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Poland
Marian
Misiak
Design
Editorial Design, Publishing, Activism
Bio
A type designer and researcher, Marian Misiak is also a co-author of "Paneuropa, Kometa, Hel", a book about the history of Polish typography.
Working primarily for Polish cultural institutions, he designed a new visual identity for the National Museum of Wroclaw and U'jazdowski Centre for Contemporary Art.'
He is also a co-author of the new logo of Warsaw Public Transport.'After years of activity in a local field as a designer, guest lecturer and writer, he focused on type design and developing his own type foundry, threedotstype.com. Misiak is not afraid of jet lag and is interested in cross-cultural and experimental type design.
Clients
Awards
The most beautiful Polish Books, Polish Graphic Design Awards, Type Directors Club
More Speakers and Mentors
Ada
Zielinska
People from other countries might not know that the design culture in Poland is deeply rooted in both tradition and innovation. The iconic Polish School of Poster, which emerged in the mid-20th century, remains influential, known for its unique blend of surrealism, symbolism, and minimalism. Another lesser-known aspect is the role of graphic design. While Polish posters have gained international recognition, graphic design, including elements like logos, packaging, and printed materials, has only recently been rediscovered and appreciated. Polish graphic design icons such as Karol Śliwka, Jerzy Treutler, and Roman Duszek are behind these influential works.
Bartlomiej
Witanski
I have the impression that design culture in Poland has been changing in a good way over the last few years. Increasingly, clients see value in what we do and appreciate it. Of course, there will also be people who do not fully value our work, in which case it is better to let such a project go.
Michal
Piernikowski
Polish design consistently marks its presence on global markets, combining diferent perspectives that reflects the cultural context of Poland, while perfectly adapting to the expectations of customers from all over the world. Today polish design not only draws on its history and regional motifs, creatively reinterpreting patterns from the past, but also develops by embracing new values like: innovation, responsibility, resourcefulness, locality, and nostalgia.
Miroslaw
Klis
In the world of graphic design Poland is known for Polish School of Posters active in 1950s-1980s with expressive solutions based mainly on illustration. In the last years we finally started discovering the unknown heritage in logo design and typography with great masters such as Karol Śliwka, Ryszard Bojar and many more.