Nowadays, it is almost impossible to find any obvious signs of rich and complicated history of Łódź, my hometown. There are no longer any Russian signboards, German newspapers or Jewish synagogues – typical for the period of 1821-1939, but not anymore.

 

I wanted to take the reader on a journey to the past, illustrating the book with prints of archive leaflets, posters, letters and newspapers, which I collected in various city archives. Unique structure of the book is also a metaphor of the complicated relationships between the four nations that had to coexist in the city of Łódź at the time – Poles, Jews, Germans and Russians.

 

Designed as a final project for my Master Degree in Graphic Design at Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.