Zieta Studio’s participation in the Expo 2020 Dubai is a great honour and the opportunity to present the Zieta brand to a new audience.
We will be part of the „Polish Table”, which will become a place of intercultural meeting in the Pavilion of Poland at Expo 2020 Dubai. It will be distinguished by its unique form and elements full of symbolism.
Polish Pavilion Expo 2020 Dubai Visualisation
“For Expo 2020 Dubai, Zieta Studio designed a silver object and three copper forms – sculptural structures made especially for the „Polish Table”. On the one hand, they reflect our company’s DNA, which was developed through experiments with metal and volumetric expansion. On the other, they show the artistic and innovative aspect of working with metal”, says Oskar Zięta.
The ”Polish Table” will be the main attraction of the “Poland. A home for creativity” zone in the Pavilion of Poland. It will be a place where guests from all over the world will have a chance not only to experience Polish hospitality and creativity but also to get to know surprising information about our country. Many interesting facts will be provided by the “Polish Table” installation and its special modules.
photo Marta Więcek
photo Marta Więcek
photo Marta Więcek
Zieta Studio modules are sculptures referring to the mountain ranges’ cross-sections. In the process of their preparation, we used the FiDU technology based on giving the two-dimensional metal forms the third dimension using internal pressure. It is a process of controlled loss of control in which metal is exerted by a physical force. It can be compared to the geological processes, which lead to the formation of mountain peaks.
This concept refers also to the KGHM Polska Miedź, a Polish multinational corporation located in Lower Silesia, which is the largest silver mine in the world according to the World Silver Survey 2021. In the project, we allude to the raw materials mined in it: copper and its by-product, silver.
photo Katarzyna Szaniawska
photo Katarzyna Szaniawska
photo Katarzyna Szaniawska
Zieta Studio will also create a special installation with TAFLA O mirrors that will become part of the multimedia and multi sensory exhibition presenting Polish culture and heritage. Movies and photos displayed on large screens, located all around the visitors, will be multiplied on the surface of our polished steel objects.
Polish Pavilion Expo 2020 Dubai Visualisation
photo Łukasz Gawroński
Oskar Zięta
Architect, artist and process designer. Creator of over 200 original utility forms that manifest his own recognizable style. Author of sculptures that demonstrate his passionate experimental approach to design. The main paradigm of his work is exploring the formal and technical properties of the metal transformed using the proprietary FiDU technology.
He obtained his PhD at the ETH University in Zurich, and is a lecturer at the SWPS School of Form in Warsaw. Author of the iconic PLOPP stool (2007), and the highest sculpture in public space in Poland, WIR (2017), as well as NAWA (2017), a pavilion-sculpture nominated for the prestigious European Mies van der Rohe award.