Agnieszka Polkowska

A PhD in speculative design. Designer by education, trendwatcher and strategist by avocation. Owner of trendwatching think tank TRENDSPOT.

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. Currently, she carries out research and implementation projects and she cooperates with the brands, including MTV, Play, Vogue Polska, YES, Top Secret, Benericetti 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 Research, for which she works as an expert. Member of the expert board of the must have competition at the Łódź Design Festival.