MAREK C EC U LA FOUNDER AND LEADER OF MODUS DESIGN, AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR FOR ĆMIELÓW DESIGN STUDIO
This catalog is a presentation of work from the Modus Design studio, which for 30 years has participated in the development of contemporary ceramic design and played an important role as a producer of utilitarian, decorative and artistic porcelain. Many years of experience have lead to the establishment of the new brand Ćmielów Design Studio for the oldest Polish porcelain manufacturer Ćmielów, in 2013.This unique event allowed traditional Polish porcelain to expand into the local and international market by introducing new and innovative collections. The collections in this catalogue come from three different periods:Modus Design New York, Modus Design Kielce and Ćmielów Design Studio. The visual material is accompanied by excerpts from interviews and statements of Marek Cecula.
LIST OF CONTENTS:
M A R EK C EC U LA - W HY PORCE LAI N ? M O D U S DES IG N - NEW YORK ORI GI N D ES I G N AG AINS T T HE BACKGROUND OF TRADI TI ON L A N D SC APE O F T HE TABLE - GE T TO K NOW OUR PRODUCTS M O D U S DES IG N - NEW C YCLE
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• N E W ATELIER
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• GE OME TRY
• S Y S TEM
• TURNE D
• TOU CH O F BLU E
• NATURA
• R A NDO M
• C RAF T • XL • NE CTAR • LIMBO • HOME DE COR • ACC E SSORIE S
P ROD UC T INDEX M O D U S DES IG N HIS TO RY M O D U S DES IG N T EAM
�Today I can say that my years of experience have developed into an unconditional reflex, which can autonomously shift gears and create a synthesis between art and design.�
MAREK CECULA - WHY PORCELAIN? ”Art has always been the strongest stimulus for me, but ceramics has this universal multidimensionality. Something in my nature demands orientation and recognition of the creative values hidden in this medium. A plate can lie on a table and fulfill its utility function, but it can also hang on the wall, where it turns into a picture. The same material can create a usable mug or a unique sculpture.” In the 60s when I started working in ceramics, porcelain existed mainly in the industrial domain and was difficult to obtain for individual studios. However, the beauty of this material attracted many ceramic artists and designers. Porcelain is special. It is a noble material, white, transparent, and delicate. Yet, at the same time, it is durable and practical in use. Porcelain also looked fresh and modern compared to brown pottery clays, which were the standard. Seductive and demanding, porcelain has always offered a completely new territory for experimentation and innovation.
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Creamer and sugar bowl, Collectioin Studio Line for Cmielow Design Studio
MODUS DESIGN - NEW YORK ORIGIN ”I arrived in New York in 1976. I came there from Brazil, my previous base. I wanted to be as close as possible to the centre of contemporary art, to absorb the creative new grounds and the dynamics of NYC. And that’s was Soho, an up-and-coming district of art. I felt that time and space were on my side.”
In Soho, Manhattan, on Sullivan street, I founded the first Contemporary Porcelain studio and showroom. In this artistic environment, my products quickly found interest and the studio grew into an active design operation, under a new brand called Modus Design. Orders from clients like the American Craft Museum, DKNY, Barneys, and the Fillmore in San Francisco, created the need to establish a new source of production. The direction was the porcelain industry. To make this happen, Modus Design moved to Poland in 1999, establishing cooperation with Polish porcelain manufactures.
• Turned Collection, Collectioin Studio Line for Cmielow Design Studio
“So I found myself in New York, a young artist looking for influence and creative energy.�
”Ćmielów was always in the back of my mind. My secret wish was that one day I would be able to work in the factory and make ceramic projects, under industrial conditions.”
CMIELOW DESIGN STUDIO - DESIGN AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF TRADITION ” When leaving Poland in 1960, I took along a small illustrated album of Ćmielow porcelain. This album accompanied me through all my wanderings and returned with me to Poland in 2000. The fact that the oldest porcelain factory in Poland was close to my home city, Kielce, was an impressive source of pride with my foreign contacts! I showed them the figurines, forms and patterns from Ćmielów as evidence of the modernity and forward-thinking of Polish design.” The legacy of Ćmielów manufacture, founded in 1790, consists of many outstanding, classical and modernistic collections, which are still popular today. Over the years, many recognized artists cooperated with the factory and left behind their accomplishments in forms and decorations. Today, Marek Cecuła, co-founder and artistic director of the Ćmielów Design Studio is resuming and implementing new programs for artists and designers within the industry.
