Xenia Kwiatkowska
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CULTIVATING WICKER
The collection explores how traditional Polish wicker weaving can be translated into contemporary lighting through hybrid structures combining craft and metal fabrication.
My practice explores the intersection of industrial production and handmade, with a focus on storytelling and local identity.
Visual Communication
Curation
Spatial
Research
Product
Reaserch
Exhibition
THREADS OF ORIGIN COLLECTION
A collection developed through ethnographic research into Amazigh textile traditions of the Moroccan Atlas Mountains.
VEIL OF MAYA
The Veil of Maya is a collection of sculptural lighting that investigates perception through material contradiction, preserving the qualities of textile in porcelain to reveal how memory, touch, and expectation shape our experience of objects.
KOLEKT
KOLEKT is a boutique art and design agency shaping narratives through curation, collaboration, and cultural storytelling.
MONOMATERIAL LAMP COLLECTION
A CNC-cut lamp made from recycled stainless steel that explores the relationship between industrial production and human craftsmanship.
TAKT
Website redesign, social media direction, visual identity, packaging, merchandising.
EL CARBON MODULAR DIVIDER
A modular room divider developed with artisans in Honduras, translating traditional weaving into a contemporary architectural element. Project in community in El Carbon in Honduras.
THE COLLECTOR CLASS
A critical visual publication examining how value is constructed within the contemporary art and design economy, using New York City as a concentrated microclimate.
MORTAR AND PESTLE
A multifunctional object operating between mortar, pestle, and cutting surface.