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Schnecken Publishing

Schnecken Publishing is the independent publishing platform from artist Dana Engfer and designer Moritz Otto, based in Berlin.

In an increasingly fast-paced digital world, we offer a counterbalance through slowly and carefully selected publications β€” including zines, artist books, and editions. We understand art publications not only as documentation of artistic work, but as independent works in their own right, opening up new perspectives through their design, language, and conceptual structure.

🐌 Slow reading
SNLD Magazine No 1 – Daily Life
Various Artists, SNLD Magazine No 1 – Daily Life, Schnecken Publishing, 2026 © Schnecken Publishing

A curated magazine emerging from an open call, bringing together international artists who turn their gaze toward the subtle poetry of everyday life. From fleeting, intimate moments to overlooked details, the works in this publication explore how the ordinary can become extraordinary through attention, perception, and transformation. Spanning diverse geographies and perspectives, the magazine captures a shared artistic impulse: to find meaning, beauty, and tension in the material of daily experience.

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learning from snails
Dana Engfer, Stefan Klein, learning from snails, Schnecken Publishing x Verlak, 2025 © Dana Engfer, Stefan Klein

With this publication series we want to pay tribute to these interesting beings, discover new aspects and see what we can learn from their way of existence.

Like the circling layers of a snail house we aim to uncover new areas of interest with each edition. This first edition is dealing with the topic of time. In collaboration with Verlak.

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Pustekuchen
Hanno Stecher, Pustekuchen, Schnecken Publishing, 2025 © Hanno Stecher

This little book brings together a selection of particularly entertaining German compound words and can be used like an associative quiz: First read the German word and then the literal English translation, let it resonate for a moment, and then look up its actual meaning in the index at the back.

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Sanpo
Moritz Otto, Sanpo, Schnecken Publishing, 2023 © Moritz Otto

A little photo book filled with candid shots taken on various strolls. Sanpo, the Japanese word for β€œstroll,” captures the spirit of wandering with no rush. Each step tells a story, every moment a precious picture.

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