Slanted Magazine – Issue 47: Digital Tools

A Coffee Table Mags pick for designers who want to understand the tools shaping their discipline — Slanted goes deeper into the creative process than any other design magazine.

Slanted Publishers is an independent publishing house founded in 2014 by Lars Harmsen and Julia Kahl. They are publishing the award-winning print magazine Slanted, which is covering international design and culture twice a year.

Slanted Magazine #47–Digital Tools examines the instruments that shape contemporary creative practice. This issue offers a diverse insight into the global creative scene and uses numerous examples to show how digital tools are used to create, question, and rethink design itself.

The spectrum ranges from experimental open-source projects and custom scripts to indispensable utilities that shape creative digital and analog workflows, continuously expanding and redefining creative boundaries. Slanted Magazine #47–Digital Tools covers disciplines such as graphic and type design, illustration, 3D, web, generative design, and creative coding. Designers, artists, and developers share their insights in interviews and articles, explaining how digital tools shape their aesthetics, imagination, and authorship.

By introducing new workflows and technologies, Slanted Magazine #47—Digital Tools inspires both experienced designers and beginners to explore the creative potential of digital design.