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Watercolor + letterpress business cards

04.02.2015Design, journal, My Work, Personal, Stationery, Stylingart direction, art director, brand, brand work, branding, branding designer, branding designer seattle, branding studio seattle, branding work, business cards, classic, classic business cards, freelance, freelance designer, freelance designer seattle, freelance graphic designer, freelance work, graphic design, graphics, identity, letterpress, letterpress business cards, letterpress cards, letterpressed business cards, lovely stationery, modern business cards, modern design, neon edge, personal stationery, pink edge, print, print designer, seattle designer, stationery, stationery designer, type, typeinspire, typography, watercoloriwonak

I’ve been loving my business cards since they day I got them, but once in a while I get the idea to “spice” them up somehow. I’ve wanted something simple, organic, something that wouldn’t overwhealm the classic design of my cards. So, yesterday while working with watercolors on the new wedding invitation, I’ve decided to carry on and add some colors to my cards. I went over each one with a touch of watercolor and I’m surprised how nicely letterpress paper takes watercolor. I love they way they’ve turned out, how each one is different and how the turquoise watercolor works with the letterpress and pink edges.

In the studio: black watercolor

03.11.2015Design, journal, Lettering & Calligraphy, Stationery, Weddings & Eventsart direction and design, brush calligraphy, brush lettering, designer, freelance designer, freelance designer seattle, graphic design, inspiration, inspiration board, invitation designer, iwonak, mood board, moodboard, seattle stationer, seattle wedding invitations, stationery design, watercolor, wedding collection, wedding designer, wedding invitation, wedding stationery, wedding work, work in progressiwonak

This week has been really busy but so fun. I’m working on new wedding invitations design and I’m so excited about this new direction. Layers, textures, watercolor – can’t get any better than this. Here are few little snippets from the process.

Daily Lettering: Have fun

03.09.2015Design, journal, Lettering & Calligraphy, My Workbrush calligraphy, brush lettering, calligraphy, daily lettering, freelance designer, graphic designer, hand made type, have fun, iwonak, lettering, lettering 365, seattle calligrapher, seattle designer, seattle letterer, typinspire, typography, watercolor, watercolor lettering, wedding calligraphy, wedding designer, wedding lettering, wisdom, words of wisdomiwonak

One thing that is quickly becoming my obsession is watercolor lettering and calligraphy. I work mostly on branding and design project nowadays and working with brushes and paint gives me a nice break from the computer and pushes me in a different, more artsy direction. I quite like it. It’s been a while since I’ve created something with my hands. I share most of my daily work and life on Instagram, but will try to share a bit here.

In The Studio: Calligraphy & Watercolors

07.20.2013Lettering & Calligraphy, My Work, Weddings & Eventsbeautiful stationery, day of wedding stationery, Lettering & Calligraphy, place cards, pointed pen, practicing calligraphy, seattle calligrapher, watercolor, weddingsiwonak

This week was pretty crafty. I took on a challenging project, designing and calligraphy of the day of the wedding stationery. I had been wanting to try artsy, hand painting project in a while and I was finally able to do so with watercolors. I was also able to put my calligraphy skills to use on place cards, table numbers and signs. They turned out great considering I have ways to go before I master the art of the pointed pen. I’ve been practicing it for a while and the whole process takes a whole lot of time and patience. Here is a little peek at all the watercolor and calligraphy I’ve done so far.

InTheStudio_CalligraphyAndWatercolors_IwonaK

These watercolor place cards were done on an uncoated heavy Mohawk stock (just had some laying around the office) with just basic watercolors in beautiful shades of pink. I used black and gold calligraphy inks to add a little sparkle….

Recent Work: Seattle Symphony’s 2012–2013 season brochure

02.29.2012Design, My Workart direction, bold typography, branding, catalog design, graphic design, iwona konarski, iwonak, print, print designer, season brochure, season catalog, seattle graphic designer, watercoloriwonak

1213 Seattle Symphony brochure cover by Iwona Konarski

1213 Seattle Symphony brochure inside pages by Iwona Konarski

1213 Seattle Symphony brochure pages by Iwona Konarski

Today, I wanted to share with you a brochure I recently completed for the Seattle Symphony. You can see a sneak preview of it here. On the cover I featured the Symphony’s tagline – Listen Boldly – which was designed as a logo and paired with artsy watercolor. The mood for this season was joyful, romantic, welcoming with bold typography, bright color palette and large artist photos. Turns out, working with color makes me so excited! Working on something this cheery was definitely refreshing and it will be so much fun for the remaining of the season. I had lots of fun with watercolors and this whole do-it-yourself thing was a blast. This was a really fun project to work on and it might be my favorite design to date.

Simon Woods, Seattle Symphony Executive Director, calls this season “… a simply sensational season. … The programing is inspiring, innovative and stimulating, and with a big emphasis on informality and accessibility. … another exciting validation of the tremendous energy that we and so many others are experiencing under Ludovic Morlot’s leadership.” Looks like 2012-2013 season will be amazing! Please come to Benaroya Hall to listen to fantastic music and check my designs in person.

To see the whole brochure head over to issuu.

Sneak Peak: Seattle Symphony 2012/2013 Season Brochure

01.27.2012Design, My Workart direction, bright, colorful design, design, fun brochure, fun design, iwona konarski, season brochure, seattle designer, seattle symphony, watercoloriwonak

1213 Seattle Symphony Season Brochure Cover and Inside pages

I thought I’d pop in and share with you a sneak of this brochure! Just got it back from the printer and I’m thrilled to finally have it in my hands. It’s so bright and colorful and sooo different than anything I have done in the past. It’s been my life for the last few months – in the making since September! I promise to take more photos and published them here soon. See ya!

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