The 29th Leipziger Typotage 2024 explore how gender, social, and ethnic stereotypes manifest in typographic design. We were happy to be part of the event at the Museum for the Printing Arts in Leipzig on Saturday, April 27th. It was a day packed with interesting talks, centered around the influence of stereotypes in Graphic and Type design, and how they change our visual landscape. This year, the event introduced exciting new elements, including an exhibition featuring works by the speakers. It opened on April 26th and showcased posters, designs, and publications. The exhibition was located in ..read more

Have you ever thought about space debris? When I stumbled upon the Space Trash Signs project, I became quite intrigued. There are over 160 million pieces of human-made space debris in Earth’s orbit. Traveling at speeds of 15 kilometers per second, even a small piece can cause significant damage. Space pollution threatens to destroy satellites and other crucial space infrastructure vital for life on Earth, including telecommunications, navigation, disaster management, environmental protection, agriculture, financial services, and more. The project, introduced by a coalition of private and publi ..read more

The German Designer Club (DDC) awarded ideas and projects in its design competition WAS IST GUT 2023 (transl. What is good) on September 22, 2023, aimed at making the world a better place. 12 winners were selected through a democratic and discursive process by the awardees themselves. A publication documents the works awarded in the DDC competition from 2021 onwards. This serves as a representative and discursive reference work for the design scene in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. The German Design Club stands for good design and is the leading club for designers of all disciplines i ..read more

Welcome our new Typeface of the Month: Rialta! It is the latest addition to the Playtype catalog. A do-it-all and intentionally neutral grotesque that perfectly adapts to whatever you throw at it. Crisp, clean, and contemporary—Rialta draws inspiration from and pays tribute to the multitude of neo-grotesque styles that came before it. Loosely rooted in Swiss design heritage, but without enforcing a strict dogmatic approach in its use of references. With its large x-height and low contrast, it is highly legible and works perfectly as a text typeface, communicating clearly even at small poi ..read more

Mauhan.com is a personal website and social experiment, created in collaboration with—and for—Máuhan Zonoozy (known as M), to defy the ordinary and make people think. The concept for the website started with an observation: today we are all terminally connected. So, what if we took this concept to the extreme, and created a website where M is always available, 24/7, for a 1-on-1 call, with a truly permissionless connection? How would people feel about being catapulted in an intimate setting with him? Just to discover that maybe he wasn’t really there? This became our social experiment. As peop ..read more

The third session of the IGEPA Academy webinar series Crossing Dimensions with the topic Understanding Printing Technologies and Production Processes in Corporate Publishing is approaching on May 7th, 2024. In the seminar, you’ll learn about various printing techniques and their characteristics and peculiarities. Both conventional and digital printing methods will be discussed, and you’ll gain insights into the respective printing forms and the capabilities of each method. Katja Kahn will explain how to define and maintain print quality despite different printing methods, as well as ..read more

This Slanted issue is not about war. Instead, it delves into the lives of remarkable individuals within the creative industry in and hailing from Ukraine, as they endeavor to maintain a semblance of normalcy amidst their diligent efforts. This narrative underscores the inseparable bond between culture and design, raising the question of its feasibility. During the NEED conference in Warsaw in early September 2023, the Ukrainian delegation motivated the Slanted team to initiate a magazine dedicated to the Ukrainian design sphere, advocating that “better now than never!” Without their invaluable ..read more

For the first time in Berlin’s summer, the established annual hub of the creative industry Forward Festival is set to return to Haus der Kulturen der Welt with a lineup of more than 40+ international top creatives from a big variety of fields like digital art, motion design, graphic design, typography, photography, and much more. Across three stages, speakers will provide multi-disciplinary inspiration as well as insights into their creative process, while talking about the hottest topics in the industry like AI in art & creation, other future trends, but also the importance of maintaining ..read more

The exhibition Inner Structures – Outer Rhythms: Contemporary Arab and Persian Graphic Design at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (MK&G) showcases current developments in Arabic and Persian typography. On view are posters, videos, animated films, murals, installations, books and typefaces by 33 designers and studios from South-West Asia and North Africa (SWANA), as well as the diaspora.  The exhibition demonstrates how currents in Arabic and Persian graphic design are of equal relevance, providing mutual inspiration and contributing significantly to the global design discourse ..read more

The see conference in Wiesbaden unfolded on Saturday, April 6th, drawing over 800 attendees and solidifying its status as one of Germany’s premier design gatherings. Since its inception in 2006, the conference has championed the power of visualization in understanding data and information. This year, it delved deeper into the realm of sustainability, recognizing that effective presentation is key to illuminating societal truths amidst the deluge of information. Bringing together a diverse array of disciplines, including design, art, architecture, business, journalism, sociology, philosophy, an ..read more