Slanted Publishers

08/09/2025

The end of summer at Kwiaciarnia Grafiki in Warsaw is the perfect time to welcome a joint exhibition of works by Julie Legrand and Nina Iżycka, whose show perfectly aligns with the Kwiaciarnia's ethos of “kombozycja” (composition).

“We are Julie Legrand and Nina Iżycka, visual artists and illustrators. Strengthened by the bonds of friendship and the harmonious coexistence of our visual worlds, we combine our practices in joint zine projects. Our collaboration focuses mainly on illustration and printmaking primarily in silkscreen and riso techniques,” – the artists explain.

The exhibition Alga is a collective zine project. It's a search for a medium and a space where two visual voices can meet, and the result of a curiosity about what will emerge when they unite in a single publication. The Alga exhibition touches on botanical themes, which are close to the hearts of both artists. It explores the diversity of shapes, forms, and textures of plants. It is a dialogue between the artists, showcasing their different ways of perceiving reality, depicting the natural world, and approaching graphic solutions.

The exhibition will feature illustrations from the zine, silkscreen prints related to the publication, and the zine itself, which was printed with riso and silkscreen techniques. The opening of the exhibition will be accompanied by a live printing action.

Julie and Nina hope that viewing the fruits of their collaborative work will bring you as much pleasure as the work itself brought them, and that you will be able to immerse yourselves in an underwater world of marine forms, textures, and colors.

The exhibition will run until the end of September. Details can be found here:
https://graphicsflowershop.com/blogs/news/alga-julie-legrand-i-nina-izycka

The end of summer at Kwiaciarnia Grafiki is the perfect time to welcome a joint exhibition of works by Julie Legrand and Nina Iżycka.

05/09/2025

The Frankfurter Buchmesse is the world’s largest trade fair for books and a global gathering place for the publishing and cultural sectors. As Guest of Honor at the Frankfurter Buchmesse 2025, the Philippines will showcase around 100 authors and creatives in over 77 literary events from October 15 to 19. In addition, 50 artists will be featured across exhibitions, performances, and films. The theme—The imagination peoples the air—is inspired by a line from José Rizal’s novel Noli Me Tangere, and reflects the deep connections between Philippine literature, culture, and history. It invites audiences to engage with the rich storytelling traditions of the archipelago’s 7,841 islands.

Leading up to the fair, a wide-ranging cultural program will unfold in Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, and Heidelberg. Conceived by the Philippines and curated by Patrick Flores in collaboration with major German cultural institutions, the program highlights the country’s vibrant contemporary art scene, its deep-rooted traditions, and some of its most celebrated artists. For many of the participating venues, it will be the first—or one of the very few—times that Philippine work takes center stage.

When?
Trade visitors: Wednesday, October 15th, 2025—Sunday, October 19th, 2025
Private visitors: Friday, October 17th, 2025—Sunday, October 19th, 2025

Where?
Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 45
60327, Frankfurt am Main
Germany

Further information here: slanted.de/frankfurter-buchmesse-2025

© Pictures by Marc Jacquemin, Anett Weirauch, Holger Menzel, Ingo Hattendorf

The Frankfurter Buchmesse is the world’s largest trade fair for books and a global gathering place for the publishing and cultural sectors.

05/09/2025

The Forward Festival Berlin 2025 took place at the end of August at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, and we were once again thrilled to be part of this event. From August 28th to 29th, three stages over two days offered a dynamic platform for more than 50 international creative speakers to spark inspiration and action.

This year's theme was “Turning Ideas into Action,” and the program offered a rich mix of inspiring talks, practical workshops, and engaging side events.

Among the many highlights, HelloMe gave an exclusive sneak peek into their newly founded type foundry, with every visitor discovering a type specimen in their goodie bag. Anthony Burrill emphasized the timeless power of simplicity; Studio Herrström provided us with an inspiring insight into their work in brand design and the music industry, while Porto Rocha, Nicole McLaughlin, and Alice Isaac offered fresh perspectives on branding, storytelling, sustainable design, and experimental creativity. Self-proclaimed techno-optimist Luna Maurer held a performative lecture about how human messiness contradicts prediction, about friction and resistance in digital spaces, and about how her concept of talk-dance gatherings brings people closer together.

The main visual identity for this year’s festival—designed by Found Studio with a soundscape by Echoic Audio—premiered in teaser clips, setting a kinetic tone for the experience.

Workshops ranged from AI-driven design with RUNDIFFUSION AI to Papercraft Magic by Adobe and tufting with CL Studio. Side events such as the Shortest AI Film Festival Berlin and Erik Kessels’ boat tour on the Spree offered additional opportunities to learn, connect, and exchange ideas. In their performance, Niklas Apfel and the Blitzbereit collective explored themes of self-exploitation and the artist’s struggle for visibility in a world saturated with digital information.

The Forward Festival was once again a place to meet old acquaintances, make new contacts, and exchange ideas in a creative and collaborative atmosphere. We are already looking forward to the next edition in 2026.

Further information here.

Text by Helene Hohmann
© Photos by Helene Hohmann, Lea Becker, Nils Leon Brauer, Fabian Brennecke, Alex Heuvink

The Forward Festival Berlin 2025 took place at the end of August at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, and we were once again part of this event.

05/09/2025

At Forward Festival Berlin 2025, the creative community came together once more at Haus der Kulturen der Welt —this time under the theme “Turning Ideas into Action”. Over two days, we engaged in conversations that crossed disciplines, borders, and formats.
We joined the dialogue by showcasing our latest publications and connecting through the timeless language of print. Catch the full recap on our blog.




© Photos: Helene Hohmann, Lea Becker, Nils Leon Brauer, Fabian Brennecke, Alex Heuvink

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02/09/2025

Wondering what this might be? Well, this is the beautiful cover of Alphabetic Playground—an alphabetical system where each letterform can contain multiple letters within it, so a single piece of text can in fact contain multiple messages. A book designed by Nigel Cottier, to be publihed soon. You can preorder now.

Following the success of Letterform Variations, Cottier presents a study into the alphabet as medium in his new book Alphabetical Playground. From this has emerged a catalogue of numerous alphabets and letterforms (estimated at around 7,000 unique letterforms), all created using a series of systems, codes and themes to generate expression and form within the confines of the alphabetic code. With a theme or system for each letter of the alphabet, the book is an exploration into systems within systems, a code within a code.

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02/09/2025

Every creative process begins with an impulse that sets everything in motion. It is at the beginning of every design and is the spark from which ideas emerge, projects grow and visions take shape.

The Media Design Department at DHBW Ravensburg invites you to their annual Werkschau! The 85 graduates will be presenting their bachelor’s thesis to the public at the Impuls Werkschau on September 20 and 21, 2025. In the disciplines of graphic design, interaction design, motion design and transmedia design, they will show how ideas have grown from initial impulses and taken shape in their final projects. After a preview on Friday, September 19, the exhibition will officially open on Saturday, September 20 at 10 a.m. in the Altes Theater in Ravensburg.

In addition to the exhibition at several locations, design talks and other insights into studies and the industry will offer the opportunity to experience creativity, question norms and discover new perspectives. In this way, Werkschau 2025 itself becomes a source of inspiration and offers a space in which creative energy not only becomes visible, but is also transferred to the visitors - and continues to have an impact.

Look forward to a design festival full of creative impulses, inspiring talks and exciting encounters with delicious food and drinks!��See you at Impuls Werkschau! Curious for more? Follow them on Instagram for previews and updates:

When?
20. & 21. September�from 10:00

Where?
Media design DHBW Ravensburg,
Altes Theater�Marktstraße 13/15,�88212 Ravensburg,�Germany

Design: Linus Fritz, Ismail Karahan, Eric Messerschmidt, Max Stümpflen
Organisation: Prof. Klaus Birk, Jette Bödige, Milea Gubo, Leander Ruopp, Philip Schimpl, Dr. Alena Schmitd-Weihrich
Within in the framework of: Media design DHBW Ravensburg

The Media Design Department at DHBW Ravensburg invites you to their annual Werkschau, taking place September 19th-21st, 2025!

01/09/2025

Cairo calling! 🌆 Slanted Magazine #46 is dropping soon—and it’s a vibrant deep dive into Egypt’s buzzing design scene. From bold visual storytelling to boundary-pushing branding, this issue is packed with creative power. 💥🇪🇬

Get a sneak peek at the incredible work by some of the amazing talents we met during our research—from ’s reimagining of Egyptian heritage through contemporary fashion, to stunning photography by that captures the raw energy of Cairo’s streets. Explore research-driven brand design by , rooftop kites turned political symbols with , and Cairo’s everyday icons reworked by .

With essays, interviews, and striking visuals, Slanted #46—Cairo captures a design scene in motion: loud, diverse, and unapologetically bold. Stay tuned! 🔥

31/08/2025

.tsutaya is the biggest and incredibly good sorted bookshop in Tokyo. We are so happy to see our publications in very good company. What a blast. Big Thank you for having us. We love your place.

30/08/2025

I came across this book at a gallery in Roppongi Hills, Tokyo. For , the city has always been a source of fascination, inspiring his explorations of subcultures from sh***ri studios and drag nights to sweaty s*x clubs (Kinky City), cross-country train rides (Sleeping Train), and the restless streets after dark. In 2009, he first published a small zine titled Salaryman in a limited edition of just 150 copies, a project that later grew into the acclaimed photobook High Fashion.

The work began almost by chance. One night in 2008, while cycling aimlessly through Tokyo, Jaszczuk was struck by the sight of businessmen in immaculate suits collapsed in sleep on the streets. The contrast fascinated him: the elegance of tailored attire against the raw grit of asphalt. What might seem unusual to an outsider is deeply rooted in Japan’s work culture. After long days of overtime, many employees join their colleagues and superiors for nomikai—drinking gatherings that serve as vital rituals for team bonding, loyalty, and professional networking. These nights of heavy drinking, combined with chronic overwork, often leave Tokyo’s white-collar workers dozing on subway benches or even sprawled across the pavement.

Through Salaryman and later High Fashion, Jaszczuk captured these fleeting, surreal moments, turning the exhausted figure of the sleeping office worker into a mirror of Japan’s relentless dedication, social obligation, and the quiet vulnerability that surfaces once night falls.

28/08/2025

The Tattoo Collectors Guide is a curated print publication exploring the art, ethics, and culture of tattooing across German-speaking regions. Over 252 pages, more than 100 handpicked tattoo artists showcase the rich diversity of contemporary styles—from fine line to bold illustrative work—highlighting bodies as both canvas and narrative.

Beyond visuals, the guide serves as a practical and thoughtful companion. It covers essential topics like preparing for your appointment, skincare before and after, working with scars or unique skin types, and navigating respectful studio interactions. Each chapter encourages a more informed, intentional approach to getting tattooed.

Designed for both newcomers and seasoned collectors, as well as those with a broader interest in body art and design, the book blends inspiration with insight—placing care, consent, and representation at its core. Published by Feelfarbig, a trusted name in tattoo media, The Tattoo Collectors Guide is both a visual archive and a manifesto for conscious tattoo culture.

Further information here feelfarbig.com/shop/tattoo-collectors-guide

The “Tattoo Collectors Guide” is a curated print publication exploring the art, ethics, and culture of tattooing.

28/08/2025

Introducing Monitor—a bold new take on the industrial grotesque, now available via

Designed by Francesco Canovaro (), Cosimo Lorenzo Pancini (), and Mario De Libero (), Monitor is a contemporary industrial grotesque that reimagines the clarity of Eurostile with sharper geometry and zero nostalgia. It trades soft vintage curves for crisp angles and a hyper-rational structure that feels clean, confident, and unmistakably modern.

Monitor features low contrast for maximum clarity and supports 74 languages across Latin scripts. Built for today—with a nod to the mechanical roots of the past. 🔠