Senior Footwear Designer with eight years of experience specialising in innovative, fashion-forward designs for lifestyle, outdoor, and performance footwear. Skilled in developing high-quality sports footwear, including tennis, golf, trail running, hiking, and cross-training. Passionate about pushing design boundaries through experimentation with proportions and construction techniques. Believes commercial footwear can be both stylish and innovative, with affordability never compromising quality or design integrity.

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Has knowledge and design skills drawn from various schools, the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk is one of 4, next to Poznan University of Art, Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest and Pensole Footwear Design Academy.

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Crazy about anything outdoor related, especially hiking, rock climbing and innovative high-performing materials. 

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Loves surrealism.

 

EDUCATION

 

GRADUATE IN 2017:

MASTERS: INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS IN GDANSK, POLAND

 

GRADUATE IN 2015

BACHELORS: INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, UNIVERSITY OF ARTS IN POZNAN, POLAND

 

1 SEMESTER STUDENT EXCHANGE

MOHOLY-NAGY UNIVERSITY OF ART AND DESIGN IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

 

WORK HISTORY

 

SEPTEMBER 2022 - NOW: LACOSTE PCL, LONDON, UK

SENIOR FOOTWEAR DESIGNER

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AUGUST 2017 - AUGUST 2022: 4F BRAND (OTCF S.A.), KRAKÓW, POLAND

SENIOR FOOTWEAR DESIGNER

 

JANUARY 2017: NEW BALANCE & PENSOLE FOOTWEAR DESIGN ACADEMY

3-WEEK MASTERCLASS IN LAWRENCE, MA (USA)

 

JANUARY 201 5: PLIE BY ATELIER, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY,
3-WEEK INTERNSHIP, DESIGNED PACKAGING FOR FOLDING FURNITURE 

 

JULY 2014: MARMITE S.A., POZNAN, POLAND,
1-MONTH INTERNSHIP, DESIGNED WASHBASIN FOR PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS

 

JULY-AUGUST 2016 MSU S.A., GRUDZIADZ, POLAND,
2-MONTH INTERNSHIP, DESIGNED SOLES, AND OUTSOLES
 
ACCOMPLISHMENTS

 

FOOTWEAR DESIGN ( MOONO SHOES) EXHIBITED AT:
- GDYNIA DESIGN DAYS 2016 ( POLAND) & LÓDZ DESIGN FESTIVAL 2016

 

PARTICIPATING & EXHIBITING PACKAGING DESIGNS AT ' PACKAGING INNOVATIONS 8.INTERNATIONAL PACKAGING FAIR' 12-13 APRIL 2016 IN WARSAW

 

PACKAGING DESIGN (FLIK) NOMINATED IN CATEGORY OF DEBUTS AT 'THE ART OF PACKAGING 2016' IN POZNAN (POLAND)

 

SHOES 'GECKO LITE X' (4F BRAND) EXHIBITED IN NATIONAL MUSEUM IN KRAKÓW, AS PART OF OLYMPIC COLLECTION, POLAND, 2022

SKILLS 
 
PROFICIENT IN:

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

SolidWorks (180 hours certificated course)

Autodesk Inventor (180 hours certificated course)

CorelDraw

Procreate

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KNOW BASICS IN:

 

InDesign

Premiere Pro

3Ds Max

 

LANGUAGES

 

POLISH (NATIVE)

ENGLISH (FLUENT)