“PGR. Projektowanie graficzne w Polsce” by Jacek Mrowczyk and Michał Warda
ISBN: 978-83-927366-8-4
Wydawnictwo Karakter, Kraków 2010
www.karakter.pl, www.pgrdizajn.pl

Design’s poster-boy has come of age
Polish poster-art was once among the most admired in the world. A lot has happened since those glory days, including the death of the political system that could be said to have inspired it. Is there still a definitive and recognisable style to the country’s design output? The consensus seems to be “Probably not”. But that doesn’t mean that Poles such as our 13 featured artists are not still producing work of the very finest quality.

Featuring: StudioKxx / Jakub Jezierski / Werke - Marcin Kuligowski / Sebastian Onufszak / Kuba Ferenc / Edgar Bak / Pawel Piotr Przybyl / Katarzyna Kijek & Przemyslaw Adamski / Grezegorz Domaradzki / Mill Studio / Jan Kallwejt / Michat Kruszynski / Dominik Cymer

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Very, very cool and clever mugs inspired by the logos of the PRL (People’s Republic of Poland). The PRL was the name for the period of communist rule from 1952 to 1990. During that period a very specific design style, highly influenced by the surrounding reality, was born. The designs of the time are now a strong inspiration in terms of colors, patterns and typography, as local designers back then were really talented and could perform magic with available materials and techniques. Idea: Mikołaj Długosz. Other mugs by: Mamastudio Warsaw, Magda Piwowar, Maciej Lebiedowicz, Janek Bersz, Wojtek Koss, Bartek Stefaniak, Błażej Pindor. (txt: beetrootonline.com)

Magazine layout: Non Format. Cover illustration: Thomas Hicks. Text: Charlotte West. On the second spread also posters from: Gorska Skakun and Anna Szczepanska. Read the full post

1659 participians, 5 categories, 10 co-winners and 30 shortlisted finalists for each category.

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