Barvinok Font

Barvinok is a playful and somewhat naïve typeface in the style of Yaroslav Hordynskyi that has the magical ability to make your words dance on the page, creating a rhythmic and lively movement. The combination of lightness and liveliness makes it an ideal choice for anyone who appreciates uniqueness and wants to stand out. The font is ideal for creating identity, packaging, banners, books, postcards, posters, etc. With the Barvinok font, your texts will explode with energy.

Wars time. Posters

Every summer is filled with beautiful flowers, a generous harvest and warm magical nights.
but when you live in wartime, your nights become a time of anxiety, danger and air sirens.
The beauty of summer continues to exist around, but you perceive it as in a crooked mirror or a terrible dream. A series of posters with original graphics is an attempt to convey this state.
Summers life during the war.

Tram No. 14

This work is inspired by ordinary passenger transport – a tram that transforms into a dragon. It’s a metaphor for a tram ride. The tram moves calmly, but inside, life thrives – conversations, arguments, jokes etc. Number 14 is the actual route number in Kyiv.

Making of Slanted Magazine #42—Books

Books are dead, libraries and bookstores obsolete, right? Not so fast! In this Slanted issue, we explore the changing landscape of books and why they still matter. The magazine is currently in production, and we can tell you: it’s going to be HOT! Preorder your copy now or subscribe to Slanted Magazine and receive the issue at its release 🙂

Printed by our long-time printing partner Stober Medien with spot colors by HKS (34N, 243N) and a huge copper-orange hot foil embossing on the cover that will blow you away! Thanks to the paper support by Inapa Deutschland, the magazine has been printed on the wonderful premium uncoated lona® art, colorful joly mittelblau inside, and lona® offset for the cover. And we are very happy to announce our new partnership with the traditional bookbinding company Schaumann who thread-stitched and bound the issue with an orange cloth as a Swiss brochure in perfection.

Never forget—making books is a craft! Enjoy the photos 🙂

Schmertz (Біль)

In the translation of Sergei Dmitrov, the modern German philosopher Reinhard Knodt first spoke Ukrainian.
Smart and easy text, fully filled of graphics by Hamlet Zinkivsky, known for his laconic street art. Philosophical theses(subjects) are tightly embedded in the literary text, filling it with essential things.
*Reading requires the reader to interact with the book in the form of cutting pages.

«Noise»

This work uses two canvases with different images.

The lower canvas is the inner world of a person.
The top canvas is noise – information from the outside, television, radio, the Internet, social networks, the thoughts and values of other people, the values that the marketing strategies of various companies instill in us. It all envelops us from all sides, merging with the noise and creating obstacles on the path to self-knowledge.

Kyiv Night

In winter 2022 in the darkest times for Ukraine, we preserved the holiday and presented the “Kyiv night” project, inspired by the beauty of our beloved city.
Kyiv constantly demonstrates endurance, indomitable spirit and fantastic views of the night city to its residents. The windows of the department store are decorated with a series of author’s illustrations of landmarks and recognizable modern buildings of the capital under the moonlight.

Forbes Ukraine. Collaboration with Anish Kapoor

On the cover of the second War issue of Forbes Ukraine, you can see that world-renowned sculptor, Sir Anish Kapoor re-conceptualized one of his early works (Part of The Red, 1981) that had brought him international acclaim. The main message behind this work – you cannot know what something is purely by looking at it, as it may turn out to be different or bigger than you had expected. This re-envisioning is urgently symbolic for Ukraine that has been resisting the greater adversary.

Forbes Ukraine. War issue cover

This War issuee cover was made during the hottest phase of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Shield. Camouflage. A single pattern. Guard of the free world. These are the keywords with which we dedicated this cover. The camouflage is formed by many people who contribute to the common meaning with their daily actions. Parts of themselves are invested into the unity — all pieces in their place, in action for the expected victory. Each one has its unique place — every pixel of the camouflage matters

The Ghost of Kyiv

In response to the ongoing Ukrainian conflict, a designer’s guilt over being a bystander led to a creative project. Initially a poster design, it evolved into a university publication.

The “Ghost of Kyiv” refers to a mysterious and heroic Ukrainian fighter pilot who achieved flying ace status during a conflict, marking the first such event since World War II, over 75 years ago. This pilot’s feats and identity remained shrouded in secrecy, adding to the legend of the “Ghost of Kyiv”

We Believe

On 24/02/2022 russia started a full-scale war against Ukraine. The aggressor destroyed our cities. Many cultural and historical buildings were damaged. There’s an Easter tradition in Ukraine to paint Easter eggs with ornaments: “pysankas”. Each region has its own sacral ornament and symbols. The idea was to create 25 unique pysankas that would represent each Ukrainian region’s city and transform them into pieces of NFTs. Each pattern traditionally symbolises protection and future reconstruction