The poster, realized as an offset and limited edition screen print, was part of the 23rd issue of the magazine “FORMAT” of the School of Applied Sciences Schwäbisch Gmünd with the theme “The Experiment”. The inspiration for the design are air bubbles that rise to the surface as natural lenses in a (laboratory) glass and optically refract and deform the object behind them.
Infertility Week
This short brings awareness to the millions, who are challenged to have a family. Infertility affects all, no matter race, religion, sexuality, or economic status. The intent is to help individuals understand they are not alone.
Type is sound is performance is sculpture is human is type
I created a typeface by enunciating each letter in the English alphabet.
So what is a typeface in this case? Is it the sound that I make? The shape of my mouth? The movement of my lips, tongue and teeth? Or is it the color of my skin? What is the equivalent of type size in this case? How loud my voice is? Or how wide my mouth opens? Or how intense I feel at that point?
Can a typeface be sonic or performative? Can it be emotive?
Does my mouth open the same every time I say “A”? Does my body react the same every time I say “B”? Do emotions create different fonts?How can I present this type other than regular, bold and italic? Perhaps “sad”, “happy”, “angry”?
Can it be transient?
Processing Type—The infinity of letterforms
This is a selection of digitally generated variations of the letter ‘X’ using Processing. The tool is built on the principles of parametric design, which can generate an infinite number of variations. Each of these experimental letterforms is created from the same origin by changing the existing parameters of the base form. The functionality of the letters was not the focus of this exercise; rather, the focus was laid on the range of expressions.
Book for the Hospice of St. Lazarus (Pilsen, Czech Republic)
The topic of my Master’s thesis was the creation of an original book titled “Prolínání” in collaboration with the St. Lazarus Hospice. The book portrays the life journey of patients with incurable diseases, from the moment of diagnosis to the period after death. The text focuses on the daily life of patients, their emotions, relationships with staff, and experiences they undergo during their stay. The book also describes the functioning of the hospice as a medical facility providing nursing care to patients and their families. The aim of this work is to present readers with a deeper insight into the subject matter and promote an open and sensitive approach to discussing death and dying.
PYRY
PYRY is an artistic book about preserving the feeling of coldness.
Photographs were taken in the Arctic Circle, printed on thin paper using the environmentally friendly RISO printer. Frozen in water, resulting 1kg pages separated by transparent pages with critical text fragments & combined by a semipermeable textile.
By using ice as material, the book aims to convey the transience and fragility of its contents. Unlike other books, this one must be kept constantly below 0°C. The effort involved is symbolic of the effort that must – but absolutely should – be taken to preserve the beauty of the cold and the impact it has on our ecosystem.
thegloryholecircus
Inspired by ballroom- and hiphop flyers from the eighties, I wanted to create a typeface that in itself invites to an inclusive and worry-free environment, with room for pure expression, breaking away from the norms.
life changes
life is a combination of tough problems and people you see hope through.
CASE-M
CASE-M is a variable display font which contains the lower case letter and the upper case letter as the variable axis. Due to the interpolation from one extreme to the other, the „mid case letter“ is formed. CASE-M is based on a circular grid, which gives the font its organic attribute fitting to the process of growing.
Densità
When Words Become Form, Écritures Plastiques
When Words Become Form, Écritures Plastiques is the catalogue of the homonymous exhibition that happened at Le Botanique in Brussels from April 22 to May 13. The catalogue showcases the work of a selection of artists from the ‘Art(s) & écriture(s)’ interdisciplinary module at ENSAV La Cambre, a visual arts and design university in Belgium. The exhibition was co-curated by Jean-Baptiste Carobolante and François de Coninck. The design of the catalogue seeks to highlight the work of the artists, with a rather compact format (180×240 mm) and by enhancing the writing portions of the book, notably with the use of the Adelphe, an inclusive writing open-source typeface made by Eugénie Bidaut.
BUNK.A.I.R
Visual Identity.
BUNK.a.i.r. is a group of Chilean/ Dutch artists/ designers.
Open to international visual artists, is an experimental art laboratory, a nuclear test site for creativity, initiating and supporting cross disciplinary art projects.
The purpose of BUNK.a.i.r. is the creation of temporary and permanent art projects, presented through various physical and virtual global platforms to worldwide audiences.
Leo Enemy Artwork 006
Type illustrations representing each track from the EP by Leo Enemy called ‘No Hero’.
Leo Enemy Artwork 005
Type illustrations representing each track from the EP by Leo Enemy called ‘No Hero’.
Leo Enemy Artwork 004
Type illustrations representing each track from the EP by Leo Enemy called ‘No Hero’.
TYYYPOëzie
This series of (moving) posters was created for a TYYYPOëzie project organized by Graphic Matters showing collaboration between designers and contemporary Dutch poets. In order to render the poignant lines from Elianne van Elderen’s two poems, Aleksandra let her subconsciousness do the work and developed a lettering style which she prefers to describe as awkward, reckless, naive, wild, inconvenient, genuine, and potent. This lettering style is Aleksandra’s take on adolescence, which Elianne often reflects upon in her texts, and memories of which Aleksandra savours from the safe distance of her current age.
Leo Enemy Artwork 003
Type illustrations representing each track from the EP by Leo Enemy called ‘No Hero’.
Leo Enemy Artwork 002
Type illustrations representing each track from the EP by Leo Enemy called ‘No Hero’.
Leo Enemy Artwork 001
Type illustrations representing each track from the EP by Leo Enemy called ‘No Hero’.
Climbing 001
Type illustrations inspired by climbing.
untitled (cassette tape)
This book’s project was inspired by the original cassette tape that Eder (author of the text) gave to Germano many years ago. The tape’s insert contained a description of one of his dreams. On the original tape, on both the A and B side, a long classical song that started and stopped suddenly. Inspired by the original object and the text that follows at its end for endless repetition, we created an accordion book in the format of a cassette tape. It comes in a cassette case and its text is arranged in the form of a long line, reminiscent of the magnetic cassette from the tape.
Climbing 002
Type illustrations inspired by climbing.
Nomad Smear
Skateboard design for the brand Nomad adding different illustration effects to typography.
Liana variable font
The variable font Liana was designed by Aleksandra Samulenkova and Just van Rossum for Typojanchi 2019. They started their “Liana” project with a lighthearted approach: algorithmically drawing spirally stalks over elegantly handdrawn stems. After a while, though, the new letterforms started to overgrow their hosts, and nearly suffocated their makers, who faced engineering a font with 162 masters, which at 16 MB is barely able to support ten characters. Just enough to set the words “Лиана” (Cyrillic) and “Liana” (Latin).