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Aleksandra Toborowicz Sur les Chevaux Orientaux Scientific Publication of Manuscript
Sur les Chevaux Orientaux Scientific Publication of Manuscript is Golden Design Award winner in 2017 - 2018 Print and Published Media Design Award Category.
Sur les Chevaux Orientaux Scientific Publication of Manuscript

Exclusive scientific edition about Arabic culture and Arabian horses is based on and inspired by beautifully illustrated nineteenth-century manuscript "Sur les Chevaux Orientaux et Provenant des Races Orientales" written by Waclaw Rzewuski. It comprises 9 volumes published as 2 box sets in English & Polish. The binding features mix of gold and natural cream color, a reference to palette of the Arabian desert. Together with high-quality paper, these tones reflect the style of the traditional outer garments worn by Arab men. Created for the National Library of Poland and Qatar Museums Authority.

Sur les Chevaux Orientaux Scientific Publication of Manuscript
Aleksandra Toborowicz Sur les Chevaux Orientaux
Aleksandra Toborowicz Scientific Publication of Manuscript
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 in Warsaw (Poland) and Qatar Museums in Qatar

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. Following this fundamental function, the National Library is also responsible for a number of tasks that are of crucial importance to Polish culture. Serving as the chief archive of Polish literary output, the National Library is also a national bibliographic agency, a large research library focusing on the humanities, as well as a nationally and internationally recognized centre of preservation and conservation. It also fulfills a surpassing role in research, documentation and methodological activity in bibliography, library science and reading, and related areas connected with the social circulation of the book.