MODERNA. INDUSTRY+CRAFT

http://www.dnidizajnu.pl/pl/2015/program/wystawy/moderna-przemysl-rzemioslo

The exhibition is available by prior phone appointment at +48 15 844 85 56 ext. 15 on weekdays from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

Location of the exhibition: Building of Environmental Engineering, KUL, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, ul. Ofiar Katynia 8B, www.dnidizajnu.pl

Modernism, colloquially referred to in the exhibition title as “modern,” represents a way of thinking. It embodies a balance between form and function, honesty of materials, and the combination of repeatable industrial production with carefully crafted details. This collaboration between the designer, craftsman, and industry appeared to the curators of the exhibition as the most significant distinguishing feature of “modernist” thinking, which can be observed in contemporary design.

The exhibition will present implemented Polish projects and concepts produced in short series, in which, although the objects respond to the same design premise, they differ from one another due to the characteristics of the material chosen by the designer or the method of production. An important part of the project is a realization prepared specifically for the exhibition by young designer Alicja Patanowska, in collaboration with the Krosno Glassworks “KROSNO” and the Pottery Factory “Manufaktura” in Bolesławiec. The objects created especially for the exhibition particularly engage with the theme of “industry + craft.” The prototypes presented at the exhibition have potential for implementation and are characterized by a special attention to detail developed in collaboration with artisans.

The intent of the exhibition’s curators is also to revive the interwar tradition of cooperation between Polish designers, craftsmen, and industry, which is characteristic of Polish modernism, particularly for Stalowa Wola – a modernist city built in the 1930s in accordance with the premises we selected for the exhibition: balance between form and function, honesty of materials, and the combination of repeatable industrial production with carefully crafted details.

Designers:

Nikodem Szpunar/Paged Meble, Bartosz Mucha, Maria Jeglińska/Porcelana Kristoff, Beza Project, Aleksandra Satława, Agnieszka Bar/Manufacturedculture, Iza Sroka/Falbanka, Marek Cecuła/Ćmielów Design Studio, Paulina Matusiak, Malafor, Karina Marusińska, Tomasz Augustyniak/Marbet Style, Marcin Młoczkowski/VOLA, Alicja Patanowska.

Curators:

Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka, independent exhibition curator, design critic, journalist. Head of the program council at the School of Form in Poznań www.agnieszka-jacobson.pl; Paweł Grobelny, designer and independent exhibition curator. Lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the School of Form in Poznań www.pawelgrobelny.com.