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SWPS University - Main page

Institute of Design

The Institute of Design brings together the creative community of SWPS University across its campuses in Poland’s three largest cities: Warsaw, Kraków, and Wrocław. This includes designers and artists, as well as researchers exploring the field of art and design.

Institute of Design SWPS University

What We do

Our interdisciplinary work combines design and artistic practice with SWPS University’s strengths and expertise in social sciences and humanities. We collaborate with other universities, institutions, and companies to develop solutions that reshape culture, the economy, and everyday life. Through numerous international partnerships and grants, our teams conduct research and develop projects that result in publications in prestigious academic journals and presentations in leading cultural institutions in Poland and around the world, such as the Louvre, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Vitra Museum, Salone del Mobile, the International Architecture Biennale in Venice, and the London Design Biennale.

Our key areas of specialization include:

  • digital media in art and design
  • sustainable materials, techniques, and practices
  • identity of material culture
  • accessibility of law and information
  • art supporting marginalized communities.

News

News23-11-2025

“Lares and Penates”: exhibition at the Venice Biennale of Architecture

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News29-06-2025

Act of waiting carved in wood: Polish exhibition at London Design Biennale 2025

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Lectures and meetings26-06-2025

Costumes of Authority: Nubian royal outfits showcased in Warsaw

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Rankings18-06-2025

SWPS University in THE Impact Rankings 2025

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Awards & Recognition11-06-2025

School of Form lecturers honored with Gloria Artis Medals

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News30-04-2025

“Looking Through Objects. Women in Contemporary Polish Design” Exhibition at Design Museum Brussels

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Rankings14-05-2024

SWPS University in Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024

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News10-11-2023

ACCELERATE Project Provides Tools for Immersive Art and Design Education

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Awards & Recognition03-11-2023

Dr. Wojciech Jastrzebski named finalist for 2023 Hackaday Prize

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Rankings28-09-2023

USWPS Claims First Place in Poland for "Citations per Paper" in QS Rankings Europe 2024

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News05-07-2023

SWPS University Becomes Member of European Reform University Alliance

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Rankings04-07-2023

SWPS University in Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2023

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News20-06-2023

Joanna Rajkowska's "SORRY" project goes to Frankfurt

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News16-06-2023

"Looking Through Objects": All-Female Design Exhibition in Gdańsk

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Research Projects31-05-2023

CoDesign4Transitions

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Authorities

Karol Murlak
Ph.D. / Associate Professor

Director of the Institute

designer, researcher, and lecturer

Full bio
Mariusz Wszołek
Ph.D. / Associate Professor

Vice-Director of the Institute

communication design researcher, design theoretician.

Full bio

Scientific Board

The members of the Scientific Board, a decision-making body of the Institute of Design, include:

  • Karol Murlak, Ph.D.
    Director of Instititute of Design, Chair of the Board
  • Mariusz Wszołek, Ph.D.
    Vice-Director of the Instititute of Design
  • Michał Jakubowicz, Ph.D. | Associate Professor
  • Ewa Klekot, Ph.D. | Associate Professor
  • Bartosz Mucha, Ph.D. | Associate Professor
  • Magdalena Pińczyńska, Ph.D. | Associate Professor
  • Dariusz Vasina, Ph.D. | Associate Professor
  • Małgorzata Jabłońska, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor
  • Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor
  • Agnieszka Rayss, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor
  • Monika Rosińska, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor
  • Piotr Szewczyk. Ph.D. | Assistant Professor
  • Anna Syczewska, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor
  • Marcin Wysocki, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor
  • Oskar Zięta, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor

Employees

Our team of experts includes researchers and theoreticians specializing in design and new technologies as well as artists, designers, graphic designers, and architects who combine research and artistic endeavors by writing and publishing and participating in exhibitions.

