Profile

Karol Murlak is a designer. He is the Director of the Institute of Design at SWPS University. He specializes in designing public spaces and elements of their decor, including interiors, shop windows, small architecture, furniture, and lighting. He is interested in multisensory design.

He cofounded the Designlab studio, which collaborated with numerous international companies and institutions, including: Deutsche Bank, Boston Consulting Group, and Martinelli Luce.

His products were presented at many industry shows in Poland (including Poznań International Fair, Zamek Cieszyn – the Silesian Center for Art and Entrepreneurship, and Rondo Sztuki in Katowice) as well as internationally (including New Designers at the Business Design Centre in London, Design Week in Milan, Berlin, Frankfurt, Budapest, Prague, Bucharest, Sofia, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro).

He is a winner of a scholarship awarded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, and the winner of the 9th Sanitec-Koło design competition and Design by…2012.

At School of Form, he teaches classes in space and lighting functionality.