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I’m Tamas Horvath,
a Budapest-based
freelance graphic designer
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    • HI THERE Hi,

      I’m Tamas, a freelance art director and designer with 14+ years of experience creating visual systems that balance simplicity with depth. Since 2017, I’ve collaborated with global brands, creative agencies, and cultural institutions across branding, editorial, and digital design.

      My work focuses on clarity, restraint, and intentional detail — building design that feels sophisticated, functional, and enduring rather than trend-driven.

      Whether developing identities, digital experiences, or visual narratives, I aim to create work that is both visually striking and strategically clear.
    • THINGS I'M GOOD AT Branding — Posters — Artworks — UI design — Prints — Web layouts — Front-end — Video editing
      HTML/CSS/JS — Swedish kitchen
    • A FEW LINKS TO GET TO KNOW ME MORE E-mail — Instagram — Dots — Tumblr
    • EDUCATION École d'Art Maryse Eloy (Visart Paris), Budapest
      BA Visual Communication, Graphic and Digital Design
    • SOME OF MY CLIENTS The Criterion Collection — Magvető — Amnesty International — Viacom — Sony Pictures Entertainment — Kolorádó — Budapest Showcase Hub — Deutsche Telekom — Supercharge — Aliz — Sony Mobile — Vietnamese Embassy of Hungary
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    Corner Art
    Corner Art is a Budapest-based talent and artist management agency being run by Eszter Decsy (Now Books, Eenlarge Europe). This project involved a complete rebrand with a new logo, social media post layouts, posters, different brand iterations and animations for still and animated content as well and a website layout.
    Branding, Layout, Website
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    Daniel Polszter
    Branding, portfolio website and exhibition poster layouts for Budapest-based photographer, Daniel Polszter.
    Branding, Layout, Website
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    Fekete Zaj 2018
    Brand identity and promotional elements, such as posters and social media items for Fekete Zaj (Black Noise), an independent underground music festival organized in the mountains of Matra, Hungary. Here the goal was to create a framework that organizers can use and easily alter for a wide scale of purposes. Another important visual aspect was to reflect to the atmosphere of the in-forest location and the industrial / electronic / post-punk music scene of the festival.
    Branding, Layout, Photography
    Fekete Zaj 2020
    A refreshed, streamlined logo and visual identity for the 2020 iteration of the festival.
    Branding, Layout, Photography
    Fekete Zaj 2021
    Posters for the summer edition of Fekete Zaj (Black Noise) 2021, an independent underground music festival located in the mountains of Matra, Hungary.
    Branding, Layout, Photography
    Fekete Zaj 2021
    Posters for the winter edition of Fekete Zaj (Black Noise) 2021, an independent underground music festival located in the mountains of Matra, Hungary.
    Branding, Layout, Photography
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    Accidental Clichés
    Accidental Clichés is an experiment around basic geometrical shapes inspired by the ornamental forms and Bauhaus architecture of Tel Aviv, blended with photos I took of Israeli landscapes on my trip back in 2017. This zine was made for Bergen Art Fair 2017 and printed in a small newspaper-like format of 32 pages, 210mm x 297mm, 55gsm, limited to 100 copies.
    Editorial, Layout, Photography
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    Paraphrase
    Paraphrase is an on-going experiment I’m started working on back in 2012. The aim of this project is to translate my photographs of characteristic architectural lines into the minimalist language of geometrical forms. It started as a lines-only illustration series, but since then it went through several iterations - as the number of subjects grows, I’m constantly looking for a visual form and concept that fits the purpose of this project.

