Oskar Zięta's PLOPP stool and Teresa Kruszewska's "Tulip" armchair have found their way onto stamps of the Polish Postal Service

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The Polish Postal Service has released a special series of "Polish design" stamps. The stamps feature two famous Polish designs - Oskar Zięta's PLOPP stool and Teresa Kruszewska's "Tulip" armchair. The project was created in cooperation with the Institute of Industrial Design in Warsaw. The First Day Circulation Envelope (FDC) accompanying the issue contains photographs and short biographies of the designers. For more interesting information, visit the main page of the PdD portal

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The Polish Postal Service has released a special series of "Polish design" stamps.
The stamps feature two famous Polish designs - Oskar Zięta's PLOPP stool and Teresa Kruszewska's "Tulip" armchair.
The project was created in cooperation with the Institute of Industrial Design in Warsaw.
The First Day Circulation Envelope (FDC) accompanying the issue contains photographs and short biographies of the designers.
For more interesting information, visit the main page of the PdD portal

The PolishPost Office and the Institute of Industrial Design in Warsaw have prepared a special collection of "Polish design" postage stamps . The stamps depict two iconic designs - Oskar Zięta ' s PLOPP stool and Teresa Kruszewska's "Tulip" armchair.

Iconic designs of Polish design on postage stamps

The featured designs were selected based on contrasts between different approaches to design - traditional and modern, soft and hard, cozy and industrial. The issue includes two stamps sold in a four-stamp sheet (2x2). The accompanying First Day Circulation Envelope (FDC) contains photographs and short biographies of the designers: Teresa Kruszewska and Oskar Zięta, as well as photos of the "Tulip" chair and PLOPP stool. A specially prepared commemorative date stamp depicts the superimposed outlines of the "Tulip" armchair and PLOPP stool, illustrating the dialogue between different eras and styles of Polish design.

First Day Circulation (FDC) envelope.

PLOPP stool by Oskar Zięta

An icon of modern design that combines innovative technology with unique aesthetics. PLOPP, or "Polish People's Object Pumped with Air," is the result of research into the properties of metal and a manifesto of FiDU technology, which enables the creation of lightweight and strong structures through "controlled loss of control." Two very thin sheets of metal, joined by welding along the edges, are inflated under high pressure, which transforms a flat form into a three-dimensional object. PLOPP is distinguished by its lightweight, organic form, yet remarkably strong. The stool, although at first glance it looks like a delicate, inflated structure, is in fact very solid. Its futuristic design and raw, industrial character make it fit perfectly into modern, minimalist interiors. The stool has won numerous prestigious awards, including the Red Dot Design Award 2008, the German Design Council Award 2008 and the Forum AID Award 2009.

PLOPP stool designed by Oskar Zięta

"Tulip" armchair designed by Teresa Kruszewska

Designed in 1973, the armchair was part of a collection of leisure furniture created for a competition organized by the Union of Furniture Industries and the Union of Artists in Poznan. At the MEBLE'73 exhibition, this design received the Highest Special Award for prototyping at the Bent Furniture Factory in Radomsko (now Fameg). The furniture is characterized by a light, organic form that alludes to the shape of an open tulip flower. Kruszewska, as one of the pioneers of modern design in Poland, focused on subtlety and naturalness of form. The structure of the armchair, made of bent plywood, is both elegant and ergonomic, allowing for comfortable use. The "Tulip" armchair combines delicacy with a modern approach to material and form, exemplifying timeless design.