ZIETA ILLUSTRATED x MO Gallery

The gallery as interdisciplinary as the project

Zieta Illustrated pops up in a new space. Oskar Zięta's metal objects and works by Polish illustrators will be hosted in the Design and Art Park - Mo Gallery in Poznań. We invite you to experience the inspiring power of combining disciplines, the power of interpretation, and the fascination with material.

Mo Galeria – Park of Design and Art

ul. Głogowska 248, 60-111 Poznań (Poland)

Opening and meeting with Oskar Zięta:

November 7, 2024, at 19:00

Exhibition time: 7.11.2024-05.01.2025

Gallery opening hours:

Mon – Fri: 9:00 – 19:00

Saturday: 9:00 – 16:00

Sunday: closed

G-Table photo: Karol Banach

We believe that illustrations have a soul. They contain interwoven and multidimensional stories about lines, colours, and emotions.

At Zieta Studio, on a daily basis we combine disciplines—art, design, engineering, and technology. In this interdisciplinarity, we are strongly committed to promote the quality and greatness of Polish creators around the world. Therefore, we initiated the Zieta Illustrated project, whose goal is to support young artists, combine disciplines, and tell stories together.

Rondo Mirror photo: Joanna Gniady

Crash Vase photo: Kuba Ferenc

We like challenges and we like to connect.

We invited illustrators to collaborate who, like us, share a passion for giving a new dimension to curves. Our objects deformed in steel have been subjected to individual interpretations. And their multi-threaded dimensions are framed in stories about the power of images.

Plopp photo: Ada Jarzębowska

G-Console photo: Ola Dobrzyńska

Tafla O Mirror photo: Kuba Ferenc

The illustrations, printed in large formats, will confront the illustrated object and be presented under the pure, ecological exhibition concept. Zieta Illustrated is being promoted through a variety of channels. The limited edition of a print publication has been created, as well as the eco-friendly exhibition system, which will allow the project’s resources to travel around the world, pairing the illustrated interpretation with the illustrated object.

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Bolid photo: Karol Banach

J-Chair

Zieta Illustrated is a testament to the potential of Polish creators and a source of inspiring meetings and discussions about lines, design and emotions. Through the Renoma Shopping Centre displays, the Warsaw Home design fairs, the LUMAS gallery in Toronto, a great presence at the Institute of Industrial Design in Warsaw, in FUZJA during Łódź design Festival, the Illustrator Festival in Gdańsk, and to MO - Design and Art Park.

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J-Chair for Jerke Museum photo: Rafał Ciemny

Ultraleggera Chair photo: Iza Dudzik

While working on the project, we fondly recalled the Usiądź po polsku (Sit down in Polish) initiative, which was part of a project implemented during the celebrations of the European Capital of Culture 2016 in Wrocław. At that time, Oskar Zięta created the informal IDP group (Initiative of Lower Silesian Designers) to design the interior of the Barbara Bar, giving it the function of an educational centre, exhibition and training space, and ECC office, and creating a showcase of Polish design.

Plopp photo: Ada Jarzębowska

Fidu Alphabet photo: Marian Misiak

The IDP group included the typographer Marian Misiak, who had previously collaborated creatively with Zięta. This collaboration was a prelude to the current scale of the Zieta Illustrated project. In 2014, Misiak created illustrations for a publication about the 3+ furniture system. Marian Misiak co-created the FiDU Alphabet with Oskar (a deformed steel version of Zięty’s letters) and the Maria1 font based on their shape.

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Fidu Alphabet

Tafla O Nectar Oskar Zięta & James Jean

Oskar Zięta enjoys cross-sector collaborations. Marian Misiak co-created the FiDU Alphabet with Oskar (a deformed steel version of Zięty’s letters) and the Maria1 font based on their shape. Interesting fusions of skills are found in projects such as the TAFLA O Nectar and BOLID—objects on which the world-famous illustrator James Jean engraved his works.

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Tafla O Mirror photo: Maciej Polak

Another interesting allusion to illustrated stories is the ULTRALEGGERA animation about the world’s lightest chair.

Ultraleggera Chair photo: Edgar Bąk

The exhibition concept features a series of limited-edition prints showcasing iconic Oskar Zięta’s objects through the eyes of some of the most acclaimed Polish illustrators, such as: Karol Banach, Edgar Bąk, Katarzyna Bogucka, Ola Dobrzyńska, Iza Dudzik, Kuba Ferenc, Joanna Gniady, Malwina Hajduk, Ada Jarzębowska, Jakub Kamiński, Agata Królak, Paweł Mildner, Marian Misiak, Anna Niemierko, Maciej Polak, Paweł Smardzewski, Paweł Szlotawa, Asia Wójtowicz.

Chippensteel Chair photo: Joanna Gniady

Karava Vase photo: Asia Wójtowicz

Sonar Mirror photo: Anna Niemierko

Zieta Illustrated is a testament to the potential of Polish creators and a source of inspiring meetings and discussions about lines, design and emotions. We observe with pleasure as it visits more and more interesting spaces.

Hot Heart photo: Agata Królak

The gallery as interdisciplinary as the project

We believe that illustrations have a soul. They contain interwoven and multidimensional stories about lines, colours, and emotions.

We like challenges and we like to connect.

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