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Proces

Poster for the movie “Proces” (2024).
“Proces” is an innovative and multidimensional work of art that combines music and film to present a fascinating journey through various stages of life changes. The production, created by rapper Robert Knapik (Knaps) and the talented producer duo Ensoul, focuses on the ambiguous meaning of the word “process” – as a symbol of Knaps’ life’s challenges and legal trials.

Poster features a vertical red stripe, a direct reference to the appearance of legal case files in Poland.

In the background, a Polish housing estate (blokowisko) is visible – the environment where Knaps was raised. The harsh realities of growing up in such a place, marked by limited opportunities and social pressure, play a crucial role in the film’s narrative.

The Wolf of Wall Street

Alternative poster for Martin Scorsese's masterpiece, The Wolf of Wall Street – a film portraying the rise and fall of Jordan Belfort, a notorious stockbroker and conman.
24x36 inches
2024

Violence creates violence

Every bombing in Gaza by Israel leaves deep scars, not just in the destroyed buildings but in the hearts of the next generation of Palestinians. Each violent act creates anger and a desire for revenge, keeping the conflict going. Children who see the destruction and loss feel a deep sense of injustice and pain, which often turns into a drive for revenge. As the violence goes on, so does the chance that future generations will want to retaliate.

127 Hours

Alternative poster for Danny Boyle's '127 Hours' movie
24x36 inches
2024

Game Over

I had the pleasure of designing a poster for Pawel Powolny's upcoming movie 'Game Over'. Our cooperation was so enjoyable that we ended up creating three posters!

2024

The Flash

Unused artwork for the 2023 film by Andy Muschietti

Another Round

Four high school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.

Featured on Stefan Sagmeister’s Instagram

Featured in Behance Graphic Design gallery

Star Wars: A New Hope

May the 4th Be With You!
In celebration of Star Wars Day, here’s my latest poster for 'Star Wars: A New Hope.' This movie holds a special place in my heart, as it ignited my love for the galaxy far, far away. #ANewHope #MayThe4thBeWithYou
24x36”
2023

The Killer

Alternative movie poster for David Fincher's 'The Killer'.

The Big Lebowski

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski, mistaken for a millionaire of the same name, seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to help get it.

Featured on Stefan Sagmeister’s Instagram

Featured in Behance Graphic Design gallery

Citizen Kane

Following the death of publishing tycoon Charles Foster Kane, reporters scramble to uncover the meaning of his final utterance; 'Rosebud'.

Featured on Stefan Sagmeister’s Instagram

Featured in Behance Graphic Design gallery

Missed Opportunity

Guess we’re all thrilled Joe Biden's still leading the charge
#MissedOpportunity #Debates2024

Green Man

Cover for an audiobook by Casey Wells, narrated by actor Scoot McNairy (Narcos, Argo, 12 Years A Slave, True Detective).

Available on Audible / Amazon

2022

Laced

Official poster for “Laced”, upcoming feature film by Kyle Butenhoff.
”Laced” is a modern Thriller in the vein of Hitchcockian classics like "Dial M for Murder" and "Rear Window". Set in a single location, the piece explores the claustrophobic nature of young love strung with toxicity and lies, and the cyclical nature of violence.
2022

Krolowa/Queen

'Królowa / Queen’ (2022), a short film directed by Przemek Kulikowski.

Batman Begins

Private commission
24x36”

The Clown

I used to admire Elon Musk for his work in tech, but after he took over Twitter, things changed – he started using “free speech” as an excuse to spread hate and silence those who disagree.

Parasite

Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.

Featured on Stefan Sagmeister’s Instagram

Featured in Behance Graphic Design gallery

Replacement

‘Replacement’ is a short feature film, directed by Jacek Redzko. Winner in the ‘Best short Horror/Mystery/Crime Film’ category at the Halicarnassus Festival (Turkey). Official selection of the Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival 2021, Madrid Indie Film Festival MADRIFF 2021, and Venice Art Awards 2021.

‘Replacement’ is an attempt to approach the metaphysical drama genre. It speaks (although there are no dialogues in it) about communication at different levels of consciousness.

Winner in the 'Best Poster' category at the 2022 Rome Prisma Film Awards.

Arrival

Directed by Denis Villeneuve.
Louise Banks, a linguistics expert, along with her team, must interpret the language of aliens who've come to earth in a mysterious spaceship.

24x36”
2021

Shutter Island

In 1954, up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He's been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he thinks he's been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy's shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals "escape" in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything - his memory, his partner, even his own sanity.

Private commission
24x36”

Tenet

Directed by Christopher Nolan. A secret agent is given a single word as his weapon and sent to prevent the onset of World War III. He must travel through time and bend the laws of nature in order to be successful in his mission.

2021

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

24x36”

The Social Network

Directed by David Fincher. As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea, and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.

2021

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

2019

Psycho

A tribute to Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 Thriller-Horror Masterpiece.

Featured in Behance Graphic Design Curated Gallery

2015

Rear Window

Hitchcock made a career out of indulging our voyeuristic tendencies, and never better than in Rear Window (1954).

Featured in Behance Graphic Design Curated Gallery

2015

The Birds

An updated version of a poster I've made way back in 2009. Finally happy with the result!

Featured in Behance Graphic Design Curated Gallery

2015

12 Angry Men

Following the closing arguments in a murder trial, the 12 members of the jury must deliberate, with a guilty verdict meaning death for the accused, an inner-city teen. As the dozen men try to reach a unanimous decision while sequestered in a room, Juror No. 8 (Henry Fonda) casts considerable doubt on elements of the case. Personal issues soon rise to the surface, and conflict threatens to derail the delicate process that will decide one boy's fate.

2019

Echoes of Influence

I am deeply concerned and genuinely terrified by the large number of Americans who are inclined to vote for Donald Trump. It's crucial to remember that casting your vote for Trump or expressing support for him means, in effect, endorsing the war in Ukraine. Trump's stance and policies have far-reaching implications, and supporting him aligns with a position that threatens stability not just in Ukraine and Europe, but potentially most of the world.

Alien

Poster for one of the greatest sci-fi horror movies ever put to film.

2018

The Ninth Gate

A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones.

Featured on Stefan Sagmeister’s Instagram

Featured in Behance Graphic Design gallery

Good Morning, Vietnam

I was honoured to be a part of the very first Alternative Movie Posters Exhibition, '30x30'.

'Our first exhibition will be held in the heart of Brick Lane, East London from 22nd-23rd September. Something we at AMP have wanted to do for a long time now, and this is the perfect theme to launch our on-going series of exhibitions, 30 films that turn 30. This year we have teamed up with 30 incredible artists to bring this show to life and celebrate the year that produced some true genre defining films, 1987.'

It was also a great opportunity to create a tribute to Robin Williams, one of my all-time favourite actors.

2017

Blade Runner

In a cyberpunk vision of the future, man has developed the technology to create replicants - humanoid androids with short, fixed lifespans - which are illegal on Earth, but are used in the off-world colonies. In Los Angeles, California, 2019, Deckard is a "blade runner", a cop who specializes in terminating replicants. He is forced to come out of retirement when four replicants escape from an off-world colony and come to Earth.

Featured on Stefan Sagmeister’s Instagram

Featured in Behance Graphic Design gallery

Edward Scissorhands

An artificial man, who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands, leads a solitary life. Then one day, a suburban lady meets him and introduces him to her world.

Featured on Stefan Sagmeister’s Instagram

Featured in Behance Graphic Design gallery

Inception

2017

Interstellar

Finally some new work! :-)
Poster for undoubtedly my favorite Christopher Nolan movie so far.

Giclée art print

2016

Godzilla vs. Kong

The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history against one another - the fearsome Godzilla and the mighty Kong - with humanity caught in the balance.
2021

Leon The Professional

'You're not going to lose me. You've given me a taste for life. I want to be happy. Sleep in a bed, have roots. And you'll never be alone again, Mathilda. Please, go now, baby, go. Calm down, go now, go.' - Leon

17 x 36"

Fight Club

'And suddenly I realize that all of this: the gun, the bombs, the revolution... has got something to do with a girl named Marla Singer.'

2013

Le Grand Bleu

I made a poster for Luc Besson's 1988 movie Le Grand Bleu (The Big Blue), to celebrate its upcoming 30th anniversary. A hit in Europe but a flop in the US - where it was trimmed, rescored, and given a new ending - it has endured as a minor cult classic for its gorgeous photography and dreamy ambiance.

15 x 36"

2016

The Crow

Alternative movie poster for one of my all-time favs: Alex Proyas’ "The Crow" (1994).

Grid movie posters

The idea was to create a very simple, modernist poster series for movie enthusiasts. The designs rigorously adhere to the same mold: a circle overlaid by two diagonals, all inscribed in a square (the template can be seen at the bottom of this page).

Short comparison movie: Vimeo

2012

Training Day

On his first day on the job as a Los Angeles narcotics officer, a rookie cop goes on a 24-hour training course with a rogue detective who isn't what he appears. Starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke.

2016

Singin' in the Rain

A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

Featured on Stefan Sagmeister’s Instagram

Featured in Behance Graphic Design gallery

Outliers

Cover for an audiobook by Casey Wells, starring Rory Culkin
2022

Jaws 2

Private commission.

2018

Falling Down

Poster for ‘Falling Down’ (1993)
24x36”

New Trio

New Trio, a Polish jazz band formed by Mateusz Smoczyński with his brother Jan on Hammond organ and Alexander Zinger. In 2010 they released their first CD ‘Simultaneous Abstractions’ which was nominated for ‘Best Recording Debut of the Year’ at Fryderyki Awards (Polish Grammy).

In loving memory of Swietlana Michaluk

Nice review

Listen on Spotify

INDITEX

I was asked by Inditex, the biggest fashion group in the world, to create a cover and series of illustrations for a December/New Year issue of their IN magazine. It has been printed in 12 languages, for 140.000 employees all over the world.

Inditex wanted to use minimalism as a message and a game for the reader. The goal would be to reflect on what is important for the company along 2016.

All artwork & text © 2015 INDITEX

Star Wars Trilogy

There will never be a better Trilogy...

2014

Jigsaw

Artwork for Jigsaw (2017).
© 2017 Lionsgate

Fog Production

Advertisement for Press Magazine.

'Every detail affects the final result of production. That's why we walk firmly on the ground, but we can also fly where others are afraid.'

Text by Igor Seider

2018

Coat of arms of Poland

My thoughts on the current political situation in Poland (even more accurate in 2015).

2010

Twin Peaks

'The Black Lodge – a place of almost unimaginable power, chock full of dark forces and vicious secrets. No prayers dare enter this frightful maw. The spirits there care not for good deeds or priestly invocations; they're as like to rip the flesh from your bone as greet you with a happy "good day." And if harnessed, these spirits in this hidden land of unmuffled screams and broken hearts would offer up a power so vast that its bearer might reorder the Earth itself to his liking.' - Windom Earle

2014

Proces

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The Wolf of Wall Street

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Violence creates violence

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127 Hours

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Game Over

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The Flash

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Another Round

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Star Wars: A New Hope

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The Killer

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The Big Lebowski

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Citizen Kane

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Missed Opportunity

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Green Man

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Laced

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Krolowa/Queen

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Batman Begins

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The Clown

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Parasite

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Replacement

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Arrival

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Shutter Island

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Tenet

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

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The Social Network

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

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Psycho

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Rear Window

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The Birds

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12 Angry Men

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Echoes of Influence

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Alien

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The Ninth Gate

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Good Morning, Vietnam

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Blade Runner

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Edward Scissorhands

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Inception

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Interstellar

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Godzilla vs. Kong

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Leon The Professional

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Fight Club

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Le Grand Bleu

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The Crow

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Grid movie posters

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Training Day

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Singin' in the Rain

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Outliers

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Jaws 2

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Falling Down

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New Trio

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INDITEX

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Star Wars Trilogy

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Jigsaw

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Fog Production

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Coat of arms of Poland

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Twin Peaks

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