Exhibition in Prague

Another exhibition from Graduation Projects 09/10 series is currently showing at DOX – Centre of Contemporary Art in Prague. 

I've found a photo featuring my Foster project (photo by Mirek Lédl) on the show's official website: 

I'd love to visit the exhibition, but seems I won't have a chance as it ends just before my holiday starts. Has anyone been there?

Coca Cola Exhibition

I went to see a mini exhibition celebrating 123 years of Coca Cola held at Design Museum, London. I love those old Coke brand guidelines books! More photos here.

Graduation Projects 2009/2010

It's a review of Graduation Projects from the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. The review runs annually for last nine years and since 2005 it's accompanied by an exhibition of the chosen projects. 
I submitted on of my Final Projects (Mr. Foster) and it got accepted! 
Here are the results of this year's edition and more details about the review (looks like there is no English version unfortunately).
Yesterday I received a copy of the catalogue, I took a few shots of the spread featuring my project.

Christmas time soon!

'Merry Christmas' made of photographed beads & turned into christmas tree lights version.

With the weather getting more and more wintery it's difficult not to get into Christmas mood! I'm really looking forward to lots of snow when I'm back home on my Christmas break. I'm working on this year's Christmas card and in the meantime I'm posting my last year's typographic/calligraphic designs. See more here.

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!

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.
  
  

I am hand made

And another Hand Made Wallpaper*, this time got to the gallery :)

D&AD New Blood

I went to New Blood on last Saturday, this year as an exhibitor :) Here are some shots of our uni's stand:

Some of my work was there too - a poster from my final project about Norman Foster:

'In Case Of Packaging' book:

And my 'Perfume' project in a portfolio:

The exhibition was in Old Truman Brewery, London.

See more photos on my flickr page.

Penguin Design Award Results

And the winnners are...

http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/minisites/penguindesignaward/penguin_2010winners.php

Got the 2nd Prize! :)

Judges' comments on Penguin website: http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/minisites/penguindesignaward/pda2010_pzywert.php

See my earlier posts for details of my 'Perfume' book cover entry: http://patrycjazywert.blogspot.com/2010/06/little-update-to-perfume-post-my-entry.html

Penguin update

A little update to the 'Perfume' post - my entry was shortlisted and I had a chance to resubmit the design with some little changes. I made the lettering more hairy and messy and changed the colours slightly.

Now looking forward to the ceremony next week, can't wait to see other shortlisted designs and the results! :)

Penguin Design Award entry

This is my final design of 'Perfume' book cover for Penguin Design Award 2010. Full jacket:

Just front cover:

Photos of the model:

And this is my explanation of the concept:

My concept is based on creating mixed feelings. The title lettering looks nice at first sight but after taking a closer look the reader can see it is made of hair. Beautiful, long and nicely scented hair is undoubtedly a feature of a woman. If it is cut, it immediately brings the thought that something bad has happened to her. By using real hair I wanted to emphasise the human aspect in a subtle way and it links to the story, the pursuit of the perfect scent - innocence. The lettering style is inspired by eighteenth-century French alphabets.

Go to my previous post to see the development & tests: http://patrycjazywert.blogspot.com/2010/05/perfume-book-cover-development.html.

'Perfume' book cover: development

Last week I submitted my entry for Penguin Design Award. The brief was to design a new cover for "Perfume" by Patrick Süskind. The project was a part of uni assignments, so I had a lot of time to test and experiment with different concepts for the cover.

My initial idea was to focus on the concept of smell and try to express it typographically, adding a subtle image of a woman's body. This is my first sketch and a rough visual:

Then, after talking to my tutors I decided to use typography as main element, but make it more experimental. I used meat to highlight the dark and murder side of the story. I wanted the lettering to look nice at first sight, but then after inspection the viewer can see it's made of meat. These are my two tests of meat calligraphy (front & spine):

Cutting pork loin and bacon to create letters felt a bit weird...

Next stage was etching tests, to see results go to my previous post: http://patrycjazywert.blogspot.com/2010/04/etching.html.

Then, I decided to use hair as a theme for the cover. This is first sketch:

Then I thought I could use real hair. So, I had fun times putting my head on a scanner and trying to reach the keyboard :) This is my real hair version:

I'll publish the final entry for Penguin competition in my next post.

Pick Me Up

I went to Pick Me Up exhibition at London's Somerset House yesterday. The fair brings together different graphic artists working today, ranging from well-known designers and illustrators to emerging talents in the industry. It's the first contemporary graphic art fair in the UK. Well worth visiting - lots of interesting stuff to see, buy and do! Apart from the exhibition part, there are some events and activities. Here are some shots from the fair:

See more photos from Pick Me Up on my Flickr page.

Share Your Work!

Go to http://www.sharesomecandy.com/ to show your work!

(by ShareSomeCandy)

CV Project

I've created my CV recently as part of uni projects. Although my initial idea was different to what I produced in the end and I still want to get back to it, I enjoyed this project. I wanted my cv to be a simple and finished piece, showing my eye for detail. The book I created contains samples of my work and comes in a hand made envelope. The form of the outcome shows what interests me most: typography, especially letterpress and hand lettering and packaging design. So here is what I send to a couple of design studios: