Marta Szymkowiak
I’m a polish product designer based in Milan.
Born in 1988 in Jarocin in Poland, I’ve earned a degree in Design (focus on Furniture Design) at the University of Arts in Poznan (PL) in 2012, and subsequently moved to Milan.
In 2014, I’ve co-founded the design and communication studio BestBefore2065 (www.bb65.com).
Present position
BestBefore2065 /// Co-founder and Product designerClients: Horm.it, BluBleu, Casio, G-Shock
Past collaborations
2018 /// Studiopepe /// projects for:
Baxter : Zefir Chair and Thalatha Table
Vetreria Bazzanese : Oh! You Pretty Thing! - Mirror
2014 /// Saverio Incombenti /// projects for:
Mogg : QB Quanto Basta - Containers
2012 /// jozeph forakis ... design /// projects for:
Samsung : CMF project
Normann Copenhagen: Lounge Chair
2011 /// Hiroshi Ono & Associate /// internship
Baxter : Zefir Chair and Thalatha Table
Vetreria Bazzanese : Oh! You Pretty Thing! - Mirror
2014 /// Saverio Incombenti /// projects for:
Mogg : QB Quanto Basta - Containers
2012 /// jozeph forakis ... design /// projects for:
Samsung : CMF project
Normann Copenhagen: Lounge Chair
2011 /// Hiroshi Ono & Associate /// internship
Awards
2013 /// Finalist of 5th Edition of Roca International Design Contest Jump the Gap2012 /// Laureate in Young Design Contest by Institute of Industrial Design, Warsaw (PL)
2010 /// III Prize ELECTROLUX DESIGN LAB polish edition
Education
2012 /// Graduation in Product Design / final project in furniture design2008 - 2012 /// University of Arts in Poznań (PL) / Faculty of Architecture and Design
2009 - 2010/// University of Applied Sciences of Potsdam (DE)/ ERASMUS Exchange program
2004 - 2008 ///Art High School in Poznań (PL) / specialisation Visual Communication