Chopin stamp design

Urbański is one of the most important names in Polish typography, a designer of over 200 books, many graphic symbols and leaflets. “You have to taste typography… or give up and look for another, easier job, ”he said in an interview with Ewa Prządka. Its design it was primarily functional, but also refined and thoughtful in the smallest details. In the logotype of the Towarzystwo im. Fryderyk Chopin Urbański used a portrait Delacroix, however, subjected it to a monochrome processing using the halftone effect. In a large the scale, on the preparatory drawing, we can take a closer look at the technology of this procedure, based on illusion and simulation.