Exhibitions, symposia & projects
2025
Material Matters Exhibition | London Design Festival | London
Exhibiting Formative Forces project as part od The Material Way Exhibition showcasing results of Local Bio-based Materials program on material-based studies.
Author of the Formative Forces project
2024
Befriending Earth Research and Workshop | Zeche Zollverein & Innovative Citizen Festival |
Dortmund
As part of the project, soil and plant tests were carried out at the industrial complex of the Zeche Zollverein (UNESCO) and at the Bio lab of the Folkwang University in Essen. The results of the work were presented in a workshop using the technique of chromatography.
Framework by: Agnieszka Polkowska
Part of "Sustainability by Design" (SBYD), a format by Folkwang University of the Arts, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Joint Science Conference of the Federal States under the "Innovative Hochschule" funding line.
Author of the Befriending Earth workshop framework
Rural Resources Workshop.
Organised by Prof. Niklas Fanelsa (Atelier Fanelsa) for Students of the Technical University of Munich and Design Department of Stettin Academy of Art on Rural Resources, that create desirable ways of living, working, and producing.
Framework by: prof. Niklas Fanelsa (Atelier Fanelsa),Christian Gäth (Bauhaus Earth), Agnieszka Polkowska (Stettin Academy of Art)
Author of the Deep mapping workshop framework
2023
Becoming Beginners. Design in times of post-growth project for the Faculty of Design of Academy of Art in Stettin
Summer school in Rimpertstweiler Hof with Lisa Ertel & Anne-Sophie Oberkrome from Studio Œ
Baumschule Kulturforum
(Neue Nationalgalerie & St. Matthäus-Kirche initiative) Flowerprinting workshop
Co-author of the project & Co-Curator
2022
PORTAL -MANUBA 2022
Gdynia Design Days Collection
Curator
2022
Rite of Passage
Design Faculty exhibition at Gdynia Design Days
Co-curator
2021
Follow the Object
Design Faculty exhibition at Łódź Design Festival
Co-curator
2020
Online >>> Offline
Symposium at Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław
Discussion panel
2020
Heart-centred speculative design
Design Talks Business
Gdynia Design Center
Workshop
2019- 2021
Dialogues with future
Gdynia Design Center
Event
2018
Mechanisms of trends
Industrial Design Institute
Workshop
Design jury & programme boards
2026
Gdynia Design Days
Member of the Programme Board
Design 32 - Art Universities Best Design Diploma Competition
Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź
Member of the Programme Board
2025
Łódź Design Festival
Jury member of make me! competition
Gdynia Design Days
Member of the Programme Board
Design 32 - Art Universities Best Design Diploma Competition
Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice
Member of the Programme Board
2019
Dobry Wzór Design Competition
Industrial Design Institute
Member of Interdisciplinary Board
2017- 2022
Must have competition
Łódź Design Festival
Member of Expert Board
Lectures & talks
2018-2024
Element UX Talks
Trends, Awareness, design - Arena Design Fair
New lifestyles – Cambridge Innovation Center
Gdynia Kreatywna
Gdynia City Museum
Łódź Design Festival
Gdynia Design Days
Vogue Poland
LaFutura by Trendone
Fashion Revolution
Tools of change – Stettin Academy of Arts
Rite of passage – Design Fair Wzory
Dialogues with future – Gdynia Design Center
Value-based Design – ELLE Decoration at GDD
Workshops & research residencies
2026
February/ Berlin (Germany): Mould making - mould blowing at BG Glassworks gGmbH with Maya Harel & Amelie Tazeroute
2025
October/ Berlin (Germany): Sketching with yarn at Studio JUMI with Miriam Rose Gronwald
May/ Żerdno (Poland): Wool and plant fiber spinning with Aleksandra Sobieszczuk at the Studio of Traditional Crafts and the Polish Chamber of Heritage Crafts in the West Pomeranian region of Poland
February - July: Local Bio-based Materials by The Material Way by curator Rita Trindade (Through Objects) and multidisciplinary designer Bonnie Hvillum (Natural Material Studio) with Sarmite Polakova, Alberte Holmø Bojesen, Benedetta Pompili
2024
November/ Potsdam (Germany): on-site research at Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Department of Biomaterials) with Prof. Peter Fratzl, dr Karola Dierichs and Johanna Hehemeyer Cürten (Adaptive Fibrous Materials Research Group)
August/ Arlesheim (Switzerland): on-site research at Verein für Krebsforschung and Institute Hiscia with dr Maria Olga Kokornaczyk, Prof. dr hab. Stephan Baumgartner, dr Daniel Krüerke, Greta Gugliametti, Bettina Leonhard
July/ Essen (Germany): Befriending Earth on-site research at Biolab of Sustainability by Design program of the Design Department at the Folkwang Universität der Künste with Prof. Johanna Scheemer and Katharina Herbrich
Clients
Samsung
MARE Amsterdam
Play
Sustainability by Design (Folkwang University)
Technical University of Munich
Industrial Design Institute
Gdynia Design Centre
Pomeranian Science and Technology Park
Łódź Design Festival
Ceramika Paradyż
Vogue Poland
YES
DESA Unicum
Decathlon
Cosentino
eobuwie.pl
Local Heroes
Top Secret
L37
Fiore
Abriga
Exhibitions, symposia & projects
2025
Material Matters Exhibition | London Design Festival | London
Exhibiting Formative Forces project as part od The Material Way Exhibition showcasing results of Local Bio-based Materials program on material-based studies.
