Jakub Kanvica's Anatomical Interpretation of a Poem

Brno based graphic designer and artist, Jakub Kanvica created this illustrated alphabet inspired by the famous Czech poet Karel Hynek Mácha and his poem May.

Jakub explains his work,

Inspired by the famous Czech writer and poet Karel Hynek Mácha and his poem 'May'. I created an illustrated alphabet, in which every character illustrates words which appear in the poem. Afterwards, I cut the alphabet to pieces and rearranged them into new characters, which now represent the concrete stories.

I think he did a beautiful job incorporating anatomy into the letters. I especially love anatomical heart and vessels coming off to form the letter 'Q.'