novum has been publishing continuously since 1924 — making it one of the oldest graphic design magazines in the world. Founded in Germany and published by Stiebner Verlag in Munich, it has documented nearly a century of visual communication, from Bauhaus typography through Swiss modernism to contemporary digital design. The fact that it is still in print, still relevant, still finding readers, says something about the enduring appetite for thoughtful coverage of design as a discipline.
Each issue profiles agencies, studios, and individual designers, showcasing work across branding, typography, illustration, packaging, and editorial design. The magazine's bilingual format — German and English — gives it reach beyond the German-speaking market, while its Munich roots keep it grounded in a design tradition that values craft, precision, and conceptual rigor. novum does not chase trends; it documents practice, which is why its back issues read as a genuine history of the profession.
A hundred years of continuous publication is an extraordinary achievement for any magazine, let alone one devoted to a field as restless as graphic design. novum endures because it understands that good design is not about novelty — it is about solving problems beautifully, issue after issue, decade after decade.
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