IGA WĘGLIŃSKA
Iga Węglińska is a multidisciplinary body-tech designer blending art and science through sensory interaction, wearable interfaces, and speculative design. Her research-driven practice centers on extended embodiment, exploring garments as living, responsive systems capable of sensing, expressing, and amplifying the emotional and sensory experience of the wearer. Situated within fashion-tech, neuroaesthetics, and human-computer interaction, her work results in experimental wearables that function as emotional tools and posthuman communication devices. She has extensive experience in cross-disciplinary R&D projects in wearables, smart materials, and digital fabrication, where she has led interdisciplinary teams and designed experiments merging the human body with new technologies.
Iga Węglińska PhD is a researcher and academic. She works as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Design, Academy of Art in Szczecin, where she serves as Head of the Fashion Design Department and leads the Fashion Design Studio in both BA and MA programs. She also teaches as an Associate Lecturer at the 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), the Art Scholarship of the Mayor of the City of Krakow (Poland), and the Artist in Residence at ElektroCouture TPH Group in Berlin (Germany). Her works have been presented in various exhibitions in Europe, Asia, and the USA, and published in magazines and portals such as Dezeen, Designboom, LS:N The Future Laboratory, WGSN, Promostyl, Numéro Netherlands, Vogue Italia, I-D Italia, Elle Poland, Glamour Poland, and KMAG.
CONTACT:
studio@igaweglinska.com
instagram.com/igaweglinska
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EDUCATION
2021 / PhD with distinction, 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
/ multidisciplinary designer and owner of Iga Węglińska studio
/ Assistant Professor and researcher at the Faculty of Design,
Academy of Art in Szczecin
/ Associate lecturer at School of Form, SWPS University, Warsaw
RESEARCH INTERESTS
smart materials, wearable tech, digital fabrication, speculative design,
biofeedback, sensory substitution & augmentation, industrial design
RESEARCH
2022-now / BODY-TECH. A USAGE OF VR SPACE IN A PROCESS
OF CLOTHING DESIGN IMPLEMENTED WITH
3D PRINTING TECHNIQUES
Lead researcher. Academy of Art in Szczecin, Poland
2018-2020 / HUMAN–OBJECT INTERACTION.
TEXTILES – NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Lead researcher. Academy of Art in Szczecin, Poland
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2021 / PHD WITH DISTINCTION, Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland
2020 / SCHOLARSHIP OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL
HERITAGE OF POLAND "Culture in the Web"
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 THE ACADEMY OF FINE ART,
Palace of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland
/ ECOMADE, Lodz, Poland – finalist
2005 / TWO SCHOLARSHIPS, Krakow School of Art and Fashion Design
– Ist place
/ GRYF FASHION SHOW, Szczecin, Poland – Ist place
TALKS
2022 / POZNAN DESIGN TALKS 3. THE WELL-BEING, guest speech
and a discussion with Agata Kiedrowicz, Poznan, Poland
2021 / A SENSE OF TAKING PART. EXPERIENCING DESIGN,
Artist talk with Iga Węglińska and Mila Łapko, TRAFO, Szczecin, Poland
2021 / SCHOOL OF FORM SWPS UNIVERSITY,
guest lecture: Textile futures, Warsaw, Poland
2020 / ACADEMY OF FINE ART IN KRAKOW,
guest lecture: The hardness scale of design, Krakow, Poland
2019 / GDYNIA DESIGN DAYS, guest speech: Has the clothing of the future
been created yet?, Gdynia Design Centre, Poland
2018 / DESIGN+, guest speech: Design+team, Center of Creative Industries,
Szczecin, Poland
2016 / ART AND…FASHION, debate, Krakow, Poland
2015 / XL ECONOMY SUMMIT. YOUTH DESIGN, a panelist, Szczyrk, Poland
PODCASTS
2023 / WYKROJNIK podcast – Reflection on the present and a look into the Future, a podcast episode with
Anna Sienkiewicz, the podcast was a part of Poznan Design Festival
