1 Throughout this time I worked on various projects from nearly all of the commercial art domains. Such a wide scope of work was a fully conscious decision, because I think that diversity is a way to enrich the final effect of design projects. My works are distinguished by their originality and powerful impact on the viewer, as well as ease of designing innovative solutions and ability to put them into practice. I work with private clients, companies and advertising agencies, specializing in cultural projects carried out for festivals, galleries and cultural institutions, as well as for corporations and private clients. I ensure global service, making use of advanced production facilities.
I cooperate with prominent specialists from many disciplines, including web developers, photographers, fashion designers, film-makers and PR agencies. The goal of my work is to build an effective image of an idea, brand or event. I focus on communicating the message in an appropriately intriguing form. The entire design process is under my full control – from analysis and inspiration, concept and creation to production supervision and implementation of finished solutions. I design both limited editions and projects meant for massproduction. My works have been presented in numerous publications and exhibitions around the world. Every year I create a new limited clothing collection: www.hakobo.pl I am always ready to face new challenges and opportunities.
Hello, My name is Jakub Stępień. I work as a freelancer in brodaly -defined graphic design. For the last ten years I have been creating my own Hakobo Studio.
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Hakobo Studio. Jakub Stępień + 48 601 39 50 29 Łódź / Poland hakobo@hakobo.art.pl www.hakobo.art.pl
Hakobo (born 1976) is currently listed among the world’s top fifty most important poster artists (according to John Foster, author of New Masters of Poster Design: Poster Design for the Next Century). He feels at home in visual identity, activities bordering art and design and the generally understood utalitarian graphics. He collaborates with many cultural institutions in Poland, e.g. The Art Museum in Łódź, CSW Zamek Ujazdowski, Design Gallery BWA Wrocław. He has a characteristic style, inspired by traditional graphic crafts as well as street culture. His collection of works consists of both disciplined, simple arrangements and those inspired by his fascination with camouflage, graphic noiz and the excessive.
(...) Why skateboarding? Because it is one of the numerous dimensions that Hakobo’s art derives from. Neo‑plasticism is another. Constructivism, avant-garde, op-art, psychedelic art, hip hop, video games, minimal – are some more that his output stems from. Incidentally, Hakobo’s minimal sometimes gets blown up to be shattered into a thousand pieces and becomes “maximal”. There is no other Polish designer I can think of who would so efficiently tame the multidimensionality of today’s reality, with its permeating orders and multitude of parallel worlds, each governed by its own aesthetics. There is no other designer who would be equally efficient in transgressing the seeming contradiction between what is digital and what is analogue, between the abstraction of information and the substance of visual acts. Hakobo is modern. Hakobo is a futurist – ecept that his future is now. (...) Stach Szabłowski
IDENTITY p. 3 brand logo company logo event logo brand implementation company implementation visual identity brand manual naming outdoor POSTER p. 4 single poster poster series billboard cultural event campaign social campaign promotion advertisement self printed limited PUBLICATION p. 5 art catalogue book cover book layout brochure annual report product catalogue magazine guides and maps ILLUSTRATION p. 6 book and magazine editorial illustration corporate illustration graphics
ARCHITECTURE & INTERIOR p. 7 interior design furniture design signs & displays wallpaper decorative tapestry building identity FASHION DESIGN p. 8 apparel design embroidery prints & patterns t-shirts jackets hoodies caps & hats shoes belts bags etc. apparel advertising VARIOUS p. 9 cards & flyers calendar miscellaneous printed stickers skateboard snowboard surf skimboard paintball
