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

EDUCATION

2021
/ PhD, 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
/ Assistant Professor at Design Department, Academy of Art in Stettin
/ Associate lecturer at School of Form, SWPS University, Warsaw

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2022
/ PHD WITH HONORS, Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Poland

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
/ 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, Stettin, Poland

2016
/ ART AND… FASHION, debate, Krakow, Poland

2015
/ XL ECONOMY SUMMIT, speech: Youth Design, 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


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

PRESS AND BOOKS