Michael Bojkowski Michael Bojkowski is a graphic designer, working under the banner of ‘ok interrupt’. He has over 10 years experience in the creative industries working on a wide range of projects for clients such as YCN and The Future Laboratory, to name but a couple. Recent years have seen Michael focusing on editorial design and in particular the recent re-launch of Grafik magazine, the UK’s only independent bi-monthly publication about graphic design. We got the chance to ask him a few questions over email. As well as acting as lead creative for Grafik, Michael runs an experimental publishing outfit called Press Publish, which publishes content in print and online. Press Publish has an official blog called Linefeed. It features all things related to art, design, film and music. Press Publish creates regular publications with selected and extended content from the blog connecting the two to each other. The official Linefeed magazine, LineRead is featured as part of the exhibition ‘Now in Production’, currently showing at the Walker Art Center.
tool for networking. Without an online presence it is almost impossible to succeed today, particularly for publishers. He says that magazines now need to offer readers more than just a printed publication, such as digital applications, blogs etc. To stay up-to-date with what’s going on, he reads newspapers as well keeping track of loads of blogs via Google Reader and Tumblr. As young designers he urged us to never stop thinking and doing, keep producing things we like and keep people updated about what we’re up to. “Sleep when you’re dead.”
Advice we have taken to our hearts.
One of the best things about working on Grafik, according to Michael, is the chance to work alongside excellent editors and writers and getting to read about graphic design as a part of your job. Social media plays a large part in Michael’s practice. He sees social media as a crucial 17