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Hello, my name is Alina Rybacka-Gruszczyńska and I am an art director / graphic designer / architect / runner / ex-tutor. I love paper, grids, layouts, typography and books. Basically, I love to design and explore.
I’m an independent learner, constantly learning, exploring and paying attention to the context. I’m also a proud member of Awwwards Jury, Cover Awards Jury and Association of Applied Graphic Designers (STGU).
Ever since I can remember, even when I was little, I have loved everything connected with paper. Making prints and books keeps me calm.
I graduated from the faculty of architecture. It’s not a typical path of education for graphic designers. Because of that, I can combine visual intuition with engineering skills.
WHAT CAN I SAY MORE?
EXHIBITIONS
Peace Has No Home: Posters for Ukraine, Public Works Gallery, Chicago, USA
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2023
The Varsovianer: covers exhibition, TRŁ, Warsaw, Poland
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2023
Kobiety na wybory, Warsaw, Poland
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2023
Trisity ###5: Trójmiejski Festiwal Sitodruku, Zbrojownia Sztuki, Gdańsk, Poland
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2023
Reinterpretation. Contemporary Polish Poster Art, Nagoya City University, Japan
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2022
Independence. Artworks for Ukraine. Midori-So Gallery, Bakuroyokoyama, Tokyo, Japan
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2022
The SEVEN exhibition, Traffic Design, Gdynia, Poland
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2022
WDCD × Posters Can Help, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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2022
Reclaim, Cologne, Germany
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2021
Siata Fakap, Gdynia Tubaza
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2020
Trisity vol. 3, Gdynia Tubaza
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2019
100th anniversary of the POC in Warsaw and Brussels
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2019
Furora x Posterwomen exhibition, Berlin, Germany
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2018
PosterFest, Budapest, Hungary
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2018
Inspiration – Interaction – Internet, Museum of poster, Warsaw, Poland
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2018
Cover awArts 2017: the best music cover of the year, Katowice, Warszawa, Gdańsk, Kraków, Poland
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2018
post-competition exhibition CSK in Lublin, Poland
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2015
PUBLICATIONS
book Poster can help, Slanted,
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2023
book 100 POSTER BATTLE 2 — Sharing Cultural Identities, Slanted
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2022
book Book by cover. Contemporary Polish design of book covers, Karakter
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2021
book Notamuse. A New Perspective on Women Graphic Designers in Europe
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2019
book Inspo Finds Collection I
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2017
book Exhibition Art – Graphics and Space Design
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2016
book Basic Identity 2, Index Book
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2015
It’s Nice That, Grafmag, Design&Paper, Typographicposters, Trendlist, Coverjunkie, Creative Boom, Stalnted, NN6T, The Brief, Label Magazine, Designboom, DTF Magazine
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online
AWARDS & MENTIONS
Behance Galleries – 37 showcases
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Awwwards – 3 honorable mentions
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Polish Graphic Design Awards – 3 honorable mentions, 4 nominations
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Projekt Roku by STGU – 2 nominations
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CSS Light, CSS Winner, CSS Real – 6 honorable mentions
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Mindsparklemag – 2x site of the day
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winner of the Reclaim Award
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2021
Mobile Trend Awards – 1st place for Vogue app (free time category)
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2020
winner in poster competition for 14 Festiwal Polskich Sztuk Współczesnych R@Port
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2019
#createasus – honorable mention in the poster competition
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2018
2nd place in poster competition inspiration – interaction – internet
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2018
portfolio event See&Say – 2 honorable mentions
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2015
Dworzec Centralny’s logo – honorable mention
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2013
wayfinding & signage
websites & apps
ux & architecture
books & publications
books & album covers
packaging
art direction / brandings
visual identities
posters
WHAT CAN I DO?
interview for online platform Ahoy
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2022
lecture for poster class Poster Battle at Fachhochschule Dortmund of Prof. Lars Harmsen
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2021
Recognition
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