Meet Designer: Ola Mirecka

Ola Mirecka

I combine and shape objects and spaces around me in an experimental and playful way.

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Product Designer

What is your typical "day in the life of a designer"?

Every day is different and I try to keep it this way. If I forget to eat it means it was great - not too healthy but exciting.

Design principles you live by?

Ask yourself “why not?!”

• Always learn and try new things

• Be kind to other people

• Be curious, experiment

• Build and destroy (it is all part of the process)

What problem can't you stop thinking about?

How to make this planet a good home for everyone.

What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?

Keep your mind open. - my dad.

Design tools you can’t live without? (Physical and/or digital)

My hands.

What’s in your bag?

• Bike key

• Sunglasses

• Measuring tape

• Phone (for the camera)

• Wallet

• Lipstick

What is the greatest design object, service, product or graphic ever made, in your opinion?

They are all part of the journey. Not sure if I ever made anything the greatest, it’s hard to feel that about your own work that you become very critical about. I think the greatest is still ahead of me!

Books you highly recommend for anyone pursuing a career in design?

Read something that relaxes you, don’t read too much about design. Beautiful literature.

Two Designer friends you admire and we should talk to!

Nelly Ben Hayoun, Marjan van Aubel - check out their work!

Where and what did you study?

Master of Arts, Design Products

Royal College of Art, UK

Digital Fabrication, Electronics and Programming

Fab Academy Bachelor of Arts (BA), Product and Graphic Design

Akademia Sztuk Pięknych, Poland

Website: https://olamirecka.pl