2022 / TECHNOLOGY HAS NO GENDER, a podcast episode with
Agata Kiedrowicz, the podcast was a part of Poznan Design Festival
2021 / BEZPIECZNIK podcast – Talk about the human-clothing
relations, a podcast episode with Jo Jurga
ARTICLES
2023 / Węglińska Iga, Open Design as a Lesson in Humility Towards Items, FORMY, Krakow, 17/2023
/ Węglińska Iga, Reshaped Body, inTENSE, Futurity Systems, Barcelona, 2/2030 Orbital Opulence
PRESS & BOOKS
2024 / DOMUS
/ ROOM DISEÑO
/ DOLCE VITA / printed issue, Jan-Feb 2024
/ MEDIUM
2023 / DEZEEN
/ I-D ITALIA
/ WGSN PODCAST / an interview with curators of FI&LD exhibition in Singapore
/ GLAMOUR POLAND / printed interview, no. 3 (228)
/ NEWLIFE RESEARCH
/ FASHION MAGAZINE / printed interview, 2(82)/2023
2022 / NUMÉRO NETHERLANDS – Synesthetic Visions by Collide
/ THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO INFORMED WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY,
Christine Falion, Packt Publishing Ltd., Birmingham 2022
/ VOGUE ITALIA – Le Emozioni Addosso / printed issue, 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 / STETTINER AVANDGARDEN, Szymon Piotr Kubiak,
Wydawnictwo Akademii Sztuki w Szczecinie 2017 (PL/ENG)
2016 / NOT JUST A LABEL, Designer Focus, interview
/ WYSOKIE OBCASY EXTRA, The collar design for the magazine cover,
printed issue 10/2016
2015 / ELLE Poland – Attention! A talent / printed issue 11/2015
/ WYSOKIE OBCASY EXTRA? printed issue, nr 10/2015
/ CONTEMPORARY LYNX – Sculpting in fabrics / printed issue 2(4)2015
/ CONTEMPORARY LYNX – Art meets business. Partnership?, /
printed issue 2(4)2015
/ DESIGNBOOM
/ SOCIAL DESIGN MAGAZINE
2014 / I-D Poland, online article
/ DDTVN, live interview
2005 / MODA&STYL, interview printed issue 6/05
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 / SUPERPOWER DESIGN, Centre D’Innovation et de Design au Grand-Hornu, Belgium
Curator: Benjamin Stoz
2023 / FI&LD, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, Singapore Design Week
Curators: Lekker Architects
2022 / THE LABORATORY OF WELL-BEING, Słodownia, Poznan Design Festival,
Curator: Agata Kiedrowicz, Poznan, Poland
/ WHAT'S NEXT? YOU AND ME, Słodownia, Poznan Design Festival,
Curators: Olga Kiedrowicz-Switalska, Anna Gregorczyk, Poznan Poland
2018 / YOUTH DESIGN, OEES, ICE Congress Centre, Krakow, Poland
2017 / SZCZECIN VANGUARDS, The National Museum in Szczecin, Poland
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 THE ACADEMY OF FINE ART,
Palace of Fine Arts, Krakow, 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
SELECTED COLLABORATORS
ElektroCouture, Berlin, Germany
Futurity Systems, Barcelona, Spain
Supercomputing and Networking Center PSNC Future Labs, Poznan, Poland
Center of Creative Industries, Szczecin, Poland
Academy of Art in Szczecin, Poland
Open Eyes Economy Summit, Krakow, Poland
Krakow University of Economics, Krakow, Poland
Economy and Public Administration Foundation, Krakow, Poland
SELECTED CONSULTANTS
Krakow University of Technology
AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow
Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
Jagiellonian University in Krakow
Foundry Research Institute in Krakow
Institute of Leather Industry in Krakow
Fablab Berlin, Germany
IGA WĘGLIŃSKA
Iga Węglińska is a multidisciplinary body-tech designer blending art and science through sensory interaction, wearable interfaces, and speculative design. Her research-driven practice centers on extended embodiment, exploring garments as living, responsive systems capable of sensing, expressing, and amplifying the emotional and sensory experience of the wearer. Situated within fashion-tech, neuroaesthetics, and human-computer interaction, her work results in experimental wearables that function as emotional tools and posthuman communication devices. She has extensive experience in cross-disciplinary R&D projects in wearables, smart materials, and digital fabrication, where she has led interdisciplinary teams and designed experiments merging the human body with new technologies.
