Polish Book Design
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Jacek Mrowczyk
Tue, Nov 13th, 2018 / 6:30PMHow was the craft of typesetting shaped in the Republic of Poland? Where and under what circumstances did the first Cyrillic print come to being? What was the typography of a country known mainly for its poster after WWII? Which of the Polish graphic designers was a member of the Double Crown Club – the London based typographic society? Find the answers in the lecture presented by Jacek Mrowczyk, the editor of the book VeryGraphic: Polish Designers of the 20th Century, which is the first comprehensive overview of the graphic design made in Poland in the past century.
Jacek Mrowczyk is a graphic designer, curator, editor and researcher. Lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice (Poland) and Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. Editor of the 2+3D design quarterly (2001–2016). Author of articles and books on graphic design. Fulbright scholarship holder at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York (2001/2002) and the Kosciuszko Foundation at the Rhode Island School of Design (2006/2007).