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Slanted Magazine #42—Books
Slanted Magazine #42—Books is a magazine about books. Every day, people ponder whether the future of the (printed) book is tied to its sensual quality. How can beautiful books secure their place in the media and society? How are content, medium, and form interconnected? Is manufacturing and design quality, in addition to its functionality, simply to be understood as a marketing argument?

In this edition, Slanted Publishers delves deeper into books that are pushing boundaries, moving beyond traditional norms, and rediscovering their essence. The belief is that genuine reading encompasses more than mere skimming; it involves understanding, grasping, and engaging in creative thinking. The value placed on the tactile experience of holding a book, flipping through its pages, setting it aside, and seamlessly resuming the reading is immense. It’s an experience cherished by many, one that defines the true essence of books.

Slanted Publishers emphasizes the resurgence of book reading as a significant trend, especially for those seeking enduring experiences and embracing multi-dimensional thinking. This edition showcases books that venture off the beaten path, departing from traditional conventions, and advocates for timeless book designs where the content shapes the form.

To commemorate the magazine’s release, Slanted Publishers has introduced a limited special edition, which includes a set of pencils from Viarco, the oldest pencil factory in Portugal. Make a statement with this and become part of the BK LVRS!

The Essence and Beauty of Books in One Magazine!

Slanted Magazine #42—Books
Autumn/Winter 23/24

Publisher, Editor, Design: Slanted Publishers
Release: November 2023
Volume: 256 pages
Format: 16 × 24 × 2.3 cm
Language: English
Printing: Offset printing, Stober Medien
Bookbinding: Swiss brochure, thread stitching by Schaumann
Cardboard Cover: lona® offset, 350 g/sm
Paper Inside: lona® art, 115 g/sm, joly mittelblau, 120 g/sm, distributed by Inapa Deutschland
Finishing: Hot foil stamping
ISSN: 1867-6510
ISBN: 978-3-948440-55-8
Price: €22.–

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Latent Figures
Three years after Shape Grammars (2020), Jannis Maroscheck returns with an updated look on machine-generated graphics and the core motif of mass produced ideas: Latent Figures. Looking for forms of expression hidden between ancient runes and y2k logos, medieval monograms and clip art illustrations, hieroglyphs and stock icons, Maroscheck developed AI-based systems to merge the shared visual vocabulary designed by humans across eras, continents, and cultures. The underlying process simulates human inspiration, but it is an analytical, objective process. The systems consider form as pure form. They draw no reference to real-world things. In doing so, they have a stubborn intensity to them, that seems less like human creativity and more like a strange, unstoppable force of nature.

The resulting catalog is a dive into the inner workings of an AI that has seen nothing but graphic shapes and symbols. With this sort-of-dictionary, Maroscheck creates a visual language that blends pragmatic graphic design aesthetics with elusive imagery. A collection of shapes that often approximate something we know or can understand, but their meaning doesn’t quite want to resolve, they revolve around themselves, somewhere between meaning and nonsense. Offering a space to project ones own imagination and come across new ideas.

“When I think about it, something like a graphic form, black and white, defined only by its outline, feels quite limited in what it can express, what it can communicate. Then I look at it, like a blob of ink, continuously reshaping itself, in flux, automatic, and open in all directions.” — Jannis Maroscheck

Latent Figures
Jannis Maroscheck

Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Author & Design: Jannis Maroscheck
Release: November 2023
Format: 21 × 26.5 cm
Volume: 224 pages
Language: English
Printer: Stober Medien, Germany
Workmanship: Softcover with flaps, thread-stitching, offset printing with silver spot color
ISBN: 978-3-948440-66-4
Price: €34.–

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FFCGN – Die Macht der Bilder Vol. 3
The world is made up of a thousand colors, and no sound is like another. It’s noisy! We have finally accepted the dissonances because we are not all cut from the same cloth. Yet, we live under the same sun together. This year’s key visual, created by Holger Risse, takes into account a complex spirit of the times: it poses the tricky question of what still connects us despite all our differences.

There is a need for spaces for encounters. Only through encounters does the diverse “beauty of being human in our society” (Jovanovic) come to shine. Let’s let it shine together with FFCGN—Die Macht der Bilder Vol. 3!

Here you’ll learn all about the power of images in film, pop culture, art and society—in this book, at FILM FESTIVAL COLOGNE from October 19th to 26th, 2023, and always on the net. Once more, this publication gathers and selects a diverse range of content from the realm of motion pictures. This book is a showcase. The editors engage in conversations with individuals who inspire them. It offers a glimpse into their work, both at FILM FESTIVAL COLOGNE and in broader contexts. It presents a selection of the top-notch content they endorse.

Publisher: Slanted Publishers
Editor in Chief: Martina Richter
Head of Text: Timothy Bidwell
Art Director: Holger Risse
Editors: Sven von Reden, Christopher Wienand, Sonja Hofmann, Leon Ulmen, Christina Bröker, Sebastian Matheis
Design: Lars Harmsen, Juliane Nöst, Slanted Publishers
Publishing Direction: Lars Harmsen, Julia Kahl
Release: October 2023
Format: 16 × 24 cm
Volume: 176 pages
Language: German, English
Printer: Stober Medien, Germany
Workmanship: Softcover with flaps, Swiss brochure, thread-stitching, full-color printing
ISBN: 978-3-948440-65-7
Price: €18.– (DE)

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