Designers in Seoul
Designers in Tokyo
Designers in Taipei
Column Four
Illustration, Poster, Branding, Logo
Patryk Hardziej – illustrator, graphic designer, creator of film posters, author of books on the history of graphic symbols, and researcher.
Lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk and founder of the Karol Śliwka Foundation. Initiator and curator of the 2nd Polish Exhibition of Graphic Marks and the ILUSTRATOR – Illustrated Communication Festival.
Multiple award winner in industry competitions, including the KTR Gold Award and the title of Designer of the Year at the Polish Graphic Design Awards.
Levi's, Disney, Converse, Mondadori Libri, New Scientist
European Design Awards, KTR, Polish Graphic Design Awards, The Most Beautiful Polish Book, Cover AwArts, 30/30 the best Polish Album Cover
We're getting there.
Many people think we Germans are perfect. What nonsense!
As someone who studied design at a university in Korea, I’ve observed that there are a vast number of design schools in the country. Considering Korea's population size, the number of design graduates is quite substantial. I find this to be an interesting fact when it comes to understanding the Korean design scene.
While the most known and celebrated inspirations from the Polish graphic design history is the 1950-80s Polish School of Posters, there is also a less known history of great logo design and typography, which we only started discovering recently. Nowadays Poland has amazing and internationally renowned designers in different fields - illustration, branding, typography and more. The community of professionals - individual designers and studios - is strong and friendly, we learn from each other and give each other advice, but also consciously build market standards together.