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Projects
  • IAS Report
  • Samizdat
  • Obeliscus
  • Sketchbook №2
  • IAS Yearbook
  • DLA
  • Shawati' Magazine #22
  • '100 Years of Hungarian Golf' album
  • Renaissance typography
  • Things Magazine
  • Budapest Magazine
  • Doomsday 2012: The Last Issue
  • IAS Report
    We were commissioned to design an annual report for the Institute for Advanced Study at Central European University.
    Art Direction, Editorial Design, Graphic Design
    2015
  • Samizdat
    PROJECT DESCRIPTION
    I was commissioned by the Institute for Advanced Study at Central European University to design the first volume of the Institute's publication series, a collection of academic papers on the topic of Samizdat, edited by Valentina Parisi.

    TYPEFACES
    Adobe Jenson, Arquitecta

    PRINTING & BINDING
    DigitalPress

    ART DIRECTION & EDITORIAL DESIGN
    Akos Polgardi
    Art Direction, Editorial Design, Graphic Design
    2015
  • Obeliscus
    PROJECT DESCRIPTION
    Obeliscus is a new Hungarian open-access academic journal of early modern history published by the editorial board of obeliscus.hu. As art director of the project I was responsible for overall graphical identity, webdesign and other online material, as well as editorial design.

    TYPEFACES
    Cardo, Open Sans

    PRINTING & BINDING
    Innovariant

    ART DIRECTION & EDITORIAL DESIGN
    Akos Polgardi

    Special thanks to Noemi Viskolcz (project manager) and Marton Zaszkaliczky (editor in chief)
    Art Direction, Editorial Design, Graphic Design
    2014
  • Sketchbook №2
    Hand-bound coptic stitch sketchbook featuring black tempera stencilled on greyboard. The quote comes from L. Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations §133.
    Crafts, Graphic Design, Typography
    2014
  • IAS Yearbook
    2012-2013 Yearbook for the Institute for Advanced Study at Central European University.
    Art Direction, Editorial Design, Typography
    2013
  • DLA
    PROJECT DESCRIPTION
    Book design for interior designer/architect Péter Szendrő's DLA thesis. The publication consists of two volumes: the dissertation (vol. 1) and the portfolio (vol. 2). The books feature an open-spine binding and laser-engraved greyboard covers.

    PHOTOGRAPHERS
    Zsolt Batár
    Tamás Bujnovszky
    Dániel Dömölky
    Balázs Glódi
    Leó Pintér
    Márk Somay

    VISUAL IDENTITIES OF FEATURED PROJECTS WERE DESIGNED BY
    Eszter Laki
    Gergely Szőke
    Miklós Kiss

    PRINTED BY
    ITT, TCN

    BOUND BY
    Előzék

    FONTS
    FF Meta
    Monoxil

    ART DIRECTION, EDITORIAL DESIGN & LAYOUT
    Ákos Polgárdi
    Editorial Design, Print Design, Typography
    2013
  • Shawati' Magazine #22
    I was invited to Abu Dhabi on a commission to design issue 22 of Shawati' Magazine a cca. 180 page quarterly luxury & lifestyle publication. My tasks included cover design, type treatments, section breakers as well as laying out most articles. I'm grateful for the support of Abdallah Al Shami (creative director) and Ibrahim Itani (junior art director).
    Editorial Design, Print Design, Typography
    2013
  • '100 Years of Hungarian Golf' album
    Album design celebrating the 100 years anniversary of Hungarian golf playing.
    Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Typography
    2012
  • Renaissance typography
    Booklet, flyer and pawn ticket layout design employing stylistic features characteristic of renaissance typography (eg. rules of page construction, choice of type etc.).
    Editorial Design, Print Design, Typography
    2012
  • Things Magazine
    Magazine design featuring various page layouts based on a pre-defined grid.
    Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Print Design
    2012
  • Budapest Magazine
    Budapest Magazine is a fictive publication for and about the people living in the capital of Hungary. It is designed with the typographic and illustrative freedom characteristic of the genre. The typefaces used include FB Agency, Fedra Serif, and Miklós Tótfalusi's oldstyle serif, the most significant achievement of Hungarian type design.
    Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Print Design
    2012
  • Doomsday 2012: The Last Issue
    Collaborative project aimed at designing the last issue of a fictional newspaper called 'Doomsday 2012'.

    Project members:
    Agnes Rubik
    Akos Polgardi
    Nora Remsei-Kovacs
    Daniel Pap

    Art direction:
    Laszlo Ordogh
    Editorial Design, Graphic Design, Print Design
    2012
All works © Akos Polgardi 2014.