Piotr Pacałowski (PL)
Graduate of industrial design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow (branch in Katowice). He received the Scholarship of the Minister of Culture and Art in 1999 and the scholarship of the Mayor of Częstochowa in 2000. He has been running his own design business for 10 years. Co-founder of the FuseLab design studio. In addition, since 2015 he has been teaching design students at the Faculty of Design of the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Katowice. Previously, a long-time collaborator of IKEA in Poland and abroad in the field of interior design, exhibition design, visual communication and marketing. He cooperates with many companies, mostly in the furniture industry, as a product designer and branding consultant, including Kielecka Fabryka Mebli, Dolmar, IKEA, Agata S.A., Massi, Olimp Meble, Benet, FDM, Fabryka Formy, BetaMed. He has participated in many exhibitions and competitions at home and abroad, such as several times at the International Design Biennale in Saint-Étienne, France, and Milan Design Week in Italy.