M. Arczyński - Portfolio'23 - ENG

Michał Ryszard Arczyński

, computer graphics engineer by education. My interests cover a wide spectrum of topics: from clothing design and graphic design during my professional career, to physics and astronomy, or playing tennis after hours.

I have several passions: art, graphics, photography. The first one is the wife, the next one is the daughter and the last one is the lover and they all get along perfectly with each other. I also try to actively participate in cultural life, which often translates into inspiration at work. And when I have free time, I go to take photos in the city.

My professional experience includes practice in the processing of advertising media . I know what CMYK and Pantone are and what roles they play in printing. Especially since I have over five years of experience in the production of sportswear using the sublimation technique. I have experience in operating large-format printing plotters from several leading brands - Epson, Roland, Mutoh and Mimaki . I feel very confident in clothing desktop publishing - concepts related to the technique of sewing clothes, technological breaks or working with patterns are no secrets to me.

I have served several well-known companies and organizations: UN, Polish Cycling Association, Unity Line, CCM (Reebok), Puma and Chapeau Cycling. In the 2016/2018 season, I dressed nearly 80% of the Scandinavian First League in bandy (a game similar to hockey, but with a ball instead of a puck). In 2019/2021, at Prinz Sportswear, I dressed the Polish National Road Cycling Team for World and European Championship competitions. And we, as a company, were the exclusive supplier of technical clothing and more for our team’s performance at the Olympics in Tokyo in 2021 . We equipped them with specialized cycling suits that improve aerodynamics on the track and road.

Clothes

Prinz Sportswear I have been involved in many things. From being the company’s chief graphic designer, taking care of the technical condition of printing plotters, to taking care of the final product. This is where I learned clothing DTP from A to Z.

I learned the secrets of sewing clothes - not only complicated and demanding cycling outfits, but also - as it quickly turned out, ordinary T-shirts that are not what they seem in the store.

In a nutshell, I made sure that what we sewed could be sewn, was nice and that it was consistent with the order and the customer’s expectations.

pic. Szymon Gruchalski

The most important events and athletes associated with the Prinzwear brand:

ONZ:

• Wolrd Bicycle Day - 2021 - 2022

PZKOL:

• Tokyo Olympics - 2021

• World Championship 2020 - 2021

• European Championship 2020 - 2021

• ZWIFT esports championship 2021

• Tou de Pologne 2020/2021

• Michał Kwiatkowski

• Robert Karaś - triathlonist/Iron Man

• Marcin Białobłocki

These are only the largest events and the most successful athletes that I had the pleasure of serving while working at Prinz. I met many players and learned from the backstage that blood, sweat and tears are the only path to success.

Staff uniform 2020/2021

I have also cooperated with many clubs and brands, here are some of them:

pic. Szymon Gruchalski

pic. Szymon Gruchalski pic. PZKOL

pic. Velotec.cc

pic. Black Line CC

pic. Tim de Waele, Getty Images pic. Bettini Image

Chapeau Cycling clothing was a big challenge considering the material and specifications used in the production of sportswear. Flexibility and stretch had to be in line with the designer’s assumptions. We have created several dozen designs for CC and models of sweatshirts and cycling shirts. They appreciated us for the highest quality of materials used and great sewing.

HERO

KASHPIROVSKY

VIKTOR

Typesetting DTP / Print

HBH was the place where I learned a corporate approach to project management. Apart from working as a graphic designer and everything that comes with it, I could see how a large company works.

For the Breotje brand, I was the author of the Designer’s Guide, which is an over 400-page bible for architects and constructors of heating installations. Full of mathematical formulas, specialized language, tables and technical drawings.

I can proudly mention that I was responsible for corporate publishing at HBHincluding publishing a catalog with products from the bathroom industry for the Elements company.

It is an aesthetic, complete and complex catalog addressed to architects and interior designers. We used it to offer our artistic thought to aesthetes along with ready-made solutions available on the catalog pages.

The magazine, or rather the Top Trendy catalog, was a publication of over a hundred pages that I produced at HBH for the Elements company.

Sam Elements is a chain of bathroom fittings showrooms. From taps, through accessories to bathtubs and bathroom tiles. More importantly, the target was a premium customer, so the publishing style itself was very conservative, the decorations were discreet and tasteful.

The corporate approach was also important. Acceptances, sampling your work, going through the process much more consciously than ever before.

So far, it was my first release with such a circulation. The catalog was printed in 10,000 pieces.

African Stunt Stories were commissioned by a private person. The adventures contained in it were addressed to the grandson, who began to accompany his father and grandfather on their last expeditions.

It is an extraordinary diary of hunting and sightseeing expeditions to several countries in Southern Africa. In the footsteps of the original Trekkers, African tribes and, above all, the history that marked the black land.

Although hunting photos are not for everyone, the written setting makes up for it at least a little, ensuring the descriptive realism of each expedition.

It is full of private thoughts, brilliant observations and rich descriptions of fauna and flora.

CASTET is a cover design for a limited edition vinyl by a Silesian punk band.

The design was inspired by the beginnings of Polish punk rock and Roman motifs - olive leaves and ornaments. Of course, the brass knuckles themselves also had to appear.

This is one of my most fondly remembered publishing collaborations.

EUROSHORTS

Short film festival, Euro Shorts.

My logo contains everything I value, what I strive for, what catches my attention and what inspires me as a designer.

The searching process is as exciting as the result itself. Especially when I have a free hand but supported by a solid brief.

Inteliclinic provides a wide range of IT solutions.

Their latest product is Neutron goggles, which are used to control the quality of sleep.

They needed identification for their product lines.

The idea of the logo for foodftuck, which specializes in Italian cuisine, was to be clearly associated with Italian cuisine, simplicity and minimalism.

Quite unusually, I decided to use the Italian flag here. However, the slightly modified direction does not interfere with perception, thanks to a well-recognizable range of colors, still clearly identifying the cuisine in which the Panino food truck specializes.

Visual identification for the 2nd Scout Rally in Warsaw. On the occasion of the anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising.

Random logotypes

Drawings