Foliosite and archive for Michael Bojkowski aka okinterrupt
About this site
- Publication Design
- Type Design
- Identity work
- Education
- ePublishing
- Some writing
- All else (soon)
Project list (WIP)
| About this site | This is the foliosite and archive for design practioner, Michael Bojkowski whose goes by the moniker, okinterrupt. | Note: This site is a work-in-progress and updated spasmodically. Follow @okinterrupt on Instagram or check back here for updates. | ||
| biography |
Michael (aka okinterrupt) is a design practitioner with 20+ years experience across a wide and varied array of fields—currently focusing on publishing, typeface design, education and research. Michael is also a recent graduate of the Critical Inquiry Lab MA programme at Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands and has been facilitating studios with MA and BA students at RMIT University since 2016 on a range of topics including publication design, typography, design legacies, way-finding and data visualisation. Michael has continued to maintain a freelance design practice since 2009. Commissioned work includes book design, type design, identity work, design for public transport, textile design, wayfinding, pictographic design, writing and research for a diverse array of clients, collaborators and studios in Australia, the UK and the Netherlands including Uro Publications, the Victorian State Government (Department of Transport and Planning) and RMIT University. Project highlights have included presentation of graduating project ‘Many-Rooms’ as part of Dutch Design Week in 2020, editorial design for a number of Uro Publication projects such as ‘Influence: Edmond & Corrigan + Peter Corrigan’, ‘The Breeze Block Book’ and ‘Rogue: Art of a Garden’, typeface, wayfinding and textile design for Public Transport Victoria, editorial and identity design for Grafik magazine, 2011-2012, as well as lead design for various periodicals including Architectural Review Asia Pacific, (inside) magazine and Wallpaper*. Michael also writes about design, conducts and publishes self-initiated research projects and maintains a design research focused Discord group under the banner of Res >^..^< aka Research Catalogue. |
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| education |
Critical Inquiry Lab MA (formerly Design Writing & Curation) Design Academy Eindhoven Eindhoven, Netherlands Completed September 2020 |
Bachelor of Design (Graphic Design) Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia Completed December 1993 |
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work record (positions held) |
2009 to current |
Freelance design practitioner (publishing, type design & education) Australia, Netherlands, United Kingdom Clients and collaborators: Uro Publishing / Arts Access Victoria / Adobe (NL) / Axon Publishing / Buro North / Condé Nast (UK) / Cultuur Ondernemen (NL) / Esquire (UK) / Eurostar / Forma / Good Inc. / Grafik / Hardie Grant Books / H&M (for London Fashion Week) / Hearst Magazines (UK) / Ink Global / John Brown / Magnetic Design / Marks & Spencer / National Australia Bank / NME / RMIT University / Six Design / Someones / SugarFree Design / The Architectural Review / The Future Laboratory / The School of Life / Time Inc. U.K. / Transport for London / Vara Gids / Vic Roads / Virgin Trains / Wallpaper* / Wired (UK) / YCN |
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| 2014 to current |
Senior freelance designer Public Transport Victoria (Melbourne, Australia) Includes design of wayfinding, type design, textile design and various identity work. |
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| 2019 |
Social media editor USM at Salone de Mobile (Milan, Italy) |
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| 2013 – 2014 |
Freelance creative Fabio Ongarato Design (Melbourne, Australia) |
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| 2012 – 2013 |
Designer and art director, (niche): Media Design lead for (inside) Interior Design Review, Architectural Review Asia Pacific, IDEA (Interior Design Excellence Awards) |
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| 2011 – 2012 |
Freelance designer Wallpaper* for Future publishing (London, UK) |
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| 2010, 2012 |
Freelance creative GOOD Inc. (Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
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| 2006 – 2012 |
Freelance designer & art director Ink Global (London, UK) |
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| 2011 |
Freelance designer WIRED for Conde Nast (London, UK) |
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| 2010 – 2011 |
Writer & lead designer Grafik for Woodbridge & Rees (London, UK) |
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| 2009 – 2010 |
Freelance senior designer Magnetic Design (Melbourne, Australia) |
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| 2008 |
