The Judges: Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka
Since she switched from writing about design in “Elle Decoration” - which she introduced to the Polish market and chief-edited for seven years - to teaching and curating design exhibitions, Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka has become one of the chief promoters of young Polish and international designers.
One of her first projects on this was Prodeco – a contest for emerging design talents that she started in 2001.
She lectures on current trends, publishes in design and life-style media, judges numerous contests, aiming at spreading the understanding of design and its functions. In cooperation with cultural institutions in Poland and abroad she organizes numerous design exhibitions all over the world. Her last long-term project is Lodz Design Festival which she has curated in 2008 and 2009. In 2009 she prepared following exhibitions: Play&Joke“ (Lodz Design Festiwal 2008), „Natural sources of Polish design” (Regional Museum Stalowa Wola), „UnPolished“ (in cooperation with Paweł Grobelny for Design September Festival in Brussels ), Polska Folk (Tent London during the London Design Festival 2009), Design Tales (for Lodz Design Festiwal 2009).
Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka lives in Warsaw/Poland. She graduated in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk. She is the representative of Vitra Design Museum in Poland.
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