French designer Maria Jeglinska-Adamczewska has been awarded the Bruno Mathsson Design Residency 2026. The French multifaceted designer was awarded the prestigious Swedish prize for combining an interest in craft and making processes with great formal sensitivity, according to the jury.
The multifaceted designer Maria Jeglinska-Adamczewska (b. 1983 in France, based in France and Poland) will participate in the residency from May 15 to June 15, 2026, residing and working in a house from 1955 in Värnamo designed by architect and furniture designer Bruno Mathsson (1907-88), commissioned by Vandalorum’s founder Sven Lundh. The residency offers Jeglinska-Adamczewska the opportunity to explore the extensive furniture and manufacturing industry in the Jönköping region, to study Bruno Mathsson’s work, and to deliver a public lecture at the Vandalorum Museum of Art and Design.
Statement of the jury
“Maria Jeglinska-Adamczewska is a prolific designer who combines an interest in craft and making processes with a great formal sensitivity. Both in her work as a furniture and object designer and in her spatial works, she demonstrates her ability to use color in multiple ways and to draw inspiration from design history. She is at a point in her career where she has already gained international recognition. Yet, she can still profit from the opportunities that the Bruno Mathsson Design Residency can offer, especially by widening her research into crafts processes and manufacturing.”
The first Bruno Mathsson Design Residency Prize was awarded to Stephen Burk, a US designer and professor of architecture, in 2024.
Jeglinska-Adamczewska says about the residency
“I feel honored and humbled to be the recipient of the 2026 Bruno Mathsson Design Residency. Through this immersion, I aim to observe, reflect, and research the house’s architecture, integrating my roles as a furniture and exhibition designer. This period will deepen my understanding of natural materials and regional production techniques in the Jönköping area, while also providing closer insight into Mathsson’s vision. Engaging with Scandinavian design culture and regional craftsmanship will challenge and inspire my practice, fostering a continuation of the legacy of human-centered, material-sensitive design that Mathsson so eloquently embodied.”
About Maria Jeglinska-Adamczewska
Maria Jeglinska-Adamczewska graduated from ECAL’s Industrial Design program in 2007 and received a scholarship from the IKEA Foundation, which led her to work for Galerie kreo in Paris, Konstantin Grcic in Munich, and Alexander Taylor in London. She works across a wide range of commissions, including industrial design, exhibition design, and research-based projects in design. Her clients include, among others, Ligne Roset, Kvadrat, Vitra, the London Design Biennale, and the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. From 2018 until 2020, she served as the Creative Director of Arena Design, a design fair in Poland. Her work is regularly exhibited internationally, including at the Design Museum in London, the Villa Noailles, the Barbican Art Gallery, the Centre Pompidou-Metz, and the Triennale di Milano. In 2022, The Little Black Chair was acquired by the Vitra Design Museum for its permanent collection. In October 2012, she curated and designed the exhibition Ways Of Seeing/Sitting at the Łódź Design Festival in Poland. She was also the co-curator and designer of the Polish Pavilion at the inaugural London Design Biennale in 2016. In 2025, she co-founded the design brand GestGest.
About Bruno Mathsson Design Residency
The Bruno Mathsson Design Residency is run by Region Jönköping County and Vandalorum Museum of Art and Design, with support from Region Jönköping County and Värnamo Municipality, in collaboration with the entrepreneur and collector Johan Sjöberg, Bruno Mathsson International, and the Karin and Bruno Mathsson Foundation.
The 2026 jury consists of: Dr. Mateo Kries, Director of the Vitra Design Museum; Jenny Nordberg, Designer; Magnus Jonsson, Culture Director, Region Jönköping County, Jönköping; Lennart Alves Gernes, Art and Design Developer, Region Jönköping County; and Elna Svenle, Museum Director of Vandalorum.
French Multifaced Designer Awarded Swedish Prestigious Prize, a press release from Vandalorum.
Feature image (top) Maria Jeglinska-Adamczewska © Kasia Bobula