12–20 September 2026 | MINT Gallery
9 September 2026 – January 2027 | Mandarin Oriental Mayfair

This September, Polish design takes centre stage in London’s Mayfair as On&On Designs’ Curated Connections returns for its second year, bringing together six leading Polish designers and artists across two distinctive Mayfair venues.

Presented in collaboration with the Creative Project Foundation and the Polish Cultural Institute in London, the programme explores the depth and diversity of contemporary Polish design through two exhibitions: Blueprint at MINT Gallery and Reflections at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair.

Together, the exhibitions showcase designers working across metal, cast aluminium, ceramics and glass, exploring the relationship between traditional craft, material innovation and contemporary design.

BLUEPRINT at MINT Gallery

At MINT Gallery, Blueprint celebrates the reconfiguration of traditional craft techniques as a foundation for bold, contemporary design.

The exhibition brings together Formsophy, Mati Sipiora and Tomek Rygalik, whose practices are rooted in material knowledge, experimentation and hand craftsmanship.

Artist duo Formsophy present HANN, a sculptural coffee table combining recycled cast aluminium with dark basalt, alongside NAR, which brings together beige onyx and cast aluminium in a study of contrasting materials.

Designer and craftsman Mati Sipiora presents the Poodle Armchair (2023), a sculptural yet inviting piece combining a stainless-steel frame with a velvet and high-quality shearling seat. Working from his family’s metalworking workshop, Sipiora creates his furniture entirely by hand using traditional tools and deliberately avoids automated production.

Tomek Rygalik presents Miss Irony (2026), an industrial intervention that examines the tension between comfort and the austerity of the natural world. The table, cast in industrial iron, is forced into a burned tree trunk, creating a striking intersection between the manufactured and the decaying.

In Conversation with Tomek Rygalik

17 September | 6–7pm
Followed by the Blueprint Private View | 7–9pm

An opportunity to hear directly from Tomek Rygalik as he discusses his practice and the ideas behind his work.

RSVP essential: rsvp@mintgallery.co.uk

REFLECTIONS at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair

At Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, Reflections transforms the hotel into an exploration of light, material and perception, inspired by the cultural history of Hanover Square.

The exhibition presents Aneta Kocia, Magdalena Zarychta and Zieta Studio, working across ceramics, glass and metal.

Gdańsk-based ceramic artist Aneta Kocia presents her UNDERTOW series, exploring the tension between stillness and movement, permanence and transformation. Created entirely by hand, the sculptural forms evoke water, erosion, sediment and geological forces.

Magdalena Zarychta presents Pulsars, a series of hand-blown glass sculptures in which hand-impressed reliefs preserve the memory of gesture and movement. Shifting layers of colour and transparency are revealed through changing light, bringing traditional glassblowing into dialogue with structures found in living organisms.

Zieta Studio, led by architect and process designer Oskar Zięta, presents Crystal Totem and Crystal Monoliths from its ongoing Crystals series. Composed of geometric, mirror-surfaced steel modules, the works reflect and refract light and their surroundings, creating shifting, kaleidoscopic impressions.

A celebration of Polish design

Now in its second year, Curated Connections continues On&On Designs’ mission to place Polish design in dialogue with London’s creative landscape, creating opportunities for Polish designers to connect with an international audience and London’s design community.

The programme forms part of Mayfair Design District’s 2026 programme, which this year explores the theme What Matters Now — considering the ideas, materials and connections that give design meaning.

Visit

BLUEPRINT — MINT Gallery
12–20 September 2026
10:30am–6:30pm
Closed Sunday 13 September
Sunday 20 September: 10:30am–5pm
3–5 Duke Street, London W1U 3ED
Free entry | No booking required

REFLECTIONS — Mandarin Oriental Mayfair
9 September 2026 – January 2027
Hotel Reception open 24/7
22 Hanover Square, London W1S 1JP
Free entry | No booking required

Part of Mayfair Design District 2026.

Additional info at:
www.mintgallery.co.uk & mandarinoriental.com & www.onandondesigns.com & creativeprojectfoundation.com