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Pawel Nolbert / NORRB

Beautiful graphic work… nicely presented, and most importantly very freash & imaginative.

Pawel Nolbert a.k.a NORRB is swiftly becoming one of Poland’s hottest NEW graphic design talents, and we imagine he will soon be causing quite a stir on the international graphic design scene too.

With such a promising creative future in-front of him we decided to drop in, say hello… and ask him a few nosy questions.

FMCS: Hi Pawel who’s things with you right now?

Pawel: Hey, it’s all going good thanks!

FMCS: Tell our readers a little bit about yourself, where are you located what keeps you busy?

Pawel: Well… I’m a 22 year old nice guy, currently residing in Poland - Czestochowa, where I study computer science at the Jan Dlugosz Academy. I hope to graduate next year.

Over the past few years design has become a major part of my life, and an interest which I get a huge ammount of satisfaction from.

But besides design and school… I enjoy cycling, photography, good music, cinema, and hanging around with my friends.

FMCS: How did you first get an interest in graphic design and the creation of visuals? Has this all been a life long passion?

Pawel: Well, when I was a kid and a young teen, I wasn’t going to become a designer. I had a several other paths in my life that I wanted to follow at that point in my life.

Graphic design and digital art came to my life quite suddenly and relatively late, when I was about sixteen, though I always had a passion for drawing and sketching various things with a pencil.

My first real contact with a graphic software was when I installed Paint Shop Pro on my computer ages ago (not to mention MS Paint), and after a few hours spent with the program I was amazed on how easy you can create things that with traditional techniques would take you much more time.

But it all started for real after my first impression of Photoshop. I went crazy about that, and I stayed at that state.

FMCS: How are you finding the freelance life of a professional designer? And do you rate it over say working full time for a design house?

Pawel: I’ve worked full time in an agency before, but after a year of working there I decided to try freelance only, and that was a good decision I think.

Freelance gives me independence from various things that could tie my hands when working fulltime. I can manage my time freely, so I can make my time match my spontaneous nature. But there are many other things that you have to take care of on your own, and that wouldn’t bother you as a designer working full time in some design house.

So, for now, I’m a freelancer, but I have plans to move to some nice studio to work fulltime someday.

FMCS: We see you have some huge plans in mind for your portfolio site. www.norrb.com

Pawel: Well, my expectations on how the portfolio site should look like are not too big I think.

It should be simple yet informative, and it should make up a background for the visual content that is the most important, so I’d rather stay with that conception, so yes I do have some plans to make my portfolio more interesting and interactive.

FMCS: How’s life in Poland as a designer? Is there a good scene of creative in that location? Does it have it’s downsides?

Pawel: Actually it’s rather hard to get a good client here, they are oriented more on design studios as their contractors rather than freelancers.

That’s not too good, but it’s “traditional” attitudes, plus the fact that they don’t fully trust you as a designer. In my opinion it’s much easier to get a good job here as a web designer rather than say a graphic designer, because the Polish market is growing and therefore there’s a lot to do in the web field.

Fortunately though I would say… the Polish design industry is generally going in a positive direction.

FMCS: What direction do you see your already amazing talents moving in the near future? And do you have any plans in mind for the development of your work?

Pawel: Of course, like everyone who doesn’t want to get left behind, I need to make a continuous progress as a designer, so I still learn new techniques and software needed to apply new concepts.

Recently I’m trying to get more into motion graphics, that’s my main goal for the very near future. It’s a very exciting arena that I want to explore more in a greater depth.

There is always big competition on the creative graphics/design scene, and my formula on being competitive is simple: Be universal as much as you can, so with a variety of multiple skills it will be much easier for you to stay ahead.

FMCS: Well thanks for the chat Pawel It’s been a pleasure getting to know you a little better and keep up the great work… We are all watching for your next moves!

Do you have any shout outs before we depart?

Pawel: At first: Many thanks for the nice interview. It was great to meet FMCS!

Also special thanks to my friends, family and all the good people I’ve met as a designer.

Peace!

PAWEL NOLBERT SITE

FMCS: Take care!

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