January – December 2025, across London

Alicja Patanowska “The Ripple Effect” Installation at the Madejski Garden, Victoria & Albert Museum London as part of the London Design Festival, FREE, from 13th September – 19th October 2025

Come to the V&A’s Madejski Garden from the 13th September to see a unique installation by award-winning Polish Designer Alicja Patanowska. Part of the London Design Festival.

The seating installation, embedded with a fountain, addresses the circulation of water and matter. Partly made from mining waste from Poland, it invites reflection on our contested relationship with natural resources. The mining waste was sourced from Żelazny Most in southwest Poland – one of the largest reservoirs for mining waste in Europe. 

More info: Alicja Patanowska – The Ripple Effect – Display at V&A South Kensington · V&A

+ 19th September, Friday Late at the V&A (18:30-22:00) featuring Alicja Patanowska 

Friday Late: Caring in Common – Drop-in at V&A South Kensington · V&A

Curated Connections: Polish Design across London, Moroso Showroom & Mint Gallery London, FREE, Tuesday 20 May 2025 to Wednesday 31 December 2025

In 2025, Poland takes the spotlight in London with Curated Connections—a series of design activities celebrating Polish creativity, innovation, and craftsmanship. At the heart of this city-wide journey is a vision of Poland as a dynamic European creative hub: future-focused, sustainably minded, and deeply rooted in tradition.

Curated Connections is comprised of a series of three headline design programmes curated by On & On Designs in collaboration with local partners during the UK/Poland Creative Season 2025. The presentations invite you to see Poland differently: as a bold, design-forward nation blending material mastery with cutting-edge tech and its growing influence on the global design stage.

Curated Connections Chapter 1: Colour & Craft 

Opened at Moroso London showroom during Clerkenwell Design Week with an exhibition and panel discussion celebrating Poland’s evolving role in global design. Featuring works by UAU Project, Agnieszka Bar, Malwina Konopacka, and Zięta Studio, the installation showcased innovation across 3D printing, glass, ceramics, and metal, exploring how colour, materiality, and cultural identity shape contemporary design.

Featured Designers:

UAU PROJECT
The Warsaw-based design studio UAU Project, founded in 2011 by Justyna Fałdzińska and Miłosz Dąbrowski, presents The Totem Lamp — a 3D-printed, modular, and customisable lighting system made from plant-based bioplastics. Blending digital design with sustainability, the duo creates striking, functional objects that challenge conventional manufacturing. Their work gains international recognition and features in galleries, museums, and private collections around the world.

MALWINA KONOPACKA
Illustrator-turned-ceramicist Malwina Konopacka creates expressive, hand-painted vessels that blend bold graphic style with soft, sculptural form. Her ceramics are playful yet elegant — full of character and emotion  that celebrate Polish craft with bold colour and playful imagination. 

AGNIESZKA BAR
Agnieszka exhibits a series of hand-blown glass vessels that combine colour, tactility, and symbolism through handmade, balanced elegance. On display are Vibrant Seeds — free-formed pieces that appear to pulse with life and light — and Ground, made using tinted glass and woven wicker moulds that evoke earth tones and organic forms. The collection merges two of Bar’s core practices: glassmaking and basketry.

ZIĘTA STUDIO
Zięta Studio, founded by architect and innovator Oskar Zięta, presents pieces from the iconic Tafla Collection — a series of bionic steel mirrors in organic forms inspired by the shapes of liquid drops. Using the studio’s signature FiDU expanding metal-inflation process, the pieces explore the relationship between surface, sound, and spatial perception. Constantly innovating, Zięta Studio unveils the Whispers installation this season as part of the Festival of Architecture 2025.

Moroso Showroom, 7–15 Rosebery Ave, London EC1R 4SP
Mon-Thursday 9.00-18.00, Friday until 1pm until the end of August. 
All the objects are available for purchase at the Moroso showroom in London.

Curated Connections Chapter 2: Second Skin

This exhibition at Mint Gallery explores how experimentation and unconventional processes are reshaping contemporary design. As part of the Curated Connections series, “Formsophy”represents the innovative spirit of Polish design during the UK/Poland Season 2025, engaging with global conversations while staying rooted in unique perspectives and traditions.

Formsophy, the artistic practice of Alicja Prussakowska and Jakub Kijowski*, is driven by a deep fascination with textures, materials, and the stories they tell. Their work blends traditional and experimental techniques, creating sculptural objects that balance raw, primeval aesthetics with meticulous detail. For Formsophy, the casting process is as vital as the final piece—each object is a narrative, a second skin that connects us to the essence of material and form.

At Second Skin, Formsophy invites you to experience design as an intimate, transformative journey.

13 September – 9 November 2025
Mint Gallery, 3–5 Duke Street, London W1U 3ED
Daily 10:30 am – 6:30 pm

More info: Mint – Second Skin

Polish Design Studio, Noti, Debuts at Material Matters Design Fair, 17th -20th September

Noti, the Polish design brand rooted in family heritage, will present a curated selection of pieces – Vivido, Cactus, and Ekori – each displayed as ‘micro-stories’ that reflect the brand’s ethos of craftsmanship and sustainable innovation. The presentation is further enriched by a dedicated panel talk (Fri, 19th September, 12:00), exploring the journey of materiality and the cultural dialogue behind Polish design.

Making its first dedicated UK exhibition appearance, Noti’s showcase focuses on its core values of manufacture, craftsmanship, and partnership. Three distinct stories – Vivido, Cactus, and Ekori – illustrate three different technologies working with three unique materials, collectively highlighting the rich narrative of Polish design and creativity.

Panel Discussion ‘The Rise of Polish Design’ – Friday 19th September 12:00

Accompanying the exhibition will be a dedicated panel discussion exploring how cultural exchange is shaping the future of Polish design. Chaired by Grant Gibson, co-founder of Material Matters, the panel features artist Alicja Patanowska, Alicja Prussakowska co-founder of Formsophy, Aleksandra Szymanska, director of the Creative Industries Institute and Timothy Shepherd, founder and MD at Shepherd&.

Talks space at Material Matters, Space House, 1 Kemble Street (Kingsway) London WC2B 4AN RSVP: info@onandondesigns.com

Registration necessary (Both for the talk and to attend the Matterial Matters Fair to see the exhibitors stands): https://registration.iceni-es.com/material-matters/reg-start.aspx

WHISPERS – Public Art Installation by Zieta Studio, One New Ludgate, EC4M 7AW | On view until 28 September

A public sculpture that listens to the city. In the heart of London’s Fleet Street Quarter, Whispers by Zieta Studio transforms metal into movement — a mesmerising installation made from inflated steel that hovers like a breath above the street.

Created by Oskar Zięta, the internationally renowned architect, designer, and innovator, Whispers was unveiled during the London Festival of Architecture 2025 as part of the UK/Poland Season. Using Zieta’s pioneering FiDU technology (Freie Innendruck Umformung), the installation pushes the boundaries of material, form, and public engagement. FiDU uses internal air pressure to inflate ultra-thin steel sheets, creating strong, lightweight structures with a distinct organic quality. Whispers is more than an object — it’s a conversation between architecture and the environment. The mirrored surfaces gently reflect the sky, nearby buildings, and passersby, creating a constantly shifting interplay of light, motion, and perspective. Each element feels both industrial and poetic — a play on solidity and ephemerality. The name Whispers suggests quiet, shared stories — fitting for a piece situated in a district known for its publishing and printing heritage. Here, the inflated forms float with quiet authority, inviting reflection and re-connection within the fast-paced urban landscape.

Unveiled with a live inflation event involving members of the public, Whispers continues Zieta’s exploration of collaborative design, process visibility, and material storytelling.

More info: London Festival of Architecture 2025: Oskar Zięta’s Whispers sculpture launch event – Zieta Studio

‘Plantation’ Installation by Alicja Patanowska at the Urban Farmer Project, Fleet Street Quarter, London, FREE, Friday 21 March 2025 to Wednesday 31 December 2025

Alicja Patanowska’s Plantation is an evolving installation that invites us to reconsider our relationship with nature, waste, and the unseen ecosystems around us. Known for her work at the intersection of ceramics and ecology, Patanowska brings together handcrafted vessels, hydroponic planting, and discarded glassware to create a quiet yet powerful meditation on care and sustainability. Using found and repurposed materials, Plantation transforms everyday objects into micro-environments where plants grow in balance with their surroundings. The result is a series of delicate sculptural arrangements — part science, part ritual — that speak to the resilience of life and the small gestures that shape a more conscious future. Set within the intimate setting of the Urban Farmer Project, the exhibition offers a space to slow down, observe, and reconnect — not only with nature, but with the values of attention, stewardship, and interdependence. 

The installation was brought to the Urban Farmer Project, 18 Wine Office Court, EC4A 3JR, by Fleet Street Quarter and is FREE to visit