Borys Kosmynka

Borys Kosmynka has a PhD in Typography from the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, an MA in Typeface design from the University of Reading and an MA in Graphic Design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz. Since 2021, he has been a board member for the STGU (Association of Polish Designers).

He has six years of professional experience as a Typeface Designer, including working at Brody Associates on projects for The Coca Cola Company, Shiseido, Longines, and in-house projects led by Neville Brody. Additionally, he has collaborated with Google, to publish Brygada 1918 and Półtawski Nowy, and refined and extended Google's Noto Hebrew typefaces.

Borys is passionate about the history of typography, printing and design. He has helped organised the ATypI conference in Montreal, Antwerp and Tokyo. And worked on a number of revival projects in Poland. He co-created the Typoteka.pl – index of Polish typefaces project in 2019. At the Book Arts Museum in Lodz, Borys learned the letterpress printing process, bookbinding and how to cast metal type.

In 2022 Borys launched the TMC – Typography MasterClass workshop series. He currently operates as TDBK as a typeface designer and typographic consultant.