Iga Węglińska PhD is a researcher and academic. She works as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Design, Academy of Art in Szczecin, where she serves as Head of the Fashion Design Department and leads the Fashion Design Studio in both BA and MA programs. She also teaches as an Associate Lecturer at the 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), the Art Scholarship of the Mayor of the City of Krakow (Poland), and the Artist in Residence at ElektroCouture TPH Group in Berlin (Germany). Her works have been presented in various exhibitions in Europe, Asia, and the USA, and published in magazines and portals such as Dezeen, Designboom, LS:N The Future Laboratory, WGSN, Promostyl, Numéro Netherlands, Vogue Italia, I-D Italia, Elle Poland, Glamour Poland, and KMAG.
CONTACT:
studio@igaweglinska.com
instagram.com/igaweglinska
↓
EDUCATION
2021
/ PhD with distinction, 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
/ multidisciplinary designer and owner of Iga Węglińska studio
/ Assistant Professor and researcher at the Faculty of Design,
Academy of Art in Szczecin
/ Associate lecturer at School of Form, SWPS University, Warsaw
RESEARCH INTERESTS
smart materials, wearable tech, digital fabrication, speculative design,
biofeedback, sensory substitution & augmentation, industrial design
RESEARCH
2022-now
/ BODY-TECH. A USAGE OF VR SPACE IN A PROCESS OF CLOTHING DESIGN IMPLEMENTED WITH 3D PRINTING TECHNIQUES
Lead researcher. Academy of Art in Szczecin, Poland
2018-2020
/ HUMAN–OBJECT INTERACTION. TEXTILES – NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Lead researcher. Academy of Art in Szczecin, Poland
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2021 / PHD WITH DISTINCTION, Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland
2020 / SCHOLARSHIP OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL
HERITAGE OF POLAND "Culture in the Web"
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 THE ACADEMY OF FINE ART,
Palace of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland
/ ECOMADE, Lodz, Poland – finalist
2005 / TWO SCHOLARSHIPS, Krakow School of Art and Fashion Design
– Ist place
/ GRYF FASHION SHOW, Szczecin, Poland – Ist place
TALKS
2022
/ POZNAN DESIGN TALKS 3. THE WELL-BEING, guest speech and a discussion with Agata Kiedrowicz, Poznan, Poland
2021
/ A SENSE OF TAKING PART. EXPERIENCING DESIGN, Artist talk with Iga Węglińska and Mila Łapko, TRAFO, Szczecin, Poland
2021
/ SCHOOL OF FORM SWPS UNIVERSITY, guest lecture: Textile futures, Warsaw, Poland
2020
/ ACADEMY OF FINE ART IN KRAKOW, guest lecture: The hardness scale of design, Krakow, Poland
2019
/ GDYNIA DESIGN DAYS, guest speech: Has the clothing of the future been created yet?, Gdynia Design Centre, Poland
2018
/ DESIGN+, guest speech: Design+team, Center of Creative Industries, Szczecin, Poland
2016
/ ART AND…FASHION, debate, Krakow, Poland
2015
/ XL ECONOMY SUMMIT. YOUTH DESIGN, a panelist, Szczyrk, Poland
PODCASTS
2023
/ WYKROJNIK podcast – Reflection on the present and a look into the Future, a podcast episode with Anna Sienkiewicz, the podcast was a part of Poznan Design Festival
2022
