New Design from Düsseldorf 2026: A 360-Page Graduate Graphic Design Book from Slanted Publishers
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A review/description of Slanted Publishers' "New Design from Düsseldorf 2026" — a 360-page graphic design book showcasing 50 graduate projects from Hochschule Düsseldorf's design school. The piece details the book's physical design choices: a light grey textured cover with coral-red condensed sans typography, a 5×5 grid of black-and-white project thumbnails on coral red, and deliberately unresolved interior spreads with powder-blue pamphlets and white tulip-pedestal tabs.
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· 3 pulledThe cover sets the register immediately: light grey textured stock, coral-red condensed sans at roughly 80pt, three stacked lines.
Inside, the contents spread runs a 5×5 grid of black-and-white project thumbnails on that same coral red (#E8432A), bilingual chapter labels in medium-weight sans at 14pt flush left.
The interior spreads are deliberately unresolved — a powder-blue pamphlet fanned open next to a white tulip-pedestal tab
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