Oskar Zięta, Rondo 75 Inox Transitions Red Rubin List Price: 21,700 PLN
Estimated value: 21,700 PLN
Oskar Zięta, Rondo 75 Inox Transitions Red Rubin
75 x 75 x 6 cm. 6 kg.
List price: 21,700 PLN
Oskar Zięta:
Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture at the Szczecin University of Technology (now the West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin), 2000.
Scholarship from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, 2000–2001. Since 2003, research assistant at the Department of Architecture, in the CAAD (Computer-Aided Architectural Design) department at ETH. In 2011, he earned his Ph.D. from that university.
Since 2013, he has been a lecturer in the Department of Design at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, School of Form, in Poznań.
Founder and president of Zieta Prozessdesign, 2010.
One of the most outstanding and internationally recognized Polish designers. A technologist and inventor, he is the creator of FiDU—an innovative technique for spatially shaping sheet metal using compressed air or water. He uses this technique in the design of striking furniture and other interior furnishings, as well as large-scale sculptures, including: NAWA – Dali Island, Ostrów Tumski, Wrocław; and WIR – Galeria Północna, Warsaw. His Plopp stool, designed in 2008, is part of the permanent collection at the Centre Pompidou in Paris as one of twelve chairs that revolutionized contemporary design.
He is the recipient of numerous awards, including: Design Preis Schweiz, 2008; Red Dot Design Award, 2008; Dobry Wzór, 2009; Materialica Design Award, 2009; German Design Council Award, 2009; Audi Mentor Prize by A&W, 2011.
Participation in numerous solo and group exhibitions, both domestically and internationally, including: DMY International Festival of Design in Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2009; Prediction, Biennale Internationale Design Saint–Étienne, Saint–Étienne, France, 2010; “Blow and Roll,” Victoria & Albert Museum, London Design Festival, London, United Kingdom, 2010; Future Nomads, DMY International Festival of Design in Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 2013; Paris Design Week, Paris, France, 2014; Milan Design Week, Milan, Italy, 2014, 2015, 2016; Polish Projects, Polish Designers, Gdynia City Museum, Gdynia, 2017; The International Interiors Show IMM Cologne, Cologne, Germany, 2018; 10 Years of Plopp, Domoteka, Warsaw, 2018; Fuorisalone, Galleria Rossana Orlandi, Milan, Italy, 2018.
His works are included in numerous museum and private collections, including: the Centre Pompidou in Paris; the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich (Museum of Design), Zurich, Switzerland; the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany; the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA; and the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany.