    The list of buildings and locations:
    1. Schneeberg Visitor Center - Austria 2. Swimming Pool - Szombathely, Hungary 3. Wooden cottage - Lofoten, Norway 4. Shopping mall near Bukit Bintang - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - NYC, USA 6. White City - Tel Aviv, Israel 7. Oslo Opera House - Norway 8. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - NYC, USA 9. Monument to the WWII Yugoslav Partisan detachment - Belgrade, Serbia 10. Oslo Opera House - Norway
    Illustration, Photography
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    Stalker
    This project was truly an honour to be part of - a collaboration with the legendary Criterion Collection. They trusted me with the task to design a complete head-to-toe artwork for their re-release of Andrei Tarkovsky’s timeless classic: Stalker. My intention here was to try to create a bridge between Stalker’s cinematography and current-day graphic design by using Tarkovsky’s photographs and his story's under-the-layer, non-verbal symbols, and complement those with minimalistic illustrations. The whole process involved making a limited-edition poster and a Blu-Ray/DVD box set, including it's wrap, the inserts, discs and it's menus.
    Illustration, Layout
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    Prints
    These are some of the many-many posters I made for my friends, family and also for myself to decorate our home. You can find more of these on my Instagram. Shop is coming soon. :)
    Illustration, Layout
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    Paprika
    Brand identity, social media layouts abd website for Budapest based pottery artist, Ildiko Hepp / Paprika Keramika.
    Brainding, Illustration, Layout
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    Fekete Zaj
    Fekete Zaj Festival is in a way my most beloved child - it's all started in 2010 when I was just a visitor there, but since 2018 I've became the festival's one and only graphic designer with the opportunity to completely reshape their whole visual identity and managing it from head to toe on a year-to-year basis.

    This year we've tried to come up with a concept which resembles not just the surroundings of the venue like the very dense forest and the highest sitting natural lake of Hungary, but also mixes it with an underlying layer coming from the perception of music, creating a visual that can be either be deciphered as forest or a mountain of soundwaves - it's all up to your point of view.

    The 2022 edition included a very wide variety of things like various posters, wristbands, stage projections, merchandise, maps, booklets, recups, pins, a complete marketing kit with modular social media posts and all sorts of things.


    About Fekete Zaj: it's a small, underground music festival deep in the mountains of Matra - Hungary, mostly featuring underground artists from the electronic - post-punk - new-wave - goth - industrial - scandinavian metal music scene, like Kælen Mikla, Godflesh, Boy Harsher, She Past Away, Isolated Youth, Thy Catafalque, Ic3peak, etc - except Lana Del Rey.

    If you are curious about the earlier iteriations and would like the see the evolution of this project, you can find all of what we've done since 2018 here.
    Branding, Illustration, Layout
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    68˚ North
    This small-run zine collects a selected range of photographs I took on Lofoten Islands, Norway, in the Autumn of 2014. Created for Bergen Art Fair 2015 and printed in a newspaper-like format of 52 pages, 375mm x 520mm, 55gsm. The zine was sold together with a custom-made tote bag, which can be seen in the last picture.
    Editorial, Layout, Photography
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    FAVS
    Logo and a series of covers for Berlin-based producer and DJ, Ferdinand Weber’s monthly podcast series called F A V S. Here the concept was to make different illustrations using geometrical forms for each session, while keeping the 3 colors and the style consistent through the whole series.
    Branding, Illustration, Layout
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    Sony One
    Sony One is multi-platform streaming application, developed by Sony Pictures Entertainment for iOS, Android, Web and Smart TV platforms.