Freelance Designer Nick Bell Design (London, UK) Design studio lead & editorial designer The Future Laboratory (London, UK) including design for Viewpoint magazine |
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| 2006 – 2007 |
Freelance creative YCN (Young Creatives Network) (London, UK) Including design of two annuals & Ideas Illustrated magazine |
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| 2005 – 2009 |
Freelance designer & art director John Brown (London, UK) |
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| 2005 |
Design lead MusicHQ Media & Notion magazine (London, UK) |
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| 2004 |
Design studio lead Torrington (London, UK) |
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| 2003 |
Freelance designer MAU Design (Melbourne, Australia) |
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| 1999 to 2002 |
Freelance designer Aquent (Melbourne, Australia) |
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| practical skills |
Comprehensive working knowledge of:
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| educational portfolio | 2023 |
Lecturer & Tutor Communication Design Studies RMIT Communication Design BA studies |
Co-ordinator: Dr Nicola St John |
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Studio lead (design sprints) Communication Design Studio “Make Light, not Heat” data visualisation & story-telling brief RMIT Communication Design MA studies Studio lead (design sprints) SKO / Reflective Publication RMIT Communication Design MA studies |
Co-ordinator: Dr Noel Waite |
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| 2022 |
Lecturer Communication Design Studies “Pop+Protest: Queering Design” RMIT Communication Design BA studies |
Co-ordinator: Dr Nicola St John |
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Studio lead (& program) Advanced Communication Design Studio, “Making Known” expanded publishing brief RMIT Communication Design MA studies Tutor Advanced Communication Design Studio “Curated Digital Portfolio” RMIT Communication Design MA studies Programme: Arabella Kilmartin |
Co-ordinator: Dr Noel Waite |
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Teaching assistant Experimental Typography Workshop RMIT Communication Design MA studies |
Studio lead: Fayen D’Evie |
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Mentor WIL (Work Integrated Learning) RMIT University |
Co-ordinator: Dr Michael (Miek) Dunbar |
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| 2021 |
Studio lead (& program) Advanced Communication Design Studio, “Distributed Design, Designing Distribution” expanded publishing brief Studio lead (design sprints) Communication Design Studio “Yaluk Langa identity & Wayfinding” designing on Country with Heide Museum of Modern Art Studio lead (design sprints) SKO / Reflective Publication Tutor Advanced Communication Design Studio “Curated Digital Portfolio” Programme: Arabella Kilmartin |
Co-ordinator:
Dr Noel Waite All: RMIT Communication Design MA studies |
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| 2020 |
Studio lead (design sprints) Communication Design Studio “The Book to Come” expanded publishing brief Studio lead (design sprints) SKO / Reflective Publication |
Co-ordinator: Dr Noel Waite All: RMIT Communication Design MA studies |
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| 2019 |
Studio lead (& program) Experimental Typography Workshop “Typography in the Commons” RMIT Communication Design MA studies |
Co-ordinator: Noel Waite |
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| 2016 |
Tutor Editorial Design RMIT Communication Design BA studies |
Studio lead: Renato Gallina |
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| participation |
Safe Workshop, Bus Projects, Melbourne, 2021 |
Moving in Statis, Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2021 |
Troublemakers Class of 2020, Futuress, Online, 2020 |
Invited Jury Member D&AD Awards (Newspaper & Magazines), London, 2011 |
| attendance |
Transmediale Berlin, Germany February 2023 |
It's all Graphic, Wim Crouwel Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands December 2022 |
REDO Pristine, Kosovo October 2022 |
AGI Open, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2019 |
| contributions |
False Claim (in progress), Counter Forms, 2023 |
Interview with Annet Dekker for OpenSet Reader, Netherlands, 2017 |
Magazine review columns for Grafik magazine, 2009 to 2011 |
“Why Graphic Design?” Article for It’s Nice That, 2009. |
| research projects & presentations |
2023 On Pamphlets Essay and visual research on the legacy of the ‘pamphlet’ as format. |
2021 – ongoing Made of Stories Thesis project weaving together threaded stories on design and story-telling. |
2020 Many-Rooms Thesis project on writing as design practice. |
Ongoing The Grafik Archive Project focusing on making Grafik’s archive accessible. |
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