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Where baked goods and parties meet
A cobalt blue bakery by day and an orange nightclub by night—the concept of the Polish Pastry Club Woda was inspired by the local context. The architectural design was created by the team of the Znamy się architectural studio. Let’s see!
Pastry Club Woda is a bakery-club hybrid
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Enjoy the scenery along the Warta River from a new footbridge
Near the Polish city of Poznań, a new pedestrian and cycling bridge has been built, including a 25-meter-high lookout tower.
The structure, including the shore entrances, is about 200 meters long and floats 10 meters above the water. The location of the bridge is not a coincidence: from the 13th
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Simple and colorful—the transformation of a house in Warsaw
Colorful, yet calm and sophisticated—that’s how the new interior of this 1950s Warsaw house can be described. Marta Chrapka, the founder of the Polish Colombe Studio, was responsible for the interior design.
The goal was to create a space that would match the hospitality of the owners, as
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Baltic charm in a souvenir, beyond the frills | Ślady Szlachë
What is the difference between a souvenir and a souvenir? Nowadays, the word has a corny connotation, but if you think about it, you can refer to two very different things: the first is fridge magnets and other products promoting the country’s image you buy at fairs, but if
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The collaboration we didn’t know how much we needed: ZC “Bolesławiec” x Reserved
The collection, created jointly by the Polish company Reserved and the renowned “Bolesławiec” ceramics factory, combines Polish ceramics with the world of fashion and interior design, giving a modern twist to classic Central European motifs.
The primary goal of Reserved’s designers was to preserve the distinctive Bolesławiec aesthetic, while
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A compact, construction-free office space—Does the future lie with the award-winning Polish idea? | Mute
Covid and similar extremes have created a much more flexible, changing labor market—and the pace dictated by our fast-changing world is now filtering into object culture. Mute’s latest design makes office spaces simple and quick to create, and it burst onto the design scene like a comet.
Mute,
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Ceramic collection in the language of painting
Vibrant hues, wavy lines, contrasts, textures, and subtle tonal transitions: the latest collection of ceramic vases from Polish brand Pani Jurek is inspired by the language of painting. Let’s see!
The brand’s founder, Magda Jurek, originally trained as a painter, which is reflected in the underlying philosophy behind
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A fusion of a market and a park: introducing Targ Błonie!
The Targ Błonie site not only supports micro-enterprises and offers access to quality food from local producers, but also improves the microclimate of the city. It is a market and a park at the same time. Let’s see!
How we eat and where we shop affects not just the
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Polish posters for your home!—The latest publication of Zupagrafika is out
Zupagrafika’s latest publication is a selection of masterpieces of Polish poster art. Iconic film and theater posters from the ‘Polish School of Posters’ period were displayed in the streets of the former Polish People’s Republic on one of the most prominent tools of urban architecture: the poster column.
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The encounter of eternal pieces in a 21st-century apartment building | PRZESTRZENIE Studio
Magdalena Daszkiewicz, the architect of PRZESTRZENIE Studio, has created a home for a family of three, tapping into the special atmosphere of apartment buildings, mixing loft and pop-art style with minimalist elements.
The art of interior design is to a great extent relies upon the designer’s ability to find
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Book+covers | Stanisław Lem: Solaris
Stanisław Lem’s novel Solaris follows the strange adventures of psychologist Chris Kelvin on a space station hovering above the surface of the distant planet Solaris. Let’s take a look at some of the different covers of this book, which has been translated and published all over the world.
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New typefaces for the future and the culture: Introducing Threedotstype!
What lies behind a typeface? A platform whose typefaces are the result of careful research: here is Threedotstype, offering fonts with stories!
Polish type designer and researcher Marian Misiak is a true enthusiast of Polish typography. As he says, his love of fonts comes from the streets and public spaces.
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Luxury in a mountain landscape: introducing Hotel Belmonte
The five-star Hotel Belmonte is located in the mountain town of Krynica-Zdrój in southern Poland. It offers a spa, an adjacent ski slope, and panoramic views of the Beskid Mountains. The interiors of the luxury complex were designed by the Polish BUCK.STUDIO. Let’s see!
One of the main
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Polish oak voted European Tree of the Year
In 2023, a tree in Łódź was the winner out of the sixteen finalists.
Since 2011, the European Tree of the Year contest has been searching for the trees with the most interesting story in Europe, with the final consisting of the winners of the national rounds. This year’s
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ORSKA’s latest jewelry collection was made in Poland’s last crystal glass factory
Poland’s last crystal glass manufacturer, the Julia Crystal Glass Factory, has been Anna Orska’s jewelry design studio for the past few months. The Polish jewelry designer has been touring the world’s workshops in search of rare, dying crafts. This time, Anna’s latest collection is inspired by
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Life on film—5 analog photographers from the region | TOP 5
We are bringing you five photographers who opted for analog photography despite the difficulties the technology proposes. Let’s see!
The man of the 21st century is rushing into the complete digitalization of life with an increasingly dizzying speed, the process of which has been even more accelerated by recent
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The power of femininity | Ada Jarzębowska Polish graphic designer
The Polish graphic designer is fond of collages and hand-drawn illustrations, her artwork depictis strong female characters.
Ada Jarzębowska studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Barcelona and at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. She currently lives and works in Poznań, Poland, although her illustrations reach much further, as
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House by the lake: a dream home nestled in nature
It is always worth bearing in mind that we should not expropriate the environment around us for our own ends, as we have only borrowed our habitat from nature. Fortunately, more and more creative and innovative initiatives are emerging to make our homes sustainable and environmentally friendly. The Polish team
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Analog journey with photographer Titus Poplawski
The Polish photographer’s mysterious works do not seek to explain themselves, but rather let the viewer explore their dreamlike world.
Titus was born in 1972 in the Polish city of Wroclaw, where he was introduced to photography shortly afterward, around the age of seven. His father bought him his
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Jerzy Skolimowski’s film shortlisted for the Oscars
Jerzy Skolimowski’s latest film, EO, is nominated in the Best International Feature Film category.
EO is a vision of modern Europe seen through the eyes of a donkey on a journey, meeting different people and experiencing joy and pain.
EO has already won the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize,
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Brazilian flair in Gdańsk: introducing Manioca
Botanical elements, wood, and the colors of smoky pink and terracotta define the atmosphere of this restaurant in Gdańsk. The eatery, dreamed up by a Brazilian-Polish couple, brings the rich cuisine and culture of Brazil to the Polish city. The interior was designed by the PB / STUDIO team.
The design
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A Krakow apartment interior shaped by the free play of colors and shapes
This apartment building in Krakow’s Podgórze district can be spotted from miles with its bright pink façade and dark red windows and balconies. The Polish studio Mistovia has designed a new apartment interior in this particular building.
The character of the 57-square-meter apartment layout is created by a comfortable