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IDENTITY MUSEUM LOGO
MUSEUM ID SYSTEM
BRAND LOGO NOIZZ PAINTBALL MS CAFE LOGO&ID MUZEUM SZTUKI
MUSEUM MAP MUZEUM SZTUKI ŁÓDŹ
EXHIBITION LOGO CSW KRONIKA BYTOM
MS2-COLLECTION ID MUZEUM SZTUKI ŁÓDŹ LOGO FESTIWALU FD4K ŁÓDŹ
EXHIBITION LOGO MUZEUM SZTUKI ŁÓDŹ
FESTIVAL LOGO DESIGN FESTIVAL ŁÓDŹ
EXHIBITION LOGO CCA WARSAW
EXHIBITION LOGO COCA TORUŃ
ID SYSTEM FD4K ŁÓDŹ
BRAND LOGO POGO SKATEBOARDING
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POSTER
IT BEGAN IN AFRICA FUTRO CLUB ŁÓDŹ
GREENHORN'S PARTY FORUMFABRICUM ŁÓDŹ
RASBASS SOUNDSYSTEM ESTABLISHMENT CSW WARSZAWA
HAKOBO POSTERS ASP ŁÓDŻ
WHO ARE YOU? FD4K ŁÓDŹ
RED HORIZON CCA WARSZAWA
DESIGN ICONES MNP POZNAŃ
POGO GITY POGO SKATEBOARDING
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PUBLICATION ART COLLECTION GUIDE MS2
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE MUZEUM SZTUKI ŁÓDŹ
EXHIBITION BOOK CCA KRONIKA BYTOM
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE BIELSKA GALLERY
EXHIBITION BOOKLET MUZEUM SZTUKI ŁÓDŹ
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE MUZEUM SZTUKI ŁÓDŹ
MAGAZINE COVER ARCHITEKTURA
EXHIBITION BOOK CSW ŁAŹNIA GDAŃSK
DIZASTER ULTRAZINE POGO SKATEBOARDING
HGW BOOK BWA WROCŁAW
KATALOG WYSTAWY CITY GALLERY ŁÓDŹ
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ILLUSTRATION HAPPY ANCHOR LOGO
LION OF JUDAH LIMITED DECK
PIZZA MONSTER USE-IT MAP
POGO PIRATE POGO SKATEBOARDING
LIFE LOVE POSTER BEER WORM MILLER FRESH
EMMAPAK POSTER BUILDINGS USE-IT MAP
RED INK JET CALLAMARI LIMITED SIKSCREEN
EMMAPAK COVER
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ARCHITECTURE &INTERIOR
HAKOBO & WUNDERTEAM.PL COLLABORATION
HERBST PALACE-GUARDHOUSE MUZEUM SZTUKI ŁÓDŹ
HGW SOFA BWA WROCŁAW
MS CAFE-FURNITURES MUZEUM SZTUKI ŁÓDŹ
INFO POINT MUZEUM SZTUKI ŁÓDŹ
HGW ARMCHAIR BWA WROCŁAW
TICKET OFFICE MUZEUM SZTUKI ŁÓDŹ
MS CAFE MUZEUM SZTUKI ŁÓDŹ
HGW ARMCHAIR BWA WROCŁAW
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FASHION DESIGN
HAKOBO & MODAPOLKA.COM COLLABORATION
T-SHIRT ANKOR
LONG SLEEVE EYES
T-SHIRT TYPOPOLO
ASIMETRIC ZIP HOOD URBAN CAMO
WOOL JACKET INCOGNITO
WOOL HOOD PAPA SMURF
WOOL COAT REVOLUTION
WOOL JACKET BURRBERY
TRUCKER CUP HOLLY BLACK / PKP
HAREM PANTS SUMER STRIPES
SILK DRESS VINTAGE 70'S
JERSEY MINI DRESS COTTON
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VARIOUS
SK8FAN SCARF POGO SKATEBOARDING
LIMITED BOTTLE WYBOROWA
TEAM JERESEYS NOIZZ PAITBALL
INVITATION MUZEUM SZTUKI ŁÓDŹ
DVD COVER POGO SKATEBOARDING
SKATE DECKS POGO SKATEBOARDING
BADGES POGO SKATEBOARDING
BEERMATS DESIGN FESTIVAL LODZ
DVD COVER POGO SKATEBOARDING
WINTER BEANIE POGO SKATEBOARDING
SIZZLA KALONJI JERSEY LIMITED EDITION
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SELECTED CLIENTS AMS APSYS POLAND ARCHITEKTURA ART BIENALLE ŁÓDŹ ASP ŁÓDŹ BUNKIER SZTUKI KRAKÓW BWA WROCŁAW BWA POZNAŃ BWA BIELSKO-BIAŁA BĘC ZMIANA FUNDACJA BUNKIER SZTUKI KRAKÓW CRP OROŃSKO CCA BYTOM CCA GDAŃSK COCA TORUŃ CCA WARSZAWA CHARLIE CINEMA
Thank you for your time. I am looking forward to working with you.
CITY GALLERY ŁÓDŹ
www.hakobo.art.pl
DESIGN FESTIVAL ŁÓDŹ FD4K FORUM FABRICUM FOTOFESTIVAL ŁÓDŹ HEL MARINE STATION JAZZGA KIKIMORA KOMPANIA PIWOWARSKA CITY COUNCIL ŁÓDŹ MANUFAKTURA MUZEUM SZTUKI ŁÓDŹ MNP POZNAŃ MASS DNM MILLER FRESH NOIZZ PAINTBALL PIEKARY GALLERY PKO S.A. POGO SKATEBOARDS SANPELLEGRINO POLAND SUNCHEMICAL TATE BRITAIN UDINE UNIVERSITY ITALY WYBOROWA S.A. WARSAW MUSIC WEEK ZACHĘTA GALLERY
HGW: Hakobo Graphic WorLd is Jakub Stępień’s first monographic publication in the form of an artistic book. It covers a catalogue of Hakobo’s numerous projects – posters, visual ID’s, exhibition layouts, publications, as well as the limited edition of clothes and accessories. The attractively designed album breaks away with the tradition of “artist’s catalogue” and shows Hakobo’s output as a clear aesthetic system, consistently displayed in his works.
www.hakobographicworld.com