2025
- Art Direction
- Cover Artwork Design
- Editorial Design (magazine)
- Merch Design (stickers, postcards, tote, condom)
Drawing inspiration from Polish sculpture, historical archives, Kashubian folk motifs, and queer subcultures, I developed a visual identity that reflects The Ancestry EP’s themes of fractured identity, cultural disintegration, and historical tension.
The centerpiece is a sculptural, fragmented portrait of Jemek that merges classical form with subtle electronic distortion. This duality runs throughout the project—from cover to editorial magazine to merch—creating a cohesive aesthetic that feels both calm and intense, timeless and contemporary.
The merch set includes the official release magazine, two postcards, two stickers, a tote bag, and a branded condom—tactile pieces that extend Jemek’s message beyond sound into physical form through restrained palettes, typographic harmony, and thoughtful cultural references.
↓EP Cover + Tote Bag + Merch Pack
The falling-apart sculpture of Jemek references early 20th-century Polish male statues. The fragmentation reflects the cultural, racial, and political tensions explored in The Ancestry.
A 20-page magazine deepens the EP’s narrative, featuring an introductory text by Jemek along with four essays by Proffesor Ivan Kalmar that delve into each of four tracks, extended inspirational imagery, posters, and photos by Adam Siwek, all mixed and twisted to reflect the chaos and intensity of the issues Jemek explores. I handled the full editorial design, including layout, typography, and visual composition, and created all collages and graphics to bring the magazine’s concept to life.
A visual dialogue between classical sculpture and contemporary glitch: calm, monochrome palettes offset by rhythmic, digital accents, echoing the music’s electronic pulse.
