Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Martyna Jaworska
Project to revitalise Gubin Parish Church
The jury appreciated the author’s reinterpretation of sacred architecture and giving it a new function. In today’s times, where we wonder how much to build and how much to revitalise, this is a beautiful project in relation to ecology in architecture. The author points out that a hitherto abandoned place can become an educational and cultural heart of the city, a space for social integration. Despite the change in function, the author has managed to preserve the non-grounded, spiritual character of the building.
Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk
Agnieszka Szmyd
Harness to stabilise dogs with behavioural disorders during basic veterinary care
The project highlighted the solution to a real problem, which is the difficulty of performing veterinary examinations on dogs, especially in difficult conditions – in shelters and asylums. The designer focused on real needs, her design was preceded by research and interviews with behaviourists and veterinarians, and she tested the prototype on dogs under controlled conditions. This resulted in a design that is realistic and easy to implement.
Magdalena Abakanowicz University of Arts in Poznań
Paulina Krynicka
"Wojtek, Mania and Interrogation" - illustrated therapeutic fable and legal guide
The jury appreciated the identification of a difficult problem and the attempt to solve it with a therapeutic fable for questioning children and a legal guide for their carers. This is a great example of socially responsible design that raises legal awareness. Also noteworthy is the thoughtful visual language adapted to both audiences.
Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice
Carlos Bravo Saldarriaga
Multisensory strategy to suport visitor navigation and promote accessibility in the Silesian Museum
The jury appreciated the recognition of a specific problem, identified locally, as well as the author’s sensitivity to the needs of visually and hearing impaired people, wheelchair users, foreigners and families. In response to the diagnosed need, a multisensory solution was created to aid navigation through the complex outdoor area of the Silesian Museum – reliably designed, functional and aesthetically pleasing.
Magdalena Abakanowicz University of Arts in Poznań
Mariusz Śmietana
Joining forces with the sun. Harnessing solar energy to improve human and planetary well-being
The task of today’s metropolises is to take care of the inhabitants, providing them with good living conditions, well-being and sustainability. Big cities give a lot, but they often lose what is most important. Light is just such an asset. We recognise how important it is when access to it begins to be limited. Mr Mariusz Śmietana’s idea is a chance for more light, which means more life and joy of living.
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Jakub Maślak
Visual identity for skateboard brand Ancymon
For creating an accurate brand identity for a fairly hermetic skateboarding subculture. The author showed a lot of passion and knowledge, reminding us of the non-hyphopic heritage of skateboarding.
Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź
Dominik Żyża
"I will never forget you". - a paraphrase of the works of Władysław Hasior in the author's collection of footwear and accessories
For its original interpretation of folk culture and everyday icons typical of 1970s design. The transfer of the design of the iconic crystal glass to plastic seems particularly interesting.
Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
Agata Wajda
Chair for caregivers of inpatients in medical facilities
For a practical solution that improves the comfort of carers of hospitalised children; for seeing the problem, the existing solutions and trying to fix them. Designed in a rather crude, but at the same time friendly and therefore feasible to implement way.
Academy of Fine Arts Gdansk
faculty: Architecture and Industrial Design
supervisor: dr Paweł Gełesz
Kamila Raeder
A ship for the centenary of Gdynia port
This conceptual design of a passenger ship dedicated to Gdynia makes it possible to visit the port on the side of the basins, carries an idea, directs attention to a portion of the local history and culture which has been lost over time. It is intended as a reconnector of the urban and port fabric, facilitating their interfusion, as well as acknowledgement of the role the port has had in the development of the city. This design could serve as a new showcase of the place naturally merging into the local awareness and identity. The concept dwells on the history of the ship architecture implicitly, without referring to historic forms or semantic meanings. Instead, it refers to the historical function of the urban water draft, especially in a city as closely associated with the sea as Gdynia is.
Academy of Art Szczecin
faculty: Industrial Design
supervisor: dr hab. Danuta Dąbrowska
Kornelia Biały
LIMINAL – observation log
The presented work relies upon designing a patient of the future and further observations, documented by visual means. The designer assumes dynamic development of transplantology and creation of completely new beings, who will also require complex medical care. Patients will be built of human cells and kept alive by their means. Ethically, how far will we go creating new organisms? Based on her experience as a young doctor, the designer tries to lead the recipient through diagnostic stages and research analysis. In parallel, she emphasises the irony of the entire process, which results in creating something that will become so alien to us.
Academy of Fine Arts Warsaw
faculty: Graphic Arts
supervisor: prof. Lech Majewski
Krzysztof Stępniewski
Manhood Scenes
The design is intended to reform the stereotypes regarding manhood and reveal the perception of situations and behaviours according to the accepted social norms. It also aims to clash the printing and painting methods. The starting point of the installation was the designer’s internal disapproval of the conservative “real man” image. The black-and-white panoramas tell short, caricatural stories with non-obvious endings. They are the background for oil paintings, featuring a delight of corporeality, presumably bias and stereotypes free. The installation is addressed to persons willing to reflect on the social mechanisms that shape cultural roles and genders.
Academy of Fine Arts Łódź
faculty: Design Arts
supervisor: dr hab. Olga Podfilipska-Krysińska, prof. of the academy
Marianna Lamenta
Curiosities Collection – jewellery inspired by mental disfunctions
Borderline personality disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, sexoholism, schizophrenia, depression. Five different mental illnesses and five objects to represent them. The work intends to make people familiar with various mental disorders, define them, visualise how the afflicted persons feel and what emotions accompany their lives. The designer also emphasises the problem of stigmatisation of persons with mental disfunctions and its negative effect on their health. The topic of mental illnesses is difficult, but very important, and it should be discussed. Made of organic materials and brass, the objects present their sad yet true nature, without taboo.
Academy of Fine Arts Katowice
Faculty: Design
supervisor: dr Zofia Oslislo-Piekarska
Maria Jarzyna
Amelot – font family dedicated to immersive reading in dark screen mode
Amelot is a biscript font family dedicated to immersive reading in dark screen mode. The design is inspired by the experience of contemporary designers as well as accomplishments of the renaissance typography masters. The process started from the research of the French and Belgian16th-century prints and resulted in digitising of the selected historic typeface. The original font Amelot employs the above-mentioned experiences to find which features and solutions applied in the renaissance typefaces have positive influence on the display efficiency and comfort of reading long texts in the dark screen mode?
Academy of Fine Arts Katowice
faculty: Design
supervisor: prof. dr hab. Tomasz Bierkowski
Mohammadali Sharifian Dorchech
Make it sustainable
Despite the rising trend of digital product design, little has been done to adapt sustainability principles to it. There is a lack of knowledge on this topic and the little data available is scattered, technical and hard to implement by designers. Make it sustainable is an online service to encourage sustainable behaviours in UI/UX designers, firstly by increasing awareness on the topic with a short explainer animation called Pixels are real and secondly, by making sustainable web design easy to do, with an online platform (Figma plugin) that gives simplified information, compact and easy to use with a step-by-step guide and a ,,problem-solution” approach to sustainable web design.
Academy of Fine Arts Gdansk
faculty: Architecture and Industrial Design
supervisor: prof. asp dr hab. Anna Wejkowska-Lipska
Agata Werochowska
Prologue. You are from the Country
The country vs the city is a constant split between the border and the community. Each of these spaces is a self-existing individuality offering different values and contrastive experience. As polar opposites, they give a sense of imperfection or deficit, compensated in another. The interior design of the Brühl Palace in Brody, providing the workshop space for children, is intended as a prologue, the beginning of change. In this place, borders come together to form a new perception of community due to the symbolic combination of manual and digital art. The design is intended to encourage the users’ observation and inspiration. The entire concept is dedicated to opening the Brody village to other cultures.
AS Szczecin
faculty: Design
supervisor: dr hab. Aurelia Mandziuk-Zajączkowska, prof. AS
Renata Ramola-Piórkowska
Record off the Record – seeds as memory carriers – participatory project
The work is participator in character. It engaged the pensioners of nursing homes in Szczecin aged 65–87 and representing various social groups. The graduate project is a specific experiment towards building a bond and interpersonal relationships among all the participants. Its core is an installation composed of 19 3D objects, the form of which refers to doilies. The openwork, fully biodegradable items were made of original yarn, containing seeds of edible plants. The graduate project also includes a film documenting the design process, interviews with its participants, cycle of photographs, and a pennant made by the seniors during the silk-screen workshops. The pro-social activity is an important element of this work.
Academy of Fine Arts Katowice
faculty: Design
supervisor: dr hab. Justyna Kucharczyk, prof. asp
Marta Jagoda-Błaszczak / Oliwia Michniewska
TOTU – tool for finding non-specific erogenous zones for persons with sensation deficits
TOTU is a digital tool for finding non-specific erogenous zones dedicated to persons with mobility impairment. It contains a library of symbols to create collages, mapping the body. The design is motivated by the need for debunking the stereotypes regarding the sexuality of persons with disabilities, who are generally believed to be asexual and excluded from sex life. The tool is intended to facilitate the search for various erogenous zones, becoming familiar with one’s own body by means of body mapping and can be used in therapeutic work. TOTU was co-created with Sekson Projekt and Avalon Foundation through design and dialogue. It was consulted with sex therapists and psychologists, and implemented during Sekson 2022 Conference.
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