    I've worked on this project as the Lead Designer for 3+ years, going through dozens of iterations and drawing several hundreds of layouts for mobile as well for desktop and TV screens, constantly tweaking the UX and UI aspect of the app while working together with multiple teams from Sony offices from all around the world to create the most versatile and satisfying streaming exprerience for the markets this app has been developed for.
    Art Direction, Layout, UX/UI
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    Geometric studies
    Follow up on a previous project, 36 Days of Type, I tried to use the experiences I gathered during the 36-day challenge, and extend that visual atmosphere a little further. As before, I wanted to create 2D images, using only very few colours and strict geometric elements that can also be seen as 3D objects.
    Illustration
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    Magvető
    #1
    Szép versek and Körkép are annual anthology books released since 1963 by one of the largest Hungarian publishing company, Magvető. Szép versek is a collection of poems, while Körkép contains several short novels. The covers are made by different collaborators every year and here I had the honour to design the 2018 edition of the series.
    Illustration, Layout
    Magvető
    #2
    Artwork for the European Union Prize for Literature winning author Viktor Horváth’s third book, Möbion.
    TL;DR
    Satan is bored from eternal life, so he starts fucking with drugs to feel humble for a few hours.
    Illustration, Layout
    Magvető
    #3
    Book artwork for Boldizsár Fehér’s first release, Vak Majom (Blind Monkey).
    TL;DR
    Guy inherits a billion dollar company, leaves all the decisions to the accountants.
    Illustration, Layout
    Magvető
    #4
    Artwork for the re-release of Arthur Koestler’s anti-totalitarian masterpiece, Darkness at Noon.
    TL;DR
    During Stalin's purges, Nicholas Rubashov, an ageing revolutionary, is imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the party he has devoted his life to. Under mounting pressure to confess to crimes he did not commit, Rubashov relives a career that embodies the ironies and betrayals of a revolutionary dictatorship that believes it is an instrument of liberation.
    Illustration, Layout
    Magvető
    #5
    Cover for the Hungarian release of Spanish writer, Rafael Chirbes’ famous novel about the Spanish recession, On the Edge (En la orilla).
    TL;DR
    On the Edge is a monumental fresco of a brutal contemporary Spain in free fall
    Illustration, Layout
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    Kolorádó Festival
    Website for Kolorado Festival 2020.

    Kolorado is a small underground music festival organized at an old scout camp near to Budapest, featuring artists like Nilüfer Yanya, Helena Hauff, Yves Tumor, Daniel Avery, The KVB and many more.

    Click here to visit
    Webdesign, Layout, Sitebuild
    Daniel Polszter
    Portfolio website layout for Budapest-based interior photographer, Daniel Polszter.
    Webdesign, Layout, Sitebuild
    Gloria
    Microsite for the glorious Gloria, a very talented Hungarian singer-songwriter.

    Click here to visit
    Webdesign, Layout, Sitebuild, Social Media
    VAN
    Portfolio website with interactive 3D elements for VAN, a Budapest-based graphic design studio.

    Click here to visit
    Sitebuild
    Paprika
    Website layout for Budapest-based independent pottery artist, Ildiko Hepp.
    Sitebuild
    Corner Art
    Corner Art is Eszter Decsy's artist and talent management agency from Budapest and this is the website layout I've designed for them.
    Webdesign, Layout, Sitebuild, Social Media
    Danyi Krisztina
    Website for Hungarian singer-songwriter, Krisztina Danyi.

    Click here to visit
    Webdesign, Layout, Sitebuild
    Chez Dodo
    Website for Chez Dodo, the finest macaron manufacturer in Hungary.

    Click here to visit
    Sitebuild, Layout
    Szabad Terek
    Szabad terek is an online space for non-governmental organizations.

    Click here to visit
    Sitebuild
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    Boy Harsher
    Boy Harsher is an American electronic music duo with heavy industrial beats perfectly moulded to compliment your post-break up nothing-to-do Sundays.
    Illustration, Layout
    Rolo.fm
    Riso printed limited edition posters for Rolo.fm, a Budapest-based online radio.
    Layout, Illustration
    Ritual Howls
    Poster for Ritual Howls, a Detroir-based insutrial-rock band with a little bit of post-apocalyptic fuel.
    Layout, Illustration
    Lebanon Hanover
    Poster for the British-German cold wave duo's 2022 concert in Akvarium Klub, Budapest.
    Layout, Illustration
    Cult of Luna
    Cult of Luna is a Swedish post-metal band and this poster for their show in Budapest is a tribute to all the people out there obsessed with the Moon and it's Goddess.
    Layout, Illustration
    Adult.