jakub stepien: turbogothic

‘HGW: hakobo graphic world’ exhibition poster

polish graphic designer jakub stępień just sent designboom images of his latest works titled ‘turbogothic’, a visual phenomenon he discovered while preparing for his ‘HGW: hakobo graphic world‘ exhibition. drawing from the recurring triangle patterns presented everywhere in the architecture, signs, logos and streets of the hosting city wroclaw, it soon became leitmotif of the whole ‘HGW’ exhibition layout. ‘turbogothic’ refers to the gothic, historic part of wroclaw that has an extreme influence on the present day.

‘HGW’ limited edition poster

gallery window with view on the 3rd prize winning entry of designboom’s competition ‘love your earth’

‘HGW’ wallpaper and furniture

‘HGW’ sofa

‘HGW’ book cover

‘HGW: hakobo graphic world’ is jakub stępień’s first monograph publication in the form of an artistic book premiered at his exhibition. it covers a catalogue of hakobo’s numerous projects – posters, visual ID’s, exhibition layouts, publications, as well as the limited edition designs of clothes and accessories.

excerpt pages from ‘HGW: hakobo graphic world’ left: ‘one love’ poster, 3rd prize winning entry of designboom’s competition ‘love your earth’ right:’fuck the fake art’ silkscreen poster

‘one love’ poster, 3rd prize winning entry of designboom’s competition ‘love your earth’

jakub stępień won the third prize in designboom’s ‘love your earth‘ competition. his entry was the ‘one love’ poster.

visual identification project for ‘festival of dialogue of four cultures‘

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excerpt pages from ‘HGW: hakobo graphic world’

jakub stępień aka hakobo (born 1976) collaborates with many cultural institutions in poland, e.g. the art museum in lódź, CSW zamek ujazdowski, design gallery BWA wrocław. the lódź design festival, clients pogo, and wyborowa among others.