Book is a catalog of unique documents of everyday social life from the period of the Polish national uprising against the annexation of Poland by the Russian Empire in January 1863. It was the largest and longest national uprising in Poland, as well as in Lithuania and parts of Belarus, it collapsed in the fall of 1864. The catalog was issued as an anniversary publication on the 160th anniversary of the outbreak of the uprising. The ceremonial nature of the publication was emphasized by the gold color, which is also reminiscent of the shimmering January snow, hardcover and golden panels.

Artist, designer, educator and art curator. Assistant professor at the Institute of Graphic Design of the Władysław Strzemiński Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, where I teach the basics of graphic design, social design and accessible design. I am involved in educational projects at the intersection of art and science, I cooperate with the Center for Digital Biology and Biomedical Sciences at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Łódź. I have several dozen publications on art topics to my credit, as well as numerous projects in the field of visual identification of public space and cultural events. My works have been presented at numerous individual and collective exhibitions around the world.

The National Library of Poland acts as the central library of the country and is 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 of Poland is to acquire, store and permanently archive the intellectual output of Poles, including the works of citizens living on Polish soil, the most important foreign works, and publications related to Poland and published abroad.