How did you become designer?

For me It’s been a long journey to become a designer. I’ve loved drawing since I was a child, and I’ve been interested in everything related to the arts. I’ve always loved beautifully illustrated books and album covers. I’m a self-taught designer and as I remember I was about 16 when I first discovered Photoshop exists.

Besides visual arts, my other great love is music. I remember making fictitious album covers and uploading them to MySpace when its still existed. One day a band wrote to me that they wanted to use one of them for their next album. From there, the requests came and I made album covers, booklets and T-shirt designs to mostly metal bands, but for a long time I thought it would be a hobby.

Soon after, I became interested in packaging design and decided to learn everything I could, I went to a large printing house for an internship, where I learned the basics of prepress. Then I participated a a beer label contest where I won among many designers, which was followed by the next one, which I also won. That’s when everything changed and I knew that this is what I wanted to do as a full-time job. Since then, I have been working as a freelance designer.

How would you define your vision of design, your style? 

I don’t like to put myself in a box, so I work in many different styles. I think vintage style is the closest to me, however, if a design requires, it is necessary to add something new and unique. Of course if the client’s brief says the product must have reflects an old world charm, I don’t give it a modern twist. But there is always a way you can find a way to make it unique and one of a kind.

On the other hand I like to try other perspectives, ideas. The goal is to create an aesthetically appealing and timeless design which is unique. If the design and brief lets me to try to find my own way outside of the boundaries of a style, the outcome often can be thrilling in a good way.

And sometimes the vision changes while in the process, a ’wrong’ drawned line can lead me to a new path which I didn’t think of before. Imperfection can born perfection.

For the future, what are your professional projects?

The goal is always to reach the next level, I try to achieve this through continuous learning and development. I am always open to new projects. Professionally, I want to deal mainly with packaging and poster design, especially alcohol labels and craft beer packaging designs.

I am currently looking for a craft brewery or distillery with whom we can work together in the long term. But just like with the styles I don’t want to close myself into anything, if a good fitting partnership comes to my way I will happily working on anthing.

I’m working with 2 really old (more than 100 year old) historical companies, and my heart always beats heavier if we are working together on something new, because its always a time travel to me back to the past.

Thats a hard question… Maybe the most when I see I can solve a problem creatively and the final piece of the puzzle takes its place. Another thing I really love is when I get a flow feeling while working and get carried away by the process.