I’m pleased to write about the newest 2+3D magazine – the Polish Design Quarterly. Editors revealed the real and the very first aim of creating that magazine. Alike for Designeast.eu the concept was a promotion of our part of Europe. While Krakow is close to Bratislava, Budapest and Prague they wanted to get to know each other and make the G4 idea (name taken from the group of countries who signed the Visegrad agreement and contrasting with G8 – the seven most industrialized countries and Russia). The very promising is an idea to cooperate with these countries creating a platform to reach more aims together.
The cover and the title page was designed by a Hungarian, Zsolt Czakó, and the graphic layout by Czech, Alan Zaruba. The magazine is made up of four independently edited sections concerning to every national variation – Czech, Slovak, Hungary, Poland. This special 23rd issue has a larger print-run and can be bought in those countries. Each part was laid out with a typeface designed in the relevant country, written in it’s language and shows the current state of design presented by partners.
As the Editors write: “We hope to be able to continue the G4 idea in some kind of form, in particular since we now know how to do it, and because the shared meetings are not only an exchange of professional experiences, but also a feast with Czech beer, Slovak haluški, Hungarian gulash and Polish (Russian-style) pierogi.”
