Dennissimo

Killer Vampire

2012-02-13T10:30:00.000+01:00

I've always been a fan of Sharon Tate – ever since I found my parents VHS cassette with Polanski's The Fearless Vampire Killers when I was 12. I guess this was my first vampire movie and it's still my favourite, save for Herzog's Nosferatu. I was recently asked to make a cover for Baaba's new project – a new interpretation of Krzysztof Komeda's soundtrack from the film. I made this drawing of Sharon for the cover but it turned out the band wanted something more creepy. So I left it at that.

Duchamp Monster

2012-01-27T12:00:00.000+01:00

Absolut Zero

2012-01-23T11:35:00.000+01:00

This is the zero issue of a customer magazine in tabloid format I designed for the Absolut vodka brand on behalf of Pernod Ricard. What you see here is only a magazine dummy with blind texts and images. The magazine was never published.

December Leftovers

2012-01-11T15:08:00.000+01:00

Last December I designed the christmas issue of Arkadia (#3, 2011), a free giveaway mag for Poland's largest shopping mall. And yes, I know there's too many gingerbreads on the cover.

Circulation: 50.000 copies.

Jesus Monster

2011-12-23T01:16:00.000+01:00

I Can't Draw

2011-12-07T11:59:00.001+01:00

No, seriously, I can't draw! If you want proof, come to Czuły Barbarzyńca next Tuesday. A bunch of my drawings will be on show.

Opening: 13th of December, 7:00 p.m.

Czuły Barbarzyńca, ul. Dobra 31, Warsaw.

A Comic For The Road

2011-12-06T01:33:00.001+01:00

This is an educational comic I recently made together with Joanna Sanecka (story). It's called A European On The Road and was commissioned by The Stefan Batory Foundation. A truly great project to participate in as I could draw the story in a personal manner.

For the Polish version click here.

Hipster Monster

2011-11-28T14:51:00.001+01:00

Worm Monster

2011-11-25T03:16:00.001+01:00

Psycho Poetry

2011-11-14T03:44:00.001+01:00

Poems about my psychiatrist (Wiersze o moim psychiatrze) is the title of a book written by Andrzej Kotański that I have had the pleasure of designing and illustrating. It is published by Czuły Barbarzyńca and will have its premiere this Tuesday on the 15th of November (20.00) in their lovely bookshop located at Dobra Street 31 in Warsaw. I have to admit I'm not a great poetry reader, but this is one of the most funny and touching books I've read in recent time.

Mazo Logo

2011-11-08T00:46:00.000+01:00

Logo for a new media production company.

Monster Mom

2011-11-02T18:47:00.001+01:00

September Issue

2011-10-19T13:13:00.000+02:00

This is my latest magazine design – the fall issue of Arkadia (#2, 2011). This free give away magazine has a circulation of 50.000 copies.

Runny Nose

2011-10-17T12:00:00.000+02:00

Unpublished work for a magazine. However, the client payed for it.

Infectious Illustrations

2011-10-14T16:41:00.001+02:00

I was asked to make a few illustrations for Wprost, one of Poland's biggest weekly newsmagazines. The text was about the flu and how to avoid it. This illo was used for an interview with a certain doctor.

Published in Wprost, #41 2011.

Monster Thug

2011-10-12T01:24:00.003+02:00

Get A Job

2011-09-15T02:35:00.000+02:00

My first illustration published in Zwierciadło – a monthly magazine for women. This drawing illustrates a text about top-managers and rich people who study at etiquette schools as a means to get a better job.

Published in Zwierciadło, #9 2011.

Black Power

2011-08-08T12:00:00.001+02:00

An excerpt from Zeszyty Komiksowe – a Polish magazine about comics. I made a thorough redesign of the mag, changing everyting: format, typography, logo and layout in general. A great challenge was the fact I couldn't use colour inside, but I guess that's only an asset when it comes to comics.

Read more about the redesign here and here.

You can but Zeszyty Komiksowe here.

Zed Kay

2011-08-01T17:08:00.001+02:00

A logo for a Polish magazine about the noble art of comics called Zeszyty Komiksowe. It's based on two typefaces I love called Indento, designed by Mugur Mihai, and Acid by Stephan Baum.

The Central Man

2011-07-28T11:36:00.001+02:00

Portrait of Michał Słomka, the man behind the comic con Ligatura in Poznań and Centrala – an organization promoting comics from Central Europe. Published in Zeszyty Komiksowe, #11 2011.

Logo For Sale

2011-06-15T11:00:00.000+02:00

Unused logo for a shopping mall.

