visual art

Fantasy Warsaw full of dinosaurs and mythical creatures is new design for Hermès scarves – and they cost 15,000 PLN

Polish children’s book illustrator, Jan Bajtlik, has had his unique dream interpretation of Warsaw printed onto the $395 scarves produced by fashion giant Hermès. Jan Bajtlik/Facebook

The design by Warsaw graduate Jan Bajtlik and named ‘Animalpolis’ is like a story book. Warsaw skyscrapers stand in an apocalyptic overgrown state as mythical and sci-fi creatures run amock through the deserted streets.

From a dark grey Stalinist childhood to a colourful realm of unbridled imagination, the voyage of ‘Grateful Dead’ illustrator Jan Sawka

“On one hand, my father was a passionate and dedicated artist with great self-discipline, with a vision which he needed to communicate to the world. On the other hand he was a very warm family person, who also cared about his friends. He was very generous to other artists, he wrote about them and tried to help their careers.” Considered one of Poland’s most psychedelic visual artists, on the 72nd anniversary of Jan Sawka’s birth TFN’s Jacek Borowski talks exclusively to the artist’s daughter Hanna Maria Sawka.

Visual artist and choreographer pushes the boundaries to scoop international art prize

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