Mari JJ Design at Launch Pad - WantedDesign Manhattan

Mari JJ Design will showcase their "Useful-Unique" series-a selection of the designer's most recent ceramic innovations, including porcelain jewelry. The ceramic, primarily porcelain designs are hand tinted and decorated from the initial phase to a finished product. "Useful- Unique" is a collection of innovative functional pieces characterized by an interactive surface that gives the receiver a sensual experience by touching and using it. For example, the"Cup" is specially designed to prevent the hand touching the hot surface while consuming a drink. The unique decorative shape of the “Bowl” is designed to prevent the object from accidentally tipping over.

Mari JJ Design’s featured jewelry is made of porcelain, gold, platinum and sterling silver. Each set of pendants, earrings and rings is handmade using a special technique of melting porcelain. All jewelry sets were inspired by taking waste and defects from factory tableware porcelain production and transforming it into unique wearable designs.

Founded in New York City in 2011 by Odile Hainaut and Claire Pijoulat, WantedDesign has established itself as a constant and staunch supporter of the U.S. and international design via events, conversations, and its yearly programming, aiming to nurture New York City’s design dialogue.

Launch Pad is a competition program which features the newest cutting edge design and is dedicated to independent international designers and small companies who seek to manufacture and promote their new products worldwide. This exhibition serves as an inspiring meeting point for designers, manufacturers, buyers, distributors, craftsmen, students, institutions, the press and all design lovers.

Maria Joanna Juchnowska was born in Poland in 1985. In 2000 she enrolled in art school specializing in ceramics. In 2010 she graduated from  the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, Poland and the following year from the University of Arts, Craft and Design Konstfack in Stockholm, Sweden. Maria worked at the Tate Modern and Tate Britain museums and has participated in solo and group exhibitions in New York, London, Liverpool, Berlin, Frankfurt, Stockholm, Athens, Oslo, Bergen, Tunisia, and Poland. In 2016, was a guest teacher at the Parsons School of Design in New York. Maria is based in Oslo and works out of her studios in Norway and Poland.

Mari JJ Design participation in Launch Pad exhibition platform of the WantedDesign Manhattan is organized in collaboration with the Polish Cultural Institute New York, and supported by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute Poland, Design and Architecture Norway and General Consulate of Norway in New York., City of Kielce Poland, and Kielce Culture Centre in Poland.

WHAT:
Mari JJ Design at Launch Pad | WantedDesign Manhattan

WHEN:
Friday May 19: Preview (by invitation only)
Saturday May 20 & Sunday May 21: From 10am to 7pm (open to trade and public)
Monday May 22 and Tuesday May 23: From 10am to 7pm (open to trade only)
LaunchPad jury review will take place on Monday May 22 at WantedDesign Manhattan 2pm
Vote online for your favorite designer through Launch Pad competition which features the newest cutting edge design including ceramic innovations of Maria JJ Juchnowska.
http://www.wanteddesignnyc.com/wd2017/manhattan/launch-pad-2017/
Awards will be announced at WantedDesign Manhattan shortly after the jury review on May 22, 2017
Wednesday, May 24 6:00- 9:00pm- special presentation of Mari JJ Design at the Trade and Investment section Consulate General of the Republic of Poland-by invitation only.
Contact WPHI Nowy Jork: newyork@trade.gov.pl

WHERE:
The Tunnel at Terminal Stores - 269 11th Avenue at 28th street, New York, NY 10001  Map It

TICKETS:
Get tickets HERE
2-Day pass: $30 online-Saturday and Sunday only
Entrance is free for kids under 16

PROGRAM:
HERE

TRANSPORTATION:
Subway: 7 train 34th St Hudson Yards; C, E, 1 trains to 23rd St stations

INFORMATION:
www.PolishCulture-NYC.org
www.WantedDesignNYC.com
www.juchnowska.com