Published: 9 June 2026
Graduation Show 12 – opening and exhibition
Author: Editorial Team
Graduation Show 12 represents the culmination of four years of study, experimentation, and hands-on trial and error at SWPS University’s School of Form. Come explore the graduation projects of our students, who prove that conscious design is the ultimate response to today's social, environmental, and technological challenges.
Graduation projects
A fresh perspective on design
The Graduation Show is the moment our young designers step beyond the classroom walls to present their work to the public for the very first time.
Behind every project are four years of study, hundreds of hours of hard work, and countless iterations in search of the best solutions. It’s the result of a deeply collaborative process where creativity meets knowledge, and experimentation becomes a daily routine.
This year’s exhibition is more than just a showcase of design graduation projects—it’s a dynamic space for new ideas, fresh perspectives, and bold visions of the future.
More than an artistic vision
Each graduation project stems from a close observation of the world and a direct attempt to tackle specific social, environmental, or technological challenges. This is where design truly becomes a tool for change and a lens through which we can better understand the reality around us.
Bringing a project to life requires more than just technical skills; it demands critical thinking, courage, and a willingness to push past conventional boundaries. These young designers analyze user needs, investigate social and cultural contexts, and discover new opportunities exactly where others see limitations.
Graduation Show 11
New voices in the world of design
This year’s Graduation Show features the work of 64 young creators. Their projects showcase an incredibly diverse range of interests, methodologies, and ways of looking at the modern world. Our students tackle themes that shape our daily lives—ranging from deeply personal experiences to global challenges.
The featured graduation projects include works that:
- explore memory and emotions—both on an individual and collective level;
- address physicality and perception, delving into movement, health, pain, and sensory comfort;
- examine public space and urbanism by looking closely at the relationship between humans, the city, and nature;
- reinterpret tradition and craftsmanship, as well as popular and folk culture;
- take a critical stance on technology—investigate its impact on relationships, communication, and surveillance systems;
- embrace social and inclusive design by responding to the needs of marginalized groups, inequalities, and crises;
- focus on materiality, technique, and hands-on experimentation;
- explore beauty, ugliness, symbolism, and visual storytelling;
- utilize games and simulations, as well as offering opportunities for user interaction;
- tackle the challenges of functional design—focusing on practical needs, ergonomics, and everyday usability.
These creative explorations have resulted in a wide variety of formats: physical objects, tools, publications, films, games, systems and services, multisensory experiences, and fashion collections. While each project tells its own unique story, together they paint a vivid picture of a generation fully aware of its responsibility and its immense potential to shape the world around us.
Practical info
Graduation Show 12
Where: Creative Industries Institute, Mińska 65, Warsaw
When: July 5 – July 12, 2026, 14:00–20:00
Opening: July 4, 2026, 16:00
Curator: Arkadiusz Szwed
Partners
- Creative Industries Institute
- Ministry of Culture and National Heritage