Exploring the relationship between typography and space, this one-off publication draws inspiration from ‘Alphabet’ by Inger Christensen, focusing on the concept of existence. Using delicate Japanese tissue paper, the word ‘exist’ is printed with a letterpress technique. Opening a specially crafted box throws out the cards to land randomly on objects and surfaces visible through the paper. This places the word ‘exist’ in new contexts, naming various facts and emphasizing their existence.

Each letter is based on a series of structural architectural elements that comprise Vakalo Art and Design College. Those typographic banners showcase the intricate design elements that make Vakalo Art and Design College building unique. From the grid of glass bricks, ceramic floor tiles and metal mesh staircases to the horizontal boundary lines seamlessly aligning with window axes.

Art Direction and Design: George Tsavalos
Motion Designer: Eirini Vrettou

Poster for the three-day workshop in the postgraduate program at Vakalo Art & Design College, featuring the lecture series Type(forms).

Poster for the Workshop-Week of the Type-Department of the Bauhaus University Weimar (GER).
Grids, patterns, outlines and the interplay between typography and background – exploring the boundaries between the readability of text and pattern.

Poster for the Exhibition of the Type-Department of the Bauhaus University Weimar (GER).
Grids, patterns, outlines and the interplay between typography and background – exploring the boundaries between the readability of text and pattern.

The Haben Mdslktr font is an exclusive style of the Haben Grotesk typeface designed to give a unique appearance to the entire artwork of Modeselektor’s Album ›Who Else‹ released in February 2019.

This font is sealed airtight, ensuring it remains preserved.

I tried to simplify the poster graphic language to the point of minimalism, working with such simple elements as “lines” that are rhythmically arranged on the sheet, repeating the movement of the water in a waterfall. After some examination, the words “waterfall” emerge. The second level of this poster’s typography features a repeating rhythm of lines.

Conceptual poster for the opera Richard Wagner “Lohengrin” held in Opera de Paris. I wanted to show how human feelings, passions and doubts can be mixed through the use of typography. I tryed to express the key role human nature plays in Wagner’s opera.

I found inspiration on the wooden blocks children play with. I aimed to communicate how sometimes certain things are much simpler than we make them to be. No need to find excuses, to overcomplicate it, to overthink. Being kind is simple. As simple as a children’s game.

I played with the title “ALL THAT JAZZ”. I cut the original A4 sheet into stripes and shifted them arbitrarily on a vertical axis to obtain the final effect akin to the feeling of jazz vibrations.

Conceptual poster for the ballet Coppélia of Alexei Ratmansky. This ballet is the story of a man who falls in love with a doll made by the complex and dangerous Dr. Coppélius. I wanted to express the controversial characters in the story. I used my socks – a hint to a doll accessory – to create the consonants letters C-P-L of the ballet’s title. The rhythm of the stripes aim to convey the bright distinct character of the lead woman hero. The energy of Swanilda is the story’s engine.

I made this conceptual poster for the theatrical show “Cherry Orchard”. The acts of my poster take place on a tablecloth, where the beauty of a blooming cherry bouquet attracts our attention. Like the main characters in Chekhov’s play, we don’t realise that a bouquet also means a cherry orchard’s ending and a farewell to the old ways of life. These letters, as the cherry bouquet, will wither soon, even though we haven’t accepted yet that changes are happening.

I made this conceptual poster for Shakespeare’s play “Taming of the shrew”, performed in Mossovet Theatre in Moscow. “What excites us is what is modern…Shakespeare, be it comedy, tragedy or fantasy, is a mixture of heaven and farce, high and low, beautiful and ugly, which is what our life today actually is”, says Konchalovsky. These words made me think of the Russian idiom “life is black and white stripes” and a beach umbrella with its blue and white stripes, like a series of events in our liv

The collected font comes from various inscriptions and letters encountered during walks. The “victims” include advertisements, graffiti, manhole covers, inscriptions on generators, etc. These inscriptions and letters are often noticed very quickly by viewers without even reading them or paying attention to them. But can all types of advertising and street graphics be a great source of inspiration and part of contemporary culture? And can they be used in creative/design practices?

This is one out of three experiments, which are part of my bachelor thesis from ss24 at RH Cologne, exploring the creation of letterforms in new and experimental ways.
This experiment is based on a grid, but not a classical layouting grid. The grids used are created from human input, in this case, interesting pictures. These inputs are the base for a grid, which is used with different rulesets. Now we can see the results of 4 experiments, using 2 different grids compared with 2 rulesets.

A poster that shouts; BARS ARE CLOSED, BUT PUB IS OPEN, have a drink with us and make your publishing dreams come true. PUB is looking for new members. A poster designed in collaboration with TextEdit.

𝓌𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽 𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓃𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽 𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 is an instant publication for Auftakt Festival that came into existence in just a few days during a writing workshop led by Lilian Peter in frosty December 2023 in Cologne. In this publication typographic conventions are challenged – by slanting regular and un-slanting italic to take the other’s place – resulting in an unusual type treatment where italic turns regular and regular turns italic.

This is one out of three experiments, which are part of my bachelor thesis from ss24 at RH Cologne, exploring the creation of letterforms in new and experimental ways.
This experiment uses a simple 4×4 grid and several abstract shapes, to puzzle with. The shapes were obtained from a larger form, which was placed on the grid and divided into several parts. With the given pieces the user is free to create and experiment with letters and possible new structures, in accordance with carious rules.

This is one out of three experiments, which are part of my bachelor thesis from ss24 at RH Cologne, exploring the creation of letterforms in new and experimental ways.
This experiment took place at a wall, where the letters were spray-painted, using a ladder to use the whole wall. The idea was, not to sketch any outlines or having any idea beforehand. All letters are instantly created as their mass. The whole work is influenced by the wall itself, the person creating and their surroundings.

Promotional materials for charity bandura concert to support Ukraine.

This story is about the big Kyiv cake. And if you cut it to 16 triangle pieces you can compose the name of the city Kyiv (Київ) out of them. Two dots over the letter Ї are made of white flowers that are part of traditional creamy decorations. The illustration keeps original design of Kyiv cake that became a symbol recognizable throughout the years.

Punkt. Punkt. Komma, Strich– is a hand-bound book about experimental typography and type design. It includes the serif typeface “Diagonal”, designed for this project and explores the concept of “The Line” in relation to typography as a whole. It is a response to the Student Assessment Scheme task set by the International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD) and was awarded a Membership Award in June 2024. It is printed on a mixture of white and transparent paper and is set in black and white.