There Is Only One Europe. In Conversation with Alicja Knast Piotr Policht Photo: Zuzana Bonisch I will not ask how you convinced the competition committee to recognize and accept your program, but I will ask about your motivations, since in Poland it is still rare for a public cultural institution to be managed…
She is known for extraordinary ideas and a passion for expressive colours and geometric patterns. Until recently, Vasina has been referred to mainly as a star stylist, and she was most recognized as the author of Monika Brodka’s subsequent makeovers. Marcin Szczelina talks with the designer about fashion shows and their role in the world…
The Poles quite often kill things with kindness. The event, which began as an opportunity to support Polish brands and find something unique, has already transformed into a holiday shopping mall. Right now, people are killing the socialist era design with kindness, and it will soon be dead – says Krystyna Łuczak Surówka. We talk to her and…
After winning the competition for the Spanish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, Polish architect Andrzej Gwizdała together with Sofía Piñero, Domingo J. González and Fernando Herrera caused a bit of commotion among their Spanish peers. We talk to the Polish architect living in Tenerife about uncertainty in architecture and in the modern world. Uncertainy…
How to reconcile the past and the present? What new functions can post-World War II 20th-century architecture serve? Daniel Kovács, the curator of the Hungarian Pavilion at the 17th Venice Biennale, posed these questions to 12 architecture practices he invited to partake in the project Othernity. The effects can be seen in the Hungarian Pavilion…
Last year the studio Karpiel Steindel Architektura donated a tailor-made design of a private house to the Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy (The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity), Poland’s biggest charity event that raises money for paediatric care. The studio’s contribution sparked interest among architects and the general public. We talked to Jan Karpiel-Bułecka Jr. to…
VIXEN: We have to learn to deceive but truth will always be valued more Born in Silesia, lives in the Białołęka district of Warsaw. A rapper who is not afraid of preschools and shopping malls. One of the most talented Polish artists and music producers. Vixen shows us around places that are important…
The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP24 has just opened in Katowice. The most important task facing the states is setting the rules for the implementation of the first global climate agreement, namely the Paris Agreement. The agreement purports to prevent global temperature increase in order to avoid the threat of climate catastrophe that is…
An architect who lacks empathy is a threat to the world Interview with professor Ewa Kuryłowicz, one of the most outstanding personalities in the world of architecture. By Marcin Szczelina Photos: Bartek Barczyk MARCIN SZCZELINA: You’ve just come back from the Architecture Biennale in Venice. What are your first impressions? EWA KURYŁOWICZ: Favorable,…
We are here to challenge Dominika claims that if she had not become a designer, she would be a chef. Paweł, when he doesn’t design, he travels (though he would have preferred the opposite). Together they form the Buck Studio – and they know everything about how to design to make it… tasty.. …