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Euromaidanner's Alphabet

The “Euromaïdaner’s Alphabet”, 2013


I designed this alphabet it for those brave people who stood on Euromaïdan during events in Ukraine in 2013-2014. Thousands of people protested on the main square in Kyiv for months. They fought for dignity. Many died. 
Ukrainians lived through a unique experience. So many extraordinary concepts were born during the Revolution of Dignity. As a designer, I wanted to capture it. I wished to give these people a good memory and a bit of laugh. So I designed the alphabet.

 I came up with a symbolic word for each letter and added a description. 

L “Lenin. The one who fell”
 M “Molotov Cocktail. That’s what we feed pro-russian police with”

My friends who stood on Maïdan helped me with brainstorming and proofreading. 



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Euromaidanner's Alphabet
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Euromaidanner's Alphabet

Це абетка євромайданівця. Ми зараз творимо історію. Революція породила багато унікального для українців, додала нового сенсу до старих слів. Абет Read More

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