Agnieszka Jacobson-Cielecka, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor
Dr. Jacobason-Cielecka is an art curator and critic. She is the Dean of SWPS University’s Faculty of Design in Warsaw. She is also a co-author of the design teaching program at SWPS University’s School of Form. She is active in several art-related fields. As a curator, she develops and organizes exhibitions and various art programs. As a journalist and art critic, she writes about design and comments on various phenomena and observes trends. She is a renowned promoter of young designers from Poland and other countries around the world. She is interested in design as a discipline striding both culture and economy. She curated numerous exhibitions of Polish design, presented in Europe and Asia, such as “Unpolished”, “Polished Up”, “Moderna”, “Polska Folk”, “Materia Prima”, and “Common Roots: Design Map of Central Europe” that was commissioned by the Design Museum Holon in Israel. She was also responsible for exhibitions at MAKK, a museum of applied art in Cologne, Germany, the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest, Hungary, the Design Museum in Helsinki, Finland, and the Museum of Modern Art in Bucharest, Romania. Read full bio
Karol Murlak, Ph.D. / Associate Professor
Professor 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). Read full bio