about

born in 1996, Poland. I have graduated from Social Design at the Design Academy Eindhoven (NL, 2022) and the Faculty of Design, majoring in Product and Visual communication design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (PL, 2019).

I am working at the intersection of design (product, graphics and space design), art and social action, centering creation processes, understood as material research, as well as engagement with everyday objects and practices. Due to my background, in my work, I often combine manufacturing techniques and craftsmanship. I investigate spaces in between – unexplained, ambiguous phenomena to create or recreate relationships and transmit experiences.

In addition to my usual professional activities, I am involved in organizing, curating, moderating, writing and reading (Uziemienie – performative listening performances).

I have participated in exhibitions on design and art and have been recognized and awarded prizes at national and international competitions. I collaborated or realised projects for/exhibited at: Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw; Museum of Warsaw; University of Warsaw; Museum of the Earth, Polish Academy of Sciences; Asia-Pacific Museum, Warsaw; Labirynt Gallery, Lublin; Warsaw; Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven / Supermarket Art Fair Stockholm; BASE, Milano Design Week; Institute of Industrial Design (IWP); Graduation Show, Dutch Design Week.

I have gained professional experience in recognized Polish design studios (Beza Projekt, Studio Szpunar).  My work is socially oriented on several levels – firstly, being user-oriented in design pieces, and acknowledging (and often engaging) spectators in other works – as well as in its methods – for individual commissions, I often invite expert partners and am working in collectives – design cooperative TakŁadnie and collective Radio Uziemienie.

selected competitions:

Diploma selection competition, org. Designblok - Prague International Design Festival
ein&zwanzig competition, org. German Design Council
Young Design portfolio review, org. The Institute of Industrial Design
See&Say portfolio review; org. Klub Twórców Reklamy
Młodzi na Start competition; org. ELLE Decoration and Gdynia Design Days
make me! competition; org. Łódź Design Festival
Graduation Projects review; org. Zamek Cieszyn
Future Living Award competition; org. Siemnes
Blue Drop competition; org. Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź
Dziedzictwo dla designu competition; org. International Cultural Centre, Cracow
Kruhy na vode competition; org. ÚĽUV, Bratislava

selected exhibitions:

Transforming Food Systems by Design, Dutch Design Week
Long Night of Museums; Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Design, Warsaw
Dom Kultury Śródmieście (RDK;, Warsaw
Centre for Culture; Lublin
Museums Quartier; Wiedeń, Austria and U-jazdowski, Warsaw
Polish Design. Tomorrow is today; Salone del Mobile; Milan

selected clients/cooperation

University of Warsaw - Artes Liberales; Tavex; Good Looking
Studio; YORK PL; Van Abbemuseum; The Asia and Pacific Museum in Warsaw; The Museum of Warsaw; Beza Projekt; Federation for Women and Family Planning; Barcz; IPS Control; Proseksualna; EI Expert; Eurolight

scholarships

I have received grants from Adam Mickiewicz Institute and Society of Authors ZAiKS

workshops

I took part in many international workshops where I realized
various projects, e.g. Summer Camp by Nowy Teatr in Warsaw;
Mood for Wood – Common Habitat, Poznań; Carousel network workshops, Edinburgh

+ 48 694 467 304 

agnieszka@cieszanowska.com

AGNIESZKA CIESZANOWSKA