TypoPolo
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TypoPolo is a term applied to the vernacular graphic design that emerged in Poland during the 1990s. TypoPolo was used by small businesses to advertise themselves in response to the economic changes wrought by the collapse of communism and the effects of shock therapy.[1][2] It has been viewed as a notable element of visual culture in post-communist Poland.
In 2014, the Museum of Modern Art and the BWA-Design gallery organised an exhibtion of TypoPolo that was displayed in Warsaw and Wrocław respectively.[3]
History
The phrase TypoPolo was coined in 2001 by the poster artist Jakub Stępień.[4] Referencing disco polo, the term connotes shopfront lettering and advertising that is seen as kitsch.[5]
Gallery
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A TypoPolo design in Cyrillic script at the 10th-Anniversary Stadium, 2008 -
A food outlet in Szydłów -
Sign of the McKaczor shop in Cracow -
A sign outside a barber shop in Cracow -
Sign of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, the design of which drew inspiration from TypoPolo and the Polish road signs typeface
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- ↑ Goethals, Kasper; Kortas, Olivia (18 April 2015). "Design in Poland: Catching up with capitalism". The Krakow Post.
- ↑ Wawrzkiewicz, Rene (2014). TypoPolo: Album Typograficzno-fotograficzny (in polski). Fundacja Bęc Zmiana. ISBN 978-83-62418-37-4. Search this book on
- ↑ "TYPOPOLO". Museum of Modern Art.
- ↑ Czerniewska-Andryszczyk, Klara (May 2014). "Litery Dookoła Głowy". Dwuty Godnik (in polski). No. 133.
- ↑ "TYPOPOLO – a nostalgic Polish time capsule in the rhythm of disco". Studio Bardzo. 21 March 2022.
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