45 Symbols—Clay to Code
# 45 Symbols—Clay to Code
### Across–Time Zone Global Book Launch
Author: Franziska Müller
With _45 Symbols—Clay to Code_ , Slanted Publishers presents a publication that brings together artists and designers from around the world who explore visual language as a tool for inquiry. Drawing inspiration from the still-undeciphered, 3,700-year-old _Phaistos Disc_ , the book reflects on how meaning is constructed, disrupted, and reimagined across time, cultures, and media. Through personal narratives and planetary perspectives, _45 Symbols—Clay to Code_ reveals how distinctive visual grammars emerge—shaped by experimentation, critical thinking, and bold storytelling. The publication highlights a diverse range of approaches that challenge established systems of communication while opening up new spaces for interpretation.
Read more about the book here.
To celebrate the release, we invite you to join an _Across–Time Zone Global Book Launch_ —a distributed virtual event spanning three live sessions. Each session brings together contributing artists and designers in a dynamic format, featuring short presentations followed by moderated conversations and Q&A.
Participation is free and open to all with prior registration.
**Session I**
Tuesday, April 14 (45 min)
NYC: 11:00 · Berlin: 17:00 · Johannesburg: 18:00 · Bogotá: 11:00 · Taipei: 23:00
Program: Clay to Code — Introduction I Aslin (Yu-Heng) Lin — LGBTQIA+ in Taiwan: Linguistic Architecture of Inclusion Raafia Jessa — /’lo.kwi:/ (loqui): The Synthesis of Urdu, Persian, Arabic, and Latin
→ Registration here
**Session II**
Thursday, April 16 (45 min)
NYC: 14:00 · Berlin: 20:00 · São Paulo: 16:00 · Mexico City: 13:00 · Nairobi: 22:00
Program: Clay to Code — Introduction II Lily Taggart — Dialectic Dancescape: Choreographic Notations for Central Park Ricardo Vega — Chile Stamp: Marking the Land Angelina Foos — Slavic Spirits Reimagined
→ Registration here
**Session III**
Saturday, April 18 (45 min)
NYC: 05:00 · Berlin: 11:00 · Taipei: 18:00 · Kyoto: 19:00 · Sydney: 20:00
Program: Clay to Code — Introduction III Farida Foda — Glitched: Digital Objects and the Extinction of Imperfection Kiara dos Reis — St-uh-teh-rrr: A Visual Lexicon of Voice Tracy Bassil — Urbic: Urban Studies as Arabic Script and Streets
→ Registration here
**Meet the book and us in person**
Berlin — A-Z Gallery, CounterSession #7 · April 23, 7pm
San Francisco — ATypI · May 28
Vienna — Design Forum · July 16–30
Find out more information about the events here.
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