Gastvortrag von Dr. Katarzyna Jeżowska (University of New South Wales, Sydney) im Rahmen des Blockseminars »Poland’s Multiple Transformations from 1989 to the War in Ukraine«, Freitag, 26.06.2026
In the early 1970s, the head of the Polish Commission for the Modernization of the Economy and State Functioning, Jan Szydlak, summoned industrial designers to assist – no more, no less – in modernizing the economy and state functioning. What was intended as a strategic consultation quickly revealed deep-seated issues. Designers, ministerial bureaucrats, and industry representatives not only found…