Furniture – life after life

Zone: Building C, Level 1

Curator: Magdalena Kacprzak-Gagatek 

The exhibition Furniture – Life after Life showcases prototypes of furniture designed and crafted by second-year Interior Architecture students at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław. Led by Dr. Magdalena Kacprzak-Gagatek, the project exposes students not only to new life for old furniture but also to the joy of experimenting and playing with forms. The main intention of the task was to draw students’ attention to the increasing number of discarded old furniture in human environments. The annual task primarily opens up space to explore the possibilities that object transformation brings and to give them new functions and meanings. Over the years, the project has become a research platform for both the initiator and the students, jointly seeking innovative methods of imparting new values to old items. The project transcends the boundaries of traditional artistic practice, involving in-depth research into materials, renewal techniques, and their potential for reuse. 

Objects on exhibition: 

• “Dream of Safari”, designed by Aleksandra Slavetskaya, Julia Wywiał, 2022, 

• “Hałas Chair ’22″, designed by Adrianna Liskowicz, Tomasz Ziółkowski, 2022, 

• “Gaming Bench”, designed by Alicja Zawadzka, Maja Wojciechowska, 2023, 

• “Lumango Console”, designed by Julia Trzuskowska, Katarzyna Hercuń, Roksana Zabielska, 2023, 

• “SlowDown Cabinet”, designed by Zuzanna Ziajka, Aleksy Remiszewski, 2023. 

The exhibition was included in the Łódź Design Festival 2024 program as part of the open programme call.