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.

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

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”

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

Collages were made for the jewellery brand as a marriage proposal concept. They include ethnic elements from poetry and culture: “brown eyes, black eyebrows” a straw hat, and an ear of wheat. And of course, jewellery elements: a ring for Ostap and an earring for Marichka.

The image is dedicated to the book of the Ukrainian writer Ivan Bagryany. His Tiger Trappers is an adventure novel with autobiographical elements from Ivan Bagriany’s life and tells about freedom and equity

I’ve created this poster during my experiments with graphic in photoshop. Poster show the “Fountain” of our thoughts and tells that we need to let it spring but not to stop it.

Anxiety lives in each of us. We feel the tension that presses from the outside and we feel our helplessness. We all need a safe place to calm our anxiety.

The collection of folk art of the Ivan Honchar Museum became the main inspiration for TSUM’s windows. The department store’s windows display folk architecture, Kosiv ceramics, rituals, pottery, towels, jewelry, and traditional life. The department store team immersed itself in the archives and traditions, and eventually collected unique folk art objects from different regions of Ukraine. Certain characteristic elements and details were recreated by hand by modern artists.

The illustrations convey a mix of images absorbed within. In fact, it is a mix of what I see on the road and what I emotionally imagine, feel, draw in my mind with the moods and ideas that I hear in the songs while listening on the way. The monochrome colors of green and yellow make the works emotional.

The illustration is based on my sketches created during a hike in the Ukrainian mountains. During a hike, I drew the landscapes I saw and the peaks I conquered. After returning from the trip, I made the sketches into a digital illustration. The illustration shows the completed part of the mountain route from the top of Turkul (1933 meters) to the rocks called Spitsy (1863 meters).
The illustration is drawn in blue because I had a paint marker exactly that color.
The third file is combination.

The Mizhvukhamy (Ukr. between the ears) is a custom geometric sans in 5 weights from Thin to Bold. The general mood of type is modern, calm, neutral, but the set of alternative symbols has a distinctly Ukrainian style. The typeface was created for the Mizhvukhamy cultural institution.

Almaz is a modern geometric sans inspired by the Ukrainian modernism of the last century. It has a dynamic shape of characters and an avant-garde nature.

Narrow, brutal sans, inspired by Ukrainian Vyaz. Contains seven weights from Thin to Bold. Supports the extended Latin. Contains Ukrainian Cyrillic characters, ligatures and alternates of more common forms.

This window display design dedicated to the unbreakable Ukrainians, who are so different and so united in their main goal. Flowers as perfect creations of nature with the ability to revive have always been symbolic in Ukrainian culture. In ancient times, they had a ritual significance , which is reflected in applied art: embroidery, pottery, painting, and jewelry. Flowers, like people, are unique and vulnerable, beautiful alone and no less magnificent in lush bouquets.

A call sign Квітка (Kvitka).
Picture was created in Khmelnyskyi in Ukraine and will be included to the new Maidukov’s artbook at ist publishing

Window display project in TSUM, inspired by the Ukrainian land and cinematic landscapes, invites you to take a virtual trip to Ukraine. In addition to the decoration in each window installed selection of design and art objects by Ukrainian artists made with natural materials – glass, metal, clay, stone, reflecting the natural resources of our land. All the images in the windows are stylized with clothes and accessories by leading Ukrainian designers.

In this work, I was inspired by street car culture. I tried to capture this vibe after evening drives with friends and inexpensive coffee in the parking lot. The work was printed in a limited edition of 10 copies using silk-screen printing technique.

Thousands of Ukrainian girls and women are military, medical, and volunteers. This is real Strength.

They were tasked with creating a corporate website that would serve as the primary financial service for the company’s clients.
One notable feature was the real-time calculation of loan costs and annual interest rates following NBU standards.

This efficient product streamlined interactions with existing and potential customers and automated various business processes. Integrations, both internal and external, enabled real-time data processing, facilitating quick decisions and risk management.

From the beginning of the war, “meta” company is trying to avoid posts about the war, ecpecially with violence content (dead bodies, etc.).

For Ukrainians it’s like hiding from reality, when you don’t wanna to see what is going on in the other side of your planet. So, the poster is basically rasing the problem about avoiding news about Ukraine and just pass by.