WE AND THE COLOR

Some houses announce themselves. Villa VICUS does the opposite—and that’s precisely what makes it worth talking about. Completed in 2024 by Bratislava-based practice sebastian nagy | architects, this single-storey family residence in Nitra, Slovakia sits quietly on a sloping site below Zo...

Nostalgia is having a moment—but not the lazy kind. Designers aren’t just reaching for dusty textures and faded palettes anymore. They’re chasing something more specific: the feeling of a neon sign reflected in wet asphalt, a motel marquee glowing at midnight, a Hollywood title card fr...

Most portfolio templates fail at the exact moment they matter most. You open one in front of a client, and suddenly the layout feels rigid, the color system makes no sense, and you’re apologizing for placeholder text that somehow survived. That’s not a design problem. That’s a template selection problem. So when I loaded this Modern Portfolio InDesign template into a fres...

Some typefaces announce themselves quietly. Dupioni does not. The moment you set a headline in it—even in regular weight—something shifts in the reading experience. The contrast is immediate. The serifs are sharp, almost aggressive, and yet the overall impression...

Print is not dead. It is, if anything, more deliberate than ever. And when a publication like Slanted Magazine dedicates an entire issue to digital tools, you pay attention—not because the topic is trendy, but because the editorial team has earned the right to make that call...