/ TECHNOLOGY HAS NO GENDER, a podcast episode with Agata Kiedrowicz, the podcast was a part of Poznan Design Festival
2021
/ BEZPIECZNIK podcast – Talk about the human-clothing relations, a podcast episode with Jo Jurga
ARTICLES
2023
/ Węglińska Iga, Open Design as a Lesson in Humility Towards Items, FORMY, Krakow, 17/2023
/ Węglińska Iga, Reshaped Body, inTENSE, Futurity Systems, Barcelona, 2/2030 Orbital Opulence
PRESS & BOOKS
2024
/ DOMUS
/ ROOM DISEÑO
/ DOLCE VITA / printed issue, Jan-Feb 2024
/ MEDIUM
2023
/ DEZEEN
/ I-D ITALIA
/ WGSN PODCAST / an interview with curators of FI&LD exhibition in Singapore
/ GLAMOUR POLAND / printed interview, no. 3 (228)
/ NEWLIFE RESEARCH
/ FASHION MAGAZINE / printed interview, 2(82)/2023
2022
/ NUMÉRO NETHERLANDS – Synesthetic Visions by Collide
/ THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO INFORMED WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY, Christine Falion, Packt Publishing Ltd., Birmingham 2022
/ VOGUE ITALIA – Le Emozioni Addosso / printed issue, 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
/ Stettiner Avandgarden, Szymon Piotr Kubiak, Wydawnictwo Akademii Sztuki w Szczecinie 2017 (PL/ENG)
2016
/ NOT JUST A LABEL, Designer Focus / online interview
/ WYSOKIE OBCASY EXTRA, The collar design for the magazine cover/ printed issue 10/2016
2015
/ ELLE Poland – Attention! A talent, printed issue 11/2015
/ WYSOKIE OBCASY EXTRA / printed issue, nr 10/2015
/ CONTEMPORARY LYNX – Sculpting in fabrics / printed issue 2(4)2015
/ CONTEMPORARY LYNX – Art meets business. Partnership? / printed issue 2(4)2015
/ DESIGNBOOM
/ SOCIAL DESIGN MAGAZINE
2014
/ I-D, online article
/ DDTVN, live interview
2005
/ MODA&STYL, interview printed issue 6/05
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
/ SUPERPOWER DESIGN, Centre D’Innovation et de Design au Grand-Hornu, Belgium, Curator: Benjamin Stoz
2023
/ FI&LD, LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, Singapore Design Week, Curators: Lekker Architects
2022
/ THE LABORATORY OF WELL-BEING, Słodownia, Poznan Design Festival, Curator: Agata Kiedrowicz, Poznan, Poland
/ WHAT'S NEXT? YOU AND ME, Słodownia, Poznan Design Festival, Curators: Olga Kiedrowicz-Switalska, Anna Gregorczyk, Poznan Poland
2018
/ YOUTH DESIGN, OEES, ICE Congress Centre, Krakow, Poland
2017
/ SZCZECIN VANGUARDS, The National Museum in Szczecin, Poland
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 THE ACADEMY OF FINE ART, Palace of Fine Arts, Krakow, 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
SELECTED COLLABORATORS
ElektroCouture, Berlin, Germany
Futurity Systems, Barcelona, Spain
Supercomputing and Networking Center PSNC Future Labs, Poznan, Poland
Center of Creative Industries, Szczecin, Poland
Academy of Art in Szczecin, Poland
Open Eyes Economy Summit, Krakow, Poland
Krakow University of Economics, Krakow, Poland
Economy and Public Administration Foundation, Krakow, Poland
SELECTED CONSULTANTS
Krakow University of Technology
AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow
Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
Jagiellonian University in Krakow
Foundry Research Institute in Krakow
Institute of Leather Industry in Krakow
Fablab Berlin, Germany