Bielawska, Alicja
Bio
Nie
Permanent employee
Tak
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Alicja Bielawska
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Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
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Ph.D. / Assistant Professor Alicja Bielawska
Gondek-Grodkiewicz, Anna
Bio
Nie
Permanent employee
Tak
Specialization
architect and photographer
First and last name
Anna Gondek-Grodkiewicz
Academic degree or title
M.Eng. / Teaching Assistant
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City
wroclaw
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fine-arts-and-art-conservation
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Institute of Design
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Faculty of Law and Communication in Wrocław
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asystent
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M.Eng. / Teaching Assistant Anna Gondek-Grodkiewiczarchitect and photographer
Jabłońska, Małgorzata
Bio
Nie
Permanent employee
Nie
Specialization
visual artist, graphic designer
First and last name
Małgorzata Jabłońska
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Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
Institute
Institute of Design
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wroclaw
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arts-studies
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Ph.D. / Assistant Professor Małgorzata Jabłońskavisual artist, graphic designer
Jacobson-Cielecka, Agnieszka
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Specialization
art curator and critic
First and last name
Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
City
warszawa
Institute
Institute of Design
Position
adiunkt
Discipline
Array
Faculty
Array
Role in the Research Center
[]
Ph.D. / Assistant Professor Agnieszka Jacobson-Cieleckaart curator and critic
Jakubowicz, Michał
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Nie
Permanent employee
Tak
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Specialization
graphic designer, visual artist
First and last name
Michał Jakubowicz
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Associate Professor
City
wroclaw
Discipline
fine-arts-and-art-conservation
Institute
Institute of Design
Position
profesor uczelni
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Faculty of Law and Communication in Wrocław
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Ph.D. / Associate Professor Michał Jakubowiczgraphic designer, visual artist
Klekot, Ewa
Bio
Nie
Permanent employee
Tak
Specialization
cultural anthropologist
First and last name
Ewa Klekot
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
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warszawa
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Ph.D. / Assistant Professor Ewa Klekotcultural anthropologist
Mucha, Bartosz
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Permanent employee
Tak
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Specialization
designer
First and last name
Bartosz Mucha
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Ph.D. / Associate Professor
City
warszawa
Discipline
fine-arts-and-art-conservation
Institute
Institute of Design
Position
profesor uczelni
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Ph.D. / Associate Professor Bartosz Muchadesigner
Murlak, Karol
Bio
Tak
Permanent employee
Tak
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designer, researcher, and lecturer
First and last name
Karol Murlak
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Associate Professor
City
warszawa
Discipline
fine-arts-and-art-conservation
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Institute of Design
Position
profesor uczelni
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Array
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Ph.D. / Associate Professor Karol Murlakdesigner, researcher, and lecturer
Pijarski, Krzysztof
Bio
Nie
Permanent employee
Tak
First and last name
Krzysztof Pijarski
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Associate Professor
City
warszawa
Discipline
arts-studies
Institute
Institute of Design
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profesor uczelni
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Ph.D. / Associate Professor Krzysztof Pijarski
Pińczyńska, Magdalena
Bio
Tak
Specialization
designer, interior architect
Permanent employee
Tak
First and last name
Magdalena Pińczyńska
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Associate Professor
City
krakow
Position
profesor uczelni
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Ph.D. / Associate Professor Magdalena Pińczyńskadesigner, interior architect
Rayss, Agnieszka
Bio
Tak
Permanent employee
Tak
First and last name
Agnieszka Rayss
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
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Specialization
photographer
City
warszawa
Discipline
fine-arts-and-art-conservation
Institute
Institute of Design
Position
adiunkt
Faculty
Faculty of Design in Warsaw
Role in the Research Center
[]
Ph.D. / Assistant Professor Agnieszka Rayssphotographer
Siuda, Maciej
Bio
Nie
Permanent employee
Tak
Specialization
graphic and web designer
First and last name
Maciej Siuda
Academic degree or title
M.Eng., Arch.
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City
warszawa
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fine-arts-and-art-conservation
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wykladowca
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Institute of Design
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M.Eng., Arch. Maciej Siudagraphic and web designer
Syczewska, Anna
Bio
Nie
Specialization
interdisciplinary artist, fashion designer
Permanent employee
Tak
First and last name
Anna Syczewska
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
City
krakow
Position
adiunkt
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Ph.D. / Assistant Professor Anna Syczewskainterdisciplinary artist, fashion designer
Szewczyk, Piotr
Bio
Nie
Permanent employee
Tak
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Specialization
commercial graphic designer
First and last name
Piotr Szewczyk
Academic degree or title
Eng.D. / Assistant Professor
City
wroclaw
Discipline
fine-arts-and-art-conservation
Position
adiunkt
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Institute of Design
Faculty
Faculty of Law and Communication in Wrocław
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Eng.D. / Assistant Professor Piotr Szewczykcommercial graphic designer
Wszołek, Mariusz
Bio
Tak
Permanent employee
Tak
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Specialization
communication design researcher, design theoretician.
First and last name
Mariusz Wszołek
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Associate Professor
City
wroclaw
Position
profesor uczelni
Faculty
Faculty of Law and Communication in Wrocław
Discipline
Array
Institute
Array
Role in the Research Center
[]
Ph.D. / Associate Professor Mariusz Wszołekcommunication design researcher, design theoretician.
Wysocki, Marcin
Bio
Nie
Specialization
graphic designer
Permanent employee
Tak
First and last name
Marcin Wysocki
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
City
wroclaw
Position
adiunkt
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Institute of Design
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Array
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Array
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[]
Ph.D. / Assistant Professor Marcin Wysockigraphic designer
Zamojski, Jan (Honza)
Bio
Nie
Permanent employee
Tak
First and last name
Jan Zamojski
Academic degree or title
M.A. / Teaching Assistant
City
warszawa
Discipline
fine-arts-and-art-conservation
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M.A. / Teaching Assistant Jan Zamojskidesigner
Zięta, Oskar
Bio
Nie
Permanent employee
Tak
Role in the Faculty
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Specialization
designer, architect, creator of FIDU technology
First and last name
Oskar Zięta
Academic degree or title
Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
City
warszawa
Discipline
fine-arts-and-art-conservation
Institute
Institute of Design
Position
adiunkt
Faculty
Array
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Ph.D. / Assistant Professor Oskar Ziętadesigner, architect, creator of FIDU technology

