The New Generation

exhibition

The New Generation

opening hours

24-29th of June, 10:00-20:00

place

PPNT Gdynia | prototypownie
al. Zwycięstwa 96/98, budynek IV

entrance

free of charge

About:

They don't ask the same questions and seek the same answers. They are not afraid to think and act differently – beyond the familiar and the obvious. The New Generation is a review of projects from four Polish design and art schools. What do young designers live by today? What moves them?

Contemporary design is at a turning point. On the one hand, we are still surrounded by systems created according to the logic of consumerist growth, while on the other, we see more and more clearly that such a model is unsustainable. In this space of uncertainty and transformation, the voice of the younger generation of the design community is resounding with unprecedented force. Through their works, they are talking about the world they want to live in.

Thinking differently is not just a slogan – it is a necessity. What comes to the fore is not what is designed, but how and why. It is a story about design as a tool for change, where the process is as important as the end result. We invite you to look at design through the eyes of the young generation – sensitive, aware and full of determination.

This year's edition of the New Generation exhibition is a selection of the most interesting student projects from four universities: Bydgoszcz University of Technology, Academy of Art in Szczecin, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk and Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków.

 

Designers: 
Martyna Aniserowicz, Dawid Fik, Sandra Halikowska, Dominika Kijowska, Weronika Malliou, Katarzyna Olejniczak, Laura Ożóg, Agnieszka Przybyła, Karo Sulej, Magdalena Szczodrak, Katarzyna Tupaj-Nowak, Aleksandra Wróbel

 

 

 

curatorial team and coordinators

Zespół Centrum Designu

Zespół Centrum Designu

PPNT Gdynia | Design Centre supports the development and promotion of creative sectors in the City of Gdynia, Pomerania region and the Baltic Sea area. Created as part of Pomeranian Science and Technology Park Gdynia in 2011 and founded by the City of Gdynia. Organizer of exhibitions, workshops, lectures and events such as the Gdynia Design Days festival and the Design talks Business Sustainabilit...

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Anna Szwaja

Anna Szwaja

Graduate of the Faculty of Industrial Forms at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. After graduating in 2004, she began working at her alma mater in the Alternative Design Studio, as an assistant to Prof. Mieczysław Górowski. After defending her habilitation thesis in 2021, she works as a Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts. She also teaches at the Academy of Applied Sciences i...

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Ewa Protasiewicz

Ewa Protasiewicz

Product designer, educator, academic lecturer. At the Faculty of Industrial Design of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow together with dr hab. Anna Szwaja prof. The Academy of Fine Arts co-runs the Alternative Design Studio, whose main goal is to design in the spirit of sustainable development. The owner and founder of the tove brand, offering original products for interior design. Under the name ...

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Magdalena Nowak

Magdalena Nowak

Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk at the department of Industrial Design, majoring in Naval Architecture, and the Gdansk University of Technology at the department of Architecture and Urban Planning. In 2015, she was a scholarship recipient at the Escola Superior de Artes e Design in Portugal. Since 2019, she has been a member of the Industrial Designers Association. Her research focu...

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Marta Gębska

Marta Gębska

Designer with a user-centered approach to provide product and interior design services, as well as design-oriented strategies and assessments. Design thinking and willingness to innovate is what guides her in the process of product development. Her research area show that sustainable and universal design allows to develop aesthetic and functional products that are of service to users irrespective ...

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Patrycja Żyżniewska

Patrycja Żyżniewska

Visual creative that works at the border of design and art, combining both conceptual and commercial approaches. In her practice she explores theory of art and design through writing and translating it to a visual language. Speculative design is a field where her design and art competencies meet. From 2019 she is a lecturer at the Multimedia Publishing and Publications Studio at the Faculty of Des...

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