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Milky's Café feat. Pola Chandelier 4ft, Brushed Aluminum
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Anony to Release New ‘Pola’ Collection at WantedDesign 2025
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Pola Chandelier 4ft, Matte White with Table by Mary Ratcliffe
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Anony to Release New ‘Pola’ Collection at WantedDesign 2025
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Pola Chandelier 4ft, Matte White with Table by Mary Ratcliffe
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Anony to Release New ‘Pola’ Collection at WantedDesign 2025
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Pola Linear Suspension 6ft, Matte White with Side Table by Mary Ratcliffe
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Anony to Release New ‘Pola’ Collection at WantedDesign 2025
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Pola Chandelier 4ft, Matte White
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Anony to Release New ‘Pola’ Collection at WantedDesign 2025
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Pola Linear Suspension 4ft, Matte White
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Anony to Release New ‘Pola’ Collection at WantedDesign 2025
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Pola Chandelier, Matte White
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Anony to Release New ‘Pola’ Collection at WantedDesign 2025
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Pola, Brushed Aluminum
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Anony to Release New ‘Pola’ Collection at WantedDesign 2025
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Pola Table Lamp, Brushed Aluminum
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Anony to Release New ‘Pola’ Collection at WantedDesign 2025
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Pola Table Lamp, Brushed Aluminum
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Pola Floor Lamp, Brushed Aluminum
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Anony to Release New ‘Pola’ Collection at WantedDesign 2025
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Pola Floor Lamp, Brushed Aluminum
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Pola Sconce, Brushed Aluminum
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Anony to Release New ‘Pola’ Collection at WantedDesign 2025
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Pola Sconce, Brushed Aluminum
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Anony to Release New ‘Pola’ Collection at WantedDesign 2025
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Pola Linear Suspension 4ft, Brushed Aluminum
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Anony to Release New ‘Pola’ Collection at WantedDesign 2025
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Pola Chandelier 6ft, Brushed Aluminum
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Anony to Release New ‘Pola’ Collection at WantedDesign 2025
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Pola Collection, Brushed Aluminum
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Anony to Release New ‘Pola’ Collection at WantedDesign 2025
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The Polish Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
The entrance and main façade of the Polish Pavilion, overlooking the Giardini of La Biennale di Venezia. Built in the 1930s, the Pavilion has hosted Poland’s national exhibitions since 1932 and now presents Lares and Penates: On Building a Sense of Security in Architecture at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition
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Jacopo Salvi, Zachęta archive
The Polish Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
The modern archetype of protection: a fire extinguisher displayed with reverence, echoing centuries of firefighting evolution and domestic vigilance
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Jacopo Salvi, Zachęta archive
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The Polish Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
A hand fire extinguisher, part of a long history of firefighting tools—from bucket brigades to chemical cartridges—now reframed as both a safety device and a design element
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Jacopo Salvi, Zachęta archive
The Polish Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
A wiecha—wreath of branches with ribbons and tools—placed atop the building to mark its structural completion, a tradition in Poland since the 15th century
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Jacopo Salvi, Zachęta archive
The Polish Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
Entrance to the exhibition Lares and Penates: On Building a Sense of Security in Architecture, where visitors are invited into a space shaped by rituals, regulations, and everyday gestures of protection
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Jacopo Salvi, Zachęta archive
The Polish Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
Presented as part of the building’s architecture, the fire extinguisher draws attention to the emotional dimension of functional safety elements
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Jacopo Salvi, Zachęta archive
The Polish Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
A fire extinguisher set into a niche decorated like a fresco, revealing its symbolic and reassuring presence within the domestic space
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Jacopo Salvi, Zachęta archive
The Polish Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
A blessed beeswax candle (gromnica), traditionally lit during storms and placed in the window to protect the house from lightning—a ritual rooted in Candlemas traditions
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Jacopo Salvi, Zachęta archive
The Polish Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
From fire rituals to radiesthetic rods, from holy corners to certified safety devices—this exhibition invites us to rethink how architecture has always mediated our need for protection
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Jacopo Salvi, Zachęta archive
The Polish Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
Foundation offerings (zaktadziny), once buried beneath the home’s corners—eggshells, grain, money, blessed candles—to secure protection and abundance for the new dwelling
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Jacopo Salvi, Zachęta archive
The Polish Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
The holy corner (pokuc), a sacred space in traditional Slavic homes, located opposite the entrance and adorned with icons, linen fabrics, and flowers—a domestic altar of protection and reverence
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Jacopo Salvi, Zachęta archive
The Polish Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale
Zachęta – National Gallery of Art
Existing emergency infrastructure—such as evacuation signs and fire alarms—is highlighted within the exhibition to reflect how safety regulations shape architectural space
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Jacopo Salvi, Zachęta archive
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