Exhibitions

 
"Act of Waiting Carved in Wood", Polish exhibition at the London Design Biennale 2025 (co-curated by Maciej Siuda and Aleksandra Kędziorek)

June, 2025

"Lares and Penates", Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture (co-curated by Maciej Siuda and Aleksandra Kędziorek)

May – November, 2025

"Looking Through Objects. Women in Contemporary Polish Design” — exhibition at Design Museum Brussels (co-curated by Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka, Ph.D.)

May – September, 2025

"Dress to Impress. Reconstructed costumes of Faras dignitaries on display in Berlin”

February – April, 2025

"Middleman”, by Honza Zamojski, at the International Center of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana.

March – May, 2023

ABC Typografii (ABC of Typography), a book by Katarzyna Sowa from the Department of Graphic Design presented at Taiwan Design Museum.

January – March, 2023

Honza Zamojski at the “Milk Me Sugar” exhibition

November 2020

Małgorzata Jabłońska and Piotr Szewczyk at the main exhibition of the 17th International Triennial of Small Graphic Forms Poland – Łódź 2020 – see a video from the exhibition

October 2020 – January 2021

Dorota Płuchowska, Ph.D. and Mariusz Wszołek, Ph.D. as curators of the 27th Exhibition of Commercial Graphic Design in Wrocław

October – November 2020

Artists and designers from SWPS University’s Department of Graphic Design at the SPACE środka / Space of the Center exhibition at the 7th Mediations Biennale Poland 2020 — Horyzont Zdarzeń / Horizons of Events

