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Henryk Tomaszewski (10th June 1914 - 11th September 2005) Tomaszewski was and, even after his death, is one of the most recognised graphic artists and poster designers in the world. He graduated from Warsaw's School of Graphics as a draughtsman and lithographer. He continued to learn painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (Poland). His works were created by the combination of cutting, juxtaposition, addition, removal, drawing and sketching. Always searching for the deeper meaning. Emotion. His typography letters were a world of their own. Part of the Love poster, Henryk Tomaszewski, 1991 All copyright rights belong to the artist He raised two generations of designers at the Poster Studio, Graphics Faculty of the Academy of Fine Arts between the years 1952-85. His works were presented in countless exhibitions both in Poland and around the world. He was a valued and inspirational character. In 1976 he became a member of the Royal Society of...

Recently, I have been involved in a typography competition for the TypoDay 2019 . TypoDay is organised by the IDC School of Design, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT) Bombay, Mumbai, India. It is a weekly celebration of typography and it's beauty. The theme for the 2019 events is Experimental Typography. A part of this typography celebration, along with workshops and conferences, is a Poster Design Competition. Specifications for the poster: Size of the final poster:420mm x 600mm only in portrait format Resolution: 300 dpi File type: JPEG or PDF Color Mode: CMYK The Poster Design theme - The Dance of Typography. I have chosen to use my sketches of young Russian ballerinas. Using their bodies and ballet figures I extracted letters from within their movements. I think, that my poster may not be up to regulations, I wasn't sure if using an image along the type will be acceptable, however, I didn't receive an ...