RPDS is a product design studio focused on designing equipment, devices, furniture, exhibition systems and science exhibits, led by Robert Pludra, a designer and PhD at the Faculty of Design ASP Warsaw.
Located in Poland, operating internationally, providing design and R&D services primarily to manufacturers and research centers in Poland and Switzerland.
RPDS focuses primarily on the social utility of design, scientific approach to process, minimalist form and sustainability.
Robert Pludra is an industrial designer professionally active in Poland and Switzerland, living between Alsace and Warsaw.
He has been working as an industrial designer since 2011 and teaching at his alma mater, where he defended his PhD diploma in 2013. He served as deputy dean in 2016-2019, and head of department 2020-2022.
In design he finds the opportunity to combine his many passions:
- growing up near forest instilled exploring nature which led to his interest in physics
- access to his grandfather’s carpentry workshop encouraged experimenting and gained his building skills
- being an active drummer since primary school influenced combining music and design in his works
