The Concepts research project at the Łódź Design Festival!

The Concepts research project, on which Professor Agnieszka Ziemiszewska - a lecturer at PJAIT - has been working with an international team for the past two years, has been shortlisted for presentation at the 2025 AIGA Design Educators Conference, Chicago, USA!(https://www.facebook.com/AIGAdec, https://www.instagram.com/aiga_educators)
Concepts is a project focusing on the individual understanding of concepts and their visual interpretation in different cultures. It explores whether concepts can have a universal dimension or are subjective adaptations of reality. A key component of the project is the AI component - participants create visual works and descriptions and prompts for selected concepts. Based on these, images are generated using AI tools, allowing the author's artistic interpretation to be compared with the generated vision of artificial intelligence.
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The project will be presented at the 2025 AIGA Design Educators Conference (Illinois State University, USA), Weave, June 12-13, 2025.

Weave explores the threads that connect us and the collective impact of design education. This year's theme encourages the interweaving of diverse perspectives, fostering collaboration and co-creating an inclusive and transformative future for design education.

Here are some photos from the project's recent presentation at the Łódź Design Festival, where Concepts was selected as part of a nationwide open call.

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Participating Institutions

Academy of Art in Szczecin, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow , BIHE - Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi. Jan Matejko in Krakow, BIHE - Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi, City Center of Isfahan University, Fazili Art School, Gifu City Women's College, HEI Bréquigny, Rennes, Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Iowa State University, Islamic Azad University, İstanbul Üniversitesi-Cerrahpasa, Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts (KSADA), Kherson National Technical University, Kherson (Department of IT and Design), 國立臺灣師範大學 National Taiwan Normal University, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Sepehr university, Shayestegan Art School, Soore University, UAx Mentoring Program, ELIA - European League of Institutes of the Arts, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.