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New Forms, Old Roots - Craft Reimagined
HOW CAN CRAFT EVOLVE FROM TRADITION INTO THE FUTURE? POLISH DESIGNERS AND ARTISTS EXPLORE THE ANSWER THROUGH THEIR WORK.
RAD Duet - A Forward-Looking Ode to Craft
WHAT IT MEANS TO HONOUR HERITAGE - WITHOUT GETTING STUCK IN NOSTALGIA?
“instinctual-visual-intertextuality”
EDWARD KANARECKI’S MULTIFACETED PRACTICE OF DIGITAL CURATION, COLLAGE AND ART DIRECTION
Soft power -
ALEKSANDRA GACA AND
HER 3D TEXTILES
“poetic design with endless possibilities.”
Goshka Macuga -
Art of Reframing
“I don’t feel the need to claim everything as solely mine. Authorship isn’t that important to me,” It’s the perspective that makes it uniquely Goshka.
ZUZA KRAJEWSKA -
beauty and youth through her own lens
With a visual language as diverse as her subjects, Krajewska blends elements of kitsch and baroque with simple and raw documentary-style photography.
fashion shapers
ARKADIUS: FREEDOM IS CREATIVITY’S BEST FRIEND
LEGENDARY DESIGNER ON HIS CAREER, INSPIRATION, STATE OF INDUSTRY AND MORE…
Jerzy Antkowiak and models wearing Moda Polska designs, Warsaw 1967. Photo: Tadeusz Rolke
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ABOUT POLISH FASHION STORIES
"Polish Fashion Stories" is an online extension of "Chrysalis".
"Chrysalis" is a beautifully designed limited edition art book telling the history of Poland’s fashion industry from its post-war origins to 21st Century design. Aimed at UK fashion professionals and journalists, "Chrysalis" is the first publication charting the evolution of Polish fashion design in English. Its main goal is to promote and raise the profile of the Polish fashion industry in the UK. First published as a limited edition book, 250 copies are available to a selected group of fashion insiders and journalists.
