"YOU DON'T NEED RELIGION TO HAVE MORALS. IF YOU CAN'T DETERMINE RIGHT FROM WRONG THEN YOU LACK EMPATHY, NOT RELIGION."

—Unknown

cook to be

It's just arrived! 

Cook's Encyclopedia - The Ultimate guide for all cooks by Love Food
Hardcover: 768 pages 
Publisher: Parragon Book Service Ltd (9 Jan 2010) 
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1405495766

Franek. again.

FUNDBÜRO: Harry & Joe's

The Lost Weekend (1945) film by Billy Wilder

Magusto'12

Toasted chestnuts and Jeropiga

chrysalis

Yesterday I found a chrysalis in a cabbage. Amazing how it looks alien alike! I believe H.R. Giger may be as fascinated by its form, as I am. And because pupae usually stay dormant during winter, I am planning on keeping it till the spring comes to see the moth or a butterfly emerging.

F

WE LIVE LONGER
BUT LESS PRECISELY
AND IN SHORTER SENTENCES

WE TRAVEL FASTER, FARTHER, MORE OFTEN,
BUT BRING BACK SLIDES INSTEAD OF MEMORIES.

— WISŁAWA SZYMBORSKA, "NON-READING"

Península Ibérica

how beautiful!

Foto | NASA (NASA community)

Xerifes&Cáboys

Xerifes & Cáboys  is a music initiative originating in Braga, Portugal. It aims to introduce the latest and most interesting bands and artists of Portuguese music on Braga's music stage. It is a project of João Pereira, DJ and author of INDIEpendência Sonora, a music program of radio RUM, in collaboration with Espaço Quatorze

Xerifes&Cáboys on Facebook

Surely, no one else is able to understand how hard the struggle for a survival and a normal life in a foreign country is, but an other expat. People think I am simply crazily adventurous, people think I am fine being out there, because this is, what I chose for myself. The thing is not many people are aware of my everyday struggle to function in this strange reality, trying to be a part of a society, who's language I can barely speak. Forgetting that, I already everyday speak a foreign language, and I struggle a lot to be understood, and I don't get, as you say, decent conversation. It does feel painful since I consider myself an intelligent person, a person that has a lot to say about different subjects and somehow my thoughts en up unheard.

 My day to day reality is feeling like a retarded child, not knowing what and how to manage the life passing by, constantly asking others for help, smiling, when I don't understand and pronouncing Portuguese word with a wrong accent which makes me say "shit" instead of "coconut". Yes, simple, everyday life tasks are challenges. Nothing is easy, everything requires a certain amount of focus and preparation.

 And yet, those few people around me, that I consider my Portuguese family have sometimes so few understanding and compassion. From what I know, it is only my fault, the fault of hiding my fears and pain behind a hard shiny shell of I-can-take-it-all-Kasia. 

And everyday I wake up to face more and more challenges. Do I complain about the life I chose? No, I only get to complain about my incapabilities.

“THE DETAILS ARE NOT THE DETAILS. THEY MAKE THE DESIGN.”

— CHARLES EAMES

elektrofach / website

Here's a website project I made a while ago in collaboration with Denise Design Studio for Elektrofach, a Poland based company specializing in heat treatment and electrical-wiring mostly for clients like refineries and power plants.

elektrofach.com

stare, ale jare: xmas illustration

an illustaration designed in order to be presented on a PunktK xmas card and to be sent to the clients and friends in 2009.

illustration by Kasia Kaczmarek

Freddy

Would be 66 today

Coming soon

Illustration for an upcoming website... more coming soon!

Diamond

Ron van der Ende is a sculptor living in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He specializes in wall mounted bas-reliefs constructed from found wood. The original color and texture of the wood is utilized to form a gripping and realistic mosaic.

ronvanderende.nl

Ron van der Ende, Taylor-Burton 2009
bas-relief in salvaged wood, 165 x 95 x 11cm

alles wird gut

I saw this painting back in 2010 in Rotterdam, NL and fell in love with it.

