DESIGN32 POST-COMPETITION EXHIBITION AT THE ACADEMIC DESIGN CENTER IN LODZ

DESIGN 32 - an exhibition of graduates of eight art schools in Poland, members of ACD

 

from July 11 to August 31, 2022
Academic Design Center in Lodz
Tues.-Thu. 9:00-14:30
pt. 13:00-18:00
Sat. 15:00-18:00

 

DESIGN32 is the only such competition in Poland. Graduates of eight public Fine Art Academies participate in it. Each of the Academies nominate four graduation works each year. The competition has been held for more than 10 years. DESIGN 32 is organized by the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, and co-organized by: Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, University of Arts in Poznan, Academy of Art in Szczecin, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw. As every year, the competition was accompanied by an exhibition, which could be seen at the Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Katowice Rondo of Art until June 15. From July 8 to the end of August, the post-competition exhibition will be on display at the Academic Design Center in Lodz.

The winners were selected by a jury: Krystyna Łuczak-Surówka, Karolina Sulej, Marcin Wicha, Mikołaj Wierszyłłowski, Marcin Wolny. Its own award was given by the OPPO brand. The City and Design Awards were decided by representatives of the GZM Metropolis.

The following awards were given in 2022:

Rectors' Award - PLN 20,000:

By the decision of the jury, the Award of the Rectors of the Academy of Fine Arts went to Izabela Kędzior from the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź for the project Luxury of Tomorrow.

Prize of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage- PLN 15,000.
The award went to Weronika Wojnarowicz of the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz for her work entitled Cork as a material for an industrial design designer.

Award of the Mayor of the City of Katowice- PLN 7,000.
The Award of the President of the City of Katowice went to Patrycja Mola from the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice for her work entitled: Variable font design Monsun with interface for dynamic designs.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Sonia Nowok from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow for the project entitled: Supporting the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis by shaping orthoses using 3D printing technology.
Zofia Klos of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw for her project Between Two Worlds.
Marianna Pawłusiów of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk for her project I Hear Silence, consisting of a picture book about silence and a spatial installation.
Meg Krajewska of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw for the project Nobody is Born Hetero: on human sexual and gender identity.
City & Design Award:
The Upper Silesia and Zagłębie Metropolis Award went to Adrianna Wycisło of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice for her project Friendly Place. A toolkit to raise awareness of the role of public space in the functioning of society.

OPPO Award:
The OPPO Award went to Milena Szwemmer of the Academy of Art in Szczecin, for her work Dead World Gallery.

Design in Times of Crisis.

This year's edition of the competition for the best design diploma from public art schools takes place at a time when it becomes legitimate to ask about the function of design in reality. A time of pandemic and now war reevaluates many phenomena and makes us begin to see the power of human solidarity, empathy and closeness in life. Design as a tool to help people in everyday life is an essential element that makes it possible to live more, more fully and more consciously. How did the young graduates of public art schools cope with this task?

HEALTH - Design in health care is a frequent topic of graduation theses. This year's graduates were interested in how touch can have a therapeutic effect and how to translate this into an object, what an ecg holder for children might look like, how a device to support the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis should look and function, and how space can make people with autism function well.

EDUCATE! - Education is paramount. Our future depends on how and what we teach our children. Education in times of constant distraction should be attractive and given in a modern way. However, it does not apply only to children, because we live in a time of new phenomena and new issues. This year's graduation themes included works on silence, non-heteronormativity, the function of the forest, the ecosystem, women in bicycle culture or the history of Szczecin.

SPACE - How does human life co-create space? How can a properly designed environment make people able to get rid of trauma? How to live well in the city? How to design vertically? What makes it possible for us to talk about well-executed revitalization? These questions are answered by the works in the space category, which deal not only with the role of urban space in the functioning of society, the adaptation of public buildings, the creation of zones of rest and relaxation, but also the difficult topic of domestic violence.

LIVE BETTER! - Design should be functional and useful. It is supposed to improve projects already implemented, make people at work and at leisure get a tool that positively affects the quality of their activities. "User friendly" is no longer an invention, but as Robert Fabricani and Cliff Kuang - authors of a book with this title - explain: "design requires respect for users' expectations and an understanding of the nuances of their lives." The "Live Better" category includes products, applications and typefaces. Their features are very different - and what they have in common is precisely the user-friendliness that makes living just that much better.

THE FUTURE IS NOW! - Natalia Hatalska in her book about the future "The Age of Paradoxes. Will technology save us?" - asks the title question about loneliness, manipulation and misinformation. Young designers, on the other hand, try with their works to answer the question: what kind of designs do we need to function in the future, as well as how to deal with today's dysfunctions, which are developing at a rapid pace, posing a growing problem.

VIVA L'ARTE! - Design is part of the visual arts. It has been fed by art since the dawn of time, and aesthetics is an important part of many projects. Among this year's diplomas were works that emphasize the combination of design and art.

JURY:

Dr. Krystyna Łuczak- Surówka, Karolina Sulej, Marcin Wicha, Mikołaj Wierszyłłowski, Marcin Wolny.

Coordinator of the Design 32 competition - Agnieszka Nawrocka, PhD.
Exhibition arrangement: Wzorro Design
Visual identification of the exhibition: Agata Korzenska

PATRONS OF THE EXHIBITION:
Upper Silesia and Zagłębie Metropolis
OPPO

LINK TO THE CATALOG: