nowymodel.org is furnishing the interior of a boutique with its furniture for the second time TUTU in Stary Browar.
We recommend this place! Moda Forum writes about our first spring collaboration. It's a great write-up! Thank you and best regards! Warmest regards also to Agata Królikowska from TUTU 🙂
It started with a Silent Disco, and there's even more to come. Have fun on our canvas!
It's there! You can see it. You can touch it. And most importantly, you can sit on it!
Elegant, lightweight, slim, bright, comfortable, stylish. Made of beech wood. Made of bent plywood with chestnut veneer. Real.
On Monday, we celebrated its premiere with the guest of honor – Bogusława Kowalska, who was the first to test the new piece of furniture.
Before this could happen, however, a long line of people waiting to "accept the goods" formed outside the For Form Gallery on Paderewskiego Street. The chair "wandered" up the street, animated by Janusz Stolarski.
“The "shop" atmosphere quickly relaxed, and the opening transformed into a stylish party. There were 1960s outfits. There were chair vouchers. There were anecdotes and memories about the Kowalski furniture. There was a song about the designer family written by their son Jacek. There was orange soda and other drinks. There was steak tartare, herring, and eggs in mayonnaise.
We would like to thank Ms. Bogusława Kowalska for an excellent project.
We would like to thank the For Form Gallery for their hospitality and pleasant cooperation.
We would like to thank Janusz Stolarski for the theatrical journey.
We would like to thank the Poterski family for providing us with an elegant period table set.
We would like to thank all guests for coming and celebrating with us.
And to the album with photos from the premiere we also add the lyrics of Jack's song:
Concrete, concrete, concrete, 1960s,
Gray, gray, gray, the depths of dirty times.
Above the grayness a scant remnant of light shines,
This is my home.
The window is bright, the ordinariness is simple,
Angle, rectangle, square, horizontal, vertical.
Mondrian small, beech and pine,
This is my home.
The window is bright, the ordinariness is simple,
Angle, rectangle, square, horizontal, vertical.
Mondrian small, beech and pine,
This is my home.
Above Mondrian the Virgin Mary,
The rustle of tracing paper, the smell of oil paints.
Father's leaning figure,
A mother's eye, profile, flexible hand.
Time covers memory with dark gray,
Like a pike in the Niemen it will fall into the dark depths.
But in me, in me the Father's gray head,
Mother's eye, profile, flexible hand,
The window is clear.
It's done! We're joining hands with the designer who decorated most Polish homes during the communist era, and we're adding a new chapter to the legend of "Kowalski furniture." Thank you, Bogusława!
At the ForForm Gallery (ul. Paderewskiego 8), you can admire Bogusława and Czesław Kowalski's famous wall unit. It's an original "period" piece. The shelves are filled with relevant reading material, stylish decorations, and information about this piece of furniture, which has become a fixture in most Polish homes for years. We know of homes where it still functions successfully today!
During Thursday's opening, Elżbieta Czyżewska and Daniel Olbrychski played "Kowalski" in Stanisław Bareja's "Marriage of Convenience," written by Agnieszka Osiecka. Jacek Kowalski (son of the famous designer couple, an art historian specializing in the Middle Ages, and a bard in love with Sarmatia) told anecdotal stories about his parents' project. It was nostalgic, witty, warm, and familiar...
For us, this is a wonderful beginning to a new furniture adventure. On June 30th, nowymodel.org invites you to ForForm for the premiere of a chair that was part of the legendary set but never went into production. Soon, you'll be able to sit on it and… read Jacek Kowalski's new book on Parents and Their Furniture. We'll keep you updated on the details.
more about the opening:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.861770570518970.1073741863.537662629596434&type=1
more about Kowalski furniture:
http://meblekowalskich.pl/segment-powitalny
https://www.facebook.com/meblekowalskich?fref=ts
Katarzyna Laskowska and Ryszard Mańczak are currently embarking on a journey "across the pond." They will be exhibiting at the ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair) in New York. As you can see in the attached pictures, they're making the long journey straight from the Warta River. NYC DESIGN is the most important design event in the US. From May 9th to 20th, it will feature prestigious exhibitions, installation shows, vernissages, and debates. It's all about the ICFF. At this fair, from May 17th to 20th, the manufacturer Defra and two designers (Katarzyna Laskowska and Ryszard Mańczak) will present their latest projects under the banner "Polish Design in New York." Visitors to booth no. 976 will be able to view Katarzyna Laskowska's unique BA lamp family and Ryszard Mańczak's TANGO mobile poufs, as well as two innovative bathroom furniture collections: OP-ARTY (designed by Olga Mężyńska and Milena Wójcik) and INTRO (designed by Maria-Magdalena Ciślak and Wioletta Kazukiewicz), student designs from the 13th edition of PE-P, implemented into production by DEFRA. This is an Educational and Design Program led by Professors Katarzyna Laskowska and Marta Szczepańska at the University of Arts in Poznań. The exhibition in New York is held under the patronage of Marek Woźniak, Marshal of the Wielkopolska Voivodeship.
BA Lamp Family, designed by Katarzyna Laskowska. A nylon shell stretched over a rigid underwire ensures even light diffusion, illuminating the interior in multiple directions and softly. The base is made of white laminated plywood. The BA lamp is lightweight, easy to assemble, and packaged in a handy package. The concept of the BA lamp is the result of an exploration of the relationship between soft form and the resulting rigid form. This experiment is part of the history of a similar problem posed by design classics such as Bruno Munari and Spontaneous Forms.
TANGO Poufs, designed by Ryszard Mańczak. Two poufs that can be unfolded and combined offer a surprising number of possible uses, from the simplest seat to a chaise longue and even a double bed. The ingenuity of the design is matched by meticulous attention to detail. The TANGO poufs premiered at Ryszard Mańczak's exhibition "Private Atmosphere" in Milan during Tortona Design Week at the Temporary Museum for New Design in 2012, curated by Giulio Cappellini. They have twice won awards in design competitions in New York. This concept, which evokes nomadism as a contemporary lifestyle, highlights the importance of mobile, multifunctional, and modular designs, allowing for the rapid development of a space in a variety of ways.
see the video presentation at http://youtu.be/fydvgjEnC8w
http://www.icff.com/exhibitor/defra
http://www.icff.com/exhibitor/katarzyna-laskowska
http://www.icff.com/exhibitor/ryszard-manczak
www.pep.uap.edu.pl
We're going to Gliwice for Interior Design Weekend, and we're really looking forward to it. We haven't been there yet :)
We invite you to the next edition of the exhibition "Design from our backyard", presenting the achievements of the nowymodel.org team. You will see the designs of our master, Professor Rajmund Teofil Hałas (an excellent shelf with adjustable heights and three-color chairs from the turn of the 1950s and 1960s), as well as his "children and grandchildren": Tomasz Augustyniak (a witty little table called ZUCH), Michał Kowalski (lamps and containers COSY and TRIO, connected with a zipper), Zofia Żadan (peekaboo! screens that can organize any apartment), and the founder of our foundation, Karol Starczewski (KANWA folding chairs and tables, LOCOSYSTEM platforms, and a ROCKING chair that easily converts into a guest bed). There will also be porcelain designed by Marek Cecuła from Modus Design in Kielce.
We've also prepared a design workshop called "Shedding New Light," designed for all lovers of original forms (both design students and design enthusiasts). We're happy to share information about all our projects, but it's best to sit comfortably in our chairs or rock in an armchair and see for yourself how it works.
See you in Central Europe on May 17 and 18! The exhibition runs until May 25.
Mr. Karol Neuman, Mr. Krzysztof Ksit, and Mr. Paweł Faryś reign supreme in our workshop. Bartek Sowa stopped by with his camera. They measure, cut, drill, impregnate, and sand…
They're working on a VARIABLE HEIGHT SHELF, born from the mind of Professor Rajmund Teofil Hałas. His hand has transferred the idea onto paper. Our masters are following this idea to transform the shelf into a true piece of furniture. And it's happening! See for yourself.
We also invite you to our prototyping workshop!
We've added another batch of Karol Starczewski garden chairs. They're basking in the sun for you. They're breathing.
They invite you to picnic with fresh strawberries, barbecue, and sit on the terrace late into the night with a good wine. Oh, let it be the weekend already!
When Stenia Hałasowa (Professor Hałas's wife) sat in the armchair designed for the Merkury Hotel by Jan Węcławski during our exhibition at Arena Design, everything became clear. It was immediately apparent that this was a piece of furniture designed for sinking into and relaxing. The most comfortable in the world!
We hope you'll soon be able to experience this for yourself. In the meantime, we're showing you the results of a photoshoot featuring a now-vintage original on loan from the Poznań Museum of Applied Arts.
Once again, we'd like to thank Magdalena Weber-Faulhaber, Wojciech Suchocki, Agnieszka Węcławska, and Wojciech Lipowicz for their invaluable help. And, of course, we'll share the photos!
Grażyna Banaszkiwicz bravely fights stagnation, wandering around Poznań in search of interesting cultural initiatives.
She came to us because we, too, prefer to act rather than whine. Enjoy!
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