Asgar Gabriel, Bones and all, 2008, oiloncanvas, 270x380

asgargabriel.com

Galicia, ES

Enjoying Pulpo a la Galega / Octopus Galician Style

♥ Tartine

I absolutely love bread. I even tried lately to bake some of my own and it came out delicious!

"4SP Films created this short documentary for the launch of Tartine Bread, in which celebrated baker Chad Robertson reveals the process behind the most sought-after loaf in San Francisco."

basil

someone's been eating my basil...

GistUs Ad Card / layout design

PDF brochure created to present the potential clients with the marketing opportunities avaliable on gistus.com

walkman

Sony's TPS-L2 Walkman cassette player, released in July 1979, let you listen to prerecorded music while on the go. (Courtesy Sony Electronics)

reporting a theft - watchseries.eu

I have got to report this shocking event to fellow artists/designers to get their designs copyrighted so they should not suffer as I did.

Back in early 2010 me and my brother created this logo design for Skorpion Arte, a Polish film production company, who is the rightful owner of the copyrights. Reference to the design could be found here: 

1. http://logopond.com/gallery/detail/99611
2. http://kash-k.blogspot.pt/2010/03/skorpion-arte.html

3. http://skorpionarte.eu

 

And the person/organization who is using the brand mark pixel by pixel, with colour changed is right here: 

http://watchseries.eu

I hope the person/organization realize their mistake.

in progess

an exciting project to come soon...

Welcome!

Here he is, long awaited Frankie the Cat, adopted from Abra Animal Shelter.

www.punktk.com / new website coming soon...

my little urban herb garden [after 40 days]

The little urban herbal garden, which I am cultivating on my balcony

A dozen of great friends, the man of my life, my heart full of beautiful memories, enormous work experience & knowledge of Portuguese language (fuck the crisis;). Today it's 2 years since I first stepped on the Portuguese land.
 

Thank you Gen Design Studio, thank you My Dear Friends*

Nissia Kamares

In 2011 Gen Design Studio redesigned the logotype of Nissia Kamares Hotel - Apartment resort based in Kos Island, Greece. The brief required use of the silhouette of a mermaid and friendly and available character of the brand that would reflect the familar character of the hotel.  

lettering and brand mark and applications design: Kasia Kaczmarek  

art direction and photography: Leandro Veloso

La Princesse

Princesse Samouraï, proposal, hand lettering based

3R / folded brochure

3R is a company specializing in exploitation of energy resources and environmental awareness. They work on regular basis with various architectural offices and the brochure aims to reach this group using a simple, economical and also intriguing layout.

project by Gen Design Studio

concept, layout & infographic: Kasia Kaczmarek

art direction & photography: Leandro Veloso 

 

 

stare ale jare: Kash

Kash [the previous kash-k blog logotype used for the header], 2008, Kasia Kaczmarek

herb garden

featuring: oregano, thyme, parsley and soon-to-be mint and spring onion.

Happy Easter!

Made with growing cuckoo-flower sprouts, a traditional Polish Easter decoration.;

André by Kasia 

*

Déjà Vu

Here's the video made by my beloved one, André to the song by a friend of ours Ré Menor. Great job, guys! 

"Déjà Vu" Ré Menor
Realização e Edição - André Craveiro
craveiro6[at]gmail.com

INDIEpendência Sonora

Poster/flyer for INDIEpendência Sonora, a program on RUM radio. Call for garage band entries to be aired on RUM FM. Thanks to André Craveiro for help in the photo shoot.

 

KashK // BLOG 5th Anniversary

Yes, it's been already 5 years since the first post on KashK // BLOG. Thank you.

"GOOD" IS THE ENEMY OF "GREAT"

—

C'est le printemps!

Perce-neige / Snowdrop / Schneeglöckchen / Przebiśnieg, photography by Richard Tepe (1864-1952), Dutch nature photographer.

via yama-bato

FUNDBÜRO: Time to Prioritize

Time to Prioritize Tee from modcloth.com by MNKR

dominion city

A website for a Georgia, US based church I helped to develop back in 2009.

design by Kasia Kaczmarek, www.dominioncitygeorgia.org

stare, ale jare: Typoshop

logotype concept

Typoshop, Kasia Kaczmarek, 2007