About me | Klaudia Zmuda

Klaudia Zmuda

I’m a designer and creative person, constantly seeking new experiences and inspirations. I understand design as creating beautiful but also functional and honest things. I can work individually or in interdisciplinary design teams linking research, user experience, graphic design, and product design to deliver coherent, effective, and adequate solutions. I have a few years of industry experience working in design offices and industrial companies as an industrial designer and with individual clients.

Education

Master of Arts – MA – Industrial Design – Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice / 2017-2019

Design of casing for a telemedical device for remote ultrasound examination – „Remote Medical Diagnostician” diploma project is a project makes in cooperation with ACCREA Engineering. The project was presented during the International Medical Robots Conference 2019 organized by The Professor Zbigniew Religa Foundation Of Cardiac Surgery Development and International Society for Medical Robotics.

Bachelor of Arts – BA – Industrial Design – Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice / 2013-2017

„ModuLight move system” diploma project is a project makes in cooperation with AQForm (previously known as Aquaform Lighting Solutions). The project was commendation and awarded a medal by the Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice.

Experience

Industrial Designer | Product Designer | Graphic Designer – Freelancer / 06.2015-

Cooperation with companies and organizations in the design of new products. Support role in the ideation and creation of products – from defining user needs to the emergence of a solution ready for distribution, sale, and use.

Industrial Designer – Schwung Home / 05.2021-05.2023

Cooperation with a team on projects of new lighting fixtures in the creative department. The key role in the ideation and creation of concepts and visualizations.

Industrial Designer – BulletProve / 11.2021-11.2022

Cooperation with a team of engineers on projects in the R&D department. Support role in the ideation and creation of concepts and research.

Awards

Finalist of the „Young Design” competition organized by The Institute of Industrial Design / 2020

Young Design (YD) is a nationwide competition for young designers (students and graduates in design) organized each year by the Institute of Industrial Design (IID) which looks for interesting personalities. The competition aims to support and promote young Polish designers. The appreciated project whose got into the set of the best projects in 2020 was a „Remote Medical Diagnostician” – Design of casing for a telemedical device for a remote ultrasound examination.

Commendation FNC / 2019

Design of casing for a telemedical device for remote ultrasound examination – „Remote Medical Diagnostician” is a diploma project makes in cooperation with ACCREA Engineering. The project got into the set of the best artistic and design diplomas in Poland in 2019.

Commendation in national portfolio review in Product Design category / See&Say / 2017

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The appreciated project whose got into the set of the best projects was a ‘’ModuLight move system” – a project of modular luminaires. The project was presented at the Must See 2018 exhibition in Warsaw.

Finalist of the „Young Talents” competition organized by the Elle Decoration magazine / 2016

The appreciated project whose got into the set of the best projects was a „Half Moon” – a project of the minimalist luminaire. The project was presented at the Gdynia Design Days 2016 exhibition and the 10th Jubilee edition of the Łódź Design Festival 2016 exhibition.

Exhibitions