ĆMIELÓW DESIGN STUDIO CDS Is a professional design studio, operating from 2013 in the Cmielow factoryas a new brand of contemporary Polish porcelain. The aim of CDS is to create original contemporary products, directed to customers looking for modern aesthetics.The studio is located in the heart of the two hundred and twenty year old Ćmielów factory where the long tradition and the classic porcelain is being infused with the artistic sensitivity of contemporary design.
• Triptych vaze, Collection Studio Line for Cmielow Desig Studio
LANDSCAPE OF THE TABLE - GET TO KNOW OUR PRODUCTS ”As in the case of architectural forms, the utilitarian table objects entering also into relationship with the environment and interact with the user.” Our behavior, culture and ethics require appropriate organization of the ceramic forms and their practical usability Shape, proportions and function affect the space. and surface of the table, creating homogeneous esthetic environment.
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Espresso cup System with saucer. Collection Studio Line for Cmielow Design Studio
”The surface of the table becoming the tree dimensional landscape.”
• Vaze Constantin, Collection Studio Line for Cmielow Design Studio
MODUS DESIGN - NOWA KARTA HISTORII
From 2019, Modus Design has introduced a series of products in limited editions, addressed to individual customers, interior designers, restaurateurs and collectors, thereby responding to the challenge of today’s market, demanding originality and innovation. Modus Design takes steps towards more active marketing and distribution, giving creative expression to new opportunities in the field of design.
• Chinita Vase, Studio Line Collection, Modus Design Studio • Gloria Dots Set, Studio Line Collection, Modus Design Studio
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INDUSTRIAL CO Cooperation with the ceramics industry has introduced new design principles to Modus Design. Adaptation of the object to mass-production requires every design to be well planned, not only in terms of functionality, but also suitable for the specific ceramic technology and mechanical processing. Industrial projects are characterized by simplified form, symmetry, ergonomics and standardization. Modus studio has designed and produced a number of tableware collections and porcelain decorations, which are currently a part of a wide range of industrial productions.
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Today, contemporary porcelain design must respond to the challenges of the 21st century, to keep up with the spirit of our times and reclaim its new position in a home environment.
The New Atelier collection is the first product to be signed under the brand Ćmielów Design Studio. The design is an example of contemporary aesthetics, with streamlined shapes and minimalist solutions. The three-color design opens the door to interactive arrangement, allowing you to create various color compositions between forms and decor.
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N E W AT E L I E R New Atelier has been chosen for the permanent collection at the National Museums in Warsaw, Cracow and Wrocław. The product won also the award Must Have 2013 of Łódź Design Festival Currently New Atelier is also available at the MoMA Design Store in New York.
C O L L E C T I O N N E W AT E L I E R Design: Marek Cecula 2013
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Production technology is a critical element and must be taken into account. A form can have a physical manifestation, but this cannot limit or compromise the imagination of the final concept.
The System is a new set of table porcelain, representing contemporary design that expresses the aesthetics of the 21st century. The „System� set created in the new technological era. Made by 3D modeling it carries within itself the reflection of this process and representations of our time.
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SYSTEM System espresso cup is design to improve stability between two porcelain forms, cup and saucer .
COFFEE SET SYSTEM Design: Marek Cecula, 2017
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The touch of the human hand, introduced during the industrial production creates the uniqueness of a handcrafted object.
Each of the vessels belonging to this series has been manually immersed in salt of cobalt, forming a unique „touch of blue” on the white porcelain. Despite the apparent repetitiveness, each of these objects is one-of-a-kind. Touch of Blue is an archival project of Modus Design, currentlycarried out in a new version in Ćmielów porcelain, under theĆmielów Design Studio brand.
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TOUCH OF BLUE A deep blue color emphasizes the nobility of porcelain, creating elegant table forms with a touch of blue background. This product won the Must Have award from the Łódź Design Festival in 2013.
COLLECTION TOUCH OF BLUE Design: Marek Cecula, Daga Rogers, 2001
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In my creative process the element of chance is an important factor. It usually brings new direction for further creative explorations.
Each of this mass-produced utilitarian cups has a randomly selected 3-digit number. These unrepeated 999 numbers make each cup an original object, adding a conceptual layer and expanding the conventional use of the cup. Random is another series of objects where decoration becomes information, adding individuality into the industrial mass production.
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RANDOM Random disturbs the monotony of mass production and brings originality to the industrial process.
RANDOM CUP Design: Marek Cecula, 2002
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The unique character of the Studio Line product comes from the hand-built process and from diverse methods of production. These both complement the industrial mass production with originality, a trace of the author’s hand. Collections usually are in limited volume .
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In the studio there are many visual associations which leading to the new opportunities and to the unexpected solutions.
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BEND This addition to the bent tea set is an excellent complement for the older bent collection manufactured by Modus Design since 1995.
TEA SET BEND Design: Marek Cecula, 2015
B O W L S A N D T R AY S B E N D Design: Marek Cecula, 2007
ESPRESSO CUP WITH SAUCER BEND Design: Marek Cecula, 2017
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The long history of ceramics has many practical and artistic achievements which have accompanied humanity in its daily existence. Ornamentation and beauty, injected into the utilitarian ceramic object, have evolved our culture and aesthetics over time.
The central message of this collection is the contrast of two various production sources. Some pieces of the objects originate from hand-made production in the studio, and parts come from the assortment produced industrially by the factory. Both parts are harmoniously connected to create a usable form.
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TURN The Turn Collection changes the rules of the formal appearance of the table by introducing crafted simplicity in a world saturated with advanced technology.
TEA SET TURN Design: Marek Cecula, 2016
C O N TA I N E R S T U R N Design: Marek Cecula, 2016
SUSHI ZEN SET FOR TWO Design: Marek Cecula, 2017
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Sometimes the designer becomes just an observer, choosing forms and structures from the limitless sources of nature, transferring them into the aesthetic and practical world.
The designer provides the user with a functional object which carries a message about today’s reality. We bring the presence of nature into everyday life, linking our needs with an object that has been designed by evolution. Natura is a collection of usable ceramic forms and objects which broaden our view on the condition in our environment.
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N AT U R A The inspiration and model for this collection is nature as the best designed work of art.
T E A S E T N AT U R A Design: Marek Cecula, Edyta Cieloch, 2009
S U S H I N AT U R A SET FOR ONE PERSON Design: Marek Cecula, Edyta Cieloch, 2017
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The subtle and elaborate manual work of making the modelspermanently solidifies in the form of a porcelain object.
In the studio, which is an active creative lab, we are always finding new inspiration, based on what has already come into being. COLOR PORCELAIN 2015 after a series of tests and experiments in the studio, we introduce colored porcelain in factory production. Colored porcelain is an innovative proposition today’s culinary culture, where original tableware is an important asset, both at home and in the restaurant.
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CRAFT Today, traditional craftsmanship can shine as a modern, high-profile medium in the broad notion of art.
CRAFT COLLECTION Design: Marek Cecula, 2016
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Emotions, sensitivity and sensuality transfer themselves directly to the form which carries these qualities through to the hands of the user.
In spite of the flooding of objects such as 3D printers, collections like Craft and Country represents returning to the craft culture.
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COUNTRY The Country Collection is a new direction in the development of table porcelain designed for Cmielow Design Studio.
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Ceramics is a medium, with two major elements: Art and Design. Moving between them is an important creative exploration. For me personally. I find quite a lot of creative substance that is suitable for both situations in ceramics.
The wide open form of the cup, its soft contour and thinwalled porcelain with the classic handle, makes a delicate but functional object. The cup is available in 5 colors with a matt surface and a glazed interior. White version - glazed in full.
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XL The XL cup is an object that functions between the bowl and the a cup from which you can eat delicious soup and drink coffee or aromatic tea.
CUP XL WITH SAUCER Design: Marek Cecula, 2017
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Our values interweave in both directions, from design to art and from art to design. From unrestrained and limitless, to practical and functional.
Nectar cups are an example of a product that is the result of combining contemporary design with traditional Polish porcelain. They are available in various colors and also in white glazed porcelain.
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N E C TA R S A tall cup with a simple, elegant form, decorated with an elaborated handle that originally was designed and produced by the porcelain Factory in the 1930s.
N E C TA R C U P Design: Marek Cecula, 2016
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Teapot is one of the mostly interpreted objects in ceramics production. Next to the classical well functional teapots there are countless variations, from realistic nature imitations to abstracted forms where usability is just a pretext for the teapot to become a sculpture.
Limbo, a small teapot with a beret, not to mention two different cups! Something different for each user. Made in color matte porcelain with a glazed interior and in fully glazed white porcelain.
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LIMBO A cheerful Limbo teapot, as the name suggests, is something inbetween, being both a utilitarian object and a decorative one.
TEA SET LIMBO Dwesign: Marek Cecula, 2017
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Contemporary architecture and the modern dwelling require contemporary interiors and modern decorations.
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HOME DECOR Original decorative accessories give a specific character to Interior design. They emphasize the magic of everyday rituals. After all, beauty is in the details!
VA S E B E N D Design: Marek Cecula, 2007
VA S E M C Design: Marek Cecuła, 2016
VA S E S N O P E K Design: Marek Cecuła, 2012
VA S E T R I P T-T I C Design: Marek Cecuła, 2016
VA S E C O N S TA N T I N Design: Edyta Cieloch, 2016
VA S E T W I S T Design: Marek Cecuła, 2011
VA S E C H I N I TA Design: Marek Cecuła, 2016
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Nowadays, the design process is characterized by dynamics in regards to technological and social expectations.
In the long history of porcelain production, there have been many specific forms and objects supplementing table services with small ceramic accessories of various shapes for various uses.
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ACCESORIES Modus Design introduces original table accessories, to respond to the culinary needs that have arisen in modern cuisine. Among the assortment of products there are milk jugs, sugar bowls, salt and pepper shakers, vinegar and oil containers in surprising forms.
TA B L E AC C E S S O R I E S Design: Marek Cecula, 2014
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TA B L E AC C E S S O R I E S , C U B S A LT A N D P E P P E R Design: Edyta Cieloch, 2017
TA B L E AC C E S S O R I E S E X T R E M E S A LT S A N D P E P P E R Design: Marek Cecula, 2015
S A LT A N D P E P P E R R O C K & S A LT Design: Marek Cecula, Edyta Cieloch, 2009
TA B L E AC C E S S O R I E S S & P B O T T L E S F O R S A LT A N D P E P P E R Design: Marek Cecula, Daga Rogers, 2009
M I L K A N D S U G A R S E T W/ T S P O O N Design: Marek Cecula, 1995
LIQUID FORM Design: Marek Cecula, 1994
EGG HOLDER EGGO Design: Marek Cecula, 2013
CANDLESTICKS PORCELAIN CANDLES Design: Marek Cecula, 2013
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ARTISTIC COLLE The work of designer-artists in the industry usually goes further than designing a routine product and typical production standards by reinterpreting traditional forms, giving them contemporary value. Factory interiors, mass production lines, repeatability of forms, and even porcelain scrap can become an inspiration for artistic activities in the industrial environment.
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The abstract art inspiration improves the contemporary quality of the object.
Form and Color is the latest set of table porcelain in the Modus Design studio. Thanks to its strong aesthetic qualities, it is a functional, porcelain artwork. Forms and decorations permeate to form an integral composition. They are divided by strong planes of color, referring to Dutch constructivism and Piet Mondrian’s work. The porcelain set is interactive and thanks to the playfully moving individual elements, its visual layout changes into a new, three-dimensional image.
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FORM AND COLOR The Form and Color Collection is available in a limited number of 30 sets found in this decoration. At the bottom of each object is the author’s signature, the edition number and its quantity.
FORM AND COLOR Design: Marek Cecuła, 2018
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The „Bauhaus 100” porcelain set was created by interpreting motifs, forms and colors, of the school’s aesthetics creating through this process interactive porcelain coffee set.
The set “Bauhaus 100” was created to commemorate the centenary anniversary of Bauhaus school 1919-2019, which still has a great influence on contemporary aesthetics, especially architecture and design. In my ceramic works, the inspiration and philosophy of the Bauhaus was a frequent factor in the various expressions and forms of the ceramic product. However, the 100 years of Bauhaus gave rise to a special project that introduced my contributions to the anniversaries so important to our culture. so important to our culture.
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A set of 4 forms on a tray with a graphic decoration creates a threedimensional image which changes with each shift of the objects on a tray. This is unlimited interactive relationship with the product. Product which set to expand the limits of functionality and its status in the domestic environment .
BAUHAUS MEMORY 100 Design: Marek Cecuła, 2018
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Process and material are only coefficients in the process of making an object . They should play a minor role in the definition and evaluation of the work.
Introducing unsymmetrical forms based on vertical construction and divided by strong color planes. The Geometria series is an interactive design, inspired by constructivism and Mondrian neoplasticism. It encourages users to play with form and color. When the user moves the individual objects on the tray, a new three-dimensional image is created.
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GEOMETRIA The Geometry series was born in spite of round and soft shapes of traditional porcelain.
SET QUBUS II Design: Marek Cecula, 2012
SET QUBUS I Design: Marek Cecula, 2012
TA B L E AC C E S S O R I E S “ TOY ” Design: Edyta Cieloch, 2017
SET ERGO Projekt: Marek Cecuła, 2012
TA B L E AC C E S S O R I E S D O M U S Design: Marek Cecula, 2014
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NEW ATELIER SET Design: Marek Cecula, 2013
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PORCELAIN, CERAMIC DECALS • • • • • • • • • •
SHALLOW PLATE 18cm. SHALLOW PLATE 22cm. SHALLOW PLATE 27cm. SOUP PLATE 21,5cm. OVAL PLATER 24cm. OVAL PLATER 29cm. OVAL PLATER 33cm. OVAL PLATER 39cm. SALAT BOWL 9cm SALAT BOWL 13cm
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SALAT BOWL 16cm SALAT BOWL 21cm. BREAKFAST CUP 0,45l COFFE/TEA POT1,201l SUGAR BOWL 023l MILK JUG 0,25l TEAPOT Sm. 0,41l TEAPOT WARMER CUP AND SAUCER 025l / 15,5l
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COLLECTION TOUCH OF BLUE Design: Marek Cecula, Daga Rogers, 2001
PORCELAIN, SALTS OF COBALT • • • • • • • • • • •
Mug 0,30l Sm. bowl 15cm. Salat bowl 26cm. Espresso cup 0,10l saucer 12,5cm. Tea cup 0,25l saucer 15,7cm. Latte cup, 0,45l saucer 17cm. Round platter 32cm. Soup plate 21,5cm. Shallow plate 26cm. Brackets plate 21cm. Dessert plate 17cm
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SYSTEM COFFEE SET Design: Marek Cecula, 2017
WHITE AND GLAZE PORCELAIN BLACK, MATT PORCELAIN • TEAPOT • SUGAR BOWL • CUP X 2
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RANDOM CUP Design: Marek Cecula, 2002
WHITE AND GLAZE PORCELAIN, CERAMIC DECALS
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ESPRESSO CUP SYSTEM Design: Marek Cecula, 2017
WHITE AND GLAZE PORCELAIN BLACK, MATT PORCELAIN
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T ESPRESSO CUP WITH SAUCER gn: Marek Cecula, 2017
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BENT TRAYS AND BOWLS Design: Marek Cecula, 2007
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BENT TEA SET Design: Marek Cecula, 2015
GLAZED WHITE PORCELAIN; COLOR MATT PORCELAIN AVAILABLE IN GRAY, BLACK, PINK AND BLUE • Teapot 350 ml • Cups 4 x 100 ml
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CONTAINERS TURN Design: Marek Cecula, 2016
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• BLACK PORCEL • CUPS X 2 - 100
Container - 7 cm. high Container - 26 cm. high Sugar container lg. -500 ml Sugar container sm. - 200 ml
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EA SET TURN esign: Marek Cecula, 2016
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PLATES AND BOWLS TURN Design: Marek Cecula, 2016
WHITE AND GLAZE PORCELAIN BLACK MATT PORCELAIN
LAIN TEAPOT - 650 ML.
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CUP WITH SAUCER TURN Design: Marek Cecula, 2016
CUPS IN COLORED PORCELAIN AND WHITE GLAZED SAUCER AVAILABLE IN GRAY, BLACK, TERRA-COTTA, BLUE AND GREEN • Cup - 250 ml • Saucer - 15,5 cm
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SUSHI SET FOR TWO Design: Marek Cecula, 2017
WHITE AND GLAZE PORCELAIN BLACK MATT PORCELAIN • • • • •
Rectangular Tray - 34x15 cm Small bowls x 2 – dim. 7 cm Square plates x 2 – 11 cm Chopstick stand x 2 Chopstick x 2
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SUSHI SET NATURA FOR ONE PERSON Design: Marek Cecula, Edyta Cieloch, 2017
WHITE AND GLAZE PORCELAIN BLACK MATT PORCELAIN • Sm. tray - 16x9 cm • Sm. bowl dim. 6 cm • Chopstick stand
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TEA SET NATURA Design: Marek Cecula, Edyta Cieloch, 2009
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• Teapot - 450 ml • cups - 2x 120 ml • Wooden Tray
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SUGAR AND MILK CONTAINERS Design: Marek Cecula, Edyta Cieloch 2009 WHITE MATT PORCELAIN • Milk cont. • Sugar cont.
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TEA SET LIMBO Design: Marek Cecula, 2017
WHITE GLAZED AND COLORED MATT PORCELAIN AVAILABLE IN GRAY, BLACK, TERRA-COTTA AND BLUE. • Teapot 600 ml • Cups (50 ml, 80 ml)
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NECTAR CUP Design: Marek Cecula, 2016
WHITE AND GLAZED PORCELAIN, COLORED M PORCELAIN, AVAILABLE IN GRAY, BLACK, TERR BLUE, GREEN. • Cup - 14,5 high 500 ml
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CUP AND SAUCER, XL Design: Marek Cecula, 2017
WHITE GLAZED PORCELAIN. COLORED MATT PORCELAIN AVAILABLE IN GRAY, BLACK, TERRA-COTTA, BLUE, GREEN.
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VASE BEND Design: Marek Cecula, 2007
WHITE AND GLAZE PORCELAIN BLACK MATT PORCELAIN • Vase, tall - 33 cm • Vase, short - 19,5 cm
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VASE TWIST Design: Marek Cecuła 2007
BIAŁA SZKLIWIONA PORCELANA • Vase lg. - 31 cm • Vase md. - 25 cm • Vase sm. - 14 cm COLORS:
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VASE MC Design: Marek Cecula, 2016
WHITE MATT PORCELAIN, MATT COLORED PORCELAIN, AVAILABLE IN GRAY, BLACK, TERRA-COTTA, BLUE, GREEN. • High 15 cm
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VASE TRIP-TIC Design: Marek Cecula, 2014
WHITE MATT PORCELAIN • High 24 cm
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VASE SNOPEK Design: Marek Cecula, 2012
WHITE MATT PORCELAIN • High 33 cm
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VASE CONSTANTIN Design: Edyta Cieloch, 2016
WHITE MATT PORCELAIN, MATT COLORED PORCELAIN, AVAILABLE IN GRAY, BLACK, TERRA-COTTA, BLUE, GREEN. • High: 40 cm KOLORYSTYKA:
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COLLECTION CRAFT Design: Marek Cecula, 2016
WHITE GLAZE PORCELAIN, COLORED MATT PORCELAIN, AVAILABLE IN GRAY, BLACK, TERRA-COTTA, BLUE. • • • • •
Cup – 300 ml Bowl – 300 ml Small plate – 23 cm Large plate — 29 cm Collection Craft
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COLLECTION COUNTRY Design: Marek Cecula, 2018
WHITE GLAZE PORCELAIN COLOR MATT PORCELAIN AVAILABLE IN GRAY, BLACK, TERRA-COTTA AND BLUE. • • • •
Cup – 300 ml Sm. bowl – 300 ml Sm. plate – 23 cm Lg. plate – 29 cm
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TABLE ACCESSORIES Z Z Design: Marek Cecula, 2014
WHITE AND GLAZE PORCELAIN • • • •
Salt cont. Pepper cont. Cont. for olive Cont. for vinegar
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TABLE ACCESSORIES EXTREME Design: Marek Cecula, 2015 WHITE AND GLAZE PORCELAIN • • • •
Cont. for coarse salt Cont. for table salt Cont. for pepper Container for the accessories elements
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TABLE ACCESSORIES DICE Design: Edyta Cieloch, 2017
WHITE AND GLAZE PORCELAIN • Salt cont. – 2,5x2,5x2,5cm • Pepper cont. – 2,5x2,5x2,5cm
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ZESTAW LIQUID FORM Design: Marek Cecula, 1994
K O L E K C J A S T U D I O L I N E WHITE AND GLAZE PORCELAIN
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LK AND SUGAR CONT. W/T SPOON sign: Marek Cecula, 1995
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TABLE ACCESSORIES S & P Design: Marek Cecula, Daga Rogers 2000
WHITE GLAZE PORCELAIN, CERAMIC DECALS • Salt cont. 13cm, śr. 3,5cm • Pepper cont. 13cm, śr. 3,5cm
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CANDLESTICK, PORCELAIN CANDLE Design: Marek Cecula, 2013
WHITE GLAZE PORCELAIN, BLACK MATT PORCELAIN
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• Candlestick sm. – 20,5 cm • Candlestick med.– 22,5 cm • Candlestick lg. – 24 cm COLORS:
INDEX NR EGG HOLDER Design: Marek Cecula, 2013
MD05
WHITE GLAZE PORCELAIN, BLACK MATT PORCELAIN Dimm. -12,5 cm. COLORS:
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MD10
TABLE ACCESSORIES ROCK & SALT Design: Marek Cecula, Edyta Cieloch 2009
WHITE MATT PORCELAIN, BLACK MATT PORCELAIN • Salt cont. • Pepper cont.
COLORS:
BAUHAUS MEMORY 100 Design: Marek Cecuła, 2018 PORCELANA, KALKA CERAMICZNA • Teapot 8,5 x 11 cm, 450 ml • 4 cups 5 x 6,5 cm, 90 ml, • Tray 27 cm. Art object with limited usability.
FORM AND COLOR Design: Marek Cecuła, 2018 PORCELANA, KALKA CERAMICZNA • Teapot 8,5 x 11 cm, 450 ml • 4 cups 5 x 6,5 cm, 90 ml, • Tray 27 cm. Art object with limited usability.
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MD22
QUBUS II Design: Marek Cecula, 2012
WHITE AND GLAZE PORCELAIN CERAMIC DECALS • Teapot — 360 ml. • Cups x 2 — 100 ml. • Milk jug — 100 ml. Art object with limited usability.
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MD21
QUBUS I Design: Marek Cecula, 2012
WHITE AND GLAZE PORCELAIN CERAMIC DECALS • • • •
Teapot - 360 ml. Cups x 2 — 100 ml. Milk jug — 100 ml. Tray - 28 x 28 cm
Art object with limited usability.
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MD23
TABLE ACCESSORIES DOMUS Design: Marek Cecula, 2014
WHITE AND GLAZE PORCELAIN, CERAMIC DECALS • Container for liquids • Salt cont. • Pepper cont. Art object with limited usability.
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MD24
TEA SET ERGO Design: Marek Cecula, 2012
WHITE AND GLAZE PORCELAIN, CERAMIC DECALS • Teapot – 400 ml. • Cup — 75 ml. Art object with limited usability.
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MD37
TOY TEA SET AND TABLE ACCESSORIES Design: Edyta Cieloch, 2017
WHITE AND GLAZE PORCELAIN, CERAMIC DECALS • • • • • • • • •
Teapot – 700 ml. Cups x 2 — 120 ml. Cont. for vinegar Cont. for olive Cont. for salt Cont. for pepper Cont. for egg Cont. for milk Cont. for sugar
Art object with limited usability.
STORY OF MODUS DESIGN HOROLOGY
1965 inne oFirst studio at kibutz Hasolelim, Israel 1969 Opening ceramic studio in Tel Aviv 1971 Comunal studio Beniamina Israel 1973 Studio at Shmid porcelain manufacture, Curitiba Brazil 1975 First studio in USA Waszhington DC 1976 Studio Sullivan str. soho New York 1978 Opening of Gallery “Contemporary Porcelain” soho NY, exhibits of international ceramic artists 1978 Production studio moved to Lexington Ave. Brooklyn NY. 1995 Establishment of Modus Design. Projects for Barney’s NY , Donna Karan, Conran NY , Creative Bath, International China, Villeroy & Boch. 2001 Establishment of Modus Design Poland. Studio ul Lesna Kielce. 2003 MC creating Design Centrum Kielce, Artistic Director 2010-2012 2003 Edyta Cieloch join the team of Modus Design, (senior designer) 2013 Establishment of Cmielow Design Studio at Cmielow manufacture Artistic Director Marek Cecula
Today Modus Design has its design office in Kielce, Poland where wide range of contemporary porcelain product being develop and produced. 2013. Marek Cecula become Art Director of Cmielow Design Studio and with Modus Design team forming new innovative product for local and international market. Studio in the porcelain manufacture opens unique opportunity to create handcrafted product with the industrial potential.
EDUCATIONAL WORK
GROUP EXHIBITS
1985 Head of Ceramic Design Department . Parsons School of Design, Nowy Jork 1985-2004 1996 Visiting Prof. at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel 1996-2010 1998 Initiator & leader Projekt “UE in ceramic”. Parson School of Design NY & Viellery & Boch 2001 Visiting Prof. at University of Art and Industrial Design Linz Austria. 2001-2004 2005 Prof. National Colage of Art and Design, Bergen Norway. 2005-2010 2006 Leader of “Global Table” project at Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute,China. 2010 Visiting Prof. Royal College of Art London 20102014 Curatorial work 2004 Curator, The Third Biennale for Israeli Ceramics 2014, 2008 Curator, “Art of Industrial Ceramics” Gardiner Museum, Toronto, International exhibit 2009 Curator, “Object Factory” Museum of Art & Design, NY International exhibit 2009 Curator, Ceramic Design , III International Design Festival, Lodz, Poland 2010 Curator, “Non Objective” LODZ DESIGN , IV. International Design Festival, Lodz, Poland
2008 Museum of Arts & Design NY “Second Lives” 2009 The 5th World Ceramic Biennale 2009 Cheongju Korea 2009 Museum of Arts and Design NY 2010 Deutsches Porzellanmuseum Selb, Germany 2011 Art Museums in Bergen, Norway 2015 Zacheta Nationa Gallery Warsaw “Progress & Hygiene 2015 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
ART ACTIVITIES EXHIBITS SOLO 1968 Marek Cecula First ceramic exhibit Galeria Chemierynski, Tel-Aviv Israel 1993 Garth Clark Gallery, Kansas City, USA 1993 Gallery Maas, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 1994 Garth Clark Gallery, New York 1995 Modernism Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1996 Garth Clark Gallery, New York 1997 Galerie Karin Friebe, Mannheim, Germany 1997 Modernism Gallery, San Francisco CA 1998 Periscope Gallery, Tel-Aviv Israel 1999 Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw Poland 1999 Garth Clark Gallery New York 2000 Galeri Ram, Oslo Norway 2001 Garth Clark Gallery, New York 2002 Grand Arts, Kansas City MO 2003 Racine Art Museum, Racine WI 2004 Garth Clark Gallery, New York 2008 Gallery BWA Wroclaw, Poland 2008 “Klepisko” Katonah Art Museum Katonah NY , USA 2009 Gallery BWA Kielce, Poland 2011 Center for Contemporary Sculpture, Oronsko, Poland 2012 BWA Gallery Wroclaw, Poland 2013 BWA Gallery Kielce, Poland 2015 Gallery BB Krakow Poland 2016 Gdynia City Museum Poland 2017 Galeria Lipowa 3 Krakow Poland
MUSEUM ACQUISITIONS National Museum in Warsaw National Museum in Cracow National Museum in Wroclaw Victoria & Albert Museum London Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Art Museums in Bergen, Norway Museum of Arts and Design New York Le Musée royal de Mariemont, Belgium Newark Museum of Art, Newark NJ . USA Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte NC . Nordenfjeldske Kunst industri museum in Trondheim, Norway Smithsonian National Museum of Art. Washington DC Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1997 Acquisition Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh PA Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO American Craft Museum, New York City Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York City Museum Hertkruithuis, s’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
AWARDS AND GRANTS 2002 European Ceramic Work Center, S’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands 1999 Luis Comfort Tiffany Fundation, Fellowship award, NY 1998 Europen Ceramic Work Center, s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands 1998 New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship Award, NY 1995 Empire Craft Alliance, Fellowship Award, NY 1991 New York Foundation for the Arts, Fellowship Award, NY 1990 Empire State Craft Alliance, Grant 91, Saratoga Springs, NY 1989 Wichita National, Award of Excellence, Wichita, TX 1988 Kraus Silkes, American Craft Awards, NY 1987 Product Design Excellence Award, Accent on Design, NY
MODUS DESIGN TEAM MAREK CECULA Marek Cecula, artist and designer, former Dean of the ceramics department at the Parsons School of Design in New York, Professor at National College of Art and Design in Bergen Norway and visiting Professor at the Royal College of Art in London.
As an artist who has been working for many years in the ceramic medium, he has achieved a leading position and recognition in this field. His works is in prestigious museum collections such as Victoria & Albert Museum London, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum of Arts and Design New York, Le MusĂŠe Royal de Mariemont Belgium. MC. is also a curator of numerous exhibitions on the subject of transfer between art and design. Exhibitions like the Object Factory at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, the Gardiner Museum in Toronto and the Lodz Design Festival.
MC. is founder and senior designer of Modus Design company establish in New York in 1980. Move to Poland in 2000 to become Art Director of Cmielow Design Studio which producing contemporary porcelain product for local and international market.
EDYTA CIELOCH My passion and professional work is connected with art and design. My first professional experience I got in the field of classical art in the restoration studios. After some years of involvement in direct contact with the works of old masters and literally “touching” history I decided to develop my own art and design projects and to start my own career.
I have been member of MODUS DESIGN team since 2007. As a senior designer I work on development of specific projects and assisting Mark Cecula in his creative activities. I contribute with my personal designs to the collection of Modus Design and taking part in the evolving projects in form and decor. In the studio we create functional and decorative porcelain, that get the attention of porcelain lovers and contemporary design. Since 2013 I am also designer for Ćmielów Design Studio, a new brand of contemporary Polish porcelain, The studio is in the heart of Cmielow manufacture a heritage of polish industry and culture operating continuously since 1790.
Against the background of this tradition my personal creativity evolve exploring patterns, decoration methods and various hand painted process. I also produce and exhibit my work independently. “Spanish Lace” 2009, porcelain hand carved industrial teapot form is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Art & Design in New York City, and in the KOCEF Ceramic Foundation in South Korea I like to paint, painting for me is a pleasure and important part of my professional life, but in the studio I feel more like a designer who is closer to the form and shape of the object.
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Modus Design Catalogue Story of Porcelain in the hands and mind of Markek Cecula Text: Marek Cecula, Edyta Cieloch Catalog Project and execution: Marika Wato Copyright by Modus Design Marek Cecuła 2019. All rights resereved.
