Damos, Dolphins Com­mu­nication Design, Demetrios Fakinos, Diana Farr Louis, Fotagogos Book­store, Greek Font Society, Vasilis Grivas, Mike Karolos, Kommigraphics Design Studio, Ian Lynam, Theodora Mantzaris, Klimis Mastoridis, Georgios Matthiopoulos, mousegraphics, Original Replica, Panos Papanagiotou, Dimitris Papazoglou, Natassa Pappa, Pi6, Polkadot Design, Semiotik, Niki Sioki, tind, Alexander Torell, Filimonas Triantafyllou, Chris Trivizas, Charis Tsevis, Nadia Valavani, Irene Vlachou and Markos Zouridakis.

The booklet “Contemporary Typefaces” is a regular feature of Slanted Magazine presenting an editorial selection of recently published international high-quality typefaces. In an additional section the booklet features Greek typefaces, including Ace Lift (Romain Oudin / Lift Type), Aidos (Alexander Rütten / Ligature Inc.), Baton Turbo (Anton Koovit, Yassin Baggar / Fatype), bb-book (Benoît Bodhuin / VolcanoType), CamingoSlab Pro (Jan Fromm), Chercán (Francisco Gálvez Pizarro / PampaType), Fit (David Jonathan Ross / DJR), Freya (Markus John, Armin Brenner / NEW LETTERS), Hobeaux Rococeaux (James Edmondson / OH no Type Co.), Lisbeth (Louisa Fröhlich / TypeTogether), Morion (David Einwaller / The Designers Foundry), 29LT Riwaya (Katharina Seidl / 29Letters), Sharp Grotesk (Lucas Sharp with Wei Huang, Greg Gazdowicz, Chantra Malee, Octavia Pardo / Sharp Type), Thesaurus (Fermín Guerrero/ Typotheque), CF Astir (Yannis Karlopoulos, Vassilis Georgiou, Panos Haratzpoulos / fonts.gr), Averta PE (Kostas Bartsokas / Kostas Bartsokas), Futuracha Pro (høly), Juvenile (Anastasia Dimitriadi / Anastasia Dimitriadi), Scope One (Eleni Beveratou / Dalton Maag), PF Venue (Panos Vassiliou / Parachute) and Vs. (George Triantafyllakos / Atypical).

In addition to this exciting publication, a limited special edition is available consisting of tote bag designed by Blaqk, photo booklet by the photographer Daniel Rupp and a risograph booklet designed by Xenia Fastnacht and printed at the University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe.

Cercle Magazine #5 – Oceans

For its fifth issue, Cercle Magazine, french, independent and topical magazine published once per year is diving deep inside Oceans through the vision and interviews of artists, professional, sociologists, designers, etc.

Interviewes:
Christian Sardet, marine biologist; Anne Quéméré, solo sailor; Jeff Divine, photographer; Patrick Piguet, curator of the Oceanic Museum collections in Monaco; Nelson Cazeils, doctor in sociology; Patrick Arzelies, underwater acoustics specialist

Portfolio: Francesca Piqueras, photography; Jacob Jugashvili, painting; Min Jung-Yeon, painting / illustration; Titus Simoens, photography; Tadao Cern, photography; Rob Bailey, illustration; Christy Lee Rogers, photography; Shane Gross, photography; Elsa Leydier, photography; Stephen Abela, painting; Bernhard Lang, photography
Font: Mário Vinícius
English version of Cercle is available on Slanted Shop.

The Monocle Guide to Good Business

Nach The Monocle Guide to Better Living folgt nun The Monocle Guide to Work. Dieses Buch gibt einen facettenreichen Einblick in die aktuelle und einen Ausblick auf die zukünftige Arbeitswelt – von Geschäftsidee bis Unternehmenskultur.

Kann jemand die Welt anhalten und uns zeigen, wie man heute erfolgreich arbeitet? Monocle kann. Seit 2007 ermutigt das Monocle-Magazin seine Leser, an eigene Ideen zu glauben und beruflich andere Wege zu gehen. The Monocle Guide to Work stellt Menschen vor, die in Manufakturen, kleinen Büros und kreativen Brutstätten für ihre Idee einstehen. Was sie antreibt, sind Spaß an der Arbeit, kreative Herausforderungen, Selbstverwirklichung und Gestaltungsspielraum.

Was sich wie ein roter Faden durch die rund 300 Seiten zieht, ist der Anspruch, Ideen zu entwickeln und sie auch zu leben. Das Buch reflektiert, wie Menschen ihrer Leidenschaft folgen und damit erfolgreich sind. Es eröffnet eine neue Perspektive auf eine moderne Arbeitswelt. Da gibt es eine junge Generation von Handwerkern, die sich lieber die Hände schmutzig macht, als Vorlesungen zu lauschen. Oder CEOs, die ohne MBA ihr Unternehmen führen. Man erfährt aber auch, warum sich ein Bürohund lohnt, wie in Japan eine Visitenkarte überreicht wird und dass es tatsächlich egal ist, wenn man in Brasilien zu einem Geschäftstermin zu spät erscheint.

