pique-nique / piknik / picnic

Sweet laziness of the late Saturday afternoon picnic at Statensingel in Rotterdam.

Introducing: Rare Book Room

A great website, which is an amazing library of rare hi-res images of ancient books. There are few books about graphic arts as well. Have you ever seen pages of Albrecht Durer's De Symmetria... and Underweysung der Messung or Manuale Tipografico by Giambattista Bodoni?
Here's your chance

Sketching at noon

It's been a long time since I did any sketches in the open air. Today, I was sitting outside this little brasserie and I found a view pretty interesting, so I decided to draw it!When I came back home, I decided to post the image on my blog and even more - check if and how Google registered the same spot. Forgive me Google, but you loose ha ha ;)

Kasia Kaczmarek, Schouwburgplein
Google, Schouwburgplein

FUNDBÜRO: Paris, Paris

The copper-green Knights of Sacré-Cœur


The treasure of Paris


One of all the magnificent initials curved in stones of Cimetière de Montmartre


Wallpaper samples books found in Dreyfus in Marche Saint Pierre [six floors (0-5) filled with fabric bolts of different kinds]. The book is POPier Pent by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac. My favorite pattern of all is the one looking like a huge, neverending receipt.


Another interpretation of zoo abc! a handwritten wallpaper by JC de Castelbajac.



Easter-Donnie Darko-oversized-plastic rabbits in Printemps department store by Cracking Art Group


Precious Baccarat crystals.

william f boujon / product designer

Lately I have finished a logo and business card design for a young product designer William F Boujon, originally from France currently living in Rotterdam.

He is a strict mind seeking for clever solutions and inspirations in features of various materials. He loves to work with his hands and experience both, the design and creating process by his own. You are more than welcome to visit wfboujon.com

pop-up wedding card

My friends, Piotr and Anastazja (both creative and great people) got married on the 29th of May and the pop-up card was made for them. Congratulations once again guys!

The idea for this card was inspired by a template from Hiroko at Canon's Creative Park, but I modified the template by adding the cake's third level.
I also created a typographic pattern of the couple's names, which would be the elementary decoration of the cake. This cute little couple on the top of the cake resembles the actual newly-weds.

'Gorzko', the word appearing on the front cover is a special toast at Polish wedding party. It means 'bitter' but actually 'we want more sweet kisses!', so the groom kisses the bride in front of everybody once again... and again... and again!

The Beatles: Rockband

An amazing trailer was made to promote a new xbox game (which seems to be not interesting at all). Splendid short animated story of John, Paul, George and Ringo onstage, in the travel trying to escape their histerical fans and in dreamscapes that bring their psychedelic imagery to life. So who wants to join the band? Watch it in HD here

via thebeatlesrockband.com

FUNDBÜRO: little box of French origin

Paris'08, FR

logopond features ASP in its gallery

Thanks for appreciating my work logopond.com!
you can check out the rest of my logo folio here

Thank You, DirtyMouse!

DirtyMouse.co.uk // Food for Designers' Dirty Mice decided to publish a tiny scrap of my works and pass the link to my website. That is so cool, Thanks!

FUNDBÜRO: 53rd St. IND NYC Subway Station handmade signage

Thanks to So Much Pile Up Blog i can present here the few pictures of creating process of this amazing handmade signage.
According to the Blog, "in 1977, graphic designer Robert Propper of Propper/Elman Design/Planning (...) was approached by the Public Arts Council of the NYC to redesign subway stations, transforming them from drab underground waiting rooms into vibrant public art spaces. Over the course of two weeks, Propper, aided by a small group of Pratt students and armed with paint, brushes, and masking tape, turned the 53rd St. IND Station into a colorful wonderland."
I am gojng to think about a 'masking tape and paint project' of my own. I kind of forgot how much i used to enjoy using stancils and paint.
source

Type Player is coming out!

The book 'Type Player' to which I contribute my type works ('Merry Christmas' and '2009 Oh Yeah!' cards) is coming out.

'Type Player collects the world¡'s latest and creative typographic design and their applications. This book is expected to be an indispensable resource to any designer who looks forward to original and high-quality work.' ------ I feel honoured to be a part of this great publication.

[unfortunately] found

Introducing: Daily Type

Long time ago I came across a website full of creative type inspirations. Plenty hand lettering, sketches and typefaces can be found on Daily Type

"Daily Type is a creative project run by several Russian type designers. Day by day, they create original typefaces and post their results along with routine."

Queen's Day!

Long live Beatrix of the Netherlands!

The Night of Light

A poster for an event in my home town. Open air presentation of artists of the audio-video scene. Music and VJing night in the small town in Poland! FUN!

'Sign Graphics: Walk This Way'

I was invited by Maomao Publications, a Barcelona-based book packager and publishing house specialized in art & design to feature the signage system I developed for the Rainbow Children Hospital in a new book 'Sign Graphics: Walk This Way'. "The publication will put together innovative signage and wayfinding projects, in an effort to effectively represent a sourcebook for any professional interested in knowing the state of the art in this field." I am looking forward to be part of the book.

The enchanted kindergarden

The project is a result of an architectural competition for 2 kindergartens in Tromso, Norway. 70°N arkitektur "kindergartens have been built to have the possibility of variety in the use of rooms. With very simple moves one can change each room into new rooms of various sizes and functions. There are several options for combinations and joint actions of rooms and spaces.

One of the main ideas is that each base has two adjustable walls (fixed in one end, and wheels on the other) that gives the room a variety of combinations of small and large rooms. The walls are built with various shelves, drawers, blackboards, climbing partitions, puppet show sections and so on."

Fun and functional! What a lovely way to enhance the minds of kids with colours and a lot of imagination.

www.projektydyplomowe.pl

a place to see all of The Best Polish Design Diploma Projects of all editions. www.projektydyplomowe.pl

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