TADEAS PODRACKY
DESIGN
EXPRESSIONIST
With academic training in design and fine art, he builds his practice on blurry borders between these two fields. His unique approach to work based on personal expression material and craft researches already built him his signature style. Craft skills, questioning the traditional manufacturing methods combined with personal aesthetics and curiosity, make Tadeas Podracky a designer who brings new possibilities and meanings in today's life. Every project from Tadeas Podracky's work is very creative and open to different kinds of disciplines. This attitude allows him to find interesting points of view and unique identity in a globalized world.
Awards
2015 AD Design Award Germany "Vintage Reloaded"
2014 Czech Grand Design Awards "Discovery of the Year"
2014 "Best Glass" Award of Dolce Vita magazine
2014 Editors Awards Designblok "Best prototype"
2012 Ludwig Moser Award
Residencies, Workshops
Venice Design Biennial, Design residency, Italy
Fellowship in Creative Glass Center of America at WheatonArts, USA
FROM YUHANG RONG DESIGN LIBRARY – Guest designer, China
Talents, Ambiente fair, Frankfurt
Talents, Light and building fair, Frankfurt
TonLab, Prague, Czech Republic
Nachtman next gen, workshop, Germany
Glass is tommorow (Iitala), workshop, Finland
Education
Design Academy Eindhoven, Contextual design, MA
Academy of Art Architecture and Design in Prague, Glass, MA
Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Monumental sculpture, Study internship
School of Visual Arts, New York, Fine Arts, Study internship
His work has been exhibited worldwide in main institutions and fairs such as Chamber gallery New York, Design Miami Basel, FOG San Francisco, Maison et Objet Paris, Mint gallery London, Mudac museum Lausanne, Designblok Prague, Salone del mobile Milano, London design festival, Dutch Design Week