The Monocle Guide to Work führt die journalistische Beharrlichkeit und das ästhetische Empfinden des Monocle-Magazins um den Wallpaper*-Gründer Tyler Brûlé fort. Das Buch präsentiert authentische Fotos, Illustrationen, Unternehmensprofile und inspirierende Essays. In gewohnt charmanter Monocle-Qualität geht es zentralen Fragen nach: Wo ist der beste Ort, um sein Unternehmen zu gründen? Wie baut man sein Unternehmen als Marke auf? Was sind die Business-Etiketten der Welt? Was macht einen inspirierenden Arbeitsplatz aus? Wer sich Zeit nimmt, dieses inspirierende Handbuch zu lesen, wird vom subtilen Stil und der journalistischen Substanz überzeugt sein. Und Lust bekommen, seine eigene Geschäftsidee auf den Weg zu bringen.

How to Make a Nation: A Monocle Guide

Nach Monocles erfolgreichen Büchern zu Better Living, Good Business und Cosy Homes folgt ihr vierter Guide, mit dem sie sich ein noch höheres Ziel stecken: How to Make a Nation – was macht einen guten Staat aus? Es geht Monocle dabei nicht um Macht und Muskeln. Es geht in diesem Buch um den Gemeinschaftssinn einer Nation, darum, wie sich ein Staat nach außen gibt, mit seinen Botschaftern und kulturellen Annehmlichkeiten, und darum, welche Werte er nach innen vertritt.

How to Make a Nation: A Monocle Guide stellt jene Länder vor, die um die Bedeutung einer vorbildlichen Botschaft und eines modernen Parlaments wissen, die im regen Austausch mit internationalen Organisationen stehen und ihre Soft Power richtig einsetzen. Das Buch widmet sich auch dem Umdenken von Nationen im militärischen Bereich sowie dem Stellenwert von Kunst, Kultur und der freien Meinungsäußerung. Was prägt das Erscheinungsbild einer Nation? Welche Rolle spielen die heimischen Unternehmen?

Dieses Buch liefert uns Anregung, egal ob Bürgerin oder Bundespräsident. Es ist ein Guide über die kleinen Dinge, die einen Staat für alle verbessern können, die ihn ihr Zuhause nennen. How to Make a Nation: A Monocle Guide ist ein Buch voller Denkanstöße. Es informiert und inspiriert. Das Rad muss nicht neu erfunden werden – man muss die guten Ideen nur finden und übertragen.

Fotos: © Gestalten Verlag

Risomania – The New Spirit of Printing

The Risograph printer is at the forefront of a new creative explosion. More and more artists and designers all over the world are rediscovering this stencil duplicator for themselves, sparking a unique and unexpected renaissance in analogue printing. And Risography is just the most prominent technique in a new wave of cutting–edge contemporary design, one that is also recuperating forgotten technologies such as the Gestetner and the mimeograph.
Risomania is the first book to document and discuss this groundbreaking global scene, looking at the history, present and future of the Riso, as well as featuring a range of artists, design studios and print shops who use it. At the heart of the volume are fabulous, hugely diverse examples of Riso–printing, including postcards, magazines, posters, flyers, and experimental printed products, all of which inspire through vivacity of color, unique textures and, above all, the perfectly imperfect authenticity of Risography.
 

Reportagen #34

Band #34 von Reportagen ist da.
Der Inhalt in Kürze:

– Philosophie im Schlachthof. Vergeht einem der Appetit, wenn man die Tiere, die man essen will, selbst töten muss? Von Arnon Grünberg.

– Adieu, Herr Longchamp. Immer wenn die Schweiz abstimmt, kommt die Stunde der Erklärer. Jetzt tritt der bekannteste von ihnen ab. Von Samuel Tanner.

– Showdown im Dorfladen. Klauende Polen und misstrauische Deutsche. Klischees und Konflikte an der Grenze. Von Nancy Waldmann.

– Sex, Lügen und Youtube. Tiziana verzweifelt am Leben, als ihre intimen Clips im Netz auftauchen. Von Barbara Bachmann.

– Die blinden Schwäne. Sie sehen nichts und spüren alles: Die Tänzerinnen eines ungewöhnlichen Balletts in São Paulo. Von Florian Leu.

– Die historische Reportage: Wargasm 1991. Von Niklaus Meienberg.

Slanted Notebook—The Revolution won’t be set in Garamond

Based on the Slanted Magazine # 11—The Revolution won’t be set in Garamond we want to inspire your inspiration with this exclusive Slanted notebook and give you space for (type) sketches and notes.

Design features of the notebook are the yellow linen cover and the black title embossing. With the incorporated frog bag in the back, you also have small pieces of paper and business cards under control. With the black bookmark you will immediately reach your destination. And of course, a color-coordinated rubber band is a must. The insides are made of high-quality Munken Pure paper in heavy 150 gsm and are provided with a discreet dot matrix.

The title The Revolution will not be set in Garamond is based on an essay by Alexander Negrelli and was set in the script ZHdK.

The notebook made by brandbook.de is limited to 200 pieces.