PingMag | Tokyo based magazine about Design & Making Things

PingMag was the brain child (and heart) of Uleshka, and above all it was much more than a magazine. It was not only rated Asia’s biggest and best design blog at times and set standards in blogging which have been copied may times since, it was also an international contact hub for designers, a style guide, a rediscovery of traditional crafts, unique collection of contemporary design, trend scout and high profile network. All put together, it was an extremely fertile ground for future projects.
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Pecha Kucha Night | The Book

Pecha Kucha Night was devised in Tokyo as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It rests on a simple presentation format: 20 images x 20 seconds. It has turned into a global celebration, with events currently happening in over 400 cities, inspiring creatives worldwide.

Uleshka wrote the book “Pecha Kucha Night – A Celebration” for KleinDytham architecture in 2007. The work on the book involved concept, project management, communication with over 80 city organizers on a daily basis, editing, writing and creative direction.
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Gestalten | Books on Contemporary Design

Uleshka wrote various book titles on relevant contemporary design for Gestalten. All of them were best selling and have been reprinted. More…

LosLogos4 | An up-to-the-minute survey on contemporary logo design featuring over 5,000 cutting-edge examples. The book provides an authoritative overview of current developments and advances in logo design, one of the most prestigious of creative disciplines which represent the essential visual identity of brands, companies and their philosophies.

Tangible | Graphic-inspired design, objects and spaces by creatives producing striking visual and spatial work. The examples in this book show the unprecedented use of materials and innovative ideas – graphics morph into spatial sculptures, the intangible is made visual through handmade craftsmanship, physical experiences, visual environments and staged spatial installations such as art installations, interiors and architecture as well as urban interventions.

Vania | First monograph from Vania with surreal illustrations that capture innocence, brutality, beauty and decay. Uleshka had the pleasure to interview Vania and write “A Conversation between Vania and Uleshka” for this book presenting the expansive scope of the exceptional young talent.

Playful Type | Ephemeral Lettering and Illustrative Fonts. Typography beyond the typical typeset. This book presents a dynamic range of playful and illustrative hand-made typography. Written by Uleshka.

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Tsudaro | Traditional Tea House with a new concept

Tsudaro was originally a tea house built in last days of the Edo period in Kyoto’s Kawabata area, Japan. It re-opened in 2010 as a concept-space new to the Gion district in Kyoto, which is famous for bars and restaurants only allowing guests by recommendation. Besides being open to everyone, Tsudaro wanted to extend the concept of a traditional tea house to a place for experiencing forgotten culture and crafts with authentic Japanese cultural art specialists. Uleshka helped them to create a strong concept, build a beautiful bilingual website and find the right angle to be appealing to both: Japanese and international customers longing to experience an authentic, traditional atmosphere with unique, extraordinary entertainment and service. More…

Fritzing | Communicating Do-It-Yourself Technology

Fritzing is an open-source initiative by international researchers at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam to support designers, artists, researchers and hobbyists to work creatively with interactive electronics. Uleshka joined the team to create easy-to-understand information material such as PDFs and a new website (which is still in progress) to make easier for users to loose their inhibitions about technology and to get interested in trying out a simple-to-use yet very advanced software tool: Fritzing. Technical and partly geeky language had to be transformed and reshaped into terminology that is understandable, appealing to everyone and above all: inviting and fun. More…

Worldchanging | Contributions

Uleshka introduces progressive and innovative design projects to Worldchanging.com – one of the largest and respected sites for sustainable living and growing ecological prosperity. More…

Sushi | German ADC Youngsters Report

Uleshka organized a designer gathering where she interviewed seven of the most influential and renowned Japanese graphic designers at that time about contemporary Japanese design – for Sushi, the annual report of young talents from the German Art Directors’ Club. More…

Hitotoki | Narrative Mapping the World

Hitotoki is an online literary project collecting stories of singular experiences tied to a particular location in cities worldwide. Uleshka contributed a story to Hitotoki to support this inspiring new format to read a city. She also performed at Hitotoki’s public reading at Pink Cow, Tokyo in February 2008 with another story. More…