October – November 2020

Art by Małgorzata Jabłońska and Piotr Szewczyk at the Warsaw edition of the 7th Mediations Biennale Poland 2020 — Horyzont Zdarzeń / Horizons of Events

October 2020

The “Human Trace” project by Ewa Klekot and Arkadiusz Szwed – exhibition “La Manufacture a Labour of Love”

September – November 2020

The “Human Trace” project by Ewa Klekot and Arkadiusz Szwed – exhibition at the Helsinki Design Week

August 2020

Agnieszka Jacobson as curator of the “Virtual Design Destination” at the London Design Festival

September 2020

Michał Jakubowicz: “Dziady” (Forefathers)

September 2020

Piotr Szewczyk contribution to “Sztuka w przestrzeni” (Art in Space) project, (3rd edition) organized by the BWA Art Gallery in Katowice

August 2020

Małgorzata Jabłońska’s contribution to the “Sztuka w przestrzeni” (Art in Space) project, (2nd edition) organized by the BWA Art Gallery in Katowice

August 2020

Agnieszka Jacobson and Karol Murlak as curators of the “(In)attention” exhibition

July 2020

40th Anniversary Retrospective of Professor Katarzyna Schmidt-Przewoźna’s art

July 2020

Honza Zamojski at the “Crack Up – Crack Down” exhibition

June 2020

Honza Zamojski at the “Poetry and Performance. The Eastern European Perspective” exhibition

March – July 2020

Maciej Siuda at the “MYKOsystem” exhibition

March 2020

Honza Zamojski: “ECHO”

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Honza Zamojski from School of Form at the Christine König Gallery

January – February 2020

Art by Anna Gondek-Grodkiewicz at Przystań Sztuki in Poznań

January 2020

Karol Murlak at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery

February – May 2020

Art by Małgorzata Jabłońska qualified for the finale of the 14th Arte Laguna Prize

2019

Publications

 
"Kognitywny wizerunek alkoholu (wśród młodzieży studiującej)" (Cognitive image of alcohol (among university students))

Wszołek, M., Siemes A., Fleischer M. (2025), Published by: Libron

"Czy możliwa jest skuteczna komunikacja i legal design" (Are effective communication and legal design possible?) — chapter in Obowiązki informacyjne w prawie. Wybrane zagadnienia w ujęciu legal design (Information obligation in the law. Selected issues from the legal design perspective), ed. I. Sierpowska

Wszołek, M. (2024), Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN

"Manual: projektowanie komunikacji wizualnej" (A manual of visual communicatin)

Wszołek, M. (2024), Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN

"Trying to teach legal professionals'I don't know'. The Idea of Teaching Design to Non-Designers" (How much art is in the art? A review of Aleksander Kiklewicz's book: Aesthetics and pragmatics. Aesthetic speech acts)

Wszołek, M., Płuchowska D. (2024), The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Educational Studies, No. 20[2]2024

"Ile jest sztuki w sztuce? Recenzja ksiązki Aleksandra Kiklewicza: Estetyka a pragmatyka. Estetyczne akty mowy" (How much art is in the art? A review of Aleksander Kiklewicz's book: Aesthetics and pragmatics. Aesthetic speech acts)

Wszołek, M. (2024), Prace Językoznawcze, Vol. 26 No. 3 (2024)

"Koncepcja komunikacyjnej stratyfikacji społeczeństwa w kontekście miasta – style życia jako kody komunikacji" (The Concept of Communication-related Social Stratification in the Cities — Lifestyles as Communication Codes)

Wszołek, M., Labus A. (2025), Stan Rzeczy, No. 2(25) (2023).

"Jak nie-projektantów uczyć projektować" (How to teach design to non-designers)

Wszołek, M., Moszczyński K., Lewe T. (2024), Stan Rzeczy, No. 2[23]2022

"Między badaniem a projektowaniem" (Between research and design)

Murlak, K. (2022), Formy, No. 13/2022

"Problem odbiorcy w projektowaniu (komunikacji)" (The Problem of Addressee in (Communication) Design)

Wszołek, M. (2022), Formy, No. 13/2022

"Empiricism in Design"

Wszołek, M. (2022), The International Journal of Design Education, 16(2) pp. 103–111

"Teoria i praktyka projektowania (komunikacji)" (Theory and prectice of (Communication) Design)

Wszołek, M. (2022), Wydawnictwo Libron

"Manipulacja kształtem opakowania a jego kognitywny obraz – wyniki badań" (Packaging Shape Manipulation and its Cognitive Image – Research Results)

Wszołek, M. (2022), Media i społeczeństwo 16, pp. 175-192

"Jak wyjść poza antropocentryzm badań w projektowaniu?" (How to go beyond anthropocentrism in design)

Rosińska, M. (2022), Formy, No. 13/2022

"Ludzie z Fabryki porcelany" (People from the Porcelain Factory)

Klekot, E. (2021), published by Adam Mickiewicz Institute

"Przestrzeń środka" (Center Space)

Jabłońska, M. (2020). Wydawnictwo Libron

"Nie tylko o fotografii" (Not Only About Photography)

Olek, J. (2020). Wydawnictwo Universitas

"Manual: Information Design"

Wszołek, M. (2020)

"Utopie dizajnu. Między afirmacją a krytyką nowoczesności" (Design Utopias. Between Affirmation and Critique of Modernity)

Rosińska, M. (2020). Wydawnictwo Universitas

"Czuła materia. O zwrocie ku czułości w projektowaniu, czyli przesunięciach dizajnu w kierunku relacji, emocji i empatii" (Sensitive Matter. About focusing on sensibility in design or moving design towards relationships, emotions and empathy)

Rosińska, M. (2020). Academia 1/61

"But, am I?"

Zamojski, H. (2020). Easttopics Magazine

"Utracone doświadczenie. Praktyczna edukacja projektowa w czasach cyfrowej rewolucji" (Lost experience. Practical education in the era of the digital revolution)

Murlak, K. (2019), Formy No. 3/2019

"Krok do przodu, krok do tyłu" (One Step Forward, One Step Back)

Jacobson-Cielecka, A. (2019), Formy, No. 1/2019

"Nie ma odwrotu" (The road of no return)

Murlak, K. (2019), Formy, No. 1/2019

Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka interviews Maria Jeglińska

Jacobson-Cielecka, A. (2019), Formy, No. 1/2019

Awards

 
Gloria Artis medals for academics from School of Form.

2025

A book “ABC of Typography”, by Katarzyna Sowa from the Department of Graphic Design, won the Best Handbook award at the “Most Beautiful Polish Books of 2021” competition.

2022

Oskar Zięta – MATERIALICA Design + Technology Award 2020 in the Product category

2020

Honza Zamojski – honorable mention in the Allegro Prize competition

December 2020

Macieja Siuda – 2nd place in the Museum of Photgraphy in Kraków (MuFo) competition for the design of the main exhibiton

August 2020

Małgorzata Jabłońska – finalist of the Arte Laguna Prize

September 2020

Małgorzata Jabłońska and Piotr Szewczyk – accepted to the 17th International Small Graphic Forms Triennial

2020

NAWA installation by Oskar Zięta awarded a German Design Award

December 2019

Research Projects

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CoDesign4Transitions
Sustainable Transitions through Democratic Design

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Project No.: 101120074

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Research centers

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Gallery of Graphic Design

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Doctorates

SWPS University invites candidates interested in obtaining doctorates in fine arts and art conservation to apply to our Doctoral School or pursue the degree as an “external” student at our university.

“Design and art can no longer thrive without advanced knowledge, which increasingly often is developed as the result of engaging in design or art practice. Our graduates become experts who easily combine theory and practice, drawing upon the body of knowledge that has been accumulated in various areas and disciplines of science."
Karol Murlak, Ph.D. / Associate Professor