White-Collar Monster

2011-06-13T11:00:00.002+02:00

Cover Story

2011-06-09T11:00:00.000+02:00

Record design for Baaba, published by Lado ABC in 2010.
Title: Disco Externo

For the full story, read here.

Monster Girl

2011-06-07T09:00:00.005+02:00

Mr. Monster

2011-06-04T09:00:00.002+02:00

One Hundred Percent

2011-06-01T10:43:00.003+02:00

100% is the title of a good old song by Sonic Youth. 100%PR however, is the name of a Warsaw-based PR company. They asked me to design a new logo. What I came up with was a simple and very geometrical sign with energy-laden colours. One hundred percent!

Major Overhaul

2011-05-25T17:59:00.000+02:00

I've just spent sleepless nights working on the redesign of Zeszyty Komiksowe, Poland's best (yes!) magazine about the art of comics. I've changed everything about the magazine: the logo, the format, the typography and the design in general. In other words – a major overhaul.

The editors, Michał Błażejczyk and Michał Traczyk, wanted something retro-futuristic and edgy compared with the out-of date design of previous issues. And this is the result.

Cover art by Hungarian artist András Baranyai.

Robot Logo

2011-04-20T02:54:00.000+02:00

A new logo for Last Robots, a cool DJ duo from Warsaw that play house and electro. You can download some of their mixes here for free.

A Breath of Fresh Air

2011-04-11T09:00:00.001+02:00

I've just redesigned Arkadia – a customer magazine made for Poland's largest shopping mall. The client wanted more family oriented content as the mall is changing its profile, thus a demand for a new look of the mag. The difference is a more bag-sized format (220 x 280mm), a new colour scheme with 9 bright swatches + black to choose from and lots and lots of tiny info frames scattered all over the pages. And, what's most important, I had a lot of fun designing this magazine.

Fresh Colours

2011-04-07T16:12:00.000+02:00

The spring issue of Trendy – a fashion/lifestyle magazine I make for a shopping mall in Gdańsk. Lots of fresh colours, lots of fashion and probably their best cover so far with a picture from the latest River Island collection.

Pussy Cat Meow

2011-03-09T01:22:00.001+01:00

I made this drawing and logo for a blog by Joanna Sanecka about cool things to do in Warsaw, if you happen to be a parent. These two cats might also turn into a children's book one day. Who knows?

Under Control

2011-03-07T00:19:00.001+01:00

This is Galeon Control, a magazine I designed for a renowned producer of luxury motor yachts. As the publication was intended for international clients the whole content was prepared in English. What I wanted to achieve in the design was to reflect the luxury of these incredible "toys". I went for a minimalist design with almost no colours and large opening spreads with great pictures. The magazine was produced in 2008 and distributed all over Europe.

I Love Ephemera

2011-02-15T12:51:00.000+01:00

This is a poster based on an illustration I mad once for Leenia magazine. Available for sale – price on request.

The Big Bad Hole

2011-01-30T02:20:00.003+01:00

Here's a short comic I made a few years ago. I came up with the story when my son – 3 years old at the time – told me there's a big bad hole in our basement. It was first published in a Polish comic zine called Ziniol. This is the translated version for all non-Polish readers.

Spooky Raven

2011-01-22T00:25:00.002+01:00

Nevermore!

Mohair Rebrushed

2011-01-12T17:36:00.009+01:00

This is the reissue of a comic book called Mikropolis – Mohair dreams. It was first published in 2002 by Mandragora. The upgraded and extended reissue was published in 2009 by Egmont. I designed both versions. In the latter edition (presented here) I wanted to achieve a vintage feel. I used a lot of grainy paper backgrounds and hand made typography. I put a lot of heart into the design as I'm also the author of the stories in the book. My good friend Krzysztof Gawronkiewicz made all the beautiful illustrations. More info about the comic here.

Hard cover

End-papers

Title page

Legal note / First page

Comic spread

Bonus material

Slightly Tilted

2011-01-05T16:06:00.007+01:00

A brand new customer magazine entitled Agora Fashion. I designed the layout template, cover page and logo. To give the layout a distinctive feature i decided to give all typography and graphical elements a 5° tilt. The mag was made for a large shopping mall in Bytom, a town in the Province of Silesia.

The Winter Issue

2011-01-04T16:00:00.002+01:00

These are a few spreads from the 2010 winter issue of Arkadia magazine. I really like doing this mag as it's simple, yet elegant. Although being a customer magazine it keeps a balanced mix of editorial content and product shots. And that's good.

My Nightmare Before Christmas

2010-12-02T14:24:00.003+01:00

I have spent the last month designing the Holiday issues of 7 different customer magazines. When I close my eyes I can see snowflakes, gift boxes, rain deers, baubles and smiling Santas. Whoa!

This is Trendy, made for a shopping mall located in Gdańsk.

Why?

2010-12-01T11:52:00.000+01:00

Logo for a fashion magazine.

Capital P Logo

2010-12-01T11:37:00.001+01:00

Unused logo for an industrial company.

Tiny Pink Dot

2010-10-14T12:53:00.003+02:00

A logo for a company dealing with cultural PR. They asked for something simple with an eye-catching detail. A tiny pink dot is all it takes. The typography is based on a typeface called Brandon Grotesque.

Seventy-Six Pages

2010-10-07T11:38:00.002+02:00

The fall issue of Arkadia. 76 pages of fashion trends and cool products to buy in one of Central Europes largest shopping malls. I enjoyed designing the whole magazine except for the rather uninspiring picture on the cover which was chosen by the client. This is only an excerpt from the mag – the rest can be seen here.

Bluish Greenish

2010-10-06T15:10:00.001+02:00

A logo for a company and magazine.

Kill Your Television

2010-09-13T10:13:00.003+02:00

Two illustrations for the September issue of Media Marketing Polska. One of them was inspired by a famous movie. Guess which movie.

Pink Faces

2010-08-31T10:16:00.002+02:00

I recently made a bunch of portraits of the key employees of Pola Design for their newly launched website. As you can see the dominant colour is magenta – my favourite.

Bon Appétit

2010-08-13T10:30:00.000+02:00

A poster for a film script contest organized by Papaya Films. The subject is "you are what you eat" and the best script will be made into a short film.

Machine Music

2010-07-01T13:23:00.001+02:00

My latest illo for Przekrój weekly magazine, issue 26/2010. It's for a text about a controversial computer program called Emily Howell that composes music, just like a human. You can listen to a piece written by "Emily" here. It was great fun to make this picture as I had the opportunity to draw some cool vintage computers. The deadline was extremely short – I made it in less than an hour (believe it or not!).

Boys And Girls

2010-06-25T17:13:00.000+02:00

I made these two logos for a new magazine about fashion and gadgets. Two logos as the mag is supposed to run with two covers – one for boys and one for girls.

Et In Arcadia Ego

2010-06-22T09:00:00.012+02:00

This is the spring issue of a shopping oriented customer magazine mixing fashion and lifestyle (god, I hate that word!). It's produced for Poland's biggest shopping mall Arkadia in Warsaw. I made a slight lifting of the overall design and then made the whole layout of this issue. I admit the cover isn't exeptional, but then it was made by the client (they used the image for their outdoor campaign). The following is my selection of Arkadia's 76 pages.

On My Way To Work

2010-06-21T10:59:00.000+02:00

Ulica Żelazna (Iron Street) on my way to work. This is on the corner of ulica Grzybowska, next to the former spot of one of the Ghetto gates. The old building on the right (Żelazna 65) will soon drown amidst a sea of skyscrapers.

Sofa Girl

2010-06-18T17:11:00.000+02:00

Fruit Warrior

2010-06-12T12:30:00.001+02:00

This is for a production company called Papaya Films. It's a promotion poster for one of their facebook events.

Industrial Whale

2010-06-09T10:54:00.008+02:00

When I was on my last year at art school in Warsaw (Academy of Fine Arts) I designed a record cover to obtain my Master of Arts degree. I remember I really got a kick out of doing this. The band I chose for my project was Wieloryb – one of Poland's first industrial noise acts. The theme was ecology and Wieloryb (the word means whale in Polish) suited perfectly. As this was back in 1997 I had to make most of the art by hand using paints, spray paint and collage. Computers were used to a minimum and only at the last phase of designing when I wanted to ad some scanned cliparts etc. I must say it still looks pretty good after all these years.

Dead Bonsai Excerpt

2010-06-07T02:18:00.001+02:00

Another illustration excerpt from the cover I designed for Baaba's new release. On the outside of the cover I pictured living bonsai-humans so for the inside I made this drawing. Dead bonsai trees are sort of depressing and roots are damn complicated to draw! Would probably look great on a t-shirt.

Haute Couture Magazine

2010-05-27T10:17:00.004+02:00

Yesterday my magazine Cedet received the Grand Prix at the annual Szpalty Roku awards organized by SPF. According to the head of the jury Tomasz Raczek, Cedet is a haute couture magazine. This is the second time one of my magazines receive this award at Szpalty Roku.

You can view the magazine here.

Unused Logo

2010-05-13T10:43:00.000+02:00

I made this logo for a fashion magazine called BB. Unfortunately the mag never saw daylight. I like its simpleness. Reminds me of the stuff I had to do at art school.

A Trendy Revamp

2010-04-28T12:14:00.002+02:00

My first assignment in my new workplace was to revamp a 52-page mag called Trendy. The client, a shopping mall in Gdańsk called Galeria Bałtycka, asked for a new and more elegant look. So I basically changed everything leaving only the format and the logo.
For headlines I used two free fonts: Spinwerad (by Gluk) and Existence (by Yeah Noah). For leads I chose Existence and one commercial typeface: Geometric Slabserif 703. The body text is Dutch 809 – also commercial.

In the end the client was quite pleased with the result.

Not So Cute

2010-04-23T12:05:00.000+02:00

I made this bunny for an easter card.

A Slight Flare Of Retro

2010-04-07T11:11:00.000+02:00

"Wizjonerzy Wizerunku" can be translated as "Image Visionaries" which stands for a group of stylists that work in the fashion and media industry. They asked for something classy and modern with a slight retro flare so I designed this logo and monogram with vintage florals. I based it on a typeface called Philospher.

Instant Zombie Soup

2010-04-04T01:42:00.000+02:00

My debut as an illustrator in Media & Marketing Polska (#13, 2010). All in all 3 illustrations for a text about the instant food market in Poland. The art director wanted something funny so I came up with this creepy folk art doll, floating in a glass jar. I remember playing with dolls like these as a kid when visiting Poland in the 80s. You could get them in kiosks at the airport or ferry terminals and they all had this empty zombie expression.

Bass Player

2010-03-23T14:13:00.006+01:00

My portrait of Jacek "Dżej Dżej" Jędrzejak who plays bass in Big Cyc. It was recently published in a magazine called Trendy.

Hum Hum

2010-03-15T12:00:00.001+01:00

I like hummingbirds. This one will be printed on the cd of Baaba's new record.

37

2010-03-13T15:35:00.006+01:00

I was born exactly 37 years ago today. Because of this I have decided to make a comic novel – one frame each day during one year + one day. That makes 366 frames. The first episode will be published at 15:35, the exact time of my birth.

You can follow the comic here. And this is the Polish translation.

Dr. Mabuse Is Back!

2010-03-05T12:17:00.002+01:00

I nearly fell of my chair when I saw my hand painted vinyl toy on display in this weeks issue of Przekrój magazine. It's nice this artform is gaining some interest in mainstream media.

My custom toy 1000 Eyes Of Dr. Mabuse is on sale at Vinylcanvas.

Disco Externo

2010-03-01T09:00:00.008+01:00

Finally, the fruit of quite a few hours hard work – the cover of Baaba's new album Disco Externo. It all started, as it always does. Bartosz Weber – the brain behind Baaba – gave me a demo of his new record to get inspired and then come up with something adequate. Baaba's music is hard to put a finger on. It's innovative and surprising, experimental and a bit crazy.

Bartosz didn't have a title for the album so I came up with Disco Externo which is Portugese for external hard drive. One of my first drawings revolved around people with robot-like heads made from vintage tape recorders. This idea then grew into these surrealist bonsai tree mutants with hummingbirds circling around them. I think I had a dream about this...

Disco Externo will be released on the Lado ABC label on the 7th of April.

Simple, Black, Heavy & Thick

2010-02-27T00:22:00.001+01:00

This is the new logo for alternative band Baaba. Right now I'm working on the cover of their new album to be released in April. I didn't want to use the old logo. It didn't look good with the new artwork of the album. I needed something simple and black, something heavy and thick. It's actually based on a beautiful typeface called museo designed by Jos Buivenga, but I bet you couldn't tell.

Freaky Spin-Off

2010-02-12T17:01:00.000+01:00

This drawing is a spin-off from a secret project I'm working on right now. Those vintage reel-to-reel tape recorders are so cool...

Pop Suicide

2010-02-12T09:33:00.001+01:00

An unpublished illo for Przekrój magazine. Unfortunately the whole text – a piece about suicide – was dropped. I didn't want it to be too depressing, hence the happy colours. Cheer up!

Frustrated Artist

2010-02-04T17:09:00.004+01:00

Ziniol made an interview with me for their blog so I made this selfportrait to go with the text. In case you don't read Polish we talk about my comics. You'll find the interview here.

Snow Prince

2010-01-28T09:58:00.000+01:00

T's brother was born on December 12, 2009. Later that day, it started to snow.

A Tough Subject

2009-12-01T07:31:00.006+01:00

I was asked by Przekrój weekly magazine to illustrate a really tough subject – the privatization of state owned companies. This is a process that has been going on in Poland ever since the iron curtain was torn down. The magazine wanted to run some texts about the outcome of this. The first illustration shows how the word "privatization" is being built.

This picture was made for a smaller input from a priest about capitalism being a gift from god.

I made this one for a text comparing state-owned businesses to private, the latter being the less corrupt and most profitable.

Black Cat Syndrome

2009-11-19T00:55:00.005+01:00

A fresh illo that I made for Przekrój weekly magazine (#46, 2009).

And this is what it looks like in the layout.

Silver Pearl Victory

2009-11-13T12:33:00.003+01:00

I have designed the best looking magazine in Poland and Central Europe according to the jury of the prestigious Pearl Awards.

Last night Leenia magazine won a Silver "Best Overall Design" award. It was announced at the 5th Pearl Awards ceremony in the Rockefeller Center in New York. This is a cool award as it's held on behalf of the Custom Publishing Council – North America's leading corporate publishing association. Leenia magazine competed with 615 magazines submitted by 50 corporate publishing firms from all over the world. Yeah!

Minimal Magenta

2009-11-04T04:30:00.000+01:00

A logo for a creative boutique that makes magazines. The owner – a friend of mine – loves magenta and black. She wants to keep a minimalistic profile, hence the straightforward name of her enterprise: Pracowania Twórcza (that's Polish for Creative Workshop). The font I used is based on Craig Kroeger's excellent Hooge typeface.

Bronze Portfolio

2009-10-29T18:11:00.001+01:00

Today I was awarded Bronze at the annual Chimera press design contest. This years party – the 7th edition – was rather poor in form (economic crisis?) but rich when it comes to quality of design. My prize was in the Portfolio Section and this is my 3rd Chimera award!

About A Girl

2009-10-27T17:50:00.003+01:00

A short comic about a girl. I specially made it for an exhibition at Karowa gallery in Warsaw held in 2003. The original was hand inked in A1 format (84.1×118.9cm). The reformated version of the comic was published this month in the 6th issue of the comic zine Ziniol.

Listen, Baby

2009-10-26T01:50:00.000+01:00

I made this illo for Przekrój last summer. The text was later dropped so it went unpublished. Might look good on a t-shirt or poster though...

Introducing Myra Europa

2009-10-21T11:39:00.000+02:00

This is a tribute to my brother Patrick and his wife Emma. On the 9th of September they became proud parents of Myra Europa – probably the cutest baby girl on Earth.

My First Horror

2009-10-07T16:27:00.006+02:00

This is the first cover in a series that I made for publisher Prószyński and it's for a Dean Koontz book called Watchers (Opiekunowie in Polish). I remember I read this book as a kid so it was kind of cool to make. There's a funny anecdote about this cover. I was asked by the publisher to make a few test covers for horror books so I made this collage out of two pictures I had previously made. And they loved it! Nobody seemed to care that it didn't really fit to the plot.

The guy in the picture is a friend of mine, designer and excellent comic illustrator Benek Szneider, co-owner of Bitterlix studio.

Mr Jerk And The Pigeons

2009-09-21T00:32:00.001+02:00

This is a 2-page comic I made together with Joanna Sanecka (story) a few months ago. It was published in the 4th issue of Ziniol – Poland's ultimate comic zine. I might translate this into English one day but for now you'll have to do with a brief synopsis: Mr Jerk intends to get his bed crumble free with the help of a flock of pigeons. A great idea that turns into disaster.

Get a sex!

2009-09-10T16:11:00.007+02:00

I made this drawing for this weeks issue of Przekrój magazine (#39/2009). It's for their cover theme, a text about the sexes and about intersexuality. A tricky subject to illustrate... Anyway, it was great fun to make. I hope you like it. You can read the whole text here.

And this is the published spread.

Electric pig

2009-08-26T09:21:00.003+02:00

Save energy!

Boy chasing girl

2009-08-24T20:16:00.002+02:00

Sun, sand and water...

T is chasing his best friend Gaba on the beach.

A snapshot from our holiday at the coast.

Fashion is danger

2009-08-21T17:20:00.005+02:00

This is something I made just before going on my well deserved summer vacation – a fashion catalogue for the H@C brand of Coccodrillo. I won't show more than this cover as the inside is a repetition of the same graphic elements and loads of product shots.

Smart and spicy

2009-07-13T09:47:00.003+02:00

My debut as illustrator for Poland's largest student magazine ?dlaczego (#111, 2009). I was asked to come up with something for a text about spice drugs sold in smartshops.

Happy rich girl

2009-07-10T16:54:00.001+02:00

My third front cover of Funduj (#3 2009), a magazine about investment funds. The main text is about finances from a womans point of view. The client wanted a holiday feel to it and the style should be in line with previous issues.

Earlier version rejected by the client. Apparently this woman looks sad and poor because of her lack of shoes. I prefer this illo to the approved one.

And this is what the final cover looks like.

Teenage dream come true

2009-07-08T13:27:00.004+02:00

Yesterday was the day of Michael Jackson's funeral and the day of Morrissey's first visit to Poland. I went to the gig at Stodoła with great expectations. It's like a teenage dream come true and I wasn't disappointed. Mozz was in great shape, talking and joking a lot with the audience inbetween songs. Highlights of the evening: Life Is A Pigsty and You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby. Morrissey, so much to answer for...

Sweet indolence

2009-06-25T12:52:00.005+02:00

My latest commission for Przekrój, #25 2009. I was asked to illustrate a text about procrastination. It took me all night and the next day I went straight to work, tired as hell.

Additional illo for the second spread.

And another one. Inspired by Fritz Lang's Metropolis.

Get ready for some urban action

2009-06-05T10:02:00.019+02:00

This is a completely new urban magazine about Warsaw. It was made on behalf of Centrum Development & Investments Polska (CDI), a real estate developer specializing in shopping malls all over the country. The reason for making this magazine is their latest investment – the legendary Centralny Dom Towarowy on Krucza street. This modernist shopping mall, commonly known as Cedet, was designed by Zbigniew Ihnatowicz and Jerzy Romański and built 1949-1952. CDI are about to give the building back its original facade, destroyed in a fire back in the '70s. They will also ad a new extension, thus closing the historical Bracka street and making this place the hottest shopping spot in the city. So much about the building. When I designed the magazine I wanted it to reflect the minimalist and modernist look of the building. I chose to use only one colour in the entire magazine. There are only four typefaces used: Hooge designed by Craig Kroeger (headlines), Museo by Jos Buivenga/exljbris (leads), JB Cursive by Jean Boyault (sections) and DIN by Albert-Jan Pool (copy). The retro looking logo is actually the new logo of the shopping mall. It was recently designed by artist Wojciech Fangor. I didn't want to use mainstream photos in the mag so I did a lot of research on blogs and on Flick'r. The black and white picture of Jerozolimskie Avenue on the cover was shot by Phil Moore. You can see the Cedet on the far right. The magazine will be distributed for free in shops and cafés in the city centre. It will also be on sale in larger newspaper stores.

Table of contents (in this case map of contents) based on an old city map from the '70s. Most of the sections here tell about reel places in Warsaw and are thus to be found on the map.

Feature article by star writer and crème de la crème gossip columnist Agata Passent.

Warsaws hottest bar district is located in Plac Trzech Krzyży. The first text is about the bar Szpilka. I made the panoramic shot of the square in the 2nd spread. The black page is a brilliant feature by Tomasz Piątek – writer and bon vivant – summing up the night life at Plac Trzech Krzyży.

Starbuck's has arrived in Warsaw. Good in some people's opinion, not so good in the opinion of others.

This text covers Sorry, Ghettoblaster – a monthly club night. It's run by dj's Sekta and Kosakot. Photos by Karol Grygoruk.

Interview with Tomasz P. Chenczke (CEO of CDI) about the Cedet building and its surroundings. Illustrated with visualizations of the building.

The fashion section covering the new Ermenegildo Zegna shop at Plac Trzech Krzyży. The fashion shoot is a mix of catwalk shots and futuristic backgrounds.

More fashion. This time about Olga Bittner – winner of last years edition of Warsaw Fashion Street.

'80s street fashion. A comparison of yesterday and today. Photo on the left by late fashion photographer Janusz Sobolewski. On the right by Karolina Kosowicz.

Interesting dispute between Tadeusz Rolke and Grzegorz Lewandowski about Warsaw's intelligentsia yesterday and today. Rolke (born 1929) is one of Poland's best known documentary photographers, famous for capturing the atmosphere of Warsaw in the '50s and '60s. Lewandowski represents todays varsovians. He runs Chłodna 25, a café and artistic melting pot. I shot the backgrounds.

A history lesson about the famous Bracka street.

Interview with architect studio Grupa 5 and their vision of a futuristic, and possibly better Warsaw. On the first spread is their proposal of the new Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw.

Interview with Bogna Świątkowska – promoter of urban culture and founder of Bęc zmiana. The text is illustrated with pictures of some of Bęc zmiana's artistic events in Warsaw's urban landscape. I made the portrait of Bogna.

Text about the upcoming Sztuka Ulicy street art festival...

...and Warsaw Summer Jazz Days.

A sum up of singer Morrisey's career who will play in Warsaw on 7 July. Illustration by cartoonist and singer Krzysztof Ostrowski.

Alina Szapocznikow (1926-1973) is a Polish-Jewish sculptor who lived in France. The Warsaw Museum of Modern Art is currently presenting an exhibition of her amazing work. I found the black and white contact print among the archival materials I received from the museum.

A comic called Love terrorist set in Warsaw. I wrote the script and my friend Krzysztof Gawronkiewicz illustrated.

The last page of the magazine will present interesting photo blogs about Warsaw. First up is Ludwik Lis and his black and white snapshots of a less known capital.

The next issue of Cedet will be out this autumn.

Bike boy

2009-06-02T17:06:00.003+02:00

Last month my son learned to ride a bike without training wheels. And on the same day he learned to whistle.

Evil toy

2009-05-29T23:32:00.007+02:00

I haven't had the chance to paint with... uhm... reel paints for a while now. But recently I got invited by Wrocław based artist Abe-S to hand-paint a Kidrobot Munny for his online gallery Vinylcanvas.com. First I didn't know what to come up with and then I had this vision, just before falling asleep one evening, of a red creature covered with eyes. I named it after a an old Fritz Lang movie called The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse. My son thought it a bit scary and told me "it can't eat with its eyes". Good point.

You can have a peek at the gallery here.

Triple award

2009-05-02T04:01:00.006+02:00

This Thursday three of my magazines were awarded at the Szpalty Roku contest for customer magazines organized by SPF (Stowarzyszenie Prasy Firmowej). Leenia received a Honour award (last year it got Gold) "...for consequently making a good fashion magazine". KOKO was awarded Bronze "for skillfully combining a fashion catalogue and a parenting magazine with a kids magazine". Last but not least Active received Silver "for interesting and innovative design; original pictures and excellent photo editing".

Cyber punk is dead

2009-03-25T16:59:00.009+01:00

Finally, the spring/summer issue of Leenia (#7 2009) made for the Lee jeans brand. The theme this time is virtual reality and cyberspace. And as usual I had to reinvent the layout completely. (Did I mention that I love to design this mag?) On the cover are three fifths of performance collective Babaryba. The shoot was made by photographer Justyna Cieślikowska and special fx designer Łukasz Huptyś in an abandoned factory on the outskirts of Warsaw. I used a free font called Athens Classic for all the headlines (made by Soixantedeux). The magazine is distributed in Lee stores and cafés in Poland.

The table of contents. 100% magenta – my favourite colour – is a dominant in this issue. The large numbers were used in an earlier issue of Leenia and are made from stencil graffiti I have found in a carpark.

Cool stuff you can buy. Everything here is a bit retro. On this spread I introduce a frame that continues on most of the pages in the mag. I wanted it to look a bit techie, like an old instruction manual. And I love the green...

In this section we present famous people who are all called Lee-something. Alan Lee is a well known illustrator who has made book covers for Tolkien and loads of other fantasy authors. I made the small portrait.

Lee Bul is a female artist from Seoul, Korea. She fits into the cyber theme of this issue as she makes incredible cyborg sculptures using high-tech materials.

An exhausting interview with talented Polish animation artist and film director Tomasz Bagiński. One of his short movies – The Cathedral – won a British Academy Film Award and was nominated for an Oscar. To illustrate the text I used frames from some of his productions.

In each issue a designer is invited to reinvent Lee's clothes. This time up it's designer/artist Paweł Kozłowski, aka Swanski.

A text about contemporary artists who make illusionistic art: Bill Viola, Yayoi Kusama and Tony Oursler.

This text entitled "The End Of The Future" is an attempt to define the influence of cyberpunk on music and fashion. The conclusion is that cyberpunk – as a fashion statement – is dead. Still it's good to read about bands that I used to admire as a kid like Skinny Puppy, Kraftwerk, Einstürzende Neubauten, Laibach and Front 242. I love the dirty greenish background here.

Starting in this issue is an event spread with upcoming concerts and festivals in Poland. I kept it as simple as possible: black and white pics + pink text.

The fashion shoot for this issue is titled City Of Women (like the film by Fellini) and is inspired by films such as Blade Runner, Sin City and Kill Bill. Everything is shot on location in an abandoned factory. Everyone was freezing their butts off and you can actually see snow on the floor on some of the pictures. The worst part (for me) was removing all the goose bumps...

A cool text about collectors of ephemera and vintage junk, a hobby I enjoy myself. I'm particularly proud of the opening illo. I used thumbnails found on internet auctions.

A low budget shoot of Lee clothes. I used a friend as model and had to draw the background myself. The design is obviously inspired by the movie TRON.

Sylwia Restecka made the opening illustration for this text about VR in films and pop culture. The second spread is illustrated with frames from TRON. I actually watched the film for the first time since 1982 (which makes me very old) and I have to say it's still damn good. The special effects are amazing. Most of them were made without the use of computers!

The closing spread and the credits. End of line.

Doing it for the kids

2009-03-13T13:13:00.002+01:00

This is the premier issue of my latest design-baby – a bright and colourful magazine called KOKO. It's a customer magazine targeted at parents and kids. It can be picked up for free in Coccodrillo confection stores all over Poland. Before you have a look at the stuff I just want to point out that making KOKO was one of those rare occasions where I, as a designer, could meet up with the clients expectations and still have 100% fun while doing my job. And now over to Koko the crocodile...

Table of contents.

Editorial & credits. The little green fellow on the left is called Koko and was designed by Tomek Tulikowski. Koko will appear all over the mag as you will soon find out.

Interview with Polish soap star Małgorzata Ostrowska-Królikowska who has... five kids! Gosh.

The psychology section with texts about motivating children. And that's my illo up on the first spread.

This text is about having pets. A bunny in this case.

Interview with child actress Wiktoria Gąsiewska who is mostly known for her role in Jasminum by Jan Jakub Kolski.

A text about traveling to Barcelona with kids.

This fashion shoot was produced by Nafta Squad exclusively for Coccodrillo on location in Barcelona, Spain.

This is the opening spread of the kid's section.

This is the fun&games section for the youngest kids. Adam Świderski made the illos on the left page and I made the puppy on the right.

Some fun for the older kids. These cool illos were made by Wiesław Skupniewicz.

This space-game is for kids who can read and write. Created by Ola Trościankowska and extremely talented artist Jacek Frąś.

A crossword for kids and parents. Illustration by Wiesław Skupniewicz.

Easy to make cooking recipes for the kids. And it sure was good fun to prepare the cucumber crocodile for the shoot.

The culture section with new books and event schedule.

Testing car seats.

Nice things to buy and have.

The last spread. And that's basically all! So, until the next issue...

Psycho kids

2009-02-22T23:41:00.007+01:00

I made this illo to go with a psychology text about raising kids. It was published last week in a brand new magazine called Koko that I have recently designed. The magazine is produced for Polish clothing company Coccodrillo and is available for free in their stores all over the country.

The final spread from Koko, #1 2009.

A yucky debut

2009-02-18T12:00:00.000+01:00

This is my debut as illustrator for Przekrój – Polands oldest (est. 1945) and coolest (no question about that!) weekly newsmagazine. The text I had to illustrate was a hard nut to crack – a scientific article about about yucky stuff like body fluids and digestive gasses. Anyway... The art director was more than happy about my work so I guess it came out quite well. Yuck!

The spread from Przekrój, #7 2009. Click here for the online version.

Introducing Mister Jerk

2009-02-11T21:01:00.004+01:00

I have recently made a new 2-page comic to be published in Ziniol. It features a new character called Mister Jerk (Pan Burak in Polish) and the storyline has been written by Joanna Sanecka. I'll present the whole story later on. Ziniol will be out for sale in March.

Dreamy redesign

2009-02-03T00:03:00.006+01:00

At the moment I'm working intensely on the redesign of another one of my comic books. I can't show you more at this point as it's all very hush-hush. Anyway... The cover you see here is based on the old one (illustration by Krzysztof Gawronkiewicz) but with new typography and design approach. This reedition will be published by Egmont in March and the translation of the Polish title reads Mohair Dreams. The book was first published in 2002.

Mikropolis is a comic series created by Dennis Wojda (script) and Krzysztof Gawronkiewicz (illustrations).

2009

2009-01-14T17:17:00.003+01:00

It's gonna be a great year.