Tower - Monument Dedicated to Ukrainian Dignity and Freedom

Design for the metal column of memory and honor in the context of semantic and value space of Ukrainian history. 12 significant battles, 12 important events in the history of the Church of Ukraine and 6 quotes of famous Ukrainians as a typographic object that tells about the formation of the Ukrainian nation and statehood. The example of complex text combinatorics and as an architectural and textural rhyme with the great Ukrainian artist, photographer and kobzar Volodymyr Tatlin.

Oleksii Chekal, 2022 | Kharkiv, Ukraine

Oleksii Chekal is a Ukrainian graphic designer, calligrapher, and art historian. He specializes in complex cross-cultural and cross-language (Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic, and Syriac) design tasks in the field of cultural, museum, scientific and religious projects. He also has experience in creating fonts, logos, posters, book design, brand and packaging design. Works in any historical style and script for projects related to different faiths and religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) and for scientific conferences and publications. Oleksii is experimenting in the field of typographic art of letterpress and handmade technology. His research interests are related to the art history of type, as well as the history of the early Christian and medieval art of Byzantium, the Middle East, and Europe. Oleksii is a visiting professor at the Florence Academy of Classical.

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