About me

I’m a graphic designer, calligrapher, and educator based in Poland. I teach at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, where I also completed my PhD, and my work moves between calligraphy, lettering, poster design, and graphic design.

I first started practising calligraphy while studying graphic design. It was part of an assignment for a type design class, and my first attempts were, apparently, not very convincing. Instead of putting me off, that experience made me want to understand the subject properly.

At the time, I thought of calligraphy as something rather historical and disconnected from contemporary design. That changed when I became interested in expressive lettering and began to see letters not only as writing, but also as shape, rhythm, and image.

Today, these ideas connect most parts of my practice: my own work, commissioned projects, and teaching.

Practice and teaching

Teaching has gradually become as important to me as making work. At the Academy, I teach graphic design and poster design, and I have been introducing calligraphy to design students for many years.

What interests me most is not simply reproducing historical letterforms. I want students to understand the graphic principles behind them and learn how these ideas can become part of a contemporary designer’s toolkit.

I also teach independent workshops and courses, and continue to study new scripts, tools, and approaches myself.