Young designer specializing in information design and visual identities. He is currently a trainee at the Concept & Design Unit of the European Parliament. He graduated from Abakanowicz University in Pozna\u0144 with a Master’s degree in graphic design. He spent a year on Erasmus+ at Aalto University near Helsinki. With new experiences gained in Finland, he merged his 2 focuses, creating a new main focus: visual communication of states, which became the topic of his thesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Cycle of Doom of State Design \u2013 how does design\u2019s reputation make you wait longer for a doctor appointment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA waste of our money.\u201d
\u201cBoring!\u201d
\u201cNot even relatable\u2026\u201d
Design is perceived as something no state entities should invest in. But why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I will talk about how state design almost took off, but never quite got there. About Costa Rica\u2019s design beating that of most rich, western countries. About Estonia and the Netherlands as leaders in state design, with each of them somehow better than the other. And about how the internet is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for the visual communication of states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11918,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_agrafa_person_website":"https:\/\/tadeuszniziolek.eu\/","_agrafa_person_firstname":"","_agrafa_person_lastname":"","_agrafa_person_origin":"","_agrafa_person_instagram":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tadeusz.niziolek\/","_agrafa_person_behance":"","_agrafa_person_description":""},"edition":[44],"class_list":["post-11977","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","edition-cycles26"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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