Krzysztof Urbański
Target
To market products, which go beyond the future in terms of ideas. To design space as a synthesis of idea and form, while being functional and ergonomic. To uniform space with product in a coherent form, acting in the environment and being perceived by customers as new quality – the icon. Constantly searching for novel compounds of technology and form, designers ideas and needs of customers, and relationship of products ergonomics with its primary functions.
Professional experience
In the years 2006 to 2011, I observed and helped developing new products of Opoczno brand being marketed in the field of ceramic products, furniture, cabin and bathtubs. The cooperation has allowed me to observe and participate in the complexity of this process and learn relationships occurring between the design, marketing and sales. Four years of intensive work in developing products related with the bathroom design gave me the opportunity to create my own ideas to the portfolio for the future manufacturers.
As utmostly creative and inspiring I think of cooperation with the company PROFORM, which enabled me to design a wide range of new products in the form of openwork panels - milled with diverse application possibilities. These products are marketed since 2010. I have the opportunity to participate in all stages of work in that company. From concept, through the prototyping, development of marketing materials until the product launch. I believe that these products are new (development trend) and will be widely appreciated and used primarily by interior designers.
1997 - establishment of the company Laboratorium Fraktal (Fractal Laboratory)
1998 / 1999 – design apprenticeship - in the studio Rar2 at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning in Gliwice
1999 / 2000 - design apprenticeship for revitalizing the Department Stores “Centrum” in Warsaw - design office Kapitoński & Kapitońska
2001 - creating a new section 3D Fraktal (digital visualization)
2006 / 2011 - cooperation with the company Cersanit
2009 / 2011 - cooperation with the company Proform
Skills
Interior design, product design,
- developing strategies for design concepts,
- creating a marketing strategy
- developing visionary projects of products and operational space
- coordination of design work and marketing
Education
1993-1998 studies at the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning in Gliwice
Achievements
2001 - II place - competition for the John Paul II Square in Katowice
2004 - I place - competition for the bathroom design organized by KOŁO (Sanitec Group)
2005 - I place - competition for Trendy sofa organized by Iker
2005 - I place - competition for the bathroom design using the Paradyż products
2006 - I place - competition for the bathroom design using the Paradyż products
2006 - Honorable Mention - The skin of Corian ®
2007 - Honorable Mention - The sadical radiators of the future
2008 - Honorable Mention - the competition for a public bathroom for Hel organized by KOŁO (Sanitec Group)
2008 - I place in the limited contest on the design line for the brand Opoczno - Malmo collection ( furniture, bath, detail ceramics )
2008 - I place in the limited contest on the design line for the brand Opoczno - Kioto collection
2009 - I place in the limited contest on the design line for the brand Opoczno - Bilbao collection
2010 - I place in the limited contest on ceramics in the premium section for the brand Opoczno - working title "Klasyk"
2011 - I place in the limited contest on ceramics in the premium section for the brand Opoczno - working title “Geometry-BOX”