ABOUT VALP:

Valp is Maciej Hajnrich. Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Art Director.

 

Born in 1981, living and working in Katowice, Poland. Self-taught and full-time freelance artist with five years of experience in print and webdesign. Valp has established himself as a creative digital artist - after years of experimenting and playing with imagination he has build his own style with high attention to details, colours and textures. Graphic design for Valp always was something more than just a profession.

During last two years of his full-time freelance work he was commissioned by the Warner Music UK, Odeon Film Studio, Platige Image, Warner Music Poland, Armada Skis to name a few. Valp delivered web designs for official Inglorious Basterds website, illustrations for worldwide promotion of musical Pricilla - Queen of the Desert and official tour artworks for Pendulum; he was also a judge for iStockphoto's Battle Royale and his work has been widely published.

Valp is also a member of Keystone Design Union and Depthcore digital arts community.

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RECOGNITION:

Books:
Logo Lounge 04 /Die Gestalten 2008

Design Elements: A graphic style manual / by Timothy Samara, Rockport Publishing 2007

 

Appearances:
iStockPhoto Battle Royale - Guest Judge

 

Magazines (print & online):
DesignTaxi > front seat interview /July 2009
SiteSketch101 > interview /July 2009

Web Designer /guest feature/article, July 2009
Digital Arts /May 2009

Inspired-Inspirers.com /Nov. 2008

Digital Temple #03 /France, Oct. 2008

A5 Magazine #05 /Israel, May. 2008
DV8 / UK, Apr. 2008
PSDTuts > interview / Mar. 2008
Gravity Guide #03 / Interview, cover design; UK, Mar. 2008
Art&Design / interview+showcase; China, Mar. 2008
Top 10 Design Moments / Jan. 2008
UCE Life Magazine / USA, 2007
Muse / Interview, Oct. 2007
Format Magazine #22 / Interview, Aug. 2007
A5 Magazine #03 / Israel, 2007
The Royal Magazine / on-line Interview; USA, Aug. 2007
Summer Solstice / by theKDU
Winter Solstice Book by KDU & Proof7 USA
Computer Arts Projects #98 / Showcase, Jun. 2007
BAK Magazine #07 / Interview online
NWP E-zine #05, #07 / Interview, showcase
Identita Book / Czech, Poster Biennale
HEAD Magazine #16, #33
Pergamina #2 /Poland
Zupi #1 / Brazil
Zupi. Is Art. / Brazil

 

iStockPhoto - Design of the Week, TAXI - Website of the Day, Pixelsurgeon, TheFWA, Netdiver, NewWebPick, Cpluv and others... Thank you!

EXHIBITIONS:

Reg'Arts - Invisible Borders Lille, France {G} April-June 2009

NuVisualLanguage at Bargate Monument Gallery, Southampton/UK {G} May-June 2008

Party Print, Lodz/Poland; {G} Oct.'07
Rezydencja Music Club Opening, Lodz/Poland; Jun.'07
Illustration:2007, Cow Design Festival, Ukraine; {G} May.'07
Innovation & Design Expo, Hong Kong {G} Nov.'06, via NewWebPick Identita, Czech Republic Oct.'06 {G}
Design Desant, Lodz/Poland; Oct.'06
{G} = Group exhibitions

CLIENTS:

Armada Skis
Back Row Productions
Beltaine
Cogitatur Music Club
Copernicus Science Centre
Currara Perfumes
Deep Silver
Fizogen
Good Music Productions
Harms Software
Key West Armory
Kraft Foods Poland
Miss Fitness (Ru) Magazine
Odeon Design Studio
Pendulum
Photron Cameras
Platige Image
Priscilla Queen of the Desert Musical
Psd Photoshop (Fr) Magazine
SpotCo NY Design Studio
The Keystone Design Union
Unilever Poland/Knorr
Warner Music Poland
Zjednoczenie.com Design Studio

FRIENDS:

Emeric Trahand - StillOnTheRun
Jing Zhang - Mazakii
Jozias Dawson - Otradesign
Justin Hethcoat - Faceless
Karol Kolodzinski - Sugarrhyme
Loïc Sattler - Lysergid
Matei Apostolescu - 013a
Mike Harrison - Destill
Nelson Balaban - XTRABOLD
Pawel Nolbert - Hellocolor
Perttu Murto
Peter Jaworowski - The Hejz
Radim Malinic - Brand Nu
Tomek - Peak21
Xavier Bourdil
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