The Board of Experts of must have
Submitted projects for must have 2023 will be analyzed by the Board of Experts composed of:
KAMIL BIAŁAS
Passionate about modernist architecture and timeless design. He studied international relations and Lithuanian philology at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań. Working to write about design and architecture prompted him to move to Warsaw, he took the position where the ‘Bryla.pl’. Years later, it founded its medium, which today is a leader in the architecture industry in Poland. He is the editor-in-chief of the whiteMAD magazine and the whiteMADpl website
ANNA GRUŻEWSKA
Editor, journalist, and editor-in- chief of the biggest Polish interior design monthly, “Czas na Wnętrze” and its website, www.czasnawnetrze.pl.
JAM KOLEKTYW
Jola Skóra is a photographer, designer, originator of JAM KOLEKTYW. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań and the PWSFTviT in Łódź, she has been professionally involved in the creative industry for several years. She creates creative and aesthetic concepts for photo sessions and visualizations. She specializes in photographing interiors and arrangement sessions of objects. He has numerous publications in Polish and foreign magazines on interior design and lifestyle.
Anna Olga Chmielewska has been designing interiors since 1991. She is also an interior stylist and set designer. A graduate of interior design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and Poznań. Her favorite subjects are eclectic apartments in old tenement houses, cozy suburban habitats and boutique utility spaces. She specializes in styling and arranging interiors for photo shoots, designing sets for photo shoots and advertising films. Author of texts on architecture and design published in the trade press.
PIOTR MACIASZEK
Architect, interior designer, photographer. Co-founder of the Warsaw-based NOKE Architects studio, which recently celebrated its 10th anniversary. The studio focuses on designing experiences – from those in the interiors of small boutiques to urban layouts. In his projects, he looks for a dialogue between art and architecture.
DOMINIKA OLSZYNA-KNIAŹ
A graduate of Cultural Studies and Innovation Management at the SWPS University. Since 2010, she has been working as a journalist and editor specializing in lifestyle and cultural topics. Currently, editor-in-chief of Lifestyle and Cultura onet.pl.
MICHAŁ PIERNIKOWSKI
Director of Łódź Design Festival. Enthusiast of urban activities and design. Initiator and co-organizer of many projects related to creative industries, in particular: Ad Days Advertising Festival, Creative Industries Conference, Art_Inkubator, or Fotofestiwal. Co-founder of Łódź Art Center, member of the team implementing activities promoting widely understood design in Łódź.
HANIA RYDLEWSKA
Journalist and editor. Currently, the publishing director of ‘Vogue Polska’, previously she was, vice-editor-in-chief ‘Przekrój’ and ‘Natemat.pl’, deputy director of news services of ‘Gazeta.pl’. On the Chilli ZET radio she hosts his own program ‘Edycja Limitowana’ about literature, fashion, art and design. She is the author of the book ‘Po prostu przyjaźń’ and the co-author of ‘Slow Sex. Uwolnij miłość’. She took part in several exhibitions, e.g. in BWA in Tarnów and in Galeria Śleńdzińskich in Białystok. He collaborates with the POLIN – Museum of the History of Polish Jews.
JAN SIKORA
Born in 1984, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, founder of the studio Sikora Wnętrza. He has received numerous national and international awards for his projects, e.g. Polityka’s Architectural Award, A’Design Award, Solid of the Year and Library Interior Design for the project of Kultura Station. In his projects, he focuses on original and original styles, as exemplified by the recently completed Forge in Leszno. He is a member of SARP.
MAŁGORZATA SZCZEPAŃSKA
Editor-in-Chief and Creative Director of Elle Decoration magazine. Designer, stylist, for years associated with the media market. She has cooperated with advertising agencies for which she prepared productions of photo and advertising sessions, including Leo Burnett and the magazines Dom i Interior, Dobre Interior, Wysokie Obcasy, Kuchnia, or M jak Mieszkanie, of which she was also the editor-in-chief. Idyllic Life. Ambassador of the “Kids Design” festival, supporting the creativity of the youngest, originator of the “Młodzi na Start” competition. A graduate of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, previously graduated from Applied Forms Design and Plastics Methodology. She loves talking to people, she likes to interview people related to the world of art and design. She participates in debates, conducts panels, and is a member of the jury of many industry competitions. Her latest project is the artistic and graphic design of the album The World of Interiors Elle Decoration. Privately, she paints and writes columns.
ph. Piotr Gęsicki
AGATA TWARDOCH
Architect and urban planner, professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the Silesian University of Technology, member of TUP, Affordable Housing Forum and Council of the Rental Market Foundation. He deals with accessible housing and alternative forms of residence. He designs urban layouts and advises cities. Author of the books “System for living” (Bęc Zmiana! 2019) and “Architects. Will women design better cities?” (W.A.B. 2022).
ph. Magda Kryjak
ZOFIA WYGANOWSKA
Interior designer, graduate of Interior Design and French Studies. After graduating in 2011, she gained experience in architecture and interior design studios, and in 2014 she set up her own studio, where she is responsible for both residential and commercial space designs.