ART COMMISIONS

Poetry by Kamil Baczyński Illustrations and book design: OfToil&co This illustration series was developed in parallel with a curated selection of thirteen poems by Kamil Krzysztof Baczyński. The process unfolded in reverse: images were generated first as atmospheric studies, then matched, tested, and rematched against the poetry until a shared emotional register emerged. Rather than illustrating individual poems, the visuals respond to recurring states present across Baczyński’s work — inevitability, tenderness under pressure, enchantment with an undertow, loss, and duration after rupture. Nature appears not as scenery, but as a temporal force; figures exist in suspension between intimacy and erasure.

Eau Imaginaire is a visual exploration of fragrance before it becomes a product. The project unfolds as a series of bottle studies, atmospheric scenes, and symbolic forms — each iteration testing how scent might be communicated without language. Glass behaves like memory, light pools where notes would linger, and landscapes appear suspended, as if held inside the perfume itself.

Comprehensive design of both exterior and interior of the book. The cover includes front, spine, and back as defined above. The interior design involves typesetting, page composition, grid construction, font selection, and the hierarchy of textual and visual elements. Layouts are adapted to the demands of different manuscripts, including novels, collected works, poetry volumes, illustrated texts, or academic publications.

This limited edition series unfolds at the threshold between the built world and its afterimage. Originating from photographs of real urban structures, the images have been gently expanded into a quieter, more speculative territory—where architecture sheds its certainty and becomes atmosphere. Familiar forms stretch, repeat, and dissolve into pale fields of light, as if memory itself were doing the reconstruction.

Illustrations inspired by Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings and its adaptation in Matthew Barney’s film River of Fundament. The modern architecture of the City of Detroit is homogeneously integrated with architectural elements and motifs from ancient civilizations, creating a unique fusion of past and present.

Each image is a relic, glowing as though dredged from the ocean floor, half-buried in silt, half-alive with breath. They are not depictions but hauntings: architectures eroded into ghost forms, echoes of a drowned civilization whose silence still reverberates. Created in dialogue with machine vision, these works emerge from a threshold space — where algorithm becomes oracle, and the artist becomes cartographer of its hallucinations. Firefly’s spectral textures are not left to chance; they are cut, guided, reformed into a coherent lament.

Cover illustration inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince (1943), Chapter XXI. The Little Prince sits with the Fox in a golden wheat field at sunset, the moment the Fox whispers his secret: ‘On ne voit bien qu’avec le cœur. L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.’ Atmosphere of tenderness and luminous stillness, the invisible bond between them glowing softly, blending reality and dream.

Ai enhanced illustrations. In the realm of Sapio Century 3013, a groundbreaking AI-driven investigation delves into the metamorphosis of contemporary environments towards the distant future. This innovative study within the broader Sapio Century project explores the seamless transition from present-day settings to the landscapes of tomorrow. Utilizing generative AI technology, ordinary spaces undergo a radical metamorphosis, offering a glimpse into a world where the future is not a distant concept but a tangible reality. 

The Desert project, a part of the Sapio Century series, delves into mapping the future urban landscapes of 3013 using Ai generative tools within the Adobe Creative Suite. By analyzing existing structures, it anticipates the evolution of architecture and its resilience against decay in the coming centuries. Unlike many historical landmarks such as the Egyptian pyramids, Roman aqueducts, Medieval Gothic cathedrals, or Sumerian ziggurats, the Desert architecture showcases a durability stemming from its arid climate. This resilience, coupled with the advancements of the industrial age, promises a lasting legacy for human-designed structures.

Detroit Reimagined — Sapio Century 3013 AI reconstructs the architectural DNA of Detroit, transforming its skyline into a sentient organism of mirrored forms and flowing geometries. A meditation on memory, decay, and the self-evolving intelligence of cities to come.