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.

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.

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).

Automat

Automat is a variable typeface system that offers a modular and grid-based approach to typography. It draws upon the works of designers such as Wim Crouwel and Karl Gerstner during the 1960s and 1970s, as well as later digital reinterpretations from the 1990s. This system provides a unique blend of influences that offer a new perspective on typography.

The primary goal of Automat is to complement the work of its predecessors by enabling designers to manipulate the typeface seamlessly within a broad design framework. With two adjustable axes, the system offers a wide design space that can lead to unique and unconventional compositions. Automat provides a fresh perspective on typography that

Felix Kolmer – A Promise (Slib)

Documentary photographer Libor Fojtík has photographed 99 years old Felix Kolmer – the Boy Scout, a Holocaust survivor and Professor of Acoustics –, as well as his environment and activities, in the past five years. Swiss binded book with book cloth and embroidery on the cover of Felix Kolmer’s monogram.

Šumperák. Plans Went Astray.

Known informally as the Šumperák, the Model V single-family home became a smash hit, far and away the most commonly built model home in Czechoslovakia. It was loved – and loathed. Estimates of how many of these houses were built range from 5,000 to as many as 20,000. Given that Šumperáks were self-built, they naturally testify to their owners’ taste and skills. There is no way of knowing which house is the original. Tomáš Pospěch’s book provides a distinctive interpretation of this hit.

Rabbit Hole

Although 2019 is considered to be THE year of right-wing terrorist attacks worldwide and right-wing extremism has grown significantly in recent years, the topic of right-wing extremist online radicalization is still relatively under-researched. According to experts, everyone is potentially vulnerable to radicalization if circumstances favor it.

“Rabbit Hole” was conceived as a monothematic bookazine series, which examines one topic per issue related to the dangers and phenomena that the internet and digital platforms hold. It is intended to contribute to the education of young adults in particular.