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With trends it’s kind of a love-hate relationship: As a graphic designer, you need them to stay up-to-date and to offer fresh perspectives, on the other side trends have the reputation of being very short-lived and of interfering with the designer’s creativity. With the year 2022 unfolding its spirit upon us, it also sees new trends in the graphic design field. Let’s check out what’s hot and what is not!

Mr. Bingo is an artist and illustrator who lives an independent life without deadlines, meetings, conference calls and people telling him what to do. This guy believes there is a place for humor in the art world, but at the same time he has no interest and no desire to fit into it.

Two lovers in the act of kissing (most people might like to do this), one spitting into the mouth of the other one (some might like this, others might find it offensive) - Whatever may float one’s boat, we all have lived through one and a half years of limitations on the physical side.

The Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

The Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

The Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

The second edition of “The Healthy Times” by the iconic Healthy Boy Band is here and it’s a huge one: Design studio OrtnerSchinko created a 560 pages book containing everything that the Healthy Boy Band chefs have ever done, cooked, burnt or served. The magazine’s design is classic O.S.: minimalistic and a bit unusual.

Welcome inside the world of 44 masterminds of the creative industries! The book by Steve Brouwers, creative director at SBS, sheds a light on what creativity means to artists like Erik Kessels, Stefan Sagmeister, John Stezaker or Hary Gruyaert.

It’s a collaboration sent from heaven: Photography icon Martin Parr joins forces with the two creators of Toiletpaper Magazine, Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, for a journey into the heart of a visual repertoire bursting with colours. The exhibition is called “Villa Toilet Martin Medici Paper Parr” is currently shown at Villa Médicis in Rome.

The Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

The Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

The Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

With Donald Trump as the president of the United States of America, the world has been through a lot. It has been a wild ride full of fake news, thousand of tweets, embarrassments, and political scandals. Four years it was all eyes on Donald. Magazine covers, political cartoons, photo installations, and design activism have been part of his era as much as his slips of the tongue (remember “covfefe"). High time to have a trip down memory lane!

Christmas mode on! It´s not only the season for eating cookies and drinking hot chocolate while watching “Love Actually”, but also for countless Christmas adverts, that are on the box right now. Every year, there is always huge anticipation around this epic advertising battle. We have a fine selection of our favorite Christmas adverts of 2020 ready for you. Happy Holidays everyone!

Johannes Ehemann on the magic of individuality and blurring the borders of street fashion and fine arts.

Let us introduce you to the Heart Directors Club! Very well aware of the fact that artworks won't save the world, the people behind Heart Directors Club also know that a little financial help can definitely make things easier!

Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

What the legendary Martha Cooper is probably best known for is the documentation of the Graffiti and Hip Hop Scene in New York in the late 70s and 80s. Until today, however, Martha leads a life full of travels and adventures and became an icon in the scene herself. On the first weekend of October, the large retrospective will open its doors at Open Nation Berlin to show a selection of Martha’s work from over six decades.  

The notorious Berlin nightclub, which has probably remained a mystery to many techno-loving visitors due to its unpredictable door policy, is now opening its doors to a wider audience with the exhibition STUDIO BERLIN, which opened yesterday, just in time for Berlin Art Week.

Why Shopify is betting on Germany

Even after his death in 2017 the Chinese photographer and poet still remains a leading light in China's late photography and art scene. An exhibition in Tuscany is featuring Ren Hang's iconic works.

A beautiful, brunette woman is holding her face in both of her hands, her head turned away from the camera. "Fuck! I fell in love, how did this happen? He looked at me in French. I thought that kiss meant we were going to be lovers" Two pictures later, she is laying on her bed sideways, looking into the camera. "But I look at him, he looks out the window."

23 international artists have collaborated and designed the new “Support Your Local Dealer”-T-Shirt. The third edition revolves around a “Rave New World”.

Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

Opening up or going to your ordinary teen magazine online, makeup, dating tips and how to be liked by others are the topics the teenage world seems to revolve around. Whilst self expression and relationships are important issues, is it really all teenagers long for in times of protests, pandemics and increasing social awareness?

“Copyright is for losers”, Banksy once said but now he seems to be having enough: The exhibition series “The Art of Banksy”, which will be shown in Sofiensäle this summer, is considered unauthorized and fake by the artist himself.

“100 Beste Plakate” is an association and exhibition series presenting the best, printed posters created throughout the year in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. This year's edition was just launched in Berlin and is now moving through the DACH region and to Korea.

Most countries have a dish with whose invention they adorn themselves and that is being promoted as a national treasure with cultural significance. To serve only a few of the stereotypes, we could say the Italians are incredibly specific on how they cook their pasta, the Belgians can’t do without waffles and the Austrians do love a good Schnitzel. Countries and inventors of dishes take credit for original recipes, secret ingredients, or the only 'real' way of preparing a certain meal.

In the last days of June the designer of the famous I ♥ NY Logo, Milton Glaser, passed away on his 91st birthday. 

Corita Kent was in a religious order and an art teacher but mostly she is known as the “Pop Art Nun”. In November 2018, she would have turned 100 years old and her artistic work proves: political activism comes in all shapes and sizes – even in a nun's robe.

"Can you move a festival into digital space?" The University of Applied Arts Vienna's reply: "No." But it will be happening either way. Angewandte Festival 2020 is about to go alternate.mode, in digital and public space, from 23 to 26 June.

The DJ duo collaborated with visual artists Lichterloh to release their new video Aliénore D´Aquitaine - a track about one of the most powerful women during the Middle Ages. Minimalistic design colludes with Austrian Apparel´s signature sound.  

Since people in many parts of the world can't go outside and enjoy nature and art, Olafur Eliasson lets you bring both within your own walls.

Every month, Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical gems handpicked by creatives, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. Find out what music Stefan Sagmeister, Erik Kessels, Annie Atkins and Snask amongst others listen to!

32 designers and artists joined forces and created a one-of-a-kind t-shirt for "Support Your Local Dealer".

In times of travel restrictions, we get more used to the sound of birds singing than that of airplanes flying overhead. Forward Festival speakers Erik Kessels and Anthony Burrill collaborated with Malcolm Goldie to provide us with the ultimate, yet disturbing, mix of both.

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical gems hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. This special edition was curated by the team behind the Forward Festival to keep you productive at the home office.

We are all affected by the current situation, therefore not only companies, but also people in the creative industries are offering their services for free to help overcome boredom during the lockdown. One of those creatives is Gary Hustwit, director of the film "RAMS", which we showed at last years Forward Festival Vienna.

The current situation is hard enough already but it is even harder if you have financial problems due to the circumstances. This is why we want to help out our community in the creative industries not only by connecting them and giving them a platform but also by supporting them a little bit financially.

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical gems hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. This special edition was curated by the team behind the Forward Festival to make the current (almost) worldwide lockdown more bearable.

Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

Humans crave their five basic senses. While sight and hearing get covered quite well in the digital world, smell, touch and taste are often left behind.

160 trees on 7 floors - that is what IKEA is hoping to achieve for its newest store in the center of Vienna. Modeled on a bookshelf, it will be an open, friendly building with lots of greenery on all four sides of the facade and on the roof, which will be accessible to everyone.

Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

It always starts with a vision, a topic we want to explore. Very soon, we will find ourselves digging for information and being overwhelmed by our own thoughts. That's when we have to gather our inspiration.  This year, we saw shared idea documents and 400MB worth of pictures taken with our phone.

This year’s Forward Festival is digital, analog and yet, it is anything but binary. It embraces both the pre-internet and the post-internet brain. To represent this year's festival motto DIGITAL EYES we invited various speaker who either specialize in digital or analog to show the best of both worlds. Meet our ambassadors:

2020 is off to a good start. Eike König, graphic designer and founder of Berlin creative collective HORT,  hits the spot with statements that question our digital society in an aesthetic but constructive way.

Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

What happens when you make an algorithm hallucinate?

We are already in holiday mode here at Forward, so our team collected their alltime-favourite Christmas ads to get you all festive as well. Enjoy our little collection and Happy Holidays!

What seems like pictures from another decade turn out to be pictures from not even two months ago. As one of the last European countries, Austria has finally introduced its indoor smoking ban by the 1st of November 2019.

Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. The 20th edition is curated by Forward Festival speaker Barnaby Steel of Marshmallow Laser Feast.  

A few years back, Berlin was famous for it's thriving and diverse club scene. But times and politics changed and now the city is marked by the closing of numerous clubs and other cultural establishments. Over a quite long period Berlin experienced the last party, the last event or the last happening at a location almost every weekend.

In early November, artist Helmut Smits launched his latest project: Screen Time – and no, that's not your next app to track the time you spend in front of your display.

Celebrating the release of the new Album by Austrian cloud rapper Yung Hurn, we are taking a closer look at the associated campaign for the upcoming tour.

Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

“Brainstorming is ten people in a room masturbating – slightly embarrassing and always messy at the end”