Author of the Formative Forces project
2024
Befriending Earth Research and Workshop | Zeche Zollverein & Innovative Citizen Festival |
Dortmund
As part of the project, soil and plant tests were carried out at the industrial complex of the Zeche Zollverein (UNESCO) and at the Bio lab of the Folkwang University in Essen. The results of the work were presented in a workshop using the technique of chromatography.
Framework by: Agnieszka Polkowska
Part of "Sustainability by Design" (SBYD), a format by Folkwang University of the Arts, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Joint Science Conference of the Federal States under the "Innovative Hochschule" funding line.
Author of the Befriending Earth workshop framework
Rural Resources Workshop.
Organised by Prof. Niklas Fanelsa (Atelier Fanelsa) for Students of the Technical University of Munich and Design Department of Stettin Academy of Art on Rural Resources, that create desirable ways of living, working, and producing.
Framework by: prof. Niklas Fanelsa (Atelier Fanelsa),Christian Gäth (Bauhaus Earth), Agnieszka Polkowska (Stettin Academy of Art)
Author of the Deep mapping workshop framework
2023
Becoming Beginners. Design in times of post-growth project for the Faculty of Design of Academy of Art in Stettin
Summer school in Rimpertstweiler Hof with Lisa Ertel & Anne-Sophie Oberkrome from Studio Œ
Baumschule Kulturforum
(Neue Nationalgalerie & St. Matthäus-Kirche initiative) Flowerprinting workshop
Co-author of the project & Co-Curator
2022
PORTAL -MANUBA 2022
Gdynia Design Days Collection
Curator
2022
Rite of Passage
Design Faculty exhibition at Gdynia Design Days
Co-curator
2021
Follow the Object
Design Faculty exhibition at Łódź Design Festival
Co-curator
2020
Online >>> Offline
Symposium at Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław
Discussion panel
2020
Heart-centred speculative design
Design Talks Business
Gdynia Design Center
Workshop
2019- 2021
Dialogues with future
Gdynia Design Center
Event
2018
Mechanisms of trends
Industrial Design Institute
Workshop
Design jury & programme boards
2026
Gdynia Design Days
Member of the Programme Board
Design 32 - Art Universities Best Design Diploma Competition
Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź
Member of the Programme Board
2025
Łódź Design Festival
Jury member of make me! competition
Gdynia Design Days
Member of the Programme Board
Design 32 - Art Universities Best Design Diploma Competition
Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice
Member of the Programme Board
2019
Dobry Wzór Design Competition
Industrial Design Institute
Member of Interdisciplinary Board
2017- 2022
Must have competition
Łódź Design Festival
Member of Expert Board
Lectures & talks
2018-2024
Element UX Talks
Trends, Awareness, design - Arena Design Fair
New lifestyles – Cambridge Innovation Center
Gdynia Kreatywna
Gdynia City Museum
Łódź Design Festival
Gdynia Design Days
Vogue Poland
LaFutura by Trendone
Fashion Revolution
Tools of change – Stettin Academy of Arts
Rite of passage – Design Fair Wzory
Dialogues with future – Gdynia Design Center
Value-based Design – ELLE Decoration at GDD
Workshops & research residencies
2026
February/ Berlin (Germany): Mould making - mould blowing at BG Glassworks gGmbH with Maya Harel & Amelie Tazeroute
2025
October/ Berlin (Germany): Sketching with yarn at Studio JUMI with Miriam Rose Gronwald
May/ Żerdno (Poland): Wool and plant fiber spinning with Aleksandra Sobieszczuk at the Studio of Traditional Crafts and the Polish Chamber of Heritage Crafts in the West Pomeranian region of Poland
February - July: Local Bio-based Materials by The Material Way by curator Rita Trindade (Through Objects) and multidisciplinary designer Bonnie Hvillum (Natural Material Studio) with Sarmite Polakova, Alberte Holmø Bojesen, Benedetta Pompili
2024
November/ Potsdam (Germany): on-site research at Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (Department of Biomaterials) with Prof. Peter Fratzl, dr Karola Dierichs and Johanna Hehemeyer Cürten (Adaptive Fibrous Materials Research Group)
August/ Arlesheim (Switzerland): on-site research at Verein für Krebsforschung and Institute Hiscia with dr Maria Olga Kokornaczyk, Prof. dr hab. Stephan Baumgartner, dr Daniel Krüerke, Greta Gugliametti, Bettina Leonhard
July/ Essen (Germany): Befriending Earth on-site research at Biolab of Sustainability by Design program of the Design Department at the Folkwang Universität der Künste with Prof. Johanna Scheemer and Katharina Herbrich
Clients
Samsung
MARE Amsterdam
Play
Sustainability by Design (Folkwang University)
Technical University of Munich
Industrial Design Institute
Gdynia Design Centre
Pomeranian Science and Technology Park
Łódź Design Festival
Ceramika Paradyż
Vogue Poland
YES
DESA Unicum
Decathlon
Cosentino
eobuwie.pl
Local Heroes
Top Secret
L37
Fiore
Abriga