Robert Pludra is an industrial designer professionally active in Poland and Switzerland.
He has been working as an industrial designer since 2011 and teaching at his alma mater, where he defended PhD in the field of social design and then served as deputy dean and head of department.
His studio RPDS deals with designing equipment, devices, furniture, exhibition systems and science exhibits, focusing primarily on the social utility of design, scientific approach to process, minimalistic form and sustainability.
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
He was awarded with e.g. Monocle Design Award 2023 for his cooperation with the Swiss producer WOOD&LUXURY GmbH, first prize in the Scrap Lab Design Contest in Munich for the Barrel Armchair as the best sustainable product or with the scholarship of the National Centre for Culture for the project dedicated to the elderly. He participated in more than fifty exhibitions including important design festivals in Milan, London, Paris, Berlin, Basel and Tokyo.
