Śląska rzecz (Silesian thing): awards for AFAD Katowice alumni and teachers
Dynamically modified public transport routes, exhibition in Wawel Royal Castle, visual information system for Katowice, gaming pub: these are the designs that captured the jury’s attention. Designers of recognized works are connected with AFAD Katowice.
Śląska rzecz service category: Transport on demand supplementing public transport
implementation: Blees sp. z o.o., Gliwice, design: Małgorzata Burkacka, Marcin Wójcik, Tomasz Szafranalias-Szafrański (Blees sp. z o.o.)
Śląska rzecz exhibition category: All the King’s Tapestries. Homecomings 2021–1961–1921
Producer: Wawel Royal Castle, Kraków
Design: arrangement: Natalia Jakóbiec, Marcin Krater, Katarzyna Pełka- Bura, Marta Żmija-Wojciuch, Oliwia Michniewska, Anna Dudziak, Karolina Wiśniewska, Marta Milej, Magdalena Szklarczyk-Kominko, Anna Kaleta (Wzorro Design S.C.): curators and authors: Magdalena Ozga, Magdalena Piwocka, Jerzy Holc: coordination: Kama Guzik, Joanna Kazubowska
Honourable mention of the STGU Association of Polish Graphic Designers: city visual information system for Katowice, house number and street plaques
implementation: Katowice City Hall, Roads and Bridges Municipal Department in Katowice
design: Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Katowice team represented by chief designers Agnieszka Nawrocka and Zofia Oslislo-Piekarska
preparation of production: Linia s.c., Wrocław
production: UTAL Sp. z o. o., Poznań-Gruszczyn
Honourable mention: Hearts Pub: Play & Drink, implementation: Hearts Pub, Gliwice
design: Michał Markiewicz, Kasia Olejarczyk, Kamila Figura, Sebastian Wojdakowski, Justyna Niwińska (Michał Markiewicz Studio)
Śląska rzecz: About the competition
- shows design to be an effective tool to get distinguished in the market, adapt to changes faster and react to the needs of users
- appreciates the courage to think outside the box and the willingness to seek solutions which improve everyday life
- competition participants are ‘creators of a better everyday’
- appreciates not only good ideas but also the quality of their implementation
- presents awards to both sides of the process, the designers and the implementing companies or institutions