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Marek Kultys

Marek is an interdisciplinary designer with background in visual communication,
product and human-centred design, digital media, and art. Currently Marek combines
professional practice in visual communication design and critical design, with personal
research into the interplay between design and sciences.

Marek exhibited across Europe and spoke internationally at conferences and talks.
Most recently he showedThe End of Hearingat the acclaimedDesign Factionexhibition
during Lodz Design Festival in Lodz, Poland. His MA thesisLingia Extraterrestrishad been
presented at The History and Philosophy of Astrobiology conference on Tycho Brahe's
island Ven, Sweden.

Marek studied Product Design at Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, interaction design
at ZHdK (former HGKZ) in Zürich and Communication Design at Central Saint Martins
College of Art and Design in London.

Born in Warsaw, Poland, he currently lives and works in London, UK.

Education:

Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
MA Communication Design (distinction)
2009 - 2011 / London UK

London Business School
New Creative Ventures
2010 / London UK

Academy of Fine Arts Warsaw
BA (Hons) Product Design & Visual Communication (distinction)
2004 - 2008 / Warsaw PL

Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (former HGKZ)
Interaction Design (student exchange programme)
2007 / Zürich CH

Selected conferences, workshops & talks:

Information Design Conference 2012
conference speaker
April 2012 / Greenwich, London UK

Rigorous Practice of Research
design workshop led by J. Kubasiewicz
workshop participant
January 2012 / Katowice PL

The History and Philosophy of Astrobiology conference
Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies, Lund University
poster presentation
September 2011 / island Ven SE

Young London: The Best of 2011
The Gopher Hole
speaker
September 2011 / London UK

2nd International Workshop on Creative Science
7th Conference on Intelligent Environments
conference speaker and participant
July 2011 / Nottingham UK

Colourless Green Ideas...
King’s College London
speaker (with J. Strataki)
December 2010 / London UK

Product Design student workshop
Warsaw School of Economics
workshop co-leader (with K. Szymanska)
December 2006 / Warsaw PL

Selected exhibitions:

Design Faction
Lodz Design Festival (accompanying show curated by K Jezowska)
October 2011 / Lodz PL

Eccentricity—4th Plinth
Museum of the History of Science
August 2011 / Oxford UK

MACD Final Show
Central Saint Martins graduation exhibition, The Rochelle School
June 2011 / London UK

Mebloscianka strikes back!
Rondo Sztuki
January 2009 / Katowice PL

DMY 2008
International Design Festival Berlin (with Formakcja)
May 2008 / Berlin DE

Design in Public Space
Silesian Castle of Art and Enterprise
September 2007 / Cieszyn PL

Klub Rowerowy / Bicycle Club
Kordegarda
July 2007 / Warsaw PL

Publications:

But Look, it’s Inspired by the Human Arm!
interview in “DesigningScience”. London: super/collider
2011

The End of Hearing
in “Workshop Proceedings of the 7th Conference on Intelligent Environments”
Edited by V. Zamudio et al. Amsterdam: IOS Press.
2011

Lingua Extraterrestris
lessons in universal communication or the designer’s understanding of CETI in science and fiction
MA dissertation, University of the Arts London.
2010

Selected awards & scholarships:

Intel Prize for the Excellent Science Fiction Prototype
2nd International Workshop on Creative Science
2011 / Nottingham UK

Mloda Polska: special grant for young artists
awarded by the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Poland
2010 / Warsaw PL

Polish Minister's of Culture annual scholarship
2008 / Warsaw PL

Employment:

Freelance Designer, Researcher
(clients include: Cadbury Wedel, Immunocore Ltd., A. Sitarska Workshops)
2005 - present / London UK, Warsaw PL

Visiting Tutor, Chelsea College of Art and Design
workshop co-leader, MA Graphic Communication Design course
October 2011 / London UK

Studio Z4
(freelance designer)
2005 - 2010 / Warsaw PL

Brand Nature Access
(freelance designer)
2009 / Warsaw PL

Warsaw Municipal Office
(freelance designer, consultant)
2007 - 2009 / Warsaw PL

Studio Rygalik
(internship)
2008 / Lodz PL