Julia Postrzech
interior architect
& furniture designer
helsinki
© 2025
This collection, with subtle references to the human body, uses our imagination and our innate behaviour of attaching human likeness to a non-human. Each lamp represents a couple that is non-verbally communicating with one another, and through their specific body language, they reveal a human emotion. The lamps only let us in to observe, and we can only guess, wonder or assume what they are thinking or feeling.
Pavilion
Wellington, New Zealand
The process was to sketch the city and find something that would inspire the design of a conceptual pavilion. Like a pin dropped on a map, I did not know what could be on the street further away or what could be behind that building. A result of the situation were sketches produced of what I briefly saw, some from my general understanding of what could be and others of the things that stood out as I moved and observed the city.
Wellington, New Zealand
Te Aro Pavilion is a proposed design for a new entrance to the school of architecture and design at Victoria University Wellington.
The idea behind this design is to use the architecture as a beacon and reflect the work that is happening on the inside. It is an open pavilion serving not only as an entrance to the school but also as an exhibition or event space to be held by the university or the city.
The idea behind this design is to use the architecture as a beacon and reflect the work that is happening on the inside. It is an open pavilion serving not only as an entrance to the school but also as an exhibition or event space to be held by the university or the city.
Julia Postrzech is an interior architect and furniture designer. She completed her Bachelor’s degree at TUDublin, followed shortly by a Master’s degree at Aalto University in Helsinki. Her initial work and experience focused on public interior architecture, then continued into bespoke furniture design for clients.
In her work, she collects ideas from observations and interests about the ordinary. Often intrigued by human psychology, behaviour and perceptions, she tries to bring these thoughts into the physical objects and spaces. With an intuitive process and experimental thinking her designs attempt to merge the irrational into the rational.
Her latest lighting collection, This Lamp Has Feelings, has been exhibited during 3daysofdesign 2025.
In her work, she collects ideas from observations and interests about the ordinary. Often intrigued by human psychology, behaviour and perceptions, she tries to bring these thoughts into the physical objects and spaces. With an intuitive process and experimental thinking her designs attempt to merge the irrational into the rational.
Her latest lighting collection, This Lamp Has Feelings, has been exhibited during 3daysofdesign 2025.