Hi everyone. I haven't written anything here for some time- I had to finish my studies (I am MSc now finally, yupi!) and tidy up my portfolio.

And now it's here- freshdesign.dk has finally got a fresh and clean look. It looks just as I wanted it to look like. Navigation is clear (but at the same time quite catchy). I've made it as a one page folio with smooth movements across the page elements. The galleries for each of the project are made with Lightbox.

And this is how it looks like (but you actually have to go and see for yourself how it works):

Freshdesign.dk- brand new look of Adam Heleniak's portfolio

FreshDesign.dk logo:
Logo designed by Adam Heleniak

Portfolio was updated. I have added some new works which I created in 2009 (and 2008):

WINDTURBINERACER
Website (2008) for DTU:
WindTurbineRacer.com - website of a project

WindTurbineRacer logo:
Logo of Wind Turbine Racer

Process of logo creating (using the university's logo):
DTU logo transformed into Windturbineracer logo

Front page of a brochure:
Design of brochure for print

Alternative WindTurbineRacer web layout (not used):
dark web layout with high contrasts

SOLIDARNOSC.DK
Graphical layout of a website about Polish solidarity movement, Solidarnosc.dk. It was supposed to look rough and work as a reminder of the communistic repressions and Polish history.
Textures of walls, bricks in web layout

2nd concept (not used):
White, plain web layout- solidarnosc.dk

MSC PROJECT
Screenshots of mobile user interfaces that I created while working on my MSc thesis project, "Tag-based mobile music interaction". Project involved looking at a mobile interfaces from a perspective of usability and interaction design.
mobile interface design- msc thesis

mobile interaction design

BØRN I KRIG- CHILDREN OF WAR
Project created for The Polish Embassy in Copenhagen. I designed, layouted and produced exhibition of 20 posters and 16-page brochure filled with pictures made by Polish children who survived wartime.
born i krig- posters and brochure

print design by Adam Heleniak

Fragment of poster's header (fragment of child's picture with inverted colors)
poster- graphic design

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UEFA has just presented a new logo of Euro 2012 (European championship in football) which will be held in Poland and Ukraine. There are some controversies which are discussed in Poland right now:
-Polish flag's colors are not red and white (they are white and red instead)
-Some say it's too Eastern-Europe-like and not very fancy

Euro 2012 official logo:
Logo of UEFA Euro 2012 held in Poland and Ukraine

Bigger version of Euro 2012 logo:
Big logo- European Championship in footbal 2012, Poland and Ukraine


Euro 2012- map of venues in Poland and Ukraine:
Map of venues for Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine

The brand story of UEFA Euro Championships 2012 logo:


Personally I have to admit that I am not really sure what to think about it. The flourishing football with the flags as leaves gives good associations and should work well as a symbol. But on the other hand- hmm, it looks as a big-headed guy with widespread arms or sth. And it's really kind of old-fashioned, maintaining the stereotype of backward Poland and Ukraine..

And what do you think?

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A Friend Of Mine- small Australian design studio

Cited from AFOM's About page:
A Friend Of Mine Design Studio (AFOM) is a small, Melbourne based design practice which works with a range of clients small and large. Much care and thought is put into every project. AFOM has experience in brand identity, art direction, signage, shop fitting, interiors, posters, image creation, publication (most things design related), and has a strong passion for crafted and bespoke typography.

AFOM is run by Suzy Tuxen. Talented friends are called on to collaborate for specialty crafts or when things get busy.


Leaflet for Lumen
Design of promotional materials

Identity for Pixlet- digital production and editing company
Beautiful logotype on business card

Business cards created for Adrian Goodman (writer and director):
Identity design by Suzy Tuxen

Design of business cards

Identity works for Carla Grbac (jewelry business):
Logotype and identity design

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A-Side Studio- Graphic Design and Illustration Studio

Cited from A-Side Studio:
We do ID's, tees, books, magazines, murals, posters, surfboards, skateboards, all the while freely jumping the divides between image and product, design and art, the flat page and the moving image. (...)
Complexity with simplicity, decoration with purpose; good design will always end in us understanding one another better.


Graphic design work for Port Eliot Festival:
Illustration of elephants on illustration for Port Eliot Festival

Works for Cornwall Film Festival:
Cornwall Festival- posters by A-Side Studio

Advertising- works by design agency from UK

Backside of a booklet created for The Combined Universities in Cornwall
Interesting illustrative work

Selected logotypes:
Typography design- really nice logos

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Info taken from UNIT's website:

UNIT is the collective and collaborative work of UK designers Si Billam and James Sanderson. We work globally across music, fashion, lifestyle and youth culture. Together we craft, construct, experiment and play with ideas.

UNIT (We are, This is) work on various fields of graphic design. They have created quite huge amount of music CD covers. Their typography skills are the thing that caught my attention.

Si and James have worked for clients including: EA Games, MTV, Coca Cola, Human Studio, Universal Everything, Pollinate Records, Carbon Logic Publishing, Computer Arts, Urban Splash.

web design of music service site by weareunit.com

Print design by UK-based collective of designers

Logotype created by UNIT (We are, This is)

Reset robot- typography and design

Dubstep- nice logo design

Complex drawing by James Sanderson

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Southsouthwest- design studio based in Melbourne, Australia. Neat portfolio and very professional works.

Mero
logo design by Southsouthwest.com.au

Keep Cup
Keep Cup- identity and branding

X&Y Magazine
design work for X&Y magazine

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"Faith is spiritualized imagination" - portfolio of Paul Sych is a trip around various typographic forms and creations. I have looked through all of his works presented on his website: some of them are brilliant; the others may be just good. Nevertheless, you can clearly see that this man has got talent in expressing emotions and information in typographical, simplistic forms.

Biography cited from his portfolio website:

For over 2 decades, Paul Sych has been exploring and practicing many of the parallels between art and music. After completing his studies from both York University’s prestigious Jazz Program and from the Ontario College Of Art & Design, Paul founded his multi-disciplinary design studio Faith, in 1989. Paul has consistently offered new methods of expression by using custom typography as a catalyst within his work and has challenged both clients and peers alike to enter his world of unique and flamboyant use of type and imagery. In addition to being commissioned by legendary designers, art directors, educators and forums on typography internationally, his work has been widely exhibited and published globally. Paul continues to explore visual and typographic works in print, branding, public art, motion graphics and broadcast design. Recently, Paul has focused his interests in teaching, lecturing, conducting workshops and personal critiques to both students and colleagues alike in a effort to begin a new dialogue on typography and design methods.

Just for Kicks
Paul Sych's portfolio

The Juggernaut
Logo design by Paul Sych (Faith.ca)

Peace
Faith is spiritualized- portfolio of Paul Sych

Love (me(?))
Typographical design- forms create meaning

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Multiadaptor is a London-based design agency working with branding, print and communications design. Very neat and to-the-point style.

Branding identity by Multiadaptor design agency

London-based advertising agency

Logo design by Multiadaptor agency

card design- forms and expression

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Born in Malaysia, living and working currently in Shanghai Driv (thinksimpleactsimple.com) is a young designer who works mostly with print, identity and logos.

Play-Doh. Description cited from thinksimpleactsimple.com:
Posters for Play-Doh modeling clay. Special die-cut on it to allows the poster
closed on it's own, the wonderful imagination revealed when people pull it opened.

Driv- Malaysian graphic designer

Logotype for Dreams Factory (photography studio):
Think Simple Act Simple

90s generation- book design and editorial (Nike).
Description cited from thinksimpleactsimple.com:
Research and stories about 90s generation produced for Nike, to understand and uncover the 90s kids in China.
Nike- 90s generation book

I have selected some of them he has presented in his portfolio. For more click on the image:
Typography by Driv (thinksimpleactsimple.com)

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Born in Russia, Yulia Brodskaya started her career in Moscow, "producing contemporary office decoration artwork" for the companies there. Meantime she was studying Graphic Design. After she made M.A. in Graphic Communication in London she works now both as an illustrator and freelance graphic designer.

Her clients include RedBull, Orange, BBH, How2 T-shirts. She won some design prizes- 1st prize in Russian Conceptual Packaging Design Competition, she was also a Member of the International Society of Typographic Designers in 2006.

She makes original works which she calls "papergraphic". Take a look at them below:

Artyulia.com - graphic design by Brodskaya

Yulia Brodskaya- papergraphic work

papergraphic illustration by Russian graphic designer

work created from colourful paper clips

And here are some other works by Yulia. I like especially the work on the bottom- sign "They want you" made of big corporation's logos. Brilliant idea!

work created from colourful paper clips

corportation's logos create 'they want you' sign

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