Terms Of Service

Definitions

In these conditions “the client” means the person, firm or company who commissions the services of Christophe Szpajdel, "Lord of Logos" later mentioned as "the artist”.

By commissioning the artist to undertake work “the project” on their behalf, the client agrees that these Terms and Conditions of Trading define the working relationship. All projects, services or goods that the artist may be contracted to produce or provide for the Customer will be subject to the following:

Deposit

Work will begin upon the payment of a deposit, payable by PAYPAL [or …] according to the package pricing of your choice.

For details please refer to the pricing section. Please understand that the deposit is not refundable in any circumstances.

General

The client will choose a price package, make the deposit and discuss the details of the project with the artist, which will create a number of sketches (depending on the pricing package chosen) from which the client will choose the ones of his liking.

The artist will be working on those designs while keeping a close communication with the client in order to meet his exact expectation and make the project unique and of the highest quality.

Additional services

In the case that the client requires from the artist to invest extra time and effort in a project, for further adjustments and changes or variants in a logo, an adjustment fee will be discussed, a package can also be upgraded, by payment of the difference between packages, if requested by the client.

There is no downgrade in pricing possible once the project is started.

Cancellation/refund

Cancellation of orders may be made, in the case that the client is not satisfied with the sketches and the development of the project.

The client will then be charged for all work completed over and above the non-refundable deposit that will have been made at the time of first ordering. The balance will then be reimbursed to the client.

Copyright

The client receives automatically the right to use the logo the way of his choice once the payment for the project is fully completed.

In order to show and expose his work the artist reserves himself the right to showcase the logo and its variants in his exhibitions, website, publications such as books, magazines and social media accounts.

If needed, the client can purchase the entire exclusive rights, preventing from the artist to showcase the logo whatsoever for a licensing fee of 1,000USD.

Archaic Modernism, The Art of Christophe Szpajdel

Coming Soon – Out November 2020

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Heavy Music Artwork launches "Lord of the Logos" Christophe Szpajde's second volume 'Archaic Modernism'. Christophe's work is extremely sought after, and it has now gained interest from clients outside the metal scene. By far one of the most prolific but also the furthest reaching artist with now around 10,000 logos completed to date. Art Deco and Art Nouveau are the real sources of inspiration, exploring the abyss of imagination in crafting a logo and at the same time, aesthetically pleasant, attractive and functional. 'Archaic Modernism' takes a journey into the artist visual universe and philosophy, accompanied by the works of Stanislav Krawczyk.

'Lord of the Logos' was a more static approach, displaying different logos and landscape photographs that were part of my creativity. Inspirations from floral, natural water, reflections, trees that are part of a source of the environment is where I am getting my inspiration, especially in black metal logos. The second book is going to have a more dynamic approach. It's going to denote the interaction I have with my clients and also how I can integrate the research, nature, and the environment as well as architecture and the new elements. 'Archaic Modernism' is a journey to reinvent myself completely. Like every journey, like every growth that is ugly in the beginning, it gets messy in the middle. I am reassuring that for every logo collaboration I'm doing with a client, the result will be gorgeous in the end and that is an important thing.

It's not the destination, but it's the journey itself that helps you to develop yourself and helps you to gain success. There will be three important notions in this book: time, simplicity, and temperament. The notion of time is going from prehistorical, archaic, logos, up to very futuristic logos. The notion of temperament is the notion of very smooth logos, like flowing like a gentle river, to wrecked logos with lots of broken lines, and a notion of simplicity. Simplicity is a very simple logo, literally readable within a split second, instantly recognisable. What are the three pillars of 'Archaic Modernism'. The reason why I'm doing this book is I have made a promise to everyone in the world of graphic designers, as well as metal fans, as well as people who are keen on discovering what I do that is going to come up with a sort of the following book.

The next chapter of 'Lord of the Logos' is 'Archaic Modernism'. It's the logical continuation. Compared to the 'Lord of Logos', which are a departure point, Archaic modernism' is a real journey. It's a journey of discovery, a journey of amazingness. And I've teamed up with quite a lot of people, especially Stan Dark Art, who does illustration and has a very large following in the US and has done several exhibitions, which are actually supporting this book. And I encourage everyone to support this book because this book is what I have promised you for over ten years.