IGA WĘGLIŃSKA
Iga Węglińska PhD is a multidisciplinary designer and researcher specialized in human–garment interactions. She works in the fields of fashion and product design with a focus on new technologies and materials.
She has work practice in cross-disciplinary R&D projects in the fields of wearables, smart materials and rapid prototyping; building and leading interdisciplinary teams; experiments and researches based on the topic of merging human body with new technologies.
Iga Węglińska is also a scientist – she holds a PhD in Design, works as an Assistant Professor at the Design Department Academy of Art in Stettin, where she leads the Fashion Design Studio on BA and MA studies. She also works as an associate lecturer at School of Form SWPS University in Warsaw.
She is a laureate of the Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland (Culture on the Web program), Art Scholarship of Mayor of the City of Krakow (Poland) and Artist in Residence in ElektroCouture TPH Group in Berlin (Germany). Her works have been presented in various exhibitions in Europe, Asia and USA and published in magazines and portals such as: Dezeen, Designboom, LS:N The Future Laboratory, WGSN, Promostyl, I-D, Vogue Italia, Elle Poland.
EDUCATION
2021 / PhD with honors, Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Industrial Design Department
2014 / MA, Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Industrial Design Department
2012 / BA, Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Industrial Design Department
2010 / Fashion Designer, Cracow School of Art and Fashion Design
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
/ Owner of Iga Węglińska studio
/ Lecturer and researcher at Design Department, Academy of Art in Stettin
/ Guest lecturer at School of Form, SWPS University, Warsaw
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2020 / SCHOLARSHIP OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL HERITAGE
2018 / ART SCHOLARSHIP OF MAYOR OF THE CITY OF KRAKOW, Krakow, Poland
2017 / ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, ElektroCouture, Berlin, Germany
2015 / MAKE ME!, Lodz Design Festival, Lodz, Poland – finalist
/ DESIGN TALENT, Zlin Design Festival, Zlin, Czech Republic – finalist
2014 / AAVID ART AND ENGINEERING, New Hampshire, USA – finalist
/ THE BEST DIPLOMAS OF ACADEMY OF FINE ART, Palace of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland
/ ECOMADE, Lodz, Poland – finalist
2005 / TWO SCHOLARSHIPS, Cracow School of Art and Fashion Design – winner
/ GRYF FASHION SHOW, Stettin – winner
TALKS
2021 / A SENSE OF TAKING PART. EXPERIENCING DESIGN, Artist talk with dr Iga Węglińska and Mila Łapko, TRAFO, Szczecin, Poland
/ BEZPIECZNIK podcast by Jo Jurga – Talk about the human-clothing relations
2021 / SCHOOL OF FORM SWPS UNIVERSITY, guest speech: Textile futures
2020 / ACADEMY OF FINE ART IN KRAKOW, guest speech: The hardness scale of design
2019 / GDYNIA DESIGN DAYS, speech: Has the clothing of the future already been created?, Gdynia Design Centre
2018 / DESIGN+, speech: Design+team, Center of Creative Industries, Szczecin, Poland
2016 / ART AND… FASHION, debate, Krakow, Poland
2015 / XL ECONOMY SUMMIT, speech: Youth Design, Szczyrk, Poland
CURATOR
2018 / YOUTH DESIGN, OEES, ICE Congress Centre, Krakow, Poland
2017 / YOUTH DESIGN, OEES, ICE Congress Centre, Krakow, Poland
2015 / YOUTH DESIGN, XL Economy Summit, Szczyrk, Poland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 / YOUTH DESIGN, OEES, ICE Congress Centre, Krakow, Poland, 2018
2017 / SZCZECIN VANGUARDS, National Museum, Stettin, Poland, 2017
2016 / POLISH DESIGN: TOMORROW IS TODAY, Salone de Mobile, Milan Design Week, Italy
/ YOUTH DESIGN, OEES, ICE Congress Centre, Krakow, Poland
/ VARIÉTÉ FILM SHOW, costume designs, Variété Theater, Krakow, Poland
2015 / DESIGN TALENT, artist, Zlin Design Week, Zlin, Czech Republic
/ STEP BY STEP, group exhibition, Krakow, Poland
/ AAVID ART AND ENGINEERING, artist, Shenzhen, China
/ ARENA DESIGN, Poznan, Poland
/ YOUTH DESIGN, XL Economy Summit, Szczyrk, Poland
2014 / AAVID ART AND ENGINEERING, Bologna, Italy
/ MAKE ME!, Lodz Design, Lodz, Poland
/ AAVID ART AND ENGINEERING, New Hampshire, USA,
/ THE BEST DIPLOMAS OF ACADEMY OF FINE ART, Palace of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland
PRESS AND BOOKS
2022 / VOGUE ITALIA / printed article with an interview, no. 858
/ KMAG / printed interview, issue 108
/ STIR WORLD / online interview
/ COEVEL MAGAZINE / online interview
2021 / DEZEEN / online interview
/ DESIGNBOOM
/ LS:N – The Future Laboratory
/ L’OFFICIEL TURKEY
/ ArtDog Istanbul
/ THE FASHION STARTER
/ DESIGNBOOM
/ FAST COMPANY
/ HYPE & HYPER / online interview
/ THE CALVERT JOURNAL / online interview
/ KMAG / print, issue 104
/ SHEAKER MAG / print, issue 03
2017 / Szczecin Vanguards – book PL/EN
2016 / NOT JUST A LABEL, Designer Focus, interview
/ WYSOKIE OBCASY EXTRA, cover – collar design, printed issue 10/2016
2015 / ELLE Poland, "Attention! The talent" / print, issue 11/2015
/ WYSOKIE OBCASY EXTRA, print, issue, nr 10/2015
/ CONTEMPORARY LYNX, "Sculpting in fabrics" / print, issue 2(4)2015
/ CONTEMPORARY LYNX, "Art meets business. Partnership?" / print, issue 2(4)2015
/ DESIGNBOOM
/ SOCIAL DESIGN MAGAZINE
2014 / I-D / online
/ DDTVN, live interview
2005 / MODA&STYL, interview / print, issue 6/05
IGA WĘGLIŃSKA
Iga Węglińska PhD is a multidisciplinary designer and researcher specialized in human–garment interactions. She works in the fields of fashion and product design with a focus on new technologies and materials.
She has work practice in cross-disciplinary R&D projects in the fields of wearables, smart materials and rapid prototyping; building and leading interdisciplinary teams; experiments and researches based on the topic of merging human body with new technologies.
Iga Węglińska is also a scientist – she holds a PhD in Design, works as an Assistant Professor at the Design Department Academy of Art in Stettin, where she leads the Fashion Design Studio on BA and MA studies. She also works as an associate lecturer at School of Form SWPS University in Warsaw.
She is a laureate of the Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland (Culture on the Web program), Art Scholarship of Mayor of the City of Krakow (Poland) and Artist in Residence in ElektroCouture TPH Group in Berlin (Germany). Her works have been presented in various exhibitions in Europe, Asia and USA and published in magazines and portals such as: Dezeen, Designboom, LS:N The Future Laboratory, WGSN, Promostyl, I-D, Vogue Italia, Elle Poland.
CONTACT:
studio@igaweglinska.com
instagram.com/igaweglinska
