Designers in Seoul
Designers in Tokyo
Designers in Taipei
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Sustainability, Social Design, Solutions for the City
Art historian, continuing her scientific work as part of her doctorate, focusing on issues related to intercultural dialogue, hybridity of art and the problem of cultural identity.
Professionally associated with Tri-City cultural institutions since 2014. Since 2020, a member of the Gdynia Design Days team and PPNT Gdynia | Design Center. Curator of exhibitions, manager of exhibition program for the festival, manager of the MANUBA project, author of articles on design and history of art.
MANUBA project, Long Live Design Exhibition, Creative Circular Cities EU project, Gdynia Design Days exhibitions, IKEA partnership, Porsche partnership

It's not unique to Korea; a one-sided relationship has no future, so please work with people who respect and acknowledge each other's value.

In the world of graphic design Poland is known for Polish School of Posters active in 1950s-1980s with expressive solutions based mainly on illustration. In the last years we finally started discovering the unknown heritage in logo design and typography with great masters such as Karol Śliwka, Ryszard Bojar and many more.

In Poland after World War II, many designers were active in creating graphic symbols. Due to specific political conditions, these projects could be much more free and artistic than in the West. Besides the Polish poster, it is the graphic symbol that is particularly noteworthy when it comes to design in Poland.

As someone who studied design at a university in Korea, I’ve observed that there are a vast number of design schools in the country. Considering Korea's population size, the number of design graduates is quite substantial. I find this to be an interesting fact when it comes to understanding the Korean design scene.