Personal Logo

 

Just a little post to share my personal logo I've been working on recently.  

I always struggled to combine my initials – "P" and "Z" seem not to work very well together. I'm pleased with this option, but still trying to refine and improve it and finish other options.

What do you think about it? Looking forward to your feedback!

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!

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.

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! :)

'How much does your building weigh, Mr. Foster?'

And the second of my final projects, a typographic installation and

a poster inspired by Norman Foster. More details here:

http://www.behance.net/gallery/How-much-does-your-building-weigh-Mr_-Foster/571002

In Case of Packaging

This is one of my final year projects. I've just published it on my portfolio site - take a look!

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.

Show Time!

Our Degree Show opened last Friday.

Still can't believe that the course is finished. Will miss uni times!

I displayed my two final projects:

Norman Foster Film Promo

(more at http://www.startshow.co.uk/zywert.html)

and In Case of Packaging:

(more at http://www.startshow.co.uk/zywert.html)

I'll post more images from the show soon!

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.

B for Alphabattle

It's time to catch up with Alphabattle project!

So, here is my letter B submission and some of the sketches as well:

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: