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Aleksandra Toborowicz Catalogue of Incunabula Book Series
Catalogue of Incunabula Book Series is Silver Design Award winner in 2020 - 2021 Print and Published Media Design Award Category.
Catalogue of Incunabula Book Series

The two-volume "Catalogue of Incunabula in the National Library of Poland" presents the collection of 15th-century prints held by the BNP. The idea of the project refers to the style of the first Renaissance prints and typography – both in the materials’ selection: elegant, hand-made cover, by referring to typography, an oldstyle Adobe Jenson font, large initials, which are the leitmotif of the project, as well as the technique of two-color typographic printing in the title of the cover.

Catalogue of Incunabula Book Series
Aleksandra Toborowicz Catalogue of Incunabula
Aleksandra Toborowicz Book Series
Aleksandra Toborowicz design
Aleksandra Toborowicz design
Aleksandra Toborowicz

Dr Aleksandra Toborowicz is a Polish graphic designer, muralist, painter and academic teacher – Professor Assistant and Head of the Lettering and Typography Studio and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Graphics Art at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, Poland. PhD degree (Doctor of Arts) at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow in 2015. In 2008 graduated from the Faculty of Graphics Art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (Poland). DESIGNER / PAINTER / MURALIST / LECTURER Graphic designer, designing mostly for typography, publishing, murals and installations. Awards: 2 Golden, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze and 5 Iron A' Design Awards for books and ID and website in A’ Design Award and Competition (2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023), 3 x winner in 50 Books in 50 books | 50 covers organized by Design Observer and AIGA, 2 x Polish Graphic Design Awards,, the Merit Award in the Hiii Typography 2014, European Design Award, Communication Arts – Exhibit Online 2015, Behance and Editorial Design Served, the Most Beautiful Books of the Year (2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022). 2 awards of the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, the National Education Committee Medal 2015, Art of Packaging; Scholarship of Polish Ministry of Culture and Heritage "Młoda Polska" in 2010 and scholarship of Ministry of Culture and Heritage in 2016, 2002 and 2020. Member of a board Foundation Znaczy Się (2012–2013).

National Library of Poland / Biblioteka Narodowa

The National Library acts as the central library of the state and one of the most important cultural institutions in Poland. Its mission is to protect national heritage preserved in the form of handwritten, printed, electronic, recorded sound and audiovisual documents. The primary task of the National Library is to acquire, store and permanently archive the intellectual output of Poles, whether the works of citizens living on Polish soil, the most important foreign works, or publications related to Poland and published abroad.