New portfolio site

I've just finished creating my new portfolio site. I wanted it to be clean & simple, with the focus on the content. Hope you like it.


Visit www.patrycjazywert.com and let me know what you think!

Gastrotypographicalassemblage

Last Thursday I visited this nice little exhibition at London's Kemistry Gallery. It presents the designs of Lou Dorfsman with the main part being a photo of "Gastrotypographicalassemblage". It's an amazing 11 meters long and 2.5 meters high typographic mural that Lou created in 1965 for CBS cafeteria in New York. The idea was to spell out all the food on offer in cafeteria. Visit my Flickr page for more photos I took at this exhibition.


The exhibition is on till 30 October, go to Kemistry Gallery's website for more info.

Typo/graphic posters

Check out my profile on typo/graphic posters! 
http://www.typographicposters.com/#/patrycja-zywert/

Piccsy

I've recently been using this image bookmarking site and I really love it. Lots of good images, perfect place for finding daily inspiration. Looks nice and clean and it's also very simple to bookmark and share images there. Piccsy is my no 1 visual diary at the moment. 

Go to http://patrycja.piccsy.com/ to see my recent typographic inspirations.

Baetulona Project

Baetulona is a project by Brrothers who invited 100 studios and artists to take part in celebrating the history of Badalona city. The idea is to create a printed canvas 100 meters long and a book that will tell a graphic story by showing 100 most important moments in the history of Badalona.

"The project was launched to Badalonas city hall within the framework of Catalan Culture Capital which the city hosts during 2010. We meant to create a 100 meters canvas in which the most important hundred historical moments of the city would be represented. We also wanted 100 main studios in graphic design and illustration from all around the world to perform that work."

[more info at blog.baetulona.cat]

My brief was to illustrate the arrival of Franco's troops to Badalona in January 1939, which was the beginning of Franco's regime.
I decided on a simple idea of creating a typographic image - marching soldiers forming the name of the dictator:

Before I decided on the final version (above) I've done some tests with colour selection and composition:

• Check Baetulona website for details and updates about the display of the project and publishing of the book.
  
  

Don't forget me! Souvenirs from Poland

When I was home back in Poland I visited an interesting exhibition in Torun, titled 'Nie zapomnij o mnie!' (Don't forget me!).

It was about modern souvenirs from Poland, created by young designers who came up with new and innovative ideas for promotion of Polish culture. As the curators say:

"Projects presented at the exhibition — keepsakes and objects that can serve as traditional souvenirs — demonstrate a modern approach to the concept of locality. They advertise small or big communities with no pomposity, deconstructing the national ethos. They are often ‘meta-souvenirs’, full of irony, questioning the newest history."

[More info]

Here are some of my favourites:

Fotel Kluska Śląska (Silesia Dumpling Armchair)

Ą Ę Spinki do Mankietów (Cufflinks with difficult Polish letters)

Stamps with Golonka Lux - a font inspired by Warsaw city space

To see more photos from this exhibition visit my flickr page:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/patty_z/sets/72157624923222098/

Officially Graduated!

I'm back after a long summer break! I went home, back in Poland, for over a month and had an amazing time with friends and family. And just when I came back I had my graduation ceremony, so now I'm officially a Bachelor of Arts!

Time to look for a proper job now! :)