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A typographic poster on a teal background with bold black text that reads “track changes”. Large orange crosses are laid over the words, and the dates “11.09.2010 – 14.11.2010” appear in the centre. Smaller text at the bottom reads “die stadt, der garten, das unkraut und die kontrolle”.

Beautifully approachable design from Latvian creative Zigmunds Lapsa

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Date
15 February 2013

For some reason we’ve never had cause to feature all that many Latvian designers on the site, in fact, this could well be the first. But consider our error rectified with the discovery of wonderfully talented print designer Zigmunds Lapsa. Not only is his name magnificently exotic, reminiscent of a victorian conjurer, but his work is exceptional and quite unlike anything else we’ve come across in the graphic design sphere.

Balancing crisp graphic design with approachable illustrated elements, Zigmunds’ work has a universality that makes it feel accessible to everyone, from the most exacting design fanatic, to a child picking up one of his vibrant book covers. Beautiful stuff!

The blue cover of a book by Jāns Kaplinskis. Large, abstract black lines form a distorted pattern across the front, with the title “Tā pati upe” and the word “romans” at the bottom.
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Zigmunds Lapsa: The Same River

The cover of a magazine features a vibrant, concentric collage of colourful rectangular frames. Large black letters in the top left read “DS”, while the top right reads “DIZAINA STUDIJA”.
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Zigmunds Lapsa: Dizaina Studija

A black book cover features the name “Arvis Viguls” in the top left and “5:00” in the bottom right. Simple geometric shapes, including coloured circles and a purple polygon, are scattered across the center.
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Zigmunds Lapsa: 5:00

A typographic poster with a black background and abstract, overlapping diagonal bands in shades of pink and white. Large, fragmented letters spell “Skaņu Mežs” and the year “2012” across the centre. Text at the bottom reads “6. Oktobris, 11.–13. Oktobris”, followed by two website addresses. A list of artist names appears in small white text at the top.
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Zigmunds Lapsa: Skaņu Mežs 2012

A person holds a book with a bold, abstract cover featuring red, pink and dark green geometric shapes. Text at the bottom reads “Kārlis Vērdinš” above smaller lines of text.
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Zigmunds Lapsa: MĒS. Collected poems

A bright blue book lies flat on a grey surface. The cover features four white diagonal lines and the text “Velga Krīle” and “Kā mirdzošas būtnes”.
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Zigmunds Lapsa: Kā mirdzošas būtnes

A white book cover featuring a cluster of white circles and one single black circle in the centre. The text reads “Anna Foma” at the top and “Jaunā Vägnera klusēšana” at the bottom.
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Zigmunds Lapsa: Jaunā Vāgnera klusēšana

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About the Author

James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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