Last month's ?ód? Design Festival showed the work of the most promising Polish design talents alongside thematic exhibitions and workshops. Here are ten up-and-coming designers and their projects.

ASHka, by Mateusz Mioduszewski
Mateusz Mioduszewski is a student of the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, where he is studying industrial design. He presented his ASHka collection at the festival, including ceramic plates, dishes and pots made from ash waste. He also makes tiles from the material.
The ash for the collection comes from Polish coal-burning power stations. After numerous attempts, Mioduszewski created a material made from up to 70 per cent ash waste, with can be easily formed and naturally dyed. The rest of the material is made up of clay and water.
Guide-dog harness, by Paulina Morawa
Paulina Morawa presented a guide-dog harness for the blind. The most important goal of the project was to reinforce the flow of information transmitted from the dog's front paws to the handle, which allows the blind person to avoid obstacles.
For this reason, the harness has a plastic shell underneath the textile layer, which makes it more rigid than conventional products.
Morawa is finishing her master's degree in the Faculty of Industrial Forms at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, whilst interning at local studio Ergo Design.

LOPP, by Pawlak & Stawarski Studio
Bart?omiej Pawlak and ?ukasz Stawarski, who together run Pawlak & Stawarski Studio, graduated from the Univ...