Jozef Ondrik was born in 1988 in the city of Ruzomberok in Slovakia
where he studied in a school of Applied Arts. After that he began
studies at Tomas Bata University in Zlin (Czech Republic). He
attends a department of Graphic Design and Typography.
He is continuously looking for new possibilities, overlaps and
functions in Design and Typography. It is music, architecture, street
art, travelling and his surroundings which influence his creativity.
As externist he cooperated on projects B Fashion, Studio Pixl-e,
Tomas Bata University, and nowadays, he works as a freelancer.
He runs small workshops and discussions on the theme of graphic
design and typography in Slovakia and he also stands behind
a Barshocicohokolvek exhibition and its concept. Concept and
thought are essential in his creation. He creates new fonts not just
from scratch but also by redesigning the old ones. His type paper
font was selected among the 45 Creative Examples of Typography
in the Wild in 2010. Jozef’s latest representation of Sovakia was at
the 3rd Biennial of poster in Bolivia 2009.