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KAMILA IżYKOWICZ

I am a Futures Designer who specialises in strategic foresight and regenerative design, guiding teams and organisations towards preferred futures. I use storytelling as a catalyst for change, crafting future-facing narratives and prototypes that stimulate innovation through design exploration. ​ My broad experience in futurism and design across the hospitality and retail sectors includes a Master’s degree in Design Products and Futures from the Royal College of Art (RCA), where I was awarded distinctions for my multidisciplinary research on human needs amid rapid global modernisation. ​ As a Futures Designer for the UK's largest employee-owned business, I apply Futures and Design Studies methodologies to drive innovation and support effective leadership in strategic planning and future-proofing. Collaborating with institutions, governmental bodies, and esteemed universities, I integrate future-focused perspectives into practical industry applications. I use design and storytelling as a catalyst for change, and my work was showcased internationally at venues like Tate Modern, London Design Biennale, Dutch Design Week, Vienna Design Week, and Design INDABA. I won awards such as Creative Conscience and the Far Futuring Grand Challenge by CERN, Logitech, RCA, and the Art and Fashion Forum. As a speaker, I presented at Kingston University, RCA, University at Buffalo (NY), and Tischner European University.

EDUCATION
 

Royal College of Art,

Design Products and Futures
MA with distinction, 2019–2021

School of Form, Domestic Design,
BA cum laude, 2012–2016

University of Wroclaw,
History of Art and Design,
2005–2010
and Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2009–2010

 

WORK
 

 

John Lewis Partnership,
Futures Designer and Analyst,
2021 ~ present

 

Government Office for Science, Net zero society report,
External Expert, 2023

 

Northern Chamber of Commerce in Stettin, Facilitator and Keynote Speaker, 2022

 

Royal College of Art,
Digital Creative, 2020-2021

 

RIBA RE-FABRICATE,
Researcher and Designer
for WOWood project, 2020

 

Spacestor,
Digital Creative, 2018-2020

 

LPP S.A. Reserved,
Assistant Designer, 2017-2018

 

freelance and collaborations communication, product and interior designer for:
Dell Sole restaurant, 2010-2020; KROWARZYWA, 2016-2019; MANIFIESTA film studio, 2012-2016

EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS

Poznan Design Festival: Laboratory of Wellbeing exhibition and podcast (pl), 2022

 

60Seconds Festival: (After is now) The Wrong Biennale, 2022

 

What Next’ exhibition by AMI, British Council, commissioned/2022

 

London Design Biennale Exhibition: Design In An Age Of Crisis, 2021

 

RCA2021 show, 2021

 

Dutch Design Week and BioArt Laboratories, exhibitions, 2016, 2020 and 2021

 

Creative Conscience contest, award in fashion category, 2020

 

The Grand Challenge 2020 far futuring by Logitech, CERN, RCA, special award, 2020

 

Tate Modern: Staged on Screen invitee, video-art, 2019

 

Vienna Design Week: ‘It feels’ exhibition, Polish Institute Vienna, 2017

 

Graduation Projects.eu: International Design Review exhibition, 2017

 

See & Say show, portfolio distinction, KTR, 2016

 

Lodz Design Festival: Make me!, finalist of international design contest, 2016

 

Home. Housing. Dwelling exhibition at: Gdynia Design Days and Lodz Design Festival, 2015

 

Fashion Jewellery Art & Fashion Forum 5 Senses, contest winner, 2015

TALKS AND PUBLICATIONS

Kingston University London:
‘Future Household’ speaker,
JLP design sprint, 2023

 

52nd NeMLA Convention:
Thinking with Plants, panellist, University at Buffalo, (NY), 2021

 

Meet the Makers and Sharing Biological Practices Symposium, panellist, RCA, 2021

 

In/visible Design of Social Experience conference, panellist, Tischner Eu University, 2020

 

Stillpoint Literary Journal, 
publication, 2020

 

Design INDABA conference in Cape Town, panellist, 2017

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