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Quo Vadis

Martyna Pazera

Bronze / 3rd placeWarsaw Biennale2025Illustration ledHand rendered
Warsaw Biennale · 2025

Quo Vadis

Martyna Pazera

Bronze / 3rd place · official source below
Hook
Elements scale up progressively from top to bottom: small marks form a title line at the top, then rows of increasingly large outlined objects until two dominate the bottom edge.
Hierarchy
The largest bottom shapes read first, the eye then climbs the size gradient upward to the title, reversing the usual top-down path.
Energy
The title is drawn in loose, uneven lowercase and caps letterforms spaced far apart across the top, matching the line weight of the drawings rather than any type family.
Transfer
Use graduated scaling of a single repeated outline to imply depth on a flat ground, and draw titling with the same stroke weight as the imagery to unify the two.

Why it works

A continuous scale gradient of one repeated motif produces depth without shading or a horizon, and the title matched to the drawing line makes text and image feel like one hand.

What to borrow

Use graduated scaling of a single repeated outline to imply depth on a flat ground, and draw titling with the same stroke weight as the imagery to unify the two.

Look closer

CompositionOpen

Elements scale up progressively from top to bottom: small marks form a title line at the top, then rows of increasingly large outlined objects until two dominate the bottom edge.

TypographyOpen

The title is drawn in loose, uneven lowercase and caps letterforms spaced far apart across the top, matching the line weight of the drawings rather than any type family.

HierarchyOpen

The largest bottom shapes read first, the eye then climbs the size gradient upward to the title, reversing the usual top-down path.

Image strategyOpen

One object is repeated dozens of times as pure outline drawing at graduated scales, so the repeat itself creates perspective and depth on a flat field.

Color strategyOpen

A single warm coral-red ground with dark charcoal outlines and no fills, keeping the whole sheet two-tone and open.

Still to be written: Concept · Negative space · Texture · Production

Notes by POSTER INDEX — observational analysis from official Warsaw Biennale asset

Source + details
Year
2025
Source
International Poster Biennale in Warsaw
Edition
29th edition — Thematic competition
Competition
Thematic competition
Award
Bronze / 3rd place
Country
Not recorded
Type
Thematic poster
Theme
QUO VADIS?
Style
Illustration led, Hand rendered
Typography
Not analyzed yet
Colour
Not analyzed yet
Density
Not analyzed yet
Imagery
Not analyzed yet
Provenance
Verified · official source
Source note
Not recorded
Image
External hotlink
Image note
Official Warsaw Poster Biennale asset · external hotlink · not owned by POSTER INDEX
Image credit
International Poster Biennale in Warsaw
Record ID
warsaw-29-thematic-quo-vadis-martyna-pazera

Source URL: https://warsawposterbiennale.com/en/aktualnosci/41/laureates-and-winners-of-the-29th-international-poster-biennale

Image source: https://warsawposterbiennale.com/en/aktualnosci/41/laureates-and-winners-of-the-29th-international-poster-biennale

Designers: Martyna Pazera

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