{"id":16683,"date":"2025-03-20T14:40:59","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T13:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/?p=16683"},"modified":"2025-09-23T15:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T13:24:25","slug":"exhibition-looking-through-objects-women-in-contemporary-polish-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2025\/03\/20\/exhibition-looking-through-objects-women-in-contemporary-polish-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition: Looking Through Objects. Women in Contemporary Polish Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

The <\/span>Looking Through Objects: Women in Contemporary Polish Design<\/span><\/i> presents the profiles of 16 Polish female designers working at the intersection of product design, collector\u2019s design, handicraft and art. The project aims to create a space for discussion on the role of women in design. Although the exhibition narrative focuses on women, it is no coincidence that it is not women but objects that play a central role in the exhibition title. It is the everyday things that mirror social and economic change. They tell the story of how we live, think and what we surround ourselves with in our homes. They demonstrate innovative thinking, reveal design processes and approaches to production and craftsmanship. <\/span>Looking Through Objects<\/span><\/i> allows us to see it from the perspective of women working at the intersection of industrial design, collector’s design, craft and art. The objects were selected without defining how they were made, assuming that design understood as everyday objects would best illustrate not only the changes, but also the here and now of Polish design. Looking through objects we can see how contemporary Polish design has changed with their active involvement. Visitors can immerse themselves in the designers\u2019 creative worlds by using their objects as a \u201cportkey\u201d into their thinking, inspirations and processes. Each object is accompanied by a large portrait of the artist in their studio and photographs showing their processes and tools. Quotes from the interviews with the designers also accompany each display.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The <\/span>Looking Through Objects: Women in Contemporary Polish Design<\/span><\/i> project was conceived as a touring exhibition to promote Polish design. It was previously presented at the Estonian Museum of Applied Arts and Design (ETDM) in Tallin, Estonia, and in Nomus – New Art Museum, branch of the National Museum in Gdansk, Poland. The other part of the project is Design Stories \u2014 a series of lectures, talks, podcasts and interviews organised in different locations exploring women\u2019s contribution to change through design and creative practices. Podcast episodes of <\/span>Design Stories London<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Design Stories Brussels<\/span><\/a> were produced in collaboration with Disegno Journal. The next event is Design Stories Warsaw, on 20-21 November.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ehibition: Looking Through Objects. Women in Contemporary Polish Design<\/strong>
from 9 May to 28 September 2025\u00a0
<\/strong>Design Museum Brussels<\/a><\/strong>
<\/span>Place de Belgique 1,\u00a0 1020 Brussels<\/span><\/p>\n

Participating designers: <\/b>Agnieszka Aleksandra Bar; Anna Bera; Alicja Bielawska; Maja Ganszyniec; Natasza Grze\u015bkiewicz; Maria Jegli\u0144ska-Adamczewska; Magda Jurek; Malwina Konopacka; Megi Malinowsky; Karina Marusi\u0144ska; Alicja Patanowska; Monika Patuszy\u0144ska; Justyna Pop\u0142awska; Alicja Strzy\u017cynska; Zuzanna W\u00f3jcik; Aleksandra \u017beromska.<\/span><\/p>\n

Organiser:<\/b> Design Museum Brussels<\/a> and Polish Institute Brussels<\/a>
<\/span>Partners:<\/b> SWPS University in Warsaw<\/a>, Royal College of Art in London<\/a>, National Museum in Gda\u0144sk<\/a>
<\/span>Curators:<\/b> Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka, Gian Luca Amadei, Dario Lombardi\u2028<\/span><\/p>\n

Project Coordination<\/b>: Julia Bujak
<\/span>Graphic Design<\/b>: Kasia Kubicka\u2028
<\/span>Exhibition Design: <\/b>Dominika Janicka<\/span><\/p>\n

Curators:<\/b><\/p>\n

Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka<\/strong> is a design curator with a background in visual arts. She is interested in how local context influences design identities. She is also a columnist, event organiser, and jury member of design competitions. Agnieszka is the dean of the Faculty of Design at SWPS University in Warsaw. Previously, she was the artistic director of the \u0141\u00f3d\u017a Design Festival and the launching editor-in-chief at Elle Decoration Poland.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gian Luca Amadei<\/strong> is an architectural historian, researcher and curator. His interests intersect between architecture history, urban planning, sociology and cultural context. <\/span>Gian Luca is an advocate of life-long learning and a Lecturer at the Royal College of Art in London. He is also the author of the books: Discovering Women in Polish Design (2009) and Victorian Cemeteries and the Suburbs of London (2022).<\/span><\/p>\n

Dario Lombardi<\/strong> is an independent photographer based in Vienna. He is the author of the portraits of Discovering Women in Polish Design (2009).<\/span><\/p>\n

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