Push harder!

As a passionate cyclist, Romana often depicts moments of riding a bike. This work is an attempt to come back to toddler years when everything seemed so big, colorful, and fun. When each next kilometer opened something new, and the only wish was to stay outside for longer to impress everyone around with your speed.

About war

On February 24, a full-scale war began in Ukraine, transforming this traumatic experience into posters to raise awareness and present the Ukrainian School of Design in a new way. The original poster size was 100×70 cm, and the author used an old dormitory scanner to create high-quality images. The poster series reflects an experiment using various materials, including clay, paint, and faces.

Disconnection

I was taking pictures of displaced people from Ukraine who moved to Altenburg, Germany. By cutting the pictures and mixing the parts of the photos I am trying to recreate the world of people who feel divided into pieces. They are physically in Europe but their thoughts are in their homeland. With embroidery, which is also an important cultural phenomenon in Ukraine, I am trying to fix it and sew the pieces of a broken person together.

Escape

A few years ago my parents bought a house in a small village in Ukraine. It’s a beautiful place but somehow I always felt as if I didn’t belong there. Being used to city life and urban surroundings, I didn’t feel comfortable while staying “in the middle of nowhere”. In 2020 lockdown came and everything changed. I wanted to capture this time and explore how such an ordinary and simple life can be at the same time so unusual and ravishing. A year later I published a small edition of photobooks.

A series of illustrations about the anxious suitcases of Ukrainians.

On 24 February, many people had only a few minutes to take something valuable and important and head into the unknown. Some had their suitcases in advance, but most were packing chaotically and in panic. What would you take first when you have a few minutes? What things should be with you to make you feel safe and to keep a sense of home. Maybe these are not things at all. Sometimes it’s a very chaotic and strange set, sometimes it’s just 1 important thing – these stories are our reality

Pop-Soviet

Being born in a post-Soviet country, I was curious about the period of the USSR. In this project, I tried to imagine a world in which the merging of Soviet and Western cultures happens right after WWII as if the Cold War had never happened. American pop-art comic book culture, recreated by Roy Lichtenstein, merges with photographs taken from my family archive. Ordinary everyday scenes cease to be so when they merge with a riot of colors.

illustration to the poem `Peace` created by small great author

Peace

Peace…
…love and happiness
for all mankind.
…the world needs unity
in any situation.
Peace…
…the war must end
for the world to improve.
…if war is banned
peace will be restored.
Peace…
…in war there are people suffering
no love to receive.
…we want harmony and tranquility
to live in fraternity.
Peace…
…White Dove, bring to society
friendship, goodwill and liberty.

Ukrainian Art Club— Logo & Brand identity

VISUAL BRAND IDENTITY & LOGO DESIGN
FOR UKRAINIAN ART CLUB USA (concept)
CLIENT – Ukrainian Art Club (UMC) It is an organization dedicated to attracting attention and disseminating information about famous American cultural figures of Ukrainian origin.
The purpose of UMC is to involve the audience in the important process of Ukrainian cultural decolonization through educational and public events.

Kyiv Posters Project (part 3)

The Kyiv Posters project was conceived and implemented as part of the exposition at Kyiv design week 2023, organized by Design4Ukraine. We asked talented creatives to make posters with Kyiv’s inscription, in which the artists would reflect their idea of the city: impressions, memories, and reflections on the past, present, and future. This project was demonstrated at the event in Kyiv and Zurich.

Kyiv Posters Project (part 2)

(same as in previous enrty)The Kyiv Posters project was conceived and implemented as part of the exposition at Kyiv design week 2023, organized by Design4Ukraine. We asked talented creatives to make posters with Kyiv’s inscription, in which the artists would reflect their idea of the city: impressions, memories, and reflections on the past, present, and future. This project was demonstrated at the event in Kyiv and Zurich.

Archiky toys

Archiky toys — are architectural toys for children. The idea is to build a strong brand that nurtures the growth of imaginative abilities and encourages the manifestation of daring, creative solutions. Archiky’s key visual is the toys’ details that have come to life and turned into adorable characters. They will give tips on taking good care of the toys or share fascinating stories about architecture and design. Toys design: bude architects, Denys and Julia Shataliuk.

Roots

The brand wanted to emphasise the difference between years and range of taste, but in the simplest way as it’s possible. As a result, we decided to show the taste in a bit unusual way, and literally draw it. The idea was to try the wine and draw the feeling with closed eyes.