Guided tour of the exhibition Looking Through Objects: Women in Contemporary Polish Design with Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka and Gian Luca Amadei, curators.

About the curators: Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka is a design curator with a background in visual arts. She is interested in how local context influences design identities. She is also a columnist, event organiser, and jury member of design competitions. Agnieszka is the dean of the Faculty of Design at SWPS University in Warsaw. Previously, she was the artistic director of the Łódź Design Festival and the launching editor-in-chief at Elle Decoration Poland.

Gian Luca Amadei is an architectural historian, researcher and curator. His interests intersect between architecture history, urban planning, sociology and cultural context. Gian Luca is an advocate of life-long learning and a Lecturer at the Royal College of Art in London. He is also the author of the books: Discovering Women in Polish Design (2009) and Victorian Cemeteries and the Suburbs of London (2022).

Looking Through Objects is an original exhibition that illustrates the major role played by women designers in Poland today. From product design to one-off pieces, these creations tell the story of a rich array of singular achievements. Organisers: Design Museum Brussels and Polish Institute Brussels Partners: SWPS University in Warsaw, Royal College of Art in London, National Museum in Gdańsk Curators: Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka, Gian Luca Amadei, Dario Lombardi.

More information, registration: info@designmuseum.brussels / 02 669 49 21