STUDIO
TRENDSPOT is the studio founded by Agnieszka Polkowska based in Europe that specialises in future research and speculative design with a human-centered approach. We provide brands, strategists and institutions with knowledge on the market and new ways of thinking, feeling and empowering them toward the creation of their future.
In our work, we focus on businesses goals while simultaneously honoring interconnectedness between business, human, community and environment that not only can ensure the survival of the organization, but can help it grow in the long term and serve next generations. Our tools used in the field od trend forecasting and speculative design help us in this.
The TRENDSPOT team consists of core research team and satellites - specialists in their fields: from sociology to future thinking and service design. We work with a futurologist and researcher with 20 years of experience in social beahviour and market research, Robert Kostka-Zawadzki, designer and interdisciplinary curator, Agata Kiedrowicz and Agnieszka Mróz, the experienced service designer, moderator of design thinking workshops and business analyst.
AGNIESZKA POLKOWSKA
A PhD in speculative design. Designer by education, future strategist by avocation. Co-Owner of strategic studio Touching Points. She lectures at the studies of Total Design Management and cooperates with such institutions as the Institute of Industrial Design, Pomeranian Science and Technology Park Gdynia and Łódź Design Festival. For almost ten years, Agnieszka has been professionally involved with LPP — the largest retailing company in the CEE region. In the years 2015–2018, she was contributing to POP UP GRUPA - strategic collective for the fashion and lifestyle industry, where she dealt with the development of such brands as L37, BOHOBOCO, Fiore, Abriga or TOVA. Currently, she carries out research and implementation projects, including for MTV, born2be & Renee and she cooperates with the brands Play, Vogue Polska, YES, Ceramika Paradyż, eobuwie.pl, Decathlon as well as many other design brands. Her unique approach to building future scenarios has been acknowledged by, among others, a Dutch think-tank MARE Amsterdam, for which she works as an expert. Member of the expert board of the must have competition at the Łódź Design Festival.
Selected clients
MARE Amsterdam
Play
Industrial Design Institute
Gdynia Design Centre
Pomeranian Science and Technology Park
Łódź Design Festival
Vogue Poland
YES
Decathlon
Ceramika Paradyż
eobuwie.pl
Benericetti
Local Heroes
Top Secret
born2be
Renee
MLE Collection
POP UP GRUPA
L37
Fiore
BOHOBOCO
TOVA
Abriga
Selected Activities/ Press
2017
Dobry Wzór Design Competition
Industrial Design Institute
Member of Interdisciplinary Board
Element UX Talks
Keynote Speaker
2019
Łódź Design Festival
Keynote Speaker
Łódź Design Festival Must Have competition
Member of a Board
Vogue Poland
Keynote Speaker
2019 - 2020
Must have competition Łódź Design Festival
Member of Expert Board
2020
Fashion Revolution Week
Guest of a panel discussion
La Futura x Social Disruption
Guest of a panel discussion
VOGUE Poland
I-D POLAND
POLITYKA
WYSOKIE OBCASY
GAZETA WYBORCZA
F5
STUDIO
TRENDSPOT is the studio founded by Agnieszka Polkowska based in Europe that specialises in future research and speculative design with a human-centered approach. We provide brands, strategists and institutions with knowledge on the market and new ways of thinking, feeling and empowering them toward the creation of their future.
In our work, we focus on businesses goals while simultaneously honoring interconnectedness between business, human, community and environment that not only can ensure the survival of the organization, but can help it grow in the long term and serve next generations. Our tools used in the field od trend forecasting and speculative design help us in this.
The TRENDSPOT team consists of core research team and satellites - specialists in their fields: from sociology to future thinking and service design. We work with a futurologist and researcher with 20 years of experience in social beahviour and market research, Robert Kostka-Zawadzki, designer and interdisciplinary curator, Agata Kiedrowicz and Agnieszka Mróz, the experienced service designer, moderator of design thinking workshops and business analyst.
AGNIESZKA POLKOWSKA
A PhD in speculative design. Designer by education, future strategist by avocation. Co-Owner of strategic studio Touching Points. She lectures at the studies of Total Design Management and cooperates with such institutions as the Institute of Industrial Design, Pomeranian Science and Technology Park Gdynia and Łódź Design Festival. For almost ten years, Agnieszka has been professionally involved with LPP — the largest retailing company in the CEE region. In the years 2015–2018, she was contributing to POP UP GRUPA - strategic collective for the fashion and lifestyle industry, where she dealt with the development of such brands as L37, BOHOBOCO, Fiore, Abriga or TOVA. Currently, she carries out research and implementation projects, including for MTV, born2be & Renee and she cooperates with the brands Play, Vogue Polska, YES, Ceramika Paradyż, eobuwie.pl, Decathlon as well as many other design brands. Her unique approach to building future scenarios has been acknowledged by, among others, a Dutch think-tank MARE Amsterdam, for which she works as an expert. Member of the expert board of the must have competition at the Łódź Design Festival.
Selected clients
MARE Amsterdam
Play
Industrial Design Institute
Gdynia Design Centre
Pomeranian Science and Technology Park
Łódź Design Festival
Vogue Poland
YES
Decathlon
Ceramika Paradyż
eobuwie.pl
Benericetti
Local Heroes
Top Secret
born2be
Renee
MLE Collection
POP UP GRUPA
L37
Fiore
BOHOBOCO
TOVA
Abriga
Selected Activities/ Press
2017
Dobry Wzór Design Competition
Industrial Design Institute
Member of Interdisciplinary Board
Element UX Talks
Keynote Speaker
2019
Łódź Design Festival
Keynote Speaker
Łódź Design Festival Must Have competition
Member of a Board
Vogue Poland
Keynote Speaker
2019 - 2020
Must have competition Łódź Design Festival
Member of Expert Board
2020
Fashion Revolution Week
Guest of a panel discussion
La Futura x Social Disruption
Guest of a panel discussion
VOGUE Poland
I-D POLAND
POLITYKA
WYSOKIE OBCASY
GAZETA WYBORCZA
F5
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