Ukraine has its ancient traditional culture, which is remembered and respected by Ukrainians. According to one version, the hunting falcon is the prototype of their national symbol – the coat of arms of Ukraine.
Villages don’t drawn
USSR built huge amounts of dams and power stations on rivers to support the industry in Ukraine. In the long run, it was economically unjustified, the energy cost made through this production was too big, and keeping territories for agriculture. This project is aimed to show some data and affected villages in the water-filled installation. The construction of dams influenced the people’s fates and nature, the consequences of what we are still feeling today.
Villages don’t drawn
USSR built huge amounts of dams and power stations on rivers to support the industry in Ukraine. In the long run, it was economically unjustified, the energy cost made through this production was too big, and keeping territories for agriculture. This project is aimed to show some data and to make the affected villages visible again in the water-filled installation. The construction of dams influenced the people’s fates and nature, the consequences of what we are still feeling today.
2C1B (2 Clubs and a bar) identity and communication
2C1B (which stands for 2 clubs and a bar) is an experimental music club located at the famous Kyiv art cluster — Nijneyurkovskaya, 31. 2c1b works with underground nightlife, experimental music and art content.
Ukraїna
Project >Ukraїna< was initiated as the instrument to help Ukrainian kids, affected by the war. The series of letters was created to become a letter – addressed to humanity. 17 designers and artists united to raise funds and awareness. Credit list: Luis Rutz, Gilbert Schneider, Barbora Demovic, Sarah Vermeulen, Ieva Zuklyte, Jake Cormack, Justyna Procak, Julia Gescher, Paula Ahn, Rob Keller, Daniel Schriër, Dimitris Lelakis, Alexandra Chushkina, Clémence Russeil, Karolina Gulshani, Borja Holke.
To your own, to your own!
They help in everything. By actions, they find each other.
МВАК: PHOTOBOOK DESIGN
МВАК is a book with a selection of Kyiv’s modernism architecture. This project was a way to understand the city where we were forced to evacuate from our home in Kharkiv after russian shellings. We got to see the architecture and urban environment around in person while creating photo for the book. So we decided to remind what cultural value architectural modernism is. It was created by Ukrainian artists despite ideological restrictions, financial and organizational obstacles
Photo: Kuznetsov M.
Brand of Mariupol
Brand identity for Ukraine’s multicultural city according to a new strategy of urban regeneration, with a focus on IT, education, culture, and public activity.
Studio designed a new principal visual language of City Council communication with locals, investors, youth, and tourists – from advertising campaigns to a new city wayfinding system. The project was assigned and implemented by the municipality in 2017—2022 years.
24th of February and the Swiss knife
A comics shares a personal story of messy early morning of 24th of February and start of the full-scale Russian invasion in Ukraine.
Humus typeface
poster for humanist sans serif font that i finished in occupied city and used to bring money for Ukrainian battle paramedics.
Tears
In this poignant illustration, a pregnant woman and her boyfriend, wearied and heartbroken, bid farewell at the border after a challenging five-day journey to escape the Russian-Ukrainian war. Tears shimmer in their eyes as they cling to one another, recognizing that parting is their sole hope for safety. The border crossing and the uncertain future emphasize the grim reality endured by numerous families torn apart by the ravages of war.08/2023 UN data reports 6.2 mil. Ukrainian refugees abroad.
Digitales Entwerfen
The goal of this experiment was to find new visual results by combining analogue techniques with 3D graphics.
“What does the leaves dream of”(Picture book)
This is a touching interactive book for young readers. In autumn, the leaves leave their homes and fall. But this is not a reason to be sad – because this is the only way they can fulfill their dreams, experience fantastic adventures and learn what they are capable of. Readers can also join in making the dreams of the pages in the book come true, for example, by painting an outfit or inventing further adventures of one of the characters.
The city full of ducks
Being a refugee often means being in transition. The project takes place on the streets of The Hague during winter 2022-2023. This place is new for the people who just arrived from Ukraine, just as they are for the place. Even the most Dutch landscapes reminded them of their home. But in fact, they were simple people on the streets of the Hague. ‘This city is full of ducks’, said Elina, the girl with the long curly hair.
CHERISHED DISTANCE (3)
In April 2020, due to the global quarantine the Kyiv police carefully guarded city parks from visitors, apparently in order to walk along lonesome magnolia alleys on their own. In Kyiv the civilian volunteers “Municipal Varta” with police guards had regularly burst into empty music clubs since November. They are concerned about distance and, possibly, music. Cherished Distance is a series of video art works by Studio Radar, a graphic irony devoted to the surrealism of our new reality.
Neuromasks
Custom facemasks made from recycled materials, equipped with LED stripes and Arduino boards.
JUICY & RAP
Bed sheets design in collaboration with the Ukrainian brand Pomiatoe
language is a Cossack saber.
Language unites them, and is a symbol of the nation’s identity. It acts as a weapon when you need to understand who is in front of you, your own or the enemy.
CHERISHED DISTANCE
In April 2020, due to the global quarantine the Kyiv police carefully guarded city parks from visitors, apparently in order to walk along lonesome magnolia alleys on their own. In Kyiv the civilian volunteers “Municipal Varta” with police guards had regularly burst into empty music clubs since November. They are concerned about distance and, possibly, music. Cherished Distance is a series of video art works by Studio Radar, a graphic irony devoted to the surrealism of our new reality.
CHERISHED DISTANCE
In April 2020, due to the global quarantine the Kyiv police carefully guarded city parks from visitors, apparently in order to walk along lonesome magnolia alleys on their own. In Kyiv the civilian volunteers “Municipal Varta” with police guards had regularly burst into empty music clubs since November. They are concerned about distance and, possibly, music. Cherished Distance is a series of video art works by studio Radar, a graphic irony devoted to the surrealism of our new reality.
JOB OFFER
The artwork depicts a mysterious location constructed from a rough material like bricks or stone. But suddenly a viewer can easily tear it apart and see a job offer seeking a UI/UX Designer for a certain company in Ukraine.
The context of this setting is based on actual events in Ukrainian job market, that has been filled with many applications from switchers (people who change their profession). Many jobseekers were seriously affected by the ongoing war against Ukraine and seek a new future.
ZionTrain Slab typeface
sister font for ZionTrain, inspired by Ukrainian city Kharkiv. showed with the text about russian terroristic attacks of the city. Kharkiv still fighting, the typeface helps to bring money for battle paramedics
Incrustations
I spent my childhood in a village near the woods in Ukraine. Naturally, I believed that it is full of spirits and mysterious creatures. This series of illustrations are inspired by that feeling I had as a child, when I was somewhere deep in the woods and heard a dry brunch creaking somewhere far, intruding a calm sound of the wind in the tree tops.
Xmas Deers
Xmas video with the naked eye 3d technology on the biggest led-screens in Eastern Europe.
The brief from a client, Gulliver shopping mall with the giant led-screens was: “we need a New Year cut-off between the ads”.
”Good” we replied, “are Lapland deers is okay?” we kept silent about the fact that the reindeers would throw off Santa and xmas trees-n-toys, also any red socks.