Peculiar shop in downtown Warsaw nowadays selling second hand clothes. The beautifully rendered image of
a camera seems to be the leftover of the shop’s previous trade. /// Specyficzny sklep na Poznańskiej.
4.11.2009
SKUP
2.11.2009
OLESEK & KADZIDIELKA
A couple of snapshots from Warsaw’s most colourful, lively and multicultural bazaar. Featured are Polish product
names misspelled my immigrant merchants. /// Przykłady egzotycznych produktów ze stadionu XX-lecia.
21.10.2009
BLOKOWISKO
Such consistent and carefully rendered typography is not typical even for apartment block house districts.
This is a quiet neighbourhood with few passers-by which might’ve given more time to finish off the artwork.
20.10.2009
TERMINATOR
TERMINATOR – Salvation Will Come
I was very pleased to see that the practice of painting custom film posters prevails in Ukrainian cinemas.
I find this an admirable tradition and will be sad to see it replaced by homogeneous, glossy banners.
WIESE FREI
FREE MEADOW
Don’t be mislead by the German words for this is a Polish camping ad targeted at German tourists.
This is fairly common in northern and western Poland.
This particular example is quite saturated even for local taste.
12.12.2008
ICE CREAM AND CUTTLERY
First is the memory of an ice cream from Warsaw’s dodgy neighbourhood – Praga.
Then is a sign of a neglected Vietnamese restaurant on a colourful bazaar in eastern Warsaw.
10.12.2008
ONE, TWO, FORTY-THREE
A few hand-painted numbers from different parts of Eastern Europe. Number one is the platform number from
a bus station in Riga, Latvia where I often used to stop over on my trips between Warsaw and Helsinki – quite
beautifully rendered in black-on-white and inverse. Number two is from Augustów in north-eastern Poland where
a hand-made sign had to do in lack of official street signage. Number forty-three is same story but from Nowogród
where a lovely folk party takes place once in a year.
8.12.2008
AUTO CZĘŚCI
CAR PARTS in two intriguing versions both part of the same chaotic premises.
26.11.2008
FOR THE ANIMALS
SHOP, ANIMAL SUPPLIES, FISH FEED
It’s not often you encounter advertisements that can boast a similar variety of letterforms and dynamic
composition as this local animal supplies shop. It seems clear that both signs underwent many adjustments
in both form and content in a constant pursuit of perfection. Please note the little fishes in the second specimen.
