Design Schools Workshop

New York

2019

45 students from 10 international design schools led by Tomek Rygalik and Jerzy Porębski explored the Open Form theory of Oskar Hansen and applied it to the streets of Brooklyn. The final public presentation of the projects took place at WantedDesign Manhattan.

Holis

Sobole

since 2014

Holis is an educational experiment to foster innovation through interdisciplinary education. Every year we bring students from a wide range of disciplines together to work on real projects with the support of outstanding team leaders.

Domo+ Design Camp

Domo+, Sobole

2018

Creative Collision

Domaine de Boisbuchet

2016

This summer workshop in Domaine de Boisbuchet led by Tomek and Gosia Rygalik was about synergies in the creative process. Participants coming from multiple cultural backgrounds combined the different perspectives, competences and skills in order to design and build together. Working with a simple construction method allowed for experimentation with space and  resulted in a spectacular architectural structure next to chateau.

Mars on Plate

MAD International School of Design

2016

Tomek and Gosia Rygalik led a design group during the workshop #1 MARS ON PLATE in Sigulda, Latvia. The project involving other mentors and tutors, craftsmen, virtuosos of gastronomy and hospotality, thinkers and makers concluded with the opening of a pop-up restaurant.

Table, Food & Wood

Domaine de Boisbuchet

2015

Comfort, Food & Wood

Domaine de Boisbuchet

2014

The participants of the workshop worked as a team to create a unique experience under the theme „Comfort, Food & Wood”. The objective was to scout, research and analyse an entirely new location that would become the new landmark on the map of the Domaine de Boisbuchet, and to create a unique sense of place at the site. Integrating the space, crafting dedicated elements and objects, the specially developed site specific ritual around food could become a part of the summer workshops’ routine. The result is a round wooden platform submerged in the grass of the beautiful meadow, not appreciated before. The centre point of the platform is a huge bowl integrated into a table top, carved in a log of oak wood. Through a thorough ongoing botanical and culinary research, the team created the delicious „Boisbuchet Summer Salad” using only ingredients growing wild around the Domaine’s area. The beautiful views can be appreciated by sitting comfortably with feet on the ground, and mixing the common salad with special wooden utensils. During the research, development through to the production phase, the participants learned about the resourceful design process, while gaining conceptual, as well as carpentry and wood-curving skills.