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About Gdynia Port Modernism

Poland lost its ports in 1920 and built a new one on empty ground. Within a decade the fishing village of Gdynia was a city of streamlined white blocks standing on black granite, with ribbon balconies, rounded corners and portholes — buildings that read as ocean liners moored along a street.

This system takes that discipline literally. A near-white plaster page, naval blue for every mark that carries meaning, a heavy dark base under each surface, and hard-edged shadow as the only depth. Nothing decorates; light and shade do the work, exactly as they did on 10 Lutego.

Learn more about the Gdynia Port Modernism style

Origin
Gdynia, Polish Baltic coast
Era
1926–1939 (Second Polish Republic); UNESCO World Heritage inscription 2026
Key figures
Stanisław Ziołowski · Zbigniew Kupiec · Tadeusz Kossak · Adam Półtawski
Movements
Polish interwar modernism · streamline moderne · maritime functionalism

Gdynia Port Modernism design spec

Colors

Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text

Typography

OswaldHeadings
JostBody
Archivo NarrowMono
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