The three-year project transformed into a travel circus’s one-day story. The book suggests to look behind the curtains of the show.
Photos by Alexander Sinelnikov, Tanya Krasnaya and Danila Proskurin.
Art on the shelf
Lavka Tradytsii, in collaboration with League Design Agency and the Museum of Contemporary Art, introduced “Art on the Shelf.” This initiative illuminates Ukrainian culture, presenting artworks on shelves during a time when many art pieces are inaccessible.
The concept integrates renowned Ukrainian paintings into everyday product packaging—such as tea and honey. Key visual elements: vivid landscapes by artists like Kuindzhi and Novakivskyi. This narrates the stories of these celebrated artists.
Octopi — Brand Identity for Trading Automation Tool
Octopi Technologies sought a brand identity for an automated trading tool for beginners.
The octopus metaphor is key in shaping identity. The Octopi plugin enables users to multitask confidently, symbolizing intelligence and empowerment. The logo spotlights an octopus eye, a conduit for data. The design uses deep ocean colours and graphics inspired by octopus tentacles and trading charts, highlighting the brand’s refined practicality.
Geek EX — Brand Identity and Website for a Marketing Conference
Geek EX: Global events reimagining traditional marketing for creative minds.
Events attract unique marketers to invigorate their spirited souls with the audacious blend of the creator and explorer essences. Prometheus’ torch is used as a symbol of passion and knowledge-sharing. The design features a versatile 3D object for various cities. It combines 3D pixel marble and graffiti linked to the Prometheus tale, using black and gold tones to emphasize the mythical flame.
On the barricades
My homeland, my beloved Ukraine is on fire, flooded with blood, wounded from
the bombs of the russian aggressor’s artillery and airstrikes. But we are still alive
and will continue to fight for our freedom. We are not afraid, because the truth is
on our side. We know that the Holy Mother of God is with us. She stands with us
in the midst of the houses destroyed by bombs, on the barricades, and on the
battlefield.
Seeds
“They buried us, but they didn’t know we were seeds.” Dinos Christianopoulos
it is still here
As soon as you feel the joy of life, the warm weather, the beauty around you, the war immediately reminds you of itself. With an anti-tank hedgehog in the flowerbed, the sound of an air alarm, notifications in your phone about another grief.
From the series Reinforced concrete is crying “Kharkiv”
The series came to mind not immediately, but through many trials. I seem to give a feeling to these concrete blocks, which are now placed all over the country. In a way, they are
a metaphor for the nervous system of
a fairly resilient person: unbreakable,
but experiencing a range of negative,
sorrowful feelings.
When Everything Matters _Ganna
This illustration was created for the exhibition When everything matters, organized by Pictoric. In this work, I wanted to show the deceptive carelessness of Ukrainian nature where, in fact, all living things are now in danger. It is also a metaphor for peace in captivity of war.
Life-war ballance
The artwork tells the story of one day in the life in Ukraine during the full-scale war. Hope, fatigue, contemplation of nature, and ways to cope with stress. However, some changes that have occurred in each individual and in the world as a whole are irreversible. The metaphor for this is an intelligence drone, which, like a leading bird, flies ahead of the flock of birds and guides it forward. The war has become so integrated into our lives that it could already become a routine.
Modern Voices
Illustration dedicated to modern Ukrainian music scene
Portrait with a tape
Illustration depict the surreal reality of Russian war in Ukraine
Escapism
It was done while thinking about how art, beauty, and aesthetics can be a place to escape from reality.
Coffee and bombs
Illustration depict how surreal war feels in cities like Kyiv, where people have to find a way to balance “normal” aspects of their life and frightening war reality.
Skyfall
Illustration depict the surreal reality of Russian war in Ukraine
Ordinary Despair
When one suffers from depression locked in the home, there are not many witnesses of the fight except for everyday objects surrounding. I decided to create an illustrated crockery set as a witness of my mental health struggles. I chose to work with ceramics as tempered yet fragile media, perfectly reflecting the subject.
World Illustration Awards 2022 Winner (Exploration category)
A conscious generation, is a free country.
The poster tells about the importance of language for Ukrainians. It shows that if you tell your child about your country from an early age, teach them about its traditions and culture, they will grow up to be a conscious citizen of their country.
transition (ongoing series of paintings)
processing.
where do I start?
maybe
the day I left Ukraine
because of Russian
aggressive
full scale invasion.
evacuation.
emergency backpack.
crowded train station.
leaving.
remember?
today it seems so long ago.
what was I wearing that day?
what was I thinking that day?
the day when everything changed.
how much time does it take
to accept it,
to process it,
to fix it.
where there is life, there is hope
a Ukrainian proverb
eternal sleep
eternal sleep
in deadly silence.
in strange forgotten place.
here birds stopped singing long ago.
here only cold wind howls
and carries
everything
away
compassion
sometimes people are lucky enough to meet it on their way through darkness and hollowness.
UA PASSPORT
from the check-list of an emergency evacuation bag: put your documents into a protective plastic bag and keep close.
52nd Molodist KIFF | Visual Identity
The visual style of the 52nd Molodist Film Festival is based on the relentless struggle for truth and against fakes.
The light piercing through the chroma key (a tool for manipulating reality) can be seen as a symbolic victory over deception, illuminating the commitment to truth.
This creative solution aligns with the festival’s mission—to showcase emerging auteur films, celebrating raw talent over technical prowess.
Made with Vova Alyanov (instagram → @alyanov.vova)
SUNNY BUNNY FILM FESTIVAL | Visual Identity
SUNNY BUNNY, a standalone LGBTQ+ film festival in Ukraine, got its visual identity.
With these photographs, the Hexagon reduced the distance between society and the LGBTQ+ community, showing they are no different and deserve equal rights (this problem became more acute during the war).
With the logo, designers created a system of symbols that works with the festival’s central theme—visibility. And leave a lasting mark on the international queer film festival scene by its graphic quality.