1 Studio
Studio Karolina Fandrejewska is a Warsaw-based spatial and exhibition design practice working across museums, cultural institutions, opera, theatre and performative environments.
The studio develops exhibition architecture, scenography, visitor routes, public interiors and spatial narratives. Its work is based on the translation of curatorial, historical and artistic material into physical experience — through architecture, light, graphics, objects, materials, sound, scent and movement.
Rather than treating exhibition design as display alone, the studio approaches space as a narrative instrument: a sequence of thresholds, viewpoints, atmospheres and encounters that shape how visitors read, feel and remember a subject.
1.1 Profile
Founded by set and exhibition designer Karolina Fandrejewska, the studio brings together experience from scenography, museum design, public interiors and cultural production.
The practice works with institutions at different stages of a project: from early spatial concepts and narrative interpretation to detailed design coordination, implementation documentation and exhibition installation. Its projects often require the integration of architecture, conservation constraints, accessibility, lighting, multimedia, graphic systems and the practical realities of public visitor flow.
The studio’s work is developed in close dialogue with curators, directors, producers, architects, graphic designers, multimedia teams, contractors and institutional stakeholders. Each project is treated as a specific cultural environment rather than a repeatable format.
1.2 Method
- 01Reading of site, institution, collection, context and visitor movement.
- 02Translation of curatorial, historical and narrative material into spatial sequence.
- 03Coordination of architecture, light, material, graphics, objects, sound and scent.
- 04Development from conceptual direction to implementation documentation and exhibition installation.
The studio’s method begins with understanding the institution and the material it works with: the building, the collection, the audience, the technical limitations and the emotional register of the project. From there, spatial decisions are developed as a sequence — not only of rooms, but of attention, rhythm, orientation, density and atmosphere.
1.3 Scope
The studio’s scope includes exhibition design, scenography, spatial narrative, public interiors, visitor experience, material direction, display systems, graphic coordination, multimedia coordination and implementation support.
Projects may range from permanent museum exhibitions and temporary exhibitions to opera, theatre, television theatre, cultural interiors, museum shops, visitor zones and interpretive environments. Across these formats, the studio focuses on clarity of experience, spatial coherence and the careful relationship between content and atmosphere.
1.4 Selected Contexts
The studio works across cultural and institutional contexts including museums, heritage institutions, music institutions, historical exhibitions, performance spaces and public cultural interiors.
Current and recent fields of work include permanent exhibition environments, temporary exhibitions, visitor zones, museum retail, scenography, multimedia-supported interpretation and spatial coordination for complex institutional projects.