Mum probably told us, “The oven is a danger zone.” Still, we had to ex­periment our first burn to know how hot fire is. Our parents covered us with millions of kisses, long before we fell in love with somebody and experimented our first kiss. Even if we saw it before, nobody could really tell us how beautiful it is. Everyone must experience it by him- or herself. In other words: by making experiments we gain experience and knowledge. Experiments open our horizon, let us enter the undiscovered, and feed our lust for more.    
With Slanted Magazine #40—Experimental Type we open eight doors, each one offering a glimpse into spaces that were explored by pushing conventions, limitations, and thoughts to the next level. We all know though, that the game is never over. The discovery of new areas, technologies, and thoughts are a constant source of inspiration, research, and experimen­tation for those that follow.

Tactile Realism shows works with tactile character, adding material properties to the typeface. The Anti-Reader-Friendly typography becomes the “readymade” of the type world—and in doing so, a form of denying the possibility of defining art. In the Deliberate Imperfection & Serendipity space, disassembly, and assembly of type leads to great discoveries. While Coincidence & Intention brings the accident into the design process and explores works based on mistakes and inaccuracy. The Ever-Changing room showcases experiments of kinetic typography breaking away from its static state by adding movement and a three-dimensional stereoscopy, and the fourth dimension: time. Cutting Edge drives the attention to state-of-the-art technologies and their impact on design experiments. Off the Screen explores physical space in which writing becomes material, object, and sculpture. Last but not least, Push to the Limits engages to think finitude differently, breaking boundaries of learned symbolisms and triggering new stimuli.

In addition, a special limited edition has been published. A set of three type stencil to draw your own experimental letters. Keep on being experimental!

Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Release: October 2022
Volume: 288 pages
Format: 16 × 24 × 2.4 cm
Language: English
Printing: Offset printing, Stober Medien
Bookbinding: Swiss brochure, thread stitching by Spinner Buchbinderei
Cardboard Cover: Black Magic, 320 g/sm
Paper Inside: lona® art, 115 g/sm, arto® gloss, 150 g/sm, Pop’Set aqua, 120 g/sm, distributed by Inapa Deutschland
Finishing: Hot foil stamping by Stober Medien
ISSN: 1867-6510
Price: € 18.–

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How could visiting Seoul be described in a way that allows someone else to feel like they are right there? What to say? What perspectives to choose?

What Should I Say—About Seoul takes the reader on a path less traveled: The work and daily-life of Korean designers; but not just as a spectator. The book gives a glimpse into South Korean society that is not so common after all: Some of the insights into the Seoul work experience appear grim at places, colored by the ongoing pandemic that forced people to cut down on social interactions.

The experiences of Korean-German designers are also included in the book, and as a result, one could see that there is really no reason to think of Germany as a country that “has it all figured out.” The modern workplace can be a very mixed bag at times and bad working conditions plague the creative industry worldwide. Speaking about these experiences allows us to feel less isolated and work towards change—so it is not all doom and gloom.

What Should I Say—About Seoul

Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Editorial & artistic lead: Omid Fröhlich, Yon Kim, David Wiesner
Photography: Omid Fröhlich
Layout & Editing: David Wiesner
Publishing Direction: Lars Harmsen, Julia Kahl
Format: 16.5 × 23.7 cm
Volume: 192 pages
Language: English
Workmanship: Softcover, thread-stiching, full color
ISBN: 978-3-948440-45-9
Price: € 16.–
Release: January 2023

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“Forte,” this lively and friendly typeface that everyone knows, has been used, misused, and overused for over six decades now, ever since it was published by The Monotype Corporation in 1962. Well-known figures in the typographic world like Stanley Morison and Vincent Connare have stood in the limelight of this typeface’s sprightly lifelines. But the typeface’s designer, Karl Reißberger, remained little known. Until now.

This book traverses the world in search of “findings” such as Reißberger’s early posters, original designs, and advertising materials to trace the origin story of the “typeface everyone knows.” Sixty years after “Forte’s” first appearance, it has found new life as Toshi Omagari’s revised typeface, “Forte Forward.” Its release accompanies this book.

Also finding its way into this book on Forte are the artistic visions of thirty-one contemporary artists who have examined “Forte’s” formal language in dialog with its historical outlines. The interpretations of these international creatives open up new approaches to typography.

Editors: Mara Reissberger, Tom Koch
Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Release: September 2022
Format: 17 × 24 cm
Volume: 224 pages
Language: English, German
Workmanship: Hardcover with glossy spot varnish, thread-stitching, full color
ISBN: 978-3-948440-42-8
Price: € 29.–

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