In some of his designs Paweł Jasiewicz combines wood with metal. His Lightbuoy lamp, designed in collaboration with Bartek Sobiecki, has a metal base and a wooden lampshade. For Vini Design, he designed a set of furniture built with a bending tube and a special material invented by the DuPont company which is mainly used to produce kitchen and bathroom tabletops as its basic structural components. In the Split line of furniture, comprising a hanger, a chair, a table and a lamp, Jasiewicz employed different techniques of wood-cutting and wood-bending. He is also a creator of Stół (Table) – a table designed for fast-food bars which has a drawer underneath the tabletop where the customers can place a tray with their food. Other products worth mentioning are Koncept (Concept) – a metal chair, and Regał (Bookshelf). The design of the latter, conceived in collaboration with Maja Ganszyniec and Krystian Kowalski, was inspired by the form of a fruit box.
In an interview with Culture.pl, Jasiewicz said that he doesn't favour any of his designs.
Each subject or project I've got involved with was special to me, and has compelled me to seek out ideas in response to new challenges.
Without doubt, one of the most original commissions he has has received was to design accommodation for bees. Jasiewicz was asked by the Greenpeace organization to build a chain of hotels for bees. The negative impact of urban development at the expense of natural environment, such as the use of chemicals to increase agricultural production, or the expansion of agricultural territories, results in gradual limitation of bees' living space and consequently in their extinction. This state of affairs was the main motivation for the idea of creating special habitats for bees in urban environments. Existing hotels failed to meet expectations. Therefore, Jasiewicz not only had to examine the subject matter, which was entirely unfamiliar to him, but also create a design that was superior to previous ones. Jasiewicz consulted many entomologists, and scrutinized the design of the existing hotels for insects. As a result, he created around 100 hotels, spread all around Poland, where various kinds of bee and other insects can live a harmonious and undisturbed life.
The works of Paweł Jasiewicz have been shown at many international design exhibitions held in Milan, Berlin, London, Tel Aviv, Cologne, Warsaw and Łódź, among many others.
Designer's website: paweljasiewicz.com
Awards and Nominations
- 2011 – Red Dot Communication Award
- 2010 – Kompott's nomination for the Breakthrough Talent of the Year Award, London
- 2007-2008 – Best design graduate shows (2+3d Magazine competition)
Selected Exhibitions
- 13.03.2014 - Ikea, ON THE MOVE, Stockholm
- 24-28.01.2014 - Lieu du Design, MEET MY PROJECT Designers from Poland, Paris
- 13-14.01.2014 - POLISHED UP design from Poland, Cologne
- 28.09.2013 – Design Het - Polish Institute, Budapest
- 26.10-11.11.2012 – Narrogin Project
- 2011 – European Congress of Culture, FIKKA – Discursive Furniture, Wrocław
- 2011 - Young Creative Poland: In Production, Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan
- 2010 - Design Festival, Łódź
- 2010 - UNPOLISHED 2 – DMY Berlin
- 2010 - Salone Internazionale del Mobile, Milan
- 2010 - The Silesian Castle of Art and Enterprise, Cieszyn
- 2010 - Designblok 2009, Prague
- 2010 - UNPOLISHED 3 – Tuch+Technik Museum, NEUMÜNSTER
- 2009 - Young Creative Poland, London
- 2009 – City's Dynamo, Bęc Zmiana, Warsaw
- 2009 - DMY International Design Festival, Berlin
- 2009 - Polish Young Design, Tel Aviv
- 2009 - DMY Youngsters, Berlin
- 2009 - Rooted Design for Routed Living, CSW Warsaw
- 2008 - Make Me Design, Łódź
- 2008 - End of Year Show, Vitra, London
- 2007 -Smart Office 3 – KI, London
Author: Katarzyna Zacharska, transl. GS, May 2014