Motto

Poland

Michal

Piernikowski

Design

social design

Bio

Director of the Łódź Design Festival. Enthusiast of urban activities and design. Initiator and co-organizer of many projects related to the creative industries, m.in. the Ad Days Advertising Festival, the Creative Industries Conference, Art_Inkubatora and Fotofestiwal. Co-founder of Łódź Art Center, member of the team implementing activities in Łódź to popularize broadly understood design.

Clients

make me!, must have, Polish Job, Polish Job 2.0,

Awards

Annual Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in Design

Design Alive Award

Badge of Merit for the City of Lodz

More Speakers and Mentors

Miroslaw

Klis

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.

Lars

Harmsen

Many people think we Germans are perfect. What nonsense!

Ola

Niepsuj

Polish design culture is deeply rooted in a rich tradition of poster art, known as the "Polish School of Poster Art," a movement that combined bold graphics and a strong sense of symbolism to convey complex messages with minimal resources. Contemporary Polish design often draws inspiration from this heritage, including "designing by hand", while blending it with a modern, digital aesthetic.

Zofia

Dzierzawska-Bojanowska

Polish design history has been very tumuluous and directly related to the country's history and political systems.

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