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Slanted #11

09/09/10  The current issue of Slanted magazine is devoted to monospace and typewriter aesthetics. In line with the motto “The Revolution won’t be set in Garamond”, it marks a departure from the usual layout.  continue...
 

Reference to the past

09/08/10  Last week, Zurich-based bag label Freitag launched its Reference collection. It took this as the right occasion to start producing a daily newspaper, which uses clippings from the press and comments on them: from Messenger bag to Message!  continue...
 

London calling!

09/07/10  The nine-day festival in the design capital London will kick off on September 18. International creative professionals will present their works in over 200 exhibitions, events and acts. For example, the studio Kram/Weisshaar will present a robot installation on Trafalgar Square.  continue...
 

Knitting Clock

09/06/10  Siren Elise Wilhelmsen is the winner of this year’s “Time to design” new talent award. Her project, “Developing Time – Time Developing”, lends an invisible phenomenon form.  continue...
 

MKG Hamburg: 50 years of chair design

09/02/10  In the exhibition “Ideen sitzen. 50 Jahre Stuhldesign” (Creative Sitting. 50 Years of Chair Design), Hamburg’s Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Museum of Arts and Crafts) is showcasing outstanding items of seating furniture from 1960 to the present day.  continue...
 

Viennese

09/01/10  The fifth edition of the “Wien Products Collection” will be presented on September 15. Eleven products have been created this year in collaborations between selected quality Viennese businesses and young designers.  continue...
 

Paris goes design-crazy

08/31/10  Maison & Objet starts next Friday. This year, in addition to lifestyle trends, the Paris design fair will present works exploring the theme of intimacy as well as concepts on “Design for Life”.  continue...
 

The voter seduced?

08/27/10  The exhibition “The voter seduced?”, a critical examination of German and Dutch election posters and the link between visual communication and political history will be on display at the Museum for Communication in The Hague until the end of December.  continue...
 

The new issue of form is out now!

08/26/10  This time, we focus on kitsch and bad taste, so brace yourself for a ghastly collection of the most terrible beauties from the world of product and graphic design. We also have in store for you some exciting portraits, a Making of on combating the oil spill, a pretty faulty (yes, really!) graphic series, and much more…have a look...

This issue’s poster was designed by Lesley Moore and printed using Iris print, which means that every poster is unique!

 

Code 10

08/25/10  Starting tomorrow, the design fair “Code 10” will take place in Copenhagen. At the same time, the BC Design Center, a permanent exhibition platform for designers and producers, will be opened.  continue...
 

Off to Helsinki!

08/25/10  Helsinki Design Week begins on thursday. Under the heading “Storytelling”, the Finnish will present all kinds of exhibitions and events – and we are going.  continue...
 

Norm = form?

08/22/10  From August 28, Zeche Zollverein (Zollverein Coal Mine) in Essen is devoting itself to an exhibition that critically explores the relationship between forms of standardization and design.  continue...
 

Austria in the spotlight

08/20/10  The first Austrian Light Art Biennial “Private Light in Public Spaces” will start at the beginning of September. Light artists will take over the public space in numerous cities…and you can be part of it!  continue...
 

Design against the crisis

08/19/10  The Swiss furniture giant Pfister is looking to reposition itself. Under the direction of Alfredo Häberli, 13 designers have created a “Designlinie” for the company – completely “Swiss made”…  continue...
 

Calling all talent!

08/18/10  Three programs promoting new talent are lined up for Ambiente 2011. Up-and-coming designers even have the chance to exhibit at their own trade fair stand, free of charge! Application deadline is October 20.  continue...
 

Soirée Graphique in Berne

08/17/10  On September 10, Berne will be the meeting place for all design and photography enthusiasts. Six designers will present their works at Soirée Graphique, including Stefan Sagmeister, Philippe Desarzens and BlackYard.  continue...
 

Designpreis Brandenburg open for entries

08/16/10  Designers, companies and institutions from all areas of product and communication design have until September 30 to enter the Designpreis Brandenburg competition.  continue...
 

All writing

08/13/10  Once again Museum für Gestaltung, the design museum in Zurich, is staging an exhibition that is well worth seeing: this time, the subject is typographical posters...  continue...
 

Newspaper Calendar

08/12/10  Students Antonia Huber and Nora Cristea from Karlsruhe in Germany have developed a newspaper calendar in which we can archive our personal current affairs.  continue...
 

Personal Shopper at Tendence

08/11/10  This year, Tendence in Frankfurt will be holding “Personal Shopper” for the fifth time, realized by Julia Landsiedl, from Vienna.  continue...
 

Brno calling!

08/10/10  Until October 24, the Graphic Design Biennale in the Czech city Brno is staging events relating to corporate themes, information, advertising and posters by international designers. Come and see for yourself!  continue...