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.

Edited by Jacob Tessmann, Julia Kahl (managing editor), and Lars Harmsen (editor in chief)

Designed by Jacob Tessmann, Julia Kahl, and Slanted Publishers 

Published by Slanted Publishers, 2026

Softcover with hot foil embossing, 224 pages, full color offset  with spot colors, 6.3 × 9.45 inches

ISSN: 1867-6510