participants
Magdalena Czapiewska
a graduate of the Faculty of Interior Design of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw with an Honours Diploma from the Furniture Design Studio. Studies in the UK at the Falmouth College of Arts (majoring in Spatial Design).
Participation in a number of furniture shows: Meblowy Haute Couture in Warsaw, Meble 2005 and 2006 at the Poznań International Fair. A co-founder of the Designlab design team.
Karol Murlak
a graduate of the Faculty of Interior Design of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the Falmouth College of Arts (majoring in Spatial Design) in the UK. Assistant Lecturer at his alma mater Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the Polish Japanese Institute of Information Technology.
A co-founder of the Designlab design team. Winner of a scholarship granted by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. Runner-up winner in the Terma Design 2008 contest and honorary mention in the Dzień Barwy (“Colour Day”) contest organised by the Institute of Industrial Design. Participation in the New Designers exhibition at the Business Design Centre in London and Meble 2006 at the Poznań International Fair.
The design is most closely inspired by the traditional wall unit set in form, but also fulfils the following assumptions: it is easy to manufacture, generally available and reasonably priced. It is interesting to note that the designer duo, who are not a couple, strive to achieve goals similar to those realised by the Kowalskis, i.e. the married couple of designers who created Poland's first wall unit set. The main idea behind the design is the mobility of the set. Each vertical module is packed into a box and purchased from a furniture store in this easy-to-carry form. The system resembles the matryoshka nesting doll, one of the iconic objects of the Polish People's Republic era. The wall unit set consists of five modules, i.e. five boxes. The design’s innovativeness lies in the use of modern finishing materials, including the Dibond composite. The wall unit set is an openwork structure filled with several geometrically arranged boxes – vertically opening cabinets. The design has been selected for production by Vox. “The design is an “Ode to the Wall Unit Set”, inspired by the classical model